Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-06-21

lers, equipf and psitf until they Join the army upo
the horses presented. Some cities, such as tlI
| manufacturing CITY ofLyons, have presented a com
plete squadron of horses aud volunteers. MOUNTED
and perfectly equipt; Orleans has presented trooI
| sixty mounted men the colleges have all pre-
scented considerable lumber eash-----in short the
mere register which has occupied the papers of Pa
rsfor two mouths PASTRIES from its sameneSs and
never.endlng repetition of horses and cavaliers pre-
seuted.
4" The troops in Spain are 60 be maintained al
two hundred thousand men; so it viii be in the
ture OF a defensive rather than offensive war
The british force cannot be far short of the same
number and the condition OF Spain, rs well the
disposition of the Spanards, may be guessed under
such circumstances.
+" The spirit and ardor of the French troops were
never hgiltr than at this moment. They say 1t the
Russians trozc hast winter, we will smoke some
OF them this SUMNER" The reverses of the last
campaign, are well known here cont rary to
your superstition as where they happened this
man does NOT act like common people lac knew
that tho way to call forth their eners was shew
them the picture hits worst ,ight--tley have
made itthelr interest to support him, bccase the
country smiles in pfpsper'ty aud Improvement un-
der has rule; and tie consolidation aud duration of
his dynasty is considered as the best security for
their domestic peace aud prosperity. The account
which you read in the English papers, OF dstresses
~ France is all stuf-thc naval inercautile class
alone snners---every other order of society 81 joys
a prosperity unknown t. former times. The Tx
pose Is no exaggerated Picture the remoteness of
the OBJECTS must necessarily render them difficult to
be seen by any single eve but whoever las ira
velledin any ofthc points ads the amelioration of
the social condition and public improvements rapid
and stupendous The great body of the people are
Infinitely happier aud less burtheued than those Of
any OF the nations the obtnent il is very little
matter to these gay people who governs when there
IS national question they do nor 7vait TO b. inOd-
dsd before they consider themselves Il war, but
loo the standard to prevent it. They do not say
= come to my House and ~i hight you" but they
say, II you meet and cabal at neighbours house TO
pun my house down, will take care that your
neighbor shall suffer tor encouraging you while lac
pretended friendship to me, and viii ohsstse you
BOTH This kind OF decision is much better adapt
ed to my taste, than the conduct of some govern
ors, whose canting and whining speeches are
IN our teeth here, with reproach To country
Tor ats degencracy man who viii sit still and see
his uvishbor'e house destroyed, and will not fight
because the enemy does not yet attack his house,
IS "A bad citizen, and worse christian. Such
man would sell his country and his family for what
Nantucket man would call god voyage n
1t is not at all uncharitabic him who is
pab'e ef preaching such doctrine OF having already
made his bargain.
F" Our navy, however, redeems national
character from the intamy cast upon it 1T Boston
the naval worthless have imno'taliZed themselves
and saved the reputation of their country they
have eonioundel England, and astonished and ago
niZed the naval Frcnchmen.
" will not weary you with conjcetures the
war or the course OF the campaign in the north
every one knows, mat military operations arc go
ing to the events which cannot always be foreseeu
the object will Doubtless DC 10 force tc Russians
beyond the Dwina---Fescue i.itluania .lNl ioland
at large from te cllaniiiss under which they had
fallen IN the winter; End form st,I.3 rover,oHt
OF Prussia aud Pelandi augment the dOtiiniop OF
SaXony on The Baltic, aud add part al plassian
Brandenburg 10 the kingdom O. w tphaIia Pork
STA Will cease us monarchy aud the unhappy
dupe OF Great Britain WILL Ike the Swedish victim
| OF her policy, find England negoeiatinga new con-
spiracy with whatever chief Bonaparte places in the
dominion of the Brtdenburg houses, as they have
neGociated with Belnadottc TO the exclusion of the
| miserable mailman of another kind, who is now
known only as maniac travelling harmless thro
Germany under the title OF count Gottorp.
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