Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1812-12-28

appcareu--Dcipfe they Can beiiere nm to
be either coward or traitor.
~ Porter's and Syn,th's letters will both
be found in this days Argus.
MIR. Jacab Wagner has beenfor week or
two past notifying The B71fishto make haste
and be beforenahd With our government in
taking possession ofthe Floridas. This wor-
thy coadjutor of the robbersof Copenhagen,
wishes to impress the woy with a belief
knows every thing that shoing there But
such driveller deludes hobody: He lives
uptethe muzzle in lies. qnd they devour his
credibility like vermin.
A London article under date of October
27th, states that advices had been received
which "give a z,sru fGp0ra6ie account of the
state Of things in Rnssia!" And what would
the reader suppose this account to be WHY,
that Bonaparte is confined to the ruins and
the immediste vicinity of Moscow" Con-
fined and 10 1fesroqv i! Now how did he
get there? II onewere to believe these silly
Englishnen, it would be thought it had been
a designed thing to get the French into Mos
cow. Confined, indeed! According to this
mode of warfare, when Riga and St. Peters
burgh and the other considerable cities and
towHs of Russia are burnt and their remains
garrisoned bv French armies, Bonaparte
will be entirely ruined; totally unlone
That would be conffniny Napoleon. We'll,
we'll; folly is but shnrt-lived, though of a
fruitful race. Certain facts, admitted by
the British themselves. are arrant teH-fales
of the actual condition Of affairs in that
quarter; we mean the low price of hemp !;
the removal of property from ST. Peters
burgh; the fight of part of the Russian
Court to Arch ANGEL; and above all, the
sending the Russian ships of war to Eng
land, 10 be taken care Of!
The hemh shipped from St. Petersburgh
will arrive in proper season in London fsr
John Bull hears of the subduement of the
Frolic and the capture ofthe Macedonian-
whenthe Englishmen will be in the humor
to hang themselves.
The djfSrence. Bonaparte makes free
With the property CT his enemies /; but John
Bull makes free with that of his friends
witness the ships of war to be sent from
Russia to England, for eafety An English
editor saws this circumstance is " a fnrtier
proof OF Alexander's frrnness and fidelity Ia
the common cause" We rather suspect it
to be a proof That Great britain finding him
going down nil, is resolved to come in for a
share of the spoils-
The Russian generals treat Bonaparte in
a manner somewhat different from that in
which the magicians treat the devil and his
imps. The latter commonly keep the evil
spirits on of the magical circle; but the gen
erals of Russia are for getting Napoleon in
10 the middle of one. The generals Kutu-
sow, Wintzingerode, Doctorow, &c. &c. are
| represented as having drawn line rodad
Moscow, and hemmed in Napoleon. But if
| that Great French DevH should choose to
break through it, we fancy lie could spoil
all their military incantationS.
| The opposers Of the war, being no longer
able to resist the torrent OK evidence which
proves the readiness of administration to
make peace whenever Great Britain is dis
posed to listen 60 reciprocal and Just ar
engagements, have pretty generally abandon
ed the ground that the war is unprovokod
and unnecessary. They now attack the go.
verpment in a side nay All their argo-
mepts run against the means Of carrying on
hostiiities. Thus, it is unconstitutional ID
/ Cdti out t15 inltltld--tHS state governments
have a right to oppose the general govern.
ment--the positions ofour camps arc sick1y
the soldiers are starving, &c. &c. Al
these allegations, which VIC daily see in Che
opposition prints, are just so many p ints as
summed and dwelt upon to- depress the peo
pie Of the United States and hearten up thu
British. But when these same tory prints
speak OF the enemy, it is quite in difFercn
tone The British arc represented as terri
Iblc, their forces we'll appointed, their gener
ais uosonquerable Every body can SEE
Through the object Of these Typographical
wretches, who so much dishonor and injur,
the country and the Only regret is, tina
they cannot be taken up aud hung, withou
in some degree impairing the freedom {
the press.