Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-11-29

brlndiey OF Keyhsham, has a daughter who |
IS dear to him as his hearts blood-Q sup
pose the case ofmy friend Brindley, because,
to his sorrow, he has no daughter, and is too |
honest man to be offended by my making |
use ot hrs name in a case in which no man |
who knows him would ever believe him to
be guiity>-and that my neighbor Hildreth.
OF Lower Farnham, is DESTROYS of putting an
end to an old family quarrel, by marrying
farmer Brind.ey's daughter. shall suppose
that farmer Brindley. who attends church on
Sundays and holidays, bays his tythes and
taxes with great apparent satisfaction, has
conceived a grudge against young Hildreth.
and cnvies the prosperous manner in which
he pursues husbandry, and the fine condition
OF his live stock that he concsives an anti-
pathy even at his high reputation in Hamp-
Shire, inasmuch as Hildreth, though he does
not attend church so often, nor fatter the
parson, is still as good a man in the MAIN
L shall suppose, for am only supposing, that
old Brindley consents to give his daughter,
dearest to his heart TO Hildreih in marriage,
and that the grandchildren of Hildreth by
brinddley's daughter, are TO inherit his fine
farm and farm house in fee simple, and the
1--we stock; that they shall, as the scripture
says, "becomc bone of one bone and flesh of
one flesh" and that old 8rindley, in order
to render every thing complete, proposes to
swear upon the holy eyangelists. to bury all
eEmities, and to live in that affection and
friendship, which should become the father
and husband of this fair and innocent peace
otferug.-NOw, if it should afterwards APP
pear, in one or two years after that Brindley's
daughter brings him grandson. that at the
very time OF his giving his daughter away,
he did so with the preD ediated purpose to
lay scheme among his neighbors to destroy
his son-in law, nay TO cut his throat and
burn his farm, and by iinputations of a most
iniquitous cast on his son in-Iaw, he should
premediatedy and secretly arm all his neigh
| bors with clubs and slaves and pitchEorks, to
go and destroy poor Hildreth, his wife, child.
farm, farm house and cattle and that, when
fiildreth, suspecting or hearing ef his design,
| should endeavor to persuade him TO remain
peaceably at home, and that noaone should
modest him--yet, that Brindley should still
promise friendship, and still continue to Ia.
Dor until the neighbors were again so COM
pletely enraged and had set out to murder
him-what should we say Of old farmer
| Brindleys-would not any man say, that DO
tany Bay was a birth too good for him that
such monster should be banished from hu-
| man society i make no comments ; If far
, mer Brindley would merit punishment and
adherence, would he deserve Bette, mere
| ly because he was emperor of Austria. /
| shall leave this common life story to the con
! sideraticn of thinking people.
shall now pursue this inexhaustible COM
| pound of naked deception, this cold-blooded
! avowal of iniquity and imposition. IL will
be impossible to notice all the items of per-
| hdlous conduct and conception with which
| 1t is fIaught but l shall not leave it until,
at least, have hung up 10 perpetual exc
Grafton this monstrous insult upon tho chris
| tan world, and upon the morals Of civilized
| nations.
Although the emperor of Austria hal been
by peace concluded for the purpose of
preparing for renewal of war against
France; although the Hanse towns and
Prussia, and even the kingdom of Westpba-
La had been treated by France in manner
which the emperor of Austria tleprccated
although he had formed the confederation Of
the Rhine among the princess of the north
of Germany, contrary to tile wishes and to
the great disgust and lisquiet of the Austri-
an emperor although he felt both aupre-
hension ut his ambition and fear from the
enormity OF his conquests /; yet, when Rus.
STA and Prussia took up arms, in that painful
situation the emperor of Austria had no 9TH
err reso"rce than 10 take the feid on tic side
of France
This was, suppose, the mode which The
Austrian emperor usually pursued ITO pro.
mote that justice and order which has
been the object of his majesty's life and
reign" This is the manner in which he
manifested the {" same political PRINCIPLES
(which have invariably directed hi. imue
rial majesty This is the way in which
he proved himself" lover of peace Grom a
sense of duty and from his own natural
feelings, and from attachment to his peo-
pie - thus he Showed his anxiety for the
fate of contiguous states"
However, the emperor does not borgle At
an explanation of his motives for taking nm
arms on the side of France but ne appears
rather in hurry to get over the painful
scene OF depravity aud dishonor, which such
an act and the voluminous contradictions
and fraudulent pretexts of the previous part
Of the declaration, had prepared 20 render
this part still more monstrous. He did take
up arms on the side Of France, he admits
but, at once plunges into a bubble which is
too weak and himsy to accomplish inposi
ton, and yet sufficiently contemplate to
give its character to the man and the maais
festo. lie did take m arms, and he did nor !;
this IS what he says, so that fact and false
hood are alike fatal to the very purpose
Of the declararon--the facts are perh
dy, and the falsetood perfdy, The prince
OF Schwartzeuberg did appear in the north
OF Poland, nay, he united with the French
gen. Regnier, whom, il would seem, Bona
parte had placed near him, to watch him.
to guard against Austrian treachery prince