Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-12-10
VIRGINIA ARGUS.
Hifbtnunn,
SArUnDAY. DEcEMpEn 1o. 1910.

IL appears that the Enemy's retrea, from
the Rapp2hanncck has been as sudden as
his ascent up that river was rapid and un.
expec ed. It's thus by a series of harrass-
Ing movemen he expects TO distress and
embarrass the country ard render the war
It possible nnt2fular But we hope tia, his
peshdious foe will be foiled and defeated in
his calculations and the people who are the
suffering victims of his cruel and barbarons
System of warfare, will see through his exc
cradle designs, and meet them with becoms
ing fortitude- If anorher proof was required.
that Great Britain is the most Coo, 6iooded
cruel and savage nation on Earth, that proof
is ~abundantly furnished In the recent con.
duct of her troops in the town of Tappa-
hannccx--not content with the most brutal
snd wanton destruction of private property ;
not satisfied with insulting a respectable inr
habitant and robbing him before his face
not sufficiently gorged with rapine and plum
der, these modern Go.hs have impiously
broken into the consecr2ted vault and with
the hellish malignity of Internal .Dsmons
have violated the ashes of the dead .-Vir-
ginians |. Parents aud Children! What thiak
you Of this foul ard atrocious saclilege -
Is there one among you so marble bosomed
as to believe there is a possible excuse for
This horrible and abominable outraged
Ye a~pologists of Britain! will we dare to
come forward and justify this deed which
the murderous savage of the American
woods, or the plundering Arab of the Dee
sert would, revolt FROM with horror mo !
all men in whose hearts one ray of humani.
~ Is left will unite in ~execrating this crying
sin Of sacrilege and pollution /, aud join in
invoking the whitening vengeance OF Heaven
upon these vile and detestable miscre ,nts
The man who is cold and Indifferent when
such barbarities as these are perpetrated
is lost to every sense Of feeling or of honor
Compared with his ICY aud obdurate bosom,
the heart of the Cossack /" meits and dis
solves with Heaveh.born charity"
Let us not expect Peace from this nation
of Intervals LET US not be amused with his
zine qua mons and his ufi hosSideas--Let
US put on the " armour and attitude Of " r."
present to our savage Enemy a front of Uni
on-rely upon divine providence and our own
valor for a speedy and h.norable period TO
our sufferings. God 10 on our side and a.
gainsr the murderous yandals of Britain!
The Editor Of the Federal Republican in one
OF his last numbers ventures a pr diction that
the Congress Of Vienna " will eventuate in a
merry christmas to the continental powers and
TO the little Island which has restored them
their long lost liberties."-He further proenos
teltes thvt before te fourth Of .Jsiy next the
American Union will have been dissolved and
the blessings of peace rotored to the states of
New England This political prophet further
goes on to say in reference to the proceedings
of the Hartford Convention, that he {" can anti.
cipate nothing from their result which can be
condemned" Now what is the amount OF this.
FIRST, this pretended patriot, this disciple of
Washington, this friend to "sober and steady
habits" dares to pronounce a prediction that
the steps which New England is now taking
viii eyentuate in a secession from the Union
before the 4h day Of July next-snd immedi-
ateiy afterwards, with an unblusbing bold.
ness, which can only belong TO ~trsitors an.
tlciPates' nothing from the proceedings Of New
England which, can be condemned We should
be glad to know whether Governor Wright
could possibly have been mistaken when he
Charged on the Roer o. Congress the Federal
Republican with being in British pay,