Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-06-04

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more direct and paipable operation we mean
our lawyers & merchants. Out of a very exten
slve acquaintance with them, we have not known
more than half dozen of each class who were
not strongly attached to British Institutions
The books read in our Colleges, nay our very
Spelling Books and Rudiments of Grammar.
impress us from infancy upwards with ideas of
the supremacy of British literature and science
"a feeling which ripens into almost certain
maturity it our pursuits become either legal or
mercantile. When We combine with these and
thousand other considerations, the identity
OF our Language, religion, manners, customs,
we ought not to be much surprized that where
an influence il SO greatly predominant. Il
should, among few of our citizens, become pa
ramount to almost every feeling but that of kin.
Britain. therefore, has numerous partizans a
mongst u.s. But shew to US, on the other hand
any channel through which FIR nee can exer.
cise and influence over this country, in any de-
gree to be compared with the ubiquitous inHu.
ence OF Britain. The assertion OF such an in,
fiuence, OF such a party, is idle-it will not bear
the test OF examination The only French
party in this country is that which is less Ri.
tish IN its feeling, than the small and compare.
lively insignfcant party, one of whom has now
the nso'ence to charge this government and
| this whole pcopc-to charge you, honest rea-
der, and your father, brothers, relations and
| friends, with being the minions of a foreign
despot. 1t is aot that you are French partizans
your bosoms burn, your cheeks glow with in
dignation, at the aspersion-but it is that YOU
are less British; that you support your govern.
ment IN holy war for the personal rights of
every man in the nation that you are not ready
to rejoice because circumstances appear to ia
vor the arms OF the enemy i'm Europe, and to o.
pen to him greater facility of annoying us-
Without going back to the days OF our Reyoiu-
| ton, let US recur to the commencement of the
Revolution in France. Parties, then vefy indie
hte, II distinguishable among us, began to Sc
Parate and take their ground. great mRiori
ty of this People hailed the dawn OF the Fr.nch
revolution, as the precursor of = brilliant tlsy
winch was to diffuse over the henighted region
OF France, that glorious light OF freedom which
we enJoyeu: our hearts were with that People
we the Republicans sympathized in their strur
giles; we wish,d them success in the establish.
| ment ct a sister Republic.
Then, too, arose the Anti.Gallican party. the
enemies o. French independence, who had the
cunning to amalgsmate themselves in tha real
Fed. party, with whom they yet continue to
be c'assed, who denouncea you as iscobins tber
and VINO have not yet forgotten the name --
These men hated liberty they hated France be.
cause she struggled for Freedom; they were
the AntI-Jacobins. In the course of the Reyo.
utIon. the successive forms of government of
France received the successive hatred and hos
Utility OF the Federal party, until Napoleon, be-
eomihg sovereign, If not by choice, at least by
consentof the Pcop'e, consumnated their hatred
to France, because under his auspices that ma.
ton hourished, and until recently was able sue.
cessfnlly to battle the intrgues Of Britain. The
Republicans, on the other hand, finding that the
Nevoiu,ion from which so much had been hop
ed would re suit in merely establishing an i'm
periai government on the ruins of the old mon.
archy, became Indifferent to Frapce-thev did
not hate her as the Federalists did, but cared
nothing about her they could feel no sym.athv
Tor her institutions, no love for her ruler espe.
cialiy after his aespotic abolition of the Free.
oom OF Tho press France has no friends among
us, unless we are friends of France who are not
partizans OF Britain, who will not hold fessts.
hre great gums and split our throats with hug.
hss that Britain trlumphs. We are no friends
OF Napoleon we never have BEEN His out
RACES on the properly of our countrymen and
the rights OF our nation, have made him obnox-
ious to most of those in this country who had
overlooked in the splendor and order OF his reign
nr' encroachments on civil liberty. But this we
say, and SO say the Republicans generally. as
tar as we khow, that we shall mourn over the
Prostratlon OF France at the feet of her enemies
and OF britain particularly; and, further. that
wien Napoleon falls, there falls a great man.
Mlnions OF France, do the faction cSll the Re
pubiicans, the men who guide their ploug his and
work tue mills, furnaces and looms of the ma
Si@iy uhuerStoO0, THIS appeliatiOn
mas no meaning. Figuratively understood, it
mas no application, except in the sense in which
we nave interpreted it. viz. not being advocates
OF Britain. What then do the iactous writers
mean by the cant phrase of French principles
about which they rant so idly1 They mean. as
we have shewn, the principles of independence
OF England US of all other nations; the prnci-
Piles Of which Washington bequeathed az ie-
gacy to his countrymen the principles iny.r;-
ably maintained by the present atlniinistrat;on
its supporters, and some who do not sunnort II
and opposed by viruence by small party. one
OF whom-wc say one of them, in Justice to tbe
whoie-tels us they have fought and bIed in
TINS country, and done as much in their narrow
sphere as they could do to put down the French
sParty-that is, as we have shewn, the true A.
merican party-from the commencement of ito
,Jacobinic career to this day. Which is as much
ss to say in plain English-pshaw plain Anne.
rican we mean--that they were opposed to the
principles and progress of the French Reyolu-
ton, and its jacobinc well wishers, and have
continued stedfast in the faith to this day..
True, they tell us nothing now about the hostil.
NY they displayed to the French nation when Il
assumed Republican governm ent-but we
nave not forgotten their attempts in '97 and ,o8
10 take sides with England against that Repub-
TIC nor nave we forgotten how irritated the
leaders IN tbat project we're against the yener
able John Adams for overruling their rank hos.
tlity. Can 1T be supposed such things as these
are forgotten Could il so soon be forgotten that
they were SO anxious TO assist Britain in her OBJ
yect, mat they raised an army of God knows
now many regiments, without any possible oh
Jeet but that OF CO operation with Britain in
war against nation struggling for freedom ,