Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-10-09
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upon cooditi n of HIS giving thera
whatever Information be might possess
ireiative to the views and resources f,f
ithe people in insurrection and uron the
further condition of his emigratine To
any country not at war with England. :.
In consequence Of this treaty, Mr..
Arthur O'Cunnor emigrated, and is.
at this time, understood to he the con-
ductor of a celebrated print, callsdtha
I! ARGUS, publiShed at Paris, in the En-
giish language print which, it is SUP
posed, and perhaps, truly, has done,
and is doing, a great desl OF injury to
this country. When the psculators
and borough-mongers and their ahet-
tors are hard pushed; when they are
driven into a cotner; when they have
no defence to Offer, and when even
their arts of shuffliag and lying, and
false swearing, and cantiDg, fail them
when thus hemmed up, they have
(as the attentive observer must weI
kuow9 always recourse TO cha,res a.
gains those who are their expose,s
against those from whose powers ofd,.-
lection aud exposure they mees win
Iaonoyance. These public robbers
Hike private robb rs, and indeed. LIE.
lreal criminals of every sort and drs.
jcription, always Instead of think;cn,
]bout their own defence, Thick afout
nothing but of the manner. in wb;ch
1 hey shall attack the mot;pes. q, he
characters, or both. of their accuser,.
they do not say, "the charges pre-.
ferred against us are false !" they dare
mot say, the things alledged against
US are not crimes" Bot, unable 70
ldeny either the criminality of the deeds
ar that those deeds have been done by
them, they say nothing at all abour
he charges against themselves. bur
fall to the preferriug of charges against
their accusers.; charges too. which
Rave nothing in common with.
which have no sort Of connection
with the charges preferred apains,
them, aud which they do not atternn.
to repel'only because thew cannot reprl
1thsm. In default of truth. thew never
scruple 20 rsSessto ,falseho0d in these
/ tnelr char their more com.
mn way = 70 make up that sort Of
ix'ure OF both, which, when applied
to PURPOSE like that here spoken of,
Is called fsret'resentafion, and which
rs, perhaps, the bssest of al, possible
modes of hostility. thi, mode of
attack the borough mongers AID their
hIrsiIngs had recourse, upon the occa-
Islon OF sir Francis's commitment to the
iower. They saw him in prison they
Jaw that physical force had prevailed
aver him.-This they would have liz
led well: this would have deliohted
them this would have fla tered their
guilty souls with a prorise of ces.
sation, at least, of those deadly hos,i.
ltities, which sir Francis, at the head
81 the people ef England, and Of the
vho'e kIngdom, was wagiog against
he". Bur, they saw; 10 their iuex-
fDressible mortihcation, theg saw. az
| The same time, that the soldiers had
Seeh called cut; they saw, that horse.
lfoot, and ar'illery~hzd been marched
| 20 Londoh; they saw that it required
ian Wmy, aye larger army than, r
relieve, Ue haze aozo az Sbai1 md
Portugal, TO take the unarmed sir
Francis to that prison, to which vote
Il the honorable house had doomed
him; they saw, that it reqoired the co..
Operation OF the army 70 enforce the
orders IF the honorable house aeainst
ne aVowed and well-known enc
my of injustice, cruelty, c5rrupt,o,
Iand public roboery. An this the bo-
4 rough.mongers and their hirelines sa ;,
.--ali this they knew right well the NJ
.Iron ard the world would see too ;sFev
were fully aware Of the effects of such
lnotofious aud striking facts they knew
sell, they felt, they were taught by in.
s.inct, that, in minds even the least
cultivated and and eccu,tomed to rea-
soning, the right, the inevitable, and
60 'hem) the dangerous conclusion
I must be drawn from those facts, and.
q due time, be acted upon, urless the
public could, by me extraordinary
fort, DC instantly mis!ed by laIseho Il
intimidated by alarm. Accordil g
ly, sooa aft~r the commitments took
place soon ai'er the r ccadilly expe l.
tloDs had been crovued with sacessa.