Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-05-07
JAMES MADISON.
From Miles, Weekly Registerl
Tie Russians s, the Cossacks.

II 'ivid were living in these our days, he
might relate to future ages transformations
more strange than any that he SO fancifu.ly
described !: and the new metamorphoses
~onidh pave this advantage over the old, that
hosts OF contemporary writer's would support
the wondrous stories he might sing in sweet
hexameter.
lie weufd re,4ie how ;hs IS AMI, Christ.
and Whore Of Ba6yiss,. "s for whose downs
fal forty or JSfty fhcusand pensioned En-
elish priests prayed most might've
from generation TO generation. Sundays and
Holidays" years in and years out" and to
which the people said g Amen" was, by the
mere force OF his ofi1osition to the great
wizznrd Napoleon, suddenly converted into
venerable and excellent old gentleman.
the buiwark OF religion. liberty and law !''
aud how that George Guelph, whose coro.
nation oath and bigotry, refused and refuses
to his oqvn subjects the free exercise of the
goman Catholic Religion, was, by the same
wizard, metamorphosed into the great
champion for that religion at Rome, where
MS guards did duty to protect the person
and powers OF Its Supreme Pontif. late the
n nti ChriS.,' - for whose destruction his
priests yet called as Justify as ever.
lie might elegantly describe how tie force
o'tbe sarDe orfooitionfo Napoleon, transform.
ed the /" French sergeant g revokutiorayy
ca: throct" Bernadolte, iuto great.
magnanimous and high minded prince, the
honor and pride OF the north, and prop of
order and nroradfy in Enroae!
lie wonld then tell or the changes of the
people OF Spainf; and shew how the inquf>
non became the stay of"patriosisTn :" and
relate that the ignorant ard weak-minded
Ferdinand was turned into most wise and
enlightened prince: and, what is vet more
strange. he would, perhaps, have to say,
'nae he was fnyzled back again to his origi.
nal state ~ the said wizard Napoleon.
But time would fail to recapitulate all the
transformations he might record-su flee il
to say. that angels would be turned to de.
wills, and devils into angels, in the exact pro
Portion, and from the circumstance alone.
OF their adherance with OF opposition 10.
me mighty necrcmancer Nay, that so
powerful was the influence of his charms.
That even those who took no rart for or
ga'nst him. were made into satyrs, hydras
aud fnries!
But we wish to be serious, and invite ats
tentinn TO the facts and remarks below. Let
10 look truth in the face, and see things as
they are. The sight may be displeasing to
some, and they may rage and foam at it.
but their froih is ike the rain and the wind
that assalls the good mans house, who had
laid his foundation on a rock and ali |
nave to desire is that, instead of scokdiap.
they would refte make book" az I'D
SAID. o that mine enemy would write a
bsok.n
Except at those Particular times when
Russia has been allied with Great Britain.
she has been universally regarded as but one
step removed from barbarian. This char
acter, as It respects the most of her popula-
ton, Is the testimony Of all travellers whose
works have seen, and of the English espe
| cially ami ct the Cossacks, every one
speaks IS Of hordes of robseys, brave, it is
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The reader viii please TO observc that these
are the pretty nanes that tie JIggAsh priests cal
the Pope, aSaingt whom or whozc religion Ipreier
10 censurc, further than it is, like that vi EgLpuL
connected with the State.
| The ed tor believes that tlte condition of tje
people Of s'ain has been feraiy altered for tl,s
| better, IN consequences OF the re cent events ant
hopes they have shaken OF many of the despot;sn
OF the chRrch and state. To Spain. rs to all O, Inc,
counties, lac wishes freedom, not from France 4,
be under England, or Uqce verse, but real iaeie
perdencs,