Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-10-04
!" Q, sad is my fate said the heart broken

U, sad 10 my fate ! said the heart broke
stranger
The wild deer and wolf, to covert can Ace
Btt have no rctugc from fa,nine and danger
n nome and a country, remains no; to me y
Such is the wretched Condition Of one 9th,
finest parts of Europe, and their present reduced
ts'ste all owing TO the people beng dir99sf a
noTs' her,'efs'e'--and unhappy Polanders, ht,l.
did It avail YOU, that the great an, patriotic eh -
K sciusko was your friend, your champIcr-J,t.
uehaveyou gained by bravely meeting the storm,
% war on the threshold of Your cnuutry. and no.
| oily dying in defence of your homes yo,,r liner.
| Is, your families ard the tombs AZ yo,lr faith.
ers--you were Gfrio,ed among uo,1velz,.s. and
have now TO rue the folly of vour pas, conduct IN
remorsless wailpg--your most wealthy inhab;-
tants have been reduced to poverty, your hanpi
est citizens are rendered miserable, your for
tunes and your country are partitioned out arnorp
foreigners, and you remain desp sed. NEGLECTED
and insliited by the ruffian bands who have tri-
umphetl over yonr liberties
Italy, Holland, and indeed every place where
The T" Legitimates" could reach, have shared the
same fate. Switzerland, once SO happy and so
iree, IS now no longer an asylum for freemen-its
Vaiiles no longer dare send forth the vocal sound
OF hberty-its hills are str pped of all the glori-
pus wrea,ns OF William f'ell--it is now the a.
oooe OF ves--and every place on the habita-
ole globe Glue happy regions of America EXCEPT
ed) groans beneath the legitimate grip of Empe-
! idiots. "s''' '''''
conclude my remarks on the political az
is'rs OF Europe, shall say few words about
france, and then come to our own county,
when reflect what an arduous struggle the
french have made to be free, and what oceans
OF blood they have waded through, 10 shake off
she yoke ofLouis the desired and his hopeful
ISniiy; When behold that after suffering every.
privatio,, after having profusely shed their
Oiooo upon the scsisold and in the feld," in
.Hs sacred cause Of liberty, and that vet they are
ned IN more horrid bondage than when they
commenced the contest-I confess the big tear
STARTS N my eyes, and Cannot help exclamng,
nn Hou why did you not grant them Wash
u'Ston 10 lead them in safety through the stormy
period OF their revolution, & to have guaranteed
| 70 thSIn that independence which so many noble
sscrhces N blood C treasures so richly merted /?
| Du' yesterday republican France might have
$1,000 AGAINST The world now none so Door. 10
40 ler reyerence;" and why this sudden change !?
ne,e eve me, 1t IS all owing to Their being diui
.eu people 1t was but yesterday, and France
sas en- powerful, happy and might have bean
Wen known to berepeated here.
Learn then, people of America, nm awful les.
son rom The history of other nations-avoid the
| ,oSA tley split upon--look abroad and Won find
oul enc republic in the world-Iiow find but one
country where man governs himself--Iea,n thee
"Pl'fecatethe high boon We enioy-from IN $
me Jet every thing like ',gncorous bartv feeling
go he wise, be 1'fste6; cling close to the
cohsti'uiion-it is the great Pallad UNI of all our
happiness and all our liberties.
Let the mIstorlures of other nations se,,,s &C
pe c to guide us fr m the dangers we b,ve
su"e,eo-let no mean local prejudice. no mar !.
nary boundaries, no geographical d 81 nclions I
NC our interest-let Us I'll cling closely and
rls1diy together for the security and good of ain
-no let us with grateful hearts eniov the rich
0'Sss hiss' with VIII ch we are favored b. Heaven
nave country rich, fertile and extensive.
sDoundng IN all the luxuries and noceSsar;es cf
iie-a country where, with incustr,. the nooreyf
man can obtain comfortable support nd where
| po economy, he NAV amass fortune Here
n'u'S heaven, we have no privileged orders. no
hereditary honors--all sink under the own ,nf,-
my, or rise upon their own merit. Here the SON
" Or, panper may be elevated to the rank of ou,.
Chei Magistrate, and the son of our presjden,
may become panper! The laws of our land
~.o" no uis'nction of persons; our plain, virtu-
oes' enlightened, firm, republican Judges admit
OF none In our courts CT iudicature, vagabond
wouie nave justice as equally awarded TO him, as
any on our most Ilustrious citizens. We have