Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1812-03-12
wA,HIsoror cry. March 10.

] IL mas income our duty, to lay before our rea
| ders, to-day, an important communication fror
! me Executive to Congress, transmitting to then
J 2 series OF documents, which incontestibly prove
That IN the year 1869, at period when party RAJ
! n'gh IN these states, and inconsiderate mer
threatened opposition to the laws, GREAT BRr
rtTS, ayailing herself % ou- internal dissen-
tons, did commission AT least one agent to 70.
merit he existing divisions, to ascertain the
possibility of producing asErARATIoN OF TIE
UNION, and to engage to afford, TO such party
as might De disposed to accept her assistance,
such AID from British force as should be deemed
necessary.
The reading of this message and documents
produced general burst of indignant patriot
ism in both Houses of Congress Gentlemen
from the section of the Union to which the mis-
SION OF Mr.. Henry was directed, We'd with each
other in the asscveration oftheir previous ignor-
ance OF the existence of this or any other SINH
lar agency i'll the disavowal, for themselves
and constituents, ofany participation in the SEN
timents attributed tn them in these documents;
and in iutimating their ANXIOUS desire for a full
development of the whole affair, particularly
for disclosure of the names of all such persons
as had held communication with Mr. Henry on
the subject wherewith he mas charged
Ii, relation to Mr.. Henry, who on this occasi-
on performs so prominent a part in the drama it
was stated by Mr.. Fisk that he was an English
Dut listl TCslNCQ III tnls country; SO
long, that he had obtained captaincy in the
army raised in the wear 1885; that he was man
OF gentlemanly department, and reputcd good
moral character; that he (Mr. l'islS) and his col
League, Mr.. Strong, we'll remembered when he
passed through Burlington, in the Spring of
1909, and that his object was at that time much
suspected to have been what he now states.
This whole affair is one which comment
would be superhuous It speaks IN n voice of
thunder. which the very leaf shall hear. IN
stead of applyingit as stimulus TO party fervor,
let 1t become n bond of union against a common
foe, who, whilst she was making lavish protest.
ons of friendship thro' our minister in England s
her minister in this city, was per6diousiy stir
ring up rebellion and comprising disunion in
this land, by secret agencies at the moment
she was pretending, to hold out one hand in fell
lowship, with the other she was feeling for the
vitals of the Republic, to which she might in the
dead of nightdirect her poisoned dagger.
Whilst, however, the sentiment of conciliati-
on is only cherished, it is impossible to avoid
recurrence of the mind to the scenes of the Win
ters of 1902, or to forget the language used
at that time by certain prints. From the senti-
ments of opposition to the luws and of disunion,
which were then inculcated with zeal worthy
of better cause, we always have freely exone-
rated the mass of the Federal party; but the inn
plication of some fits leaders is another ques-
lion, which we do not now undertake to solve.
The publication Of Cdnning's letters in the prints
of that day is not forgotten; nor can there be
much doubt from what source they proceeded.
Whatever may be thought of the past, the
public will not fail properly TO appreciate the
views ofhim who shall, after this disclosure
trumpet forth the justice, clcmency and forbear-
auce of Great Britain to the United States If
such one shall be found, let him be rnarkeda as
the foe to freedom, as the parricidal enemy of
his country! Nat Int.
In the Senate, the Presidents Message, &C.
was read, and Messrs. Campbell, of Tennessee,
Brent and Bayard, appointed committee to Sc
lect such parts as were proper to-be printed
One thousand copies were ordered to be printed.
Mr.. Lloyd, of Massachusetts, submitted the
following resolution
ResokUed, That the Secretary of State be d.
rected to lay before the Senate the names of any
and all persons in the u. States, and especially
in the state of Massachusetts, who have in any
way manner whatever, entered into, or most
remotely countenanccd, the project, or the
views, for the execution or attainment of which
John Henry was, in the year 1909, employed by
Sir James Craig, then Governor-General of the
British Provinces in North-America, and which
have this day been communicated to the Senate
of the U. S.
In the House OF Representatives, the Message
was referred to the committee of Foreign Rela-
persons ana papers and five thousand copies
were ordered TO be printed. ID.
~1r<.c< %--><S%Jc<crUrr 1c~H>r%~%-
COMMUNICATED FOR THE ARGUS.
On Friday Evening the 9th of March, 1879,
departed this life in the CITY of WILLIAMSBURG,
the REV D. JAMES MADISON, ID. ID. B1sHoP
of the PRoTEsTANT Episcopal Church in
VIRcINIA; and PRESIDENT, and PRoFKssoR
of Moral and NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, in the
CoLLECE OF WILLIAM AND MARY, in VIR-
GINA, and Member ofthe AMzRIcAN PH1Lo-
soPHIcAL SOCIETY, &c. &c. in the sixty-third
year of his age.
Ofthe number of highly respected, and dis
tinguished citizens of Virginia, who, within a
few years past, have descended To the grave,
there probably wasnot one whose loss was more
generally felt, or more sincerely lamented. Let
those who for the last five and thirty years have
imbibed the precepts of morality, and the prn-
ciples of sound philosophy from his lips, attest
this solemn truth Let every parent, who has
seen his son rise to dignity and respect in
the eyes OF his fellow citizens, gratefully ac-
knowledge his obligations TO his memory and
let every generous youth, who pants after
knowledge, lament that he has forever lost the
benefit of such preceptor
The DIoNIFTEp STATION to which he was
advanced by the FREE,' voluntary, and 9nari-
nous suffrage of his ROYALS; Nfaisteys of
that Church Of which he was a member, sufi-
ciently attests the respect and esteem in which
he was held by that venerable BODY, who we're
the best judges of his qualifications for that no.
LY oFT1oE. His piety was unaffected his re-
hgion pure; equally unsullied by bigotry, and
INTOLERANCE, as by atheism, or distrust ofpro-
violence his morality Immaculate his philan-
throPhy universal he lived, and died in love,