Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-07-09
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| ueavoriag to tear out the yitals of tbe;r
Country. The fall of Napoleon, however
WIN leave them wholly without support from
the people when that people hears that the
Irst consequence of his fall is a proposi.i,
on IN the English public prints. TO treat their
government as that OF Napoleon has been
treated, and upon the same principle. name,
", that it is a despotism. As / said before
trust that our government is too wise to
be led tn the adoption of any such projects.
out II they were, what could our friends in
America sayf They have been asserting
ior years past, that oars was a cause of free
dom against a despot What will they saw
II we make war upon them upon the same
principle, and for the same end that we
nave been making war against Napoleon :
ny Mr.. Jefferson and his party il was al
ways concluded that there was no danger
to be apprehended from France under any
circumstances and that II France, IL the
new order of things was subdued in France
america would be in great danger. There.
lore they always wished, and they acIed
as if they wished, that France should NOT
be defca,ed in the result of the war.
Ills IN our power, by making peace with
them at once, and waving all disputes about
dinerences that cannot arise during peace,
10 snow them that their fears were ground.
less put Will they not when they zee the OBJ.
lect OF the Times Newspaper. hold it up to
the teeth OF their political adversaries, and
say-look here!,! Here is the FIRST fruits
OF the tall OF the man whose destruction Won
told us we ought to assist in producing, and
70 do any thing in the upholding of whom
you represented as impolitic and base.--
ms will be the language to those adver-
saries. who will hang their heads with
sname' unless the author of the Times can
a ah r. -
70 taem small portion of his impudence.-
| think it is clear, then, that the people of
America would, in case such a war were
to be made upon them be united in a spirit
OF resistance; and, If they were, have no
idea that ten such armies as all that we
COULD send, well disciplined and brave as
our army is, would finally succeed in subdu>
ing and re-colonizing the country. We
might make inroads from Canada we
might destroy manufactures: we might law
waste the cornfields and burn many of the
n,iis we might tear the country good
deal to pieces; but do not believe that we
should, even by adding another eight hundrs d
miiiions to our debt, secure one single colo
ny In the country now called the United
States OF America. Yet it is fealy true
tnat the enemies of freedom, while Ameri-
ca remains what she now is, have gained
nothing. Napoleon has been put down. but
then he was an enemy of freedom. He was
not owned by any friend of freedom, France
was not republic, nor had she reprcsea.
sat'se government under her. The war a.
sainst him was in the name of the people.
Inc example, so hateful to the enemies
OF liberty, OF people happy and free, With.
out distinction OF ranks, without an establish
ed Church, without hereditary power or prir
vilege of any sort, with press now perfect
ly free, with legislators and chief magistrates
periodically elected by the people at large;
this example still exists, and this country
isyet open to all the world and to put down
this example would, am of opinion, COST. us
more blood and more money than it cost us
to put down Napoleon. The enemies of
freedom promised us peace, durable peace.
II we got Napoleon but scarcely is he
down, when they propose to US new war,
more, IT possible, expensive in its nature.
and longer in its duration. To be sure A.
merica holds out an alluring bait it pre-
sents employment for Governors of Pro-
vinces, Commanders, Postmasters, Attor-
neys and Solicitors, Geaerals, Secretaries.
councillors OF State, Taxing people, Pay
masters, Judges, and long and nam eless
list OF hangers ON but again, say, i hope
and trust that The prince Regent and his Mi.
nisters will have too much wisdom to listen
to any such mad and wicked proiect.-
1t is impossible, however, for the people of
America not to feel some alarm and to
make preparations accordingly. This Ian
guage OF our Newspapers is quite enough to
excite apprehensions and for this. a.
mongst the rest, we have to a curse base and
degenerate press.
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