Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1812-04-20
DOMESTIC.
SPIRIT OF TENNESSEE.
VOLUNTEERS TO AR.Msy,,

CITIZENS Your government has at I,st
yielded to the impulse of the nation. Your
impatience is no longer restrained. The bour
OF national vengeance is now at hand. The a.
ternal enemies of American prosperity. are A.
gam to be taught to respect our rights. after
naV"S peeh compelled TO feel, once more, the
power of our arms.
fhe OHitet States and the King of G,eot RI.
tam and the militia host of Anericd are sy,,,-
'noned TO The tented fields
CITIZENS! an honorable confidence in vour
courage and patriotism has been displaved b,,
the general government. To raise a force foI,.
the protection OF your rights she has not deem.
ca II necessary to recur to the common mode of
ming the ranks OF an army-No drafts or com
pulsory levles are now to be made-a s;mnIa
invitation is given to the Young men If The coi,n
try, to turn out for their own and their corn-
try's rights. On this invitation $4,000 yolun-
teers, full OF martial ardour, indignant at their
countrys wrongs, and burning with mpat;enca
TO illustrate their name by some signal ex :
PLOT, are expected to repair to the nator,,
standard o'ai
Gould it be otherwise could the general oo-
w 1f".iSne aeen IL necessary to force us to take
ene Seia we who have for SO many years de-
handed war with such clamorous imnor,un;
ty-who, IN so many resolutions of Town meet
inSs and Legislative assemblies, have offercd
our lives and fortunes for the defence of o,,r
couhtry-who, so often, and so publicly b.ve
charged TINS very government with a pus;I.n;
NOUS Difference to fore ign nations, because Che
had resolved to exhaust the cup of negoc;ot;
on before she made her last appeal to the fnrc1.
OF arms. No, under such cia: umstances Il We
inPo>Sioie LOT the government to conceive
iat Eo'hPulSioh would be wanting to bring us
into the field And shall we now d;sar,iSo; -.
the expectations which we ourselves have evN
cited shall we give the lie to the professions
winch we have so often and so publicIv mode !;
ohaii we, who have clamoured for war now
SKulK into corner the moment war is about In
be declared Shall we, who for en- ~,
years have been rendering our lives and fortura,
10 the general government, now come out with
eVasiohs and Pititul excuses the moment the
tender is accepted?
But another and anobler feeling should inn
pei us TO action. Who are zve D.? and far q,ba,
are I'VE going to fight?
Are we the titled slaves of George the third
the military conscrips of Napoleon the great
or the frozen peasants of the Russian Car
No, we arc the free born sons Of Amer;c,
the citizens of the only republic now existnn.
IN the world; and the only people on Garth
that possess rights, liberties, and property
which they dare call their own
For what are zpe Poine 10 fghf? To sot;se,.
-
tuated ministry to- place another and another
diadem ON the head of an apostate Republican
General to settle the balance of power anonc-
an assassin tribe ofkings and emperors d" az.
TO preserve to the Prince Of the blood, and the
Grand Dignitaries Of the empire" their over
grown wealth and exclusive privileges No
such splendid achievements as these can form
no part ofthc object of an American war. we
are gong to fight for theS ACCOMPLISHMENT of
our national Character, misunderstood and vi
Iltied at home and abroad for the protection
d our maritime citizens, impressed on board
British SHIPS OF war, and compelled TO fight
lie battles OF our enemies against ourselves
20 vIndicate our right to a free trade, and omen
! market Tor the productions of our soil. nov
lcrlshing on orr hands, because the mistress
,t the ocean has forbid us to convey them 10 anv
oreign nation in fine, to seek some indem. |
lity Tor past injuries, some security against |
uture aggresslons by the conquest OF ali the
British domInions upon tho continent of North
America.
Here thenlS the true and noble principle ON
Vbich the energies ofthe nation should be bro,
n action AJLee people compelled to reclaim.
y me PotUer If their arms The riqhfs zvkic6 |
rod h6s 6estoTgsd upon them, and which an in
atsafed King has said they shall not eHioy.
In such contest will the people shrink
7 IN the support Of their government or ra-
her viii they shrink from the support of them
elves 2 Will they abandon theT great imprc-