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Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-11-04
From the Boston Yankee.
pnIII,IC. I,E.NI-

The infatuated deyctees of England are
astonishcd hoM much their political texts
have recalled upon themselves. they have
met them i'll the pages OF every republican
paper, until they are sick of their own nau-
seous stulT, and sorely lament their folly and
delusion. Here they are -
"England the Bulwark of our reigi n"
f" England never done US. any essential in
jury"
=" England fighting for the liberties of the
world"
" Its not becoming moral and religious
people to rejoice at naval victories"
These political texts lave all had their
rounds through the journals of the tory ed
itors. The deluded followers, who are led
by the nose, seem tn he astonished that the
fcrt Of their own folly should be made so
powerful an engine against themselves. it
is not at al extraordinary that folly should
thus meet its reward by the contempt of all
good men, attached to their country.
Can fcderalists accuse the republicans Of
palming npon the pubic uhsouud positions OF
political texts? IfthcY had ever commit d
themselves III this way, we should have
heard Of it.
We cdn repeat with pleasure several po-
ltical texts Of enlightened republican states
meD, such as
"Our union is our strength
+" The will Of the majority is the law of
the land"
" Free trade and sailors rights"
Peace, commerce, and honest friendship
with allnations--entangliDg alliances with
none"
" IL VIC have but one day TO live, that day
ought 20 be devoted 90 cur country.
Such sentiments as these may be repeat
ed from the beginning TO the endof time, and
ghey will be found honorable to the party
that adopts and practises on such national
and magnanimous sent. ments--whie the
foreign political jargou OF the junto will be
found more Disgusting and contemplate, the
ofiener 1t is repeated and examined. To
call q government or nation the bulWark Of
our religion, who has put to death in India,
Ireland aud America, more than four mill
ions ct souls, within tle last century wac
has been guilty OF the forgery of American
and French national paper; who has ban,
shed millions OF people from their shores IN
consequence of their religious opinions, who
ievi6s a tax IN India on the miserable Hin"
docs Tor permission to worship the Juggcr-
naut who. mas sent spies and inoeudiarieS
among us TO sow diSunion, and excite civil
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-11-04
siNK. nuRN ANn nEsTRoY.

If Mr.. Sec etsry JoNEs will senI out and sta
ton on he Cast Of England and Scotland ten
fast sailing schsoAers, with i20 men and 10 guns,
each with orders To cruise and intercept the Lon
don, Liverpool aud Bristol trade, tie Duba, Cork
Watesord, NewTy & Belfast trade, scour the coast
OF Scotland and sink, burn and destroy every weasel
they can overhaul, il would strike more terror
through ENGLAND, Scotland and Ireland than the
baildng Of - seventy fOurs-end DO more 10 dies
troy The British trade and bring the war TO close,
than the depre,laions of 80 pIiyateers aud all oar
fijg ties securing wide in search OF the enemy
The dcpredatous committed by tic .Rrg7s,
c0 vessels lestroycd) is proof positive UE the effect
Oi such using their numerous bays and nlu Is,
would also give Them special orders to land oeca-
sjpnay in Scotland, England and ireland, and com.
nit suclldcpreda Gons ) deemed necessary for
retaliation ony-ani there are hundreds OF defence
less places where they land ia perfect safety
When Paul Jones vas the coast OF Scotland and
Ireland during the revolutionary war, The people
were ia The habit OF running into the country every
night they not so Wei prepared 10 Tcpel such
sudden nyason are, rs bat few of the pea.
santry are permitted to have gun in their house
l would also direct the commanders to carry Off
(whici they can c>sy dO) few Of the Scotch and
English nobemeu who have their seats near tic sea-
shore--to lie rams med for prze-money for he
crews who capture them che sum levied TO be in
rgb0rfigt 10 their fdSeHfS and dsfiHctio7i. fo in
stance, Lord Clustered oh might be found paving
visit To his fathers family mansion al Mount Stew
art, IN Ireland, near the coast that boat
could land within pistol shot of his lonse If they
should be 50 lucky get hold Of him he would be
almost equal to plum, and the smaller fry ia pre-
portion. ! would stinsu sh this little feet by the
name Of tic Yankee Blocbadilg SqHGGJ0R-and
when any OF them arc captured, let them be re-
placed without delay, the squadron will al
ways number ten SAT-. Let the crews have IS per
cent. The value OF every vessel so destroy ed ex-
elusive ofthc navy pay, to be paid them ut the oud
Of every six months by our goycrnncrt--and the
officer that dcstre9s the greatest number TO be
promoted.
TCuLee
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-11-04

