Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1812-09-17

4 iHSEC Is no SiI1El ulfISustN IN QeClGlng
whether treachery or cowIrdice mas produced
TIN; event If is said that Hull has r. tsined in
his hands seventeen thousand dollars, sent him
to pay the troops; ana that he has forwarded
no dispatches. Those facts, If they are truly
stated, taken into consideration with the Cir
cumstaace Of his not returning to the U. States
on parole, assist i'll solving the doubt.
opart OF this disgracefui event has affect.
ed my feelings much as the little circum-
stance which follows. So confident were the.
inhabitants of the success ct the American
arms, that the windows of Detroit were croud-
ed with females, as spectators OF the action.
The American standard descended and all
the village wept."
Ectract Of a letter from q gentleman, tong
u reahecfa6le inha6nans IF BaitiMore. 10
the Editor, dated q! that Mace, on llon-
day last.
" Baltimore is firm. We shall re cleo,
our old Mayor, three for one, though two
candidates (republicans) have been offered
in opposition. And the electors who snall
support MIR. Madison will be elected by at
least two for one, unless some strange thing
| sa nuld occur. mention these things because
know they will give you pleasure"
| Several federal lawyers have given an o
pinion, (Which has been publislcd in the
Federal Republican, of George rown,) in
| taVcr oftne Charles-strect rioters. TINS o.
| pinion, which is evidently an e!cctloneey'igp.
one, is the most esuitcal thing, that we
nave, tor some time, seen in print 1t is
not accompanied by a single line of narrative
in relation TO the circumstances os the case
1t must be obvious TO every one, that in or.
der to the formation OF sound legal OPT
| Mon, the flctS a. well as the ia7v must be.
| laid down ; because the factS determine
what the taIv is. Thus, if the party in the
house i'll Gharles-strect fired upon the popu-
lace OF Baltimore before the house was bro
ken into, the law would be very different
from what it would be, if the house hao! been
| violently entered before the people were
hred ON. And this is the very point in dis
pute; for, in relation to it, the Baltimore
committee have made one statement and
| Hanson's mob have made another. Nor
have these federal lawyers taken the least
notice, In giving their opinion, of a very
broad distinction, applicable to the case
| They declare, that a man has right TO
defend his house, ii attacked. This is true
enough: Bus then man must have been
III heaceable Possession of his house, And
here 1t Is clearly perceptble, that differ
ence lies between q right IN POSSESSION
and right NOR IN POSSESSION. And we
will venture TO assert, that not one of the fe-
deral gentlemen of the bar, who has signed
the opinion in question, will contend, aItho'
Hanson had right to publish paper in
Baltimore, and tn occupy house there for
the purpose, that he could, lawfully, enter
upon the exercise of that right by force, as
he did, backed BY band of armed Stya,z-
gers. The public viii pardon US for dwell
ing so much upon this topic. When our
readers reflect, however, that the oppositi-
ON, every where, are making a political in
strument of their own illegal enterprises.
they will readily excuse us for endeavorine,
to unvelI the attempts at imposlure.
Luther Martin thinks, that the shooting
the people of Baltimore by Hanson's mob.
was perfectly proper. He formerly wrote a
pamphlet To pailIate the outrage on the
Chesapeake. What are the opinions Of such
a man worth {?
Mr. Gusts seems tt think, Gf we NAV
believe the communication of himself. or a
friend of his, in a late federal Republican. !
that he cannot be the laughing stock ofthe
whole district of Columbia. because, in his
Grafton of the first inst. he made SO many
people cry. Now, if this said Mr. Gusts
knows any thing of human nature, he will
Know that crying IS the very essence of
! laughing 1t is the last stage of it, when
7 - - 'S'' 10 "i'uSit VI almost TO COnVuiSl-
ons, and tears Come to his relief What is
more common than for persons to laugh tal
they cry
The papers that have been most clamor-
Gus Tor Postponing opinions in relation to
Gen. Hull, have yielded to the flood of evi
dence against him. For our part, we have
been well informed from the first and have
not been disposed to spare that too feeble, or
too Proiiigate, nan. In common cases,
where appearances wear the worst form, il
may be well to wait for full developement.
But at time like this, no officer in the ar
my should be permitted to entertain a doubt
that popular Indignation will at once over
whelm the wretch, who baseiy surremders,
or viley sells, his com anlous narins. For
such creatures III command, there should be
noretuge from cntempt--nO asylum from
the terrible vengeance of public opinion. A
whole frontier cxposed--laid Oare to the sa-
wage knife and tomahawk--all the public.
papers surrendered-the whole plan of the
campaign made known to the cncmy-nok
I @" tBJyT TO SaUs any fhiRg WHO can
reflect upon these facts with Guinness p
The man that can, is wclcoms TO Mss feelings
HE wariikc spirit that sparkles every
where, and particularly in the West, best
becomes Americans. Let the memory of
Huilbe buried III The grave that avail ),
from the arms OF frccmcn, the mvrmidsns
ct Britain and let it not for one instant be
recorded, for fear it should descend to pos
tcrity, that 900 Americans in Arms. and.
as we may say, ON tho field of battle, were
capable, with man of probity at thei.
head, of yielding TO an inferior force of sava-
ges and Britons. No! Our gallant brc-
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