Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-03-18
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appointments By the Axeeu,ire.
MONDAY. MAacH is, 1911.


appointments By the Execu,ive.
PAUL q. G JONES, Inspector of Boats,
&C. above the Locks.
WILLIAM ANDERSON, Agent for the
purchase OF raw materials for manufac.
'cre' anu Tor the sale of articles manufac.
Io'1o sine Penitentiary, in the place OF
The appointment of a Judge of the Corr,
OF Appeals we learn is postponed for a few
days, on account of there not being a fun
board.
Mr. PICKERING, who is at present
employed in defamihg the republican
administration, has, in very eminent
degree, the virtue OF consistency: He
was bitter politician when in Office !;
ne is bitter politician now he is OUT
OF place. a prosecutor in the 6rst
situation defamer in the other.-
he hunted down, through the Judges,
when Secretary of State, the newspa-
pers and when deprived OF the pow.
er OF doing that, he turns ca,umn;ator
and hunts the administration through
the newspapers. Thus it is that men
ef 1pai'gnant minds follow the bent OF
On sIFte npers and, let them change
thaFposision as often as they will, they
dlsplayfhe same passions and the same
pre5ddices. If we are not mistaken
one aim of Mr.. Pickering's is to Rs
venge himself on president Adams
gentleman who has had the candor to
rePudiase the errors of his sect. and TO
denouuce the views aud intrieues of
Junto thar attempted to govern him
and 20 overthrow our republican in
sltutlons. IL this pronunciation Mr..
Adams has not spared Timothy Pick
ering and Timothy, whose feelings
all tend to evaporation, will never for
give him, but will in all probability,
assail him with scorpion virulcnce and
vulgar rioaldry.
As 1t respects the administration.
attef having made converts ofthe chief
men OF the federal party, il cannot be
source OF chagrinc that MIR Picker.
ing stu remains an enemy. With
those who have approved the conduc.
or governments for the last four years.
we may rank John @. Adams, w. T..
Smith, Oliver Woicott, and Rafus
King. Federalism does not boast erea-
ter names; and each ofthem have gem
orally admitted that administration has
acted on correct principles and parsu-
ed commendabIe policy. Coutrasted
wish these men, what is Ios,ah Quin-
cy. Whas is Timothy Pickering /?
What is that loduacious and ideot poll
tician Harper ? What. in brief. are
those ephemera of party, who babble
they know not what, and Join chorus
like parcel of silly bacchanals
he outrageous insolence of the fed.
c7ai presses would well Justify the
retort Veritabie on the part Of the re-.
Publicans. But the latter disdaiu to
descend 10 those vulgarisms which so
strongly mark the character Of their
opponents. Is there an honorable
federaiist who, knowing the conduct
OF certain legislators of that class du.
ring the late session OF Congress. does
MT admire the agnanimous for,ear-
aoce of the republican prints And
yet the opposition journals speak as if
there were no crininallty, no vicious
nesss attached to their party AS if
they were all pure AMI spotless as the
driven snow ! The federalists oGten
boast OF their tslents-why do thev
not manifest the truth Of that boast
Men ct talents do not resort 70 low
personal abuse: They find resources
in their wit and judgment of things.
Ii IS your meagre pates that recur to
SCOTS and nick'names, TO which any
impudentvarlet is competent; and for
which bautering sharper would be
lustas well qualified as Timothy Pick
citing. 1t is easy, IRON the language
OF parties, fos the psblic to percei We
VIC hss the Gsntlemauly side of the
arsnpsnt.
The foreignnews by the British ar.
med vessel letely cat away near New.
York, leaves us as much in the dark as
ever respecting the intentions Of the
British Government. 1t is probable
we shall hear nothing certain till the
arrival Of the frigate Essex.