Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1812-09-07

to Illustrate the alarming designs of Bona
parte upon their immense detached posse
sons s--nay, upon " the fast anchored Is
land' itself. i hope our government will
ever guard against those ruihan spirits who
are hired to raise hue and CRY III favor of
Great Britain. Had Jefferson and Madison
manufactured my lord X. into the grand o.
racle of their sanhedrim or cabinet, then no
doubt he would have approved thsir whole
administration of public affairs but as they
did not confer this undeserved honor~upon
him, he seeks to avenge his neglected ia
Tents by burying the sabre of a true cheva-
lisr into the vitals of hard-hearted govern
mcnt. Thank God, he is like the furious
Bear chained to block he may show hiy
teet, but cannot bite In other words, he
resembles snarling fee large dogs take 80
notice of him, and snail dogs despise nim
And now, since he has forfeited all conse-
quence in the House Of Representatives, he
personates young child longing for the tit
ty, crying out to his constituents, Congress
will not let him speak; that is, let him nc
cupy whole session in talking non -sense.
1t is funny, when this little Virginian wasp
finds he can no longer dape popular simpli-
city, by his vague philosophy and British
sentiments, to behold him ploughing up the
quick of the community with a religious
tone, which is evidence ofimposture drawing
on the cloak of false devoutness Notwth-
standing statesmen ought to be pious men,
yet they are not authorised by the Divine
law, to use religion as an instrument of quiz
zing and deceiving the world as all des-
pots have done in successive ages down to
this day. Being we'll acquainted with X. it
COMPOUNDED me as much hear of his be
coming Holy, as it would to witness the
transformation of Wolfe into Lamb -
But 1 rejoice to find his constituents are
beginning to detect the guile of the sinking
pharisee, and that he will probably, at the
next springs election, boast an unanimous
vote 10 sTAT M oME.-tIere he may
worship his pointer DOG, "a a substitute for
the delirious old GEOGF the Third. or his
immaculate son the Prince Regent, AMI
| triumphantly get rid Of such ideots and
| kuaves as, he intimates, confront him in the
popular branch of Congress -Commonly,
| rogue cries rogue first. Poor Jack, for the
| want of better mouth piece, has been blow
| ing his own shell long eGough to no purpose
therefore, he was prudent to skulk home
| from those democratic plgeants who will not
| hear him chop toryisD in opposition to
| true republicaniSm. As to war with any
| nation, dislike the thing upon general prin-
ciples, and approve it n0zv, only on account
of our being so daringiy plunged into the
measure Oy Sritalls tue Coiittl,Cn SnO proven
| bal enemy of mankind.
In as-much as our public deputies have
made such a manly stand against Britain
| in the defence of sovereign rights, which
| COS, freemen so dear, and which every vir-
! tuous American will endeavor to bestow, I'M
| impaired, on posterity, it is the duty of sound
Patriots to hazard life and limb for the A
| merican Ark, which stands as an opening
haven to al distressed foreigners who enter
| our ports. Let us consider, that the British
once, with veteran, experienced, skilful ar
| my, could not fight us man for man, like
| gentlemen, Nut brought over bloody Hessi-
ans to slaughter, with Cannibals, outcasts &
| negroes, our helpless women and smiling in
| fants The same work now goes on, and
| our frontier streams with innocent blood !!
| l ask, Is there a single descendant of my
| fellow-revoutionary contemporaries, who
would not rush 10 the field, sword in hand,
under oath never to sheathe it until the Indi-
| an shall feel its deadly point, and Britain
| relmquish all pretension to North America,
| and acknowledge that the Atlantic Ocean, is
| of right the national boundary between her
and the u. States! Another stimu!ous is,
the ransom of our suffering, impressed sea-
men, and the obtainment of a free trade and
| intercourse with any port in Christendom-
nay, any portion of the Globes when it
| becomes apparent, that party spirit among
| kindred federalists and democrats is done "a
| way, so far, at least, as to embark them both
| with equal nerve, in the existing second war
| for independence, the British ministry will
surely aim at dipping this government into
sham peace, and after all the expense in
| CURED in raising an army, tempt MS to dis
| charge it. BY these means-that is, vi
| olation of treaty--to which she is ever
| prompted from the worst motives, the ty-
rant of the seas, may at pleasure renew her
depredatioDs upon us, both by water and
! land. But ] trust administration will not o.
verlook her former receptions, nor negoci-
ate with her, unless she gives good security
never hereafter to modest our independence.
1t is said by certain mock Soiomons, we
cannot take Canada! None but foreign
hireings and simpletons would advance such
| an absurd notion. When the Union consist
cd only of thirteen undisciplined states, with
| out money, arms or ammunition, with Wash
| ington at our head, we lashcd England and
thousands of mercinary Hessiaus, run away
negroes and skalping savages, I'll associated
in grouped Now the republic cOmpre
hends seventeen mighty states and FIVE adj
ditional territories, abouseng in all the IDA
terials and implements OF war. Still some
bfock-heads contend, that it is impossible
| 10 ICduCc the single IOfC OF quebec. On tuC
contrary, we can, If united, with all imagln-
able ease, command every British possessi-
on in North America, IN six months and
as the great Washington did, send home the
blood-hounds of old crazy George with tears
in tleir sore eyes, cursing the day they ever
troubled the brave patriots of liberty. Al
this time, it were sound policy in the admi-
nistration to take possession OF both Eas
| and West Florida, which step would nearly
give them the ownership over the whole Con