Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-11-11
VIRGINIA. ARGUS.
ME HOPES OE RnIrAIN-
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER II, 1918.

| The HOPES OF BRITAIN.
| The hopes of Great Britain, by the first of
January, will have vanishedi AS far as they
related to this country, they were founded on
| the Vaccinations of Messrs. Pickering and
Quincy, on the imagined variable temper of
the American people, on the federal success at
the elections, and on the atrocities of Indian
allies These hopes were also nourished by
the strength, real and fictitious, of the British
which the enemy relied, produced the effects
which he expected. The causes have, in truth,
Jailed. In the case Of Mcssrs. Pickering and
Quincy, for example, the former has written
himself into contempt, and the latter has been
constrained to silence by the spIendor Of our
Sava and military achievements. Mr.. Quin
cey has sunk beneath the more discriminating
genius of Mr.. Dexter. Mr.. Pickering is not
only despicable in the eyes of the republicans,
but he is an object of sarcasm for federal wits.
Never did any man rnose distinctly verify the
remark of Thomas Paine, with respect to gar
rulty, than Mr.. p. He has published so much,
and with so little Intellectual 2cumen, that I'D
body listens 10 him. To o6lge him, certain
editorial friends still publish his nnumerable
letters; But they appear upon the pages of the
gazettes. like the ghosts of the wicked, 10 APP
pal the reader, and generally pass off without
perus The calculation OF the adversary up.
on the chang able ispositons of our people,
demonstrates his ignorance oftheir intelligence.
In England the people have little or no genu.
inc political information, and there they may be
| deceived You may lead them, by bold asser
| tions, TO the belief, that ships Of war may be
| towed from lake Ontario, over the Great Falls
OF Niagara, to lake Erie. and that MIR. Madison
is controlled By Bonapartc. But in the United
States the people have knowledge: they reflect
and reason. 1t s.lhis reflection and this rea.
son that sustAins them under disasters for
| they are theres$ enabled, to certain degree,
10 penetrate futurity, and to see their way out
of misfortune. What has been federal success
Al the eiectiosn? Inthe first place, Mr. Clinton,
on whose triumph the foe relied, was rejected
rhe republican governor OF New York was
| moreover reelected amidst military defeat and
the din of arms. Vermont has remained virtu.
| ally faithful to sound principles: New Jersey,
by salutary reaction, has burst the tempora.
ny letters of the British action, and rises, re-
ireshed and resolute for battle: Maryland,
spurning the political pigmies that wished to
rule her, proclaims aloud her republicanism.
These pigmies, irriesblein proportion to their
mental stature, in order to, retain their partial
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patton of authority: The spirit of the law,
the voice OF the state, the rights of the people,
| are to them nothinS. They fix their eyes on
the staff of government, and seek to Drown
truth and propfiety in the uHroar of ignorance
and the clamor ofscSpdai. frhe Indians, par
alyzed by the abilities Of ferry and Harrison,
and the courage oftheif aneh, have ceased to be
formidable. Our arSofthem no longer exist
And wherefore is it, lat all these British Hopes
have been blasted q Because the Americans
| perceive in the contest an object worthy other
understandings and their valor. they know
that they are fighting for their Righs. Jus
tice is patent stmuIant it will bear calm
consideration which is not the case with those
paroxyisms of pride and ambition that usually
| impel soyereigns to make war Messrs. Gala.
in and Bayard may yesurn without peace /; we
may suffer some raserses in Canada it
may possibly require anotbersampaign to reach
Montreal: But if Great britain will prolong
| the conflict, the Canadas must at last fall be-
meath our arms. What, then, will become of
nYest-India Islands, that seat of British
cSsnes and source of English prosperity
Progress Of Manufactures. We observe
| in the Utica Gazette the advertiserc,toto