The official account of this glorious victo-
ry, published in our present number, will he
read with satisfaction by every friend TO his
country. The slumberng fire OF the veteran
will be rekindled by the example of che We
nerable governor of Kentucky. What a con-
trast does his noble and patriotic conduct
present with that of the governor of Massa>
chusetis The two extremes of the human
character are here presented to view. In
stead of the canting hypocritical declaimer,
who secure from danger, pleads the cause Of
our cruel and treacherous enemy, we beheld
the hero of Kings mountain, bar ng his aged
breast To the sturm of war. and exposing to
It's thgnders his head, whitened with the
SHOWS of sixty six winters Not less honor
able To the character Of the western states
is the example of patriotic devotion in seve-
raj of their citizens. the most eminent in CT.
vii life and the most distinguished for their
private virtues who, unappalled by the fate
of so many oftheir Countrymen cruelly'mas-
sacred, have taken up arms and resolved to
avenge their slaughtered brethren or perish
in the attempt. The trophies ignobly sur
rendered by HULL have been recovered -
The stain affixed by his surrender to the
national character, is completely efaced-
The Whole north western frontieris secured
against the incursi, MS of the sayages.
Such are the fruits of this victory. 1t has
been accordingly hailed by the public as ali
important in itself and 81 the precursor of
further and still greater triumphs. We had
he pleasure of communicating the first az
count ct it to our fellow citizens; and tho
some, Who ea>ed it would prove true, affect
etl TO disbelieve il, vet we were gratihed to
find that it produced the most arimating and
heart cheering effect upon the great mass
of the people. III spite of the efforts which
have bern made to render the war uhpopu-
lar, q CONNECTION of its Justice, necessity and
policy. is rapidly gaining ground, and zDH f.
aGky freUoR.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-11-04
WHAT -NO NE us no DAYg

The is now most voracinus appetite
for what is m hiatt calico ID o Gynew .
The Printer Of q News Paper, an order
to keep pace with public e1pec ation, should
have a bate every morning for his readers
breakfast, aud an, Their every evening for
their supper. The late massacre Of 500 men,
women and children. by the Greek Indians
at Fort Minis, one wauld think, might have
satisfied any reasonable people for month
Since the commandments of the French
revolution our ears are Infatuated TO The
shedding 81 human blood, ana our feelings
are become calluus to human mIsery-We
read OF Fifty ar one lSindred thou,and men
being " He'd of" in one dly as a common
occurrerce Last winter we heard ofthir-
ty Thousand FrencaG en- being frozen 70 death
without sigh nde, dit seemed rather To
be matter Of joy to Ger ain AIoFalsts"
IN Certain places-And the laJe battles Of
Lu;2en and WuTchen, when at least one
hundred thousand OF our fellow creatures
q" bit the DUST" "ere only things OF COURSE!
This trade of human bulchely has now
come nearer home---i' is almost nj our do, rs
and we should think mere seriausy of
this kind of business-We dent, indeed, 60
OF so vast d scale as the ciUifzed nations of
Europes but we shall become more clever
the Longer we Continue al it. The Europe
ans Kill by thousands and tens If thousands
we only by hfties and hundreds.
1t should lie observed. however, that we
did not take up this man killing trade from
cho'ce-We nave been literally "kick'd IN
TO it" by " the Bulwark OF cur Religion
The profiigate Regent and his worthy coli
leagues would have it so; ard they seit Ad.
miral Cookburn, SIR James Yeo, Gen. Proc.
tor, and Brigadier Gen. ,Tecumsch and his
red brethren, To teach us the trade--Alrea-
dy, Considering the short time we have been
az It, we make q toerable figure in " the
art of killing Pc ~, and Chaur cey and
Harrison seem to he apt scholars. and as
to Hull, Decatur, Bainbridse, &C. they are
as expert al fighting, as If they had been
bred 20 it from the cradle.
But letus be serious on this suhject.-Ne-
yer did nation enter into war with so ;nse
a cause-G oaded on by series cf con .nme.
hous insults and presumptu us claims, We
were driven to II after years of tcrbearance
bordering en- cowardice and puSilanhnity
After peace Of thirty years aud enei-
waited b commerce and lux ry, We were
i'll prepared for so fierce I cGnfict-But.
We have done wonders and haze already
gained more victories than our most san.
gune friends could expect-Our Cuun-
celiors are wise and decided our Generals
are every day becoming mere skiful AID
our soldiers every day in a better STATE OF
discipine.-Our cause is good, our means
are ample, and our men are bra e-And
we must doubt the superintendahce of a wise
and just Divinity, ii we do not finally com
pei cur enemy to confirm our lust claims
by an equitable peace.
Bar. finer.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-11-04
THE SOUTH WESTERN FRONTIER

