Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-09-12

communicated.
Most respectfully,
Your o5edient servants.
VIM. BR OWN, & Co.
Flonr.-tNe have had no fresh arrivals of
American for some time slch woul9 at
once 6Hspmand our annexed quotations.
WASGs of your9rowth, if really prime, would
sch but inferior would remain
negiecte3A II g&peral the crops in this com
try Iook}Y@A, but it is too soon to form an
hog they may be saved. In
ocotlafti,ana 1seland they had an extremely
wet seed time, and in many places the pota-
toes will entirely fail.
Extract from the ''Calm Observer" publish
ed in London, III the year 1895, by Sir
James Macintosh.
1--WE find by experience, nnhappily, that
war in England is made with too much alac-
rity, and peace with too much reluctance
in defiance of the adage, which, generally
speaking is so true: namely, that the worst
Peace is the best War. How shocking, for
example, wound appears in private life,
with its concomitant surgical operations;
how feclingly we deplcrc any case of disease;
and how sincerely we pity separated rela-
tives, where misfortune or death may befal
the absent! Steepless nights, hunger, imprl-
sonment. and harrasSing alarms, with stag
mated industry, oppressive taxes, insult, rob
berry, devastation, fire, murder and rape is
such a catalogue, as impresses us strongly,
when exhibited in given individual instances
Ought not our feelings, then, to be in proper
ton greater when these evils become the &C
cumulated lot of whole armies and nations?
is our sympathy TO abate, because, contour
ded with the extent and variety of the woe,
we can no longer lend our attention to its par
ticulars And IS the mischief, in fact, the
less endured by others, because it is not
scrutinized by ourselves. If we should ask
here, indeed, why all this mass of evil, caus-
ed by war, is voluntarily added TO that which
is inseparable from the lot of man? We
shall find, that it is merely that some indi-
viduals may render our race the sport of
fate, in order that they themselves may try
&he lottery OF fortune Thus we are made
he stake, and they the gamblers. And if
he papties benefited themselves in this case,
pne you'd the less marvel but what are
we n say, Wien we dammonly perceive them,
huf3al COM hNto thvlr exact original posi-
on, &xcepsa8 wI4t regards the immense
expenditure Nd ilpry occurring during the
ontest. 41oHbAPpy, then, for us all, if our
ulerS had never dreamed of making use of
his false roadto happiness, through Carnage
nd desolation and if they had, instead of it,
vailed themselves of the command of our
abour, our persons, and our treasure, in or
er to prepare for themselves a superior
ratiiRAtion by pacific methods! But this
Eoulehave required thought in those who
Pref@ commanJy and moderation and patti
ncevn t1@se whSse passions are irratible."
r, THE LITTLE BELT,
Bids falr Is hava5hore Importance attached
b it thanSyh9o6e Belongs to such transaction
Every impartial man in America, we believe,
as long before this formed a settled opinion
Pn the nature and merits of this transaction,
1t least so Cor as the justice and honor of our
country are concerned. Com. Rodgers state
nent has not been questioned by any but the
known partisans and protested advocates of
Sngland--With the exception of these pests
o our country and outlaws to national hon
Nlr, every American has heartily cOncurred
Fith the President in approving the conduct
df that gallant officer. And not merely be-
CAUSE his Conduct was gallant, but because
it Violated no hrincihle ofjustice by which
the honor of the nation could be furnished.
On thessther hand every falsehood that
| wilfyHPerversioitc could play off upon willing
ignd4ance, has been reSorted to in order to
| imJb |se upcfthe would the belief that Com
mo#rc r. was the a gressor. 1t is worthy of
remSS X endspreclu2 the necessity Of much
discussion on the. inject, that Capt. Bing-
ham is NsdicatSboy the same class of men
that justifieetHumphrey's piratick attack on
the Chesapeake. 1t was natural for such
"wily politicians" as Pickering, to perc eve
that these misrepresentation were well cal
| culated 20 soothe the wounded pride Of Bril-
tain or this occasion, and that if they came
from this country atteSted as facts by her
friends, in their private letters and pubic
| gazettes, she would act upon them as such.
! five are to attach any credit TO the late
London papers as to the destination and o1-
! ject Of Sir j. ). Xcrke's feet, these enemies
OF truth and traitors 10 our country have
| succeeded in effcCting an object worthy their
Characters The Hutchinsons Of the day,
our Judqsc8 have acted their parts, and the
enemy is upon us. Let them It they please,
| rs at Lexington, pretend that they received
the first shot ct knayCs assert and fools
believe the falsehood. As in the last war,
/ SO IN this, nwar it be, 7ve shalt haUe the last
/ fire. Bunker-hill stands the etcrnalproof ,hat
we are az ho0s on The land and that tfat
home is II castle Wlich 10 10 Gcqfh 10 blUadc
II Britail.gsh the proof, VIC can soon con
vince ~ that her fayorite element is ours
also fn La We AVe az home uhon hc o.
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