Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-06-18

" that they overrated the means which the 20. |
ernment possessed Of enforcing their claims I, |
hey have seen army after army, annihiiated, Go
se Bonsparte's favorite exprcssion) in Canada.
nd they have seen the " bit ofstriped bunting''
imost swept from the ocean. There is, in fact,
70 war faction now in America, with the excep.
ion of = handful ofunprincipled, illiterate, and
erroneous adventurers. who surround the person
,f Madison IN America
thunders OF war. and all the vehemence of
diplomacy ought to beleveiled the eyes ofthe
a american people ought to be opened by man.
'iesto from the other powers of Europe--they
ought to be furnished with powerful army TO
separate the clean from the unclean--the East
ern and Northern states will most gladly avail
themselves of an opportunity to declare against
me Permanency OF any constitution which can
snmN such men as Madison into the Office OF
CHIEF magistrate. and most triumphantly will
tney open their ports once more to our COM
merce. <. s. :, ~; = 81 I'll
All our readers may not be aware. but Il Il
nevertheless an incontestible fact. that the
number OF votes Tor president in each state, is
regulated oy the population. and not by pro.
perry thus, IN the state Of Virginia, where sta.
very still prevails in all its horrors the cleo.
tors are slave mongers, men at all times of no e.
ducation OF irregular habits, and most abandon.
cd principles. The smaller, or eastern states,
where religion, morality, and good order pre-
YAH 70 an extent not exceIled in any country in
.uroPe nave little or no influence in the cleo
ton 81 the president. As chris ian. we do not
wsn U see them make direct appeal 10 arms
against their fellow citizens to get rid of their
summon tyrant, but most assuredly they have
Anght TO invite the assistance oil a power. with
whom tney are De jEre atwar, to assist them in
shaking Oft their fetters The Burke of Ameri
ca Fisher Ames, thus feelngly describes the
thra!dom IN which the enlightened part Of A.
merica is held. {" The smaller states are in
vassaiage they obey the nod of Virginia. The
constitution sleeps with WAsHIHeroS. hav>
ing no mournsrs but the virtuous, and no mo-
nument but history. Our vote and influence
Those ofthe eastern states) avail no more than
mat OF the Isle Of Man in the politics of Great
Britain" W i ells \ i q N
Letus therefore cmancipate America--h can
only be done by raising once more the war cry
Peace with America-Down with MApIsoH
and all his adherents.
The embarkation oftroops from the Garonne
to America, is another novelty in this ex-
traordinary age. British troops embarking
rom nc French port to carry on the war against
prs sIdent Madison, the friend and ally Of Bona
parte who, to use common. but not mex
pressive saying, " has made 6ne kettle of fish
OF It, What will he do now that his dear ally
- dethroned and transported In common
charity he ought to go and share his fate and
ms exile. Will he now talk of certificates OF
citizenship, and of free bottoms making free
goods Poor man! We are anxious to see
the effects which the fall ofhis idol will pro-
duce upon hin.--Whst the effects of his mea-
sures upon his own country viii be If he per.
sists IN his present policy, we have no Difficult.
~ m predicting. He will either achieve his
own ruin, or, produce civil war-And this
will be one of the blessings of an alliance with
Bonaparte.
Now that Bonaparte has been consigned 10
infamy, there is no public feeling in this coun,
try stronger than that of Indignation against
the Americans. That a republic, Boosting of
IT'S freedom, should have stopped to become
the idol of that mans ambition-that it should
have chosen the precise moment when it FAM
-icd that Russia was overwhelmed. to attrrpn,i
to consummate the ruin of Isritain--ail This I.
conduct so black, 20 ioathsome, so hateful. that
j, naturally stirs up our indignation; and as we
firmly urge the principle of no peace with b.
so we must, in like manner. main, in
the doctrine of no peace with James Madison
A very little reflection will render our reasons
manifest. - i
To- We challenge this cowardly, malignant
'landsrer, to produce a shadow of evidences in
support of bis base and detestabIe libel. Would
% God the paltry scoundrel were in Canada.
With his nusket on his shoulder, rather than
'neaking in London. and throwing dirt in Sc.
;urity from his own dunghill at the Govern.
nent and People of Ameriea.l
Boston PATRIOT.
APRIL, 16.
Orders are said to have been given to provide
for $4,000 men, which are to cross
he Atlantic from the Garonne. The unsheath.
ID transports, in consequence of the new order
IT things, are to be dismissed the public SER
yice. Sci (,
APRIL
Orders we understand have been given BY
government for the shipment Of 80, 900 stand of
rms from the tower, for America. The per A.
iy aud injustice OF Madison, and his Frenchifi-
ID crew, we therefore trust, are about to re.
;eive vigorous and exemplary cbastisement.
II is said to be in the contemplation OF go-
'ernment to furnish Spain with from 20 to 25.-
100 troops, to assist in the recovery of Lonisi-
ina, which the Spaniards were tricked out OF
between the French and American governments
rhe people of Louisiana. il is well known, have
ong been anxious to throw off the American
'oke; letters to thispurport have bsen receiv-
ID in town, which state that very few British
roops would suffice for the deiverance Of the
country, as the people were heartily sick OF
,iockades and embargoes Some American re-
,ulars had been sent to draft from the Missis
ippi militia twelve hundred men to serve in
he Floridas. They submitted at first, but the
moment arms were placed in their hands, they
'sed them against the regulars, and eventually
ucceeded in their resistance.
The Earl Of Harrowby is to be the Bri-
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