At this moment when our fellow citizens
are most properly rel icing from one end of
the union to the other for our extraordinary
and astonishing nava SUCCESS success
which has 70 parallel in the history of any'
ia lon---~hich has done more injury to
naughty Britain than she you'd sustain by
the capture of Canada itself-let us not in
the midst OF this great cause of rejoicing for
get he situation of our fellow cti'izens of
Georgia, OF Louisiana and of the AlisSi9sili-
nj Territory. The events in this quarter
interest the United States deeply, and the
Western people vitality.
That the enemy can capture and hold any
part of orr territory in this quarter we do
not helieve-but that they may ravage the
country, massacre the inhabitants aud stir
up the FF"**&f is what is TO be expected,
Tor some OF those scenes have already been
exhibited.
The alarming situation Of this section of
the union calls for the immediate intcrpos.
ton ct government. The instant possession
OF East Florida would give peace and safe
~ to the inhabitants of Georgia, the Mis-
sissippi ,erritory and part Of Louisiana. BUT
so long as that country is he'd by the enc
my (for the Spanish and British have con.
Jointly set the Indians on us) So long will
that extensive ndimportaat frontier be sub
ject to his depredations.
And for what good reason are we u sub
NIT TO SPANISH depredations Stain has
plundered cur property for this we
have no 4Gemnfcafiou-she has stimulated
the Indians to the massacre of our expos
ed frontier settlements she is in fact at 7Oar
with Us. whilstw are at Feace with her.
Fast Florida would be a remuneration TO
the United States fer what the Spanish 60
vernment owe her. And as the lives the
peace the happiness Of our citizens and
the safety of our territory are all TO be saw
ed by this measure, will Mr.. Madison hesi-
tate oposseSs himself Of H. Florida
We are fully aware of the difficulties
which surround the President The Senate,
that hoi>bcd of aristoCraey, stands ready to
oppose every salutary measure he offers in
support OF The substantial interests Of the pa
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-11-04
Fran the mir.

The readers OF this paper will recollect,
that we published, ONE weeks ago. en in
tereStirs biography Of the late gallant capt.
LAwFFNcE, by WAsH1NcTow IRvfEE.
Esq. This learned gentleman had been go
much imposed upon ia relation to tie cone
duct uf the British I the Ulcers and G ev-
OF the Chesapeake. after The ca.ture oftbat
vessel by the Shannon, that H. centurel tn
say that il was rot diShcnorable and no
pronounced the stories pGbli he'd I'M the A.
mer'can prints on@this subj ct TO be ncreCi~
bic or untrue. When We Inserted he bio
graphy, we endeavored To shew hat the
aCcompl shed editor the Analcc.ic Maga.
zine was mistaken, and that the conduct Of
she enemy TO the Oh, sapease m was
shameful and bafbarou, 4 i.iend has po.
ltely given us volume of documents, urn =
ed by order of the h use Of rep est ntauyes,
accompanying the report # us cor mi,tee
on the spirit and manner IN which heNgar
has been waged by the enemy" ln this yo-
lume we find TIC following etters from ufTi-
GERS of the ChcsarCake which fully prove
that the officers OF the shannon British iri-
gate acted towards them and herr brave
but unfortunate comrades ike Iuifans, rob-
bers and assaSsms let the polished and
accomplished officers Il the Am,r can navy.
only reflect on the nngeu,lcmaniy. uuciv s.
murderOgs Treatment "a which the Ch.sa-
peeke's men were subjected lea the brave
tars that man The navy view that trea. n,ent
In It's h deous cOlors and they wal need no
o.her ,tlmulant TO strengthen their rssoiu-
iioH never 10 give up tn ship whea fighting
aga nst an enemy devoid Of common hu!aan-
~, generosity, and GOOD breeding.
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Esser Register.
M1LLEpoEv1LLE, oct. 2
INDIAN NENVS.

