Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-09-06
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Oar friends cfheac- we shonld really cali
the most inconsistent people in The world if
they were not saved from that charac err nv
inc fact Of being I'm the common phraSel
= consistent ia iGcoHSisfe Gu" They uni
(ormLy contradict their own assertions -.
lhey Arrays quarrel with their own argu.
lnehts' / hey ever retule their own positions.
Only suffer them to take their own conrq-
aud they will round the circle of inconsis-
tency; and Won may oppose them with their
own authority We have before had occa-
SION 70 Comment on their hretendef love of
peace. anG pertinacious cbstinacy againsr g.
very measure, winch can lead to it. The
Doston Ccntinef mad finished the circle. as
respects the Russian mediation.
Whenthls measure was first spoken IF
the federahsts we're loud in their declaratir
ons, that the medi;. in had been ofr.red &c
preremptoriy rejecte The administration.
SAID they, is determined on this ruinous
war" and will listen to no terms, nc over
lures, 10 propositions. They found them
selves m taken. For a shor, time the,
then protested themselves gratifed thu q
measure which would tend TO finish the
Contest had beea tax en-; but ascribed !, m
the INABILITY OF the government to carry ON
the war. Next, 1T was complained that an
armis'lce was not concude d on. to stop hos..
tlnt'es during this negotiation 10 which G.
''HaiH " at7DQps ready TO d. jusfice.p
"oniu accede and THUS save blood ard trea-
sure NJ faSt IL appeared b. he EnpIisb
f'aheTS, that he Btitish court Won DrCba.
Dry reject the rendered in erpa on n W.
IN the tace OF former professions of the viii
hasness oi O.. Britain 70 make peace On
honorable terms, IN The face OF their own
declarations, that the reason of not coming
to an unders' anding was exclusiTel, the faujS
OF our own government they resume their
CenSure ct this government, Justify England
Tor the supposed refusal, and iafi1gqfe the
most lnsdlous and yet ridiculous charges a.
gainst the President.
10 unravel this f" tangled knot Of incon-
slstencIes or to shew, ia their proper atti.
!uues' those who are caught IN il, let Us en-
q9re' DTSf, was it right or 7yroHg in Mr..
Mauison TO accept the mediation of Russia
1t lt was right IS not the fact of refusIng IL
proof OF hostile and unjust disposition in
the enemy, If they have thu, refused il p
u 1T was wrong. why did hey blame the
President for the supposed rejection. Which
must, in that caseiuav been righf 2 3ut
who was IN fault at the ss fderak olafss ?
1--WE say the last dates, for ege~t week Brirgs
us new doctrine upon the subject) Whv.
the Russian ministers it seems. With ali
the respect Tor Russia, her minister. &c.
which the Cossack ceebrators have pro
fessed, they nov aver, " that he first Offer
OF mediation by Russia, never was made he
the Emperor Alexander, nor by his order
put was the UNAUTHORIZED act of Mr..
DaschkoH, The Russian minister i'm Wasb.
ingtou, made on his own individual res, n.
slb'lity, and at the repeated impertunlf, of
the we'll known DR. Logsnr' Wei. indeed
IT'S IS c'Wf ttosay tbe lcast) from the Ros-
ton Co8sackstOwards the Russian m,nisiert
And so, these hafriot friends of "i,7z,inef5I,
Knfusof :" these bIszoners of Musco,ite
triumphs; these celebrators of S,haa.ish. and
russian, and Bri ish and. indeed, every a.
ther kind Of " hGfri9ttsm," Except .fg,eyi.
cam undertake, very cooliy and cavaacrlv-
10 represent Mr.. DJschk III in the lieht Of
man, seduced by a privae individual Z,
take an important step, "UNAUTHoR1sED',
y ms government and thus compronit-
ting that government, OF guilty of most i'm
proper Conduct himself L. il decotons !.
Y toierable, is it pardona5Ie, that 50 i1sult-
ing an attack ON a friendly foreign minis,cr
should be made, by the very mer protesting
81 high respect for that minister and HE
court, 70
10 what can we trace such strange IN
consistency 10 determined and, nh
miscuous opposition to every thing which
can be done by our government and a re-
solute and indiscTiminate defence Of eyerv