Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1812-09-28

ARCHIBALD RUTH ERFORD, of Rock
iDgham.
ANDREW RUSSELL, of Washington.
CHARLES TAYLOR, of Montgomery.
WILLIAM M'KINLE.Y, of Ohio.
AZ The Republican Editors throughcu.
grShiia are refectui[y requested 10 nu6-
ash tie a6oUe Letter once, and the Lisf eff
Electors in every hatier Until the day Of i
lection.
Among the various arguments for the ex-
pnision OF Mr. Madison, the most candid one
we nave met with, is Contained in the Shirt
81 SeUe'ify SIG, OF the 18th inst. The Edi-
tors ot that paper alledge that "The warm
est partizan, especially if he be an eorhec-
tant, will tire in eight years :" from whence
it is inferred, that as there are not offices
enough Tor every body who waits ore, o
mass of opposition win grow up too strong TO
DC resisted. There is certainly more truth
IN tins declaration than the writer himself
perceived. 1t is Il Confession from a hostii,
print that the great source of clamor against
the administration, is the desire of Office
but as, let who will dance, the people must
pay the piper, it is not easy to discover what
benefit can accrue to the community by torn
ing out men who are at least tat enough and
n
pack OF lean, gaunt. hungry eXpectants, who.
after a fast of eleven years, would piobab)ys
devour every thing before them. If in re.Ii
~ the public treasury be subject TO the Off;
ciai suction which the Shirt of .Scuenfy Sin.
procialns, the people would best consult
their interest by deciding as the For does in
the fable, in relation to the files preferrinp
to endure full-belied swarm to one which
might by long fasting be enabled to suck out
every remaining drop of blood he had in his
veins.
tits said that Sir John b. Warren has been
appointed commander in chief of the British
fleet on the American coast We hone the
y. ,. will soon be able tu save the British the
trouble ot such appointments. If we Dut cut
the force of the nation literally, we shall he
able to command the American coast in chief.
ourselves.
The federal prints seem willing to take IN
Gen. Hull as an instrument wherewith tn
embarrass the operations of Governments
Who knows, buI after surrendering Dtroit
and the army, he has crossed over into the
United States to act part for the enemy
We do not assert thatit is SO (; but from his
majesty SITfeEds III the United States speak-'
ing OF him in such a .fcrIng way, the m. ST
philosophic MIND must lock upon Gen. HnlI
with shyness. The Federal Republican is so
well convinced Of his Innocence that II h,s
refused to insert i'll its columns the u,,nl,,
statement OF Col. Cas-
1t makes one laugh to hear Jacob Wagner
crying out against the persecution Of ,hee.
press, when, three times week he abuyes'it,
print every body he pleases, and his coadiu-
tors, who have been presented fornanslauEh-.
rD0s aNs- ~ hV..g .. 1.
at the laws and putting all decency at dch->
ance.
" A meeting of the citizens of Frede-
rickslurg was held on the I0th inst. at The
Town Half, for military purposes Dr.
Charles L drter, the Mayor, ia the CHAR.
"A committee was appointed TO receive and
collect SUBSCRIPTIONS, To equip for service.
and Tor the rehef and subsistence of such az
| the tamIies OF those who shalt 20 into the
service Of the u. .. either Dy draft or vol,n-
| tarl enlistment. A. subscription was imme.
diately opened, and the sum Of S2I66 suh-
scribed. a Roll OF a Volunteer Companxs
was commenced at the same time, and =
number OF respectable names instantly ap4
peared upon the list.
The Gathering Of the Borders-Fron,
t'C A'oEthtIh dbu western Frontier we
Continue to receive accounts of the Assem-.
bling OF vast bodies oft citizens of all ra, L g
and descriptions, wing with each other in
their ardor to eiiace the inglorious staiI their
country's character and honor received m
the loss oil Detrcii, and TO revenge the hor-
rid butcherlcs % the misguided and unD,in-
CiPieq %fc,ChtS, Whose SCI yCe7 of sayage
CO Operation ia war, altho' the United States
nave mob! disdained TO buy or even to ac-.
| cept, their scare iy less brutal employers do
no. blush to boast Of having purcliastd.--
When the news ofthis disaster was SIRE n
by expresses Throughout Kentucky, OHIO
aud the western part of Pennsy ania, i'm
peied by the wagnest feelings ii patriotism.
almost every man capablc OF bearing arms
pressed OIL tothe frontier. H. comparing this
general concOuTse to what j. related ut the
Celerity AID promptiIude of the ancient ga
theiing OF the Scottish clans i'm cases of ur-
gent danger, we do not exaggerate and.
quoting the romantic verse OF Walter Scott
wheh describing similar scenes, we may truz
y say, that OH the late occasion
g From the grey sire, whose trembling hand
Could hardly buckle ON his band
y" To the raw boy, whose shaft and bow
We're yet scarce terror to the crow
zach valley, each sequcstered glen
6 Mustered It's littlc horde of men
L hat met, aS torrents from tie beioht
In Highland dale their streamers uTife
" stu gathering, as they pour aloup
=" a voice more loud, n tile more strong
I'LL at the rendezvous they stood
by hundreds, prompt for blows and blood,,
But this genuine spirit is not confined IN
the ultraniontane regions Of this the orl,,
Republic in the world. It is universal on
occasion il would blaze Will, ,.,..t "