INDIAN NENS-
In dispatch to General Floyd of the 18th Col.
Hawkins states that 100 Uchies their WAY to join
tho Fanatics were delc ted few DAYS before by a
party sent out from CoWefau Intercept them.
The loss on both stiles nconsit cradle. Alter
burning the town aud destroying all the OF their
edversarics. the iti ndly Indians returned back to
Cowetsu
\ rupture is likely to take place between the Che
rokees and hostile Creeks in couseq ence uf the
predatory iueurslous OF the latter. The Cherokees
have made considerable pr gress in civilization, and
arc naturally peaceable, friendly tribe; when pro-
vosed, however, their sentiment IS Jus " hu
dreaded. They have thousand warriors, il is said,
ready take the field wheneve. circumstances shall
render IL necessary.
The hostile Indians have sent TO Pensacola for
fresh supply OF ammunition, and plunUerlng
party has gone against the settlements on 1 ombis
bee.
n Diet ehmcnt of volunteers, about 101 strong,
marched few d VS. past from l'-;Tair eourt-h use
against the dsatcct,d Indians in the Low part %
the nat on. II ult tey their intention 10 have
soue the assistance OF the Patriots ~ l.. Florida
hut the sudden change OF affairs in that ll-f.ted
froYinec will in all probability cause them to absH-
don their enierprize Tor the present.
a number of vsgue reports are in circulation res
prctiug meditated attacks upon different parts
QUE frontier by the lnd,aus-sIl of which are be-
eved To he destitute Of foundation. hut although
immediate danger may exist, it IS well TO be up
on guard.
I From the army we have nothing new. Every
preparation IS said to be making to hasten the march
Of the troop who yet remain a, Fort hawkins.
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war; to call such government or nation
the buiwark of our religion, is sporting with
the feelings of human nature, flying IN the
face of truth, and in direct contradiction
OF the history of the bloody reign of tie
Guelphs.
To assert that England has done us no es.
sential INJURY, when the record of their rob-
be'ies furnish one thousand ships stolen from
MS in profound peace. and more than six
thousand OF seamen immured in her floating
dungeons, independent Of the murders COM
United in our seaports, is a villianous per-
version of truth, which none but an infatu-
ated, blind devotee Of England would ven
ture To assert. Tosav tina; England is fight
ing for the liberties of the world, when they
have been at war with every nation in Eu
rope. as well as America, within the last
thirty years-when they have enslaved the
people of Ireland for many centuries-when
they have mu dered and enslaved the people
ot lndia-when they are at this moment at
war with America, to rob them of their
rights on the ocean-to bring them again un
der their colonial dependent state-is per
haps more tlagraut breach of truth than
ahy other of the pc itical texts of the unto.
Have we forgotten the murder and robbery
At Copenhagen? Have we forgotten tbs
jersey prison ship, add he cart loads of hu
man bones, but a few years ago committed
to their kindred earthI Shall we call muir
der and robbery by their right names or
Shall we XII s the hand that is raised to she'd
our blood, feast the incendiary, and pam ., l.
them with the fruits, of our industry? Or
shall we noDly resist the foe, and compel
him to do us justice, as in l775 ?-When we
have such men at the helm as JAMES MAD
IsoN and ELBRIDGE GERRY, we need not
tear base submission to the encmy-we
shall triumph over hem, and secure bv VIC
tory the hest interests Of our country. BY an
honorable peace; which " II consign to e.
verlasting infamy, those who have fed the
enemy and lahored to paralize the energies
OF their country-in a just and necessary
war.
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From me Schenectadv ca5inef.

Real ha'Tionsm-WHe captain J. r..
fates' corps Of light artillery, were passing
through Vermont, one Of the horses, belong
ing 20 said corps. by some means or other,
got 30 much injured as to obige the rider to
put up az public inn, the horse not being
able TO proceed. Thus situated, the poor fell
low was constantly beset by the self-stved
peace party some advising him to make
the best of his way home-oihers saying
thar the injury of his horse was a Judgment
upon him tor attempting to take up arms
ganst the "bulwarN IF our religion"
hoped thahthe horse would die, so that the
United StStes would be obliged to pay for
h'nl, with q thousand other illibCral, uukind
and fool hardy Expressions, TO The NJ small
modification Of the inf rtunate artilerst.
But he found relef-a Mr.. Kingsley arriv
ed a#the inn with pair OF elegant horses
petore his wagon; and on hearing Of what
the peace" gentry had been say ing to the
artileTist, and the insults offered to his
country, his blood boiling with honest indig-
nation, i'm mediately .o!d the brave sou of
Mars, to take his choice of the horses in the
Wagon, mount him and JON his companions
that the persons whom he had been With,
were but set of base born Americans, who
feed and Eatten on the disasters OF our arms
and the success of the enemy
The federaists call themselves the eXciu-
sive friends of the navy. Then, let them
suPport the tax and revenue laws, for they
must know that without money, navy can
neirher be raised nor maintained
Truly their friendship for the navy must
be very great. since they oppose loans and
taxes and every means OF supporting the
navy.
Penn. Ref.
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RALE1cn. IN. O. o. 20

