Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-10-12

tconstitutrd agrS eabiy t. me genera
airsngemect Of Providence; and, to
complain OF cur frall Condition, IL to
complain rhas God mas NOT m ade us An
gels at one withputa previous terres-
trial Psstx ionsry exescise. 1913.
.sNotl-ss remarkable are the msxims
iof the world in relation 20. egotisn,.-
Every body 10 considered AZ liberty to
accuse snc,Aer; TO b,iog charges, to
adduce evidence, and even to incul-
pate an Individual upon presum ption.
Yet ittpe party accused, in vindication
OF blrQf, gees iuto a recital of his
own sd actions, the world affects 10
be sir( Ektwi,h the monssrous vanity
Of sh5 bad and is in utter as constituent
at his sgotism Yet, why should not
. citizrrf be allowed 10 recite his good
actions AS proofs Of his rcctitude of
conduct in life II it be answered
that most men are incinSed to run into
Misunderstanding, and the like I will re-
ply, that the scrutinizirg sense cgths
community will always pare down The
narrative which man publishes of
his own actions to their proper value !;
Fer, like water, human actions will find
their level. Let us pursue this little
further, and test the PROPHECY of the
maxim by its influence In the political
void. A magistrate Is Immediately
denounced for mal-conduct, and scan
dial teazes him for the slightest faults:
the secper is haile6 as patriot, and
accotfteQ a man deserving the thanks
OF th people. But if an Individual
steps forward to vindicate the accused
magistrate, and details the good which
The officer has performed in his station,
the fate of that individual is widely
different FROM the fate Of the accuser !;
ne IA decried as a time-server, syco-
lphant, courtier, and fifty other cpl
thets quite as Significant. Reason die
tates that every man should, In the ner-
cansite phrase, be debited for his bad
deedssand credited for his good ones.
Ba@
NsRfstcss passion sways as to the mood
OF ht we like or loAthe p
And reason has very little to do with
the generality Of political sqoahbIrs.
Nevertheless. although we cam OF
hope to alter human nature, ir is wsn
enough to understand it. Il.
The Dublin Evening Post describes
T he distress of the south of Ireland II.
the most etfecting manner.
"No: only have severe individual
losses been sustained, but all the float-
ing capital of the country, all disposa-
lbiesproperty, has been swept away, or
stocked up by distrust and natural aps
iprehension.
"dS price of land has particularly
Suffered Indeed this event was long
lexpcctt8 as the rent of lands had no.
ttoriously and unreasonably risen to
an enormous rate too high to be en-
tdured.
Coed land that brought Al. last
year, will not now bring sos per acre
from any solvent tenant; and the aver.
age fall is already from Is Co 25s per
acre. In fact, the number of solvent
tenants is diminished by three fourths,
and IN contracting still more"
Extracts from Mr.. Cobbefs first adj
dress from NeWgate jail, to the req
ders Of his Political Register.
After having published seventeen vol.
umes OF this work, embracing the period
ct eight years and a half, during which
time seflnve written with my own hand,
nearly twp thousand articles upon various
suhiscq without having, except in one
single Instance, incurred even the threats
OF the law, begin the eighteenth volume
IN prison. 10 this respect however,
only share the LOT of many men, who have
inhhpl,ed This very prison before me--nor
have the smallest doubt, that shall
thereafter be enabled to follow the exam.
pie OF those men. On the triumphine,
the bountiess joy, the fsasting and shout.
! ing of the spectators, or public robbers,
and OF all those, whether profiigate or nv
lpocritical villains, of whom / have been
the scourge, look with contempt, know
Ing very we'll, and feeling N my heart, that
| my situation, even at this time, Is Infinite :.
ly preferable to tbeirs--and as 20 the flu
ture, can reasonably promise myself day s
lof peace and happiness, while continual
dread must haunt their guilty minds
while every stir, and every sound must
make sHk2uake for fear. Their day is
lyet to cone.
{ From hff outset as a writer, to the pre-.
sent hour. Whave always preferred princl-