Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-09-14
Deferred Articles.

PROCESS effhe British Gosks.

PROCESS efthe British Gosks.
We have published all the accounts, whe.
thel extracts II letters chastity written notes.
end scrans on ,way-bils, and newspaper
wrappers, &c from Baltimore. and hSidTao-
titing o1cA under whatever impression " Tit.
ten. We would however apprise ourreaders.
70 receive all these things cody, and Judge
deliberately. There is nothing in all this in.
tsiilgsnce from Washington that is excessive!
" aiSrnipg, or in any degree ,d,seouragiug.
White dictates short sighted enemy iii gives
energy TO the right of America. We
make no distinction ofparties. Every honest
American teets pretty much alike 81, the ocl
casioh; all party distinctions are d ing fast
away. we ate invaded bylaffoe, Who has
peeh the hrst who has destroy ed Senate hou-
ses and costly productions Of the fine arts
4 has Will furnish a London Gazette. and the
Pay& aIic over guns will shake the cant
tal OF England with rejoicing. But Britons.
remember shai the end 40 nor gef come n
appears tia our militia, aad saiiors and All
the dsppsabie o &c that Could be toliected
at Washing on, did not dip9race their conn,
try, ou' iousnt with characteristic bravery
1t.ey nave dune AL that coold,siave been ex
peetedi and more TOO. LstAlO 600 A.neri.
can troops, such a. iough,under brown and
Scott DC landed al Deptford, aud The v xyo,.id
march into Lendor, turu the Royal r. xe
change, ahd hoist the American strines nm
the Cathedral OF 4. Paul's; and it is nro.
bable that more than half of them won,a
gat, their b ats again. Sudden atrac s and
rapidncursoas always succeed. How ma
ny hundred such attacks have the ka,dv
and hungry Scots made upon England, and
always with snccesS? yet were they aiw -.
beaten in the end What said a friel,tea ~,
lady, Will he the consequence of the tak;,,s-
ofoUR' CAPITAL Whats said man - -
why The consequence will be, that the Brit.
ish vii soon teach our militia how to teat
she"' ae All points. BoS.on Chron.
We are invaded in earnest. Our can;tal Il
taken We have siurat.res. i, 90 -
The sleep Of death hasbeen urup ,,s, We
have qusrreiied among ourseiyes. lille the
enemy has APPROACHED. We have d,scou,
RACED enifiments. Wchave said the militia
IS the On wafk OF cur safety; yet have neg
lected ioarm K discipline them, Some Ia %
cried. thee $ no danger! Others fofesee;og
have not prepared to meet il: What e.
we--who are wer Are we a nation Of free
rnen The undergraduate sons of tatbers
who forty years siRce, wre sted our ipdenee.
dence from the hasds of the enemy who
now assaiis US I Let US prose i.--or VIC are
slaves But. Washington is gooe 1t fell
even Wisheni glorious defence .-----W Whose
fault IS IT Was IL ,he nation : VAST :
nation al spirit here Yet VIA, is there in
this event % clsbs arten the nation ,I',s
indt cd an electrick shock, striking FIRE into
our bosoms Il iishts up the flames of patri-
otism, and make us feel as our fathers felt
They had mist''runes->they q disasters
but rose superior to them, and cast of eve
rys burthcn. Washington was dignifi, Il hv(
the name OF Capital. ffhe enemy has r.
But we have still the charter of Our ind.
p>ndepce--our free constitution; and the co.
vereign people can institute their court ever
Upon the mountains OF .AlleghaDy-or Bun.
kerr tiill Because the enemy have taken
shall they also take Baltimore,
and New York 2 No, Every
inch of SOL they have polluted, should bu,
render US fhoie obstinate ineetendins that