NALEICI IT, M tf.J WI y.
Major General George Graham, of Necklenburg,
with two hundred eounymen under his command,
rendered their services Ia tie, General. Govern
ineut, through his Excciicncy Gov. II " kins, 20
march instantly against the hostile Greek Indians.
The present Standing of Gen. Graham naali aud
officer, and the eminent Offices rendered by him
during revolutionary struggle, arc we'll
known, that sho'..d his be accepted, Norh Carolina
via have confidence that her military tame will not
Dc tsrnished. We mention, for lac information OF
The rising generation, that during her revolutionary
" L, aud II a time too wheI there appeared tie
rescst cause for depending, the county of Meek
&c burg prcsented solid phalanx of practical
Patriots. Dyying his stay in that county Lord
Cornwalis fouad not a single Ii affected wayering
II. This is the county in which D,yic prneipai-
~ raised that corps VII ch distinguished itself in tho
part Fan war in Souh Carolina, aud IN which the
tandartI of Independence sedby the citizens
thereof before it WAS declared by Congress.
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MORALITY, RELIGION, AND LOVE Oh
LOINI l;Y-EXENIIIIF

A very rich Deacon was applet TO few days a.
20 to subscribe f the Sw ord to be prcscnledby the
Inhabitants ct Boston to Commodore Perry, IN ap
probation Of tG glorious Victory abtaLcd over tic
enemy or Lake hiIe. The pious Deacon observed
scribe.
Now be known 10 al men, that this same pous
Deacon has subscribed hundreds Of dollars To circu-
late scdinuus pamphlets tlirough the countryside
Ouiy object aud tendency Of which was, To array R
state against tie general government aud eventual
~ dissolve the Union. This is Boston morality nd
patriotism. The ranes OF all such pious men viii
DC recorded ON paper, aud before the Spring Elec.
ton tor, when We shalt see how many votes su,li
man will get for the second Office ia the state Of
AIassachusotts. BHi1voyk.
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The glory which surrounds our nation
must for moment relieve us from the e.
wills which in every form have been en-
pioYed to darken Our political condition.
We shall not hear again OF inactive gene
rails, and fruitless expeditions. That our
country was put to open shame, and that
good citizen might well be ashamed to
confess he belonged TO it: We may hope
that such vexations will cease. and that our
military as we'll as naval character, the
dread of our enemies. will no longer be the
standing jests of men who claim the protsc-
ton of our laws.
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THURsllAY. NOvEMnER A. ISIS.

of Quadrant, books, clothing, sc. on for
mer capture.-This Miller often sneers at
their complaints and threatcnsto send them
all to Englaud-says he wishes them dead
with the repeated expression "uon may
die and be dimned-the King has $50 acres
of land appropriated tobury you on"
This statement could be attested 70 if ne
cessary. What a"6ui7oark Of Religion "
is this
Portland .drpna
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raoM raE NArtouAI ADvocArE.

= HE BA i IL OF l H. 1 NAMES.
Tie result Of that OF EJc, has Justly at
tracted large portion ct the public atttuti.
on. By a series OF movements, igey plan
red and Siiciously executed Gen. Harrison
was enabled to arrest the Rlgh, Of the enc
my, and compel him 70 make stand, and
risk an action, as the only possible chance
for escape. The position taken by the.An
glo-Indian army fer tlns purpose, was well
adapted to the ohj CT they had IN view. bu
the admirable mode a. TIC attack determin-
ed upon by our geueraiA completcly frus-
trated the expectations Of the Cfemy, aud
was attended with the mnst decisive success.
The efficiency OF that new arm, mounted Vi
hemtn. IN attacking al enemy thus strongly
and advantaGeously posted, has been tested
on The present occasion, and must raise the
reputation Of that class Of troops to the high.
est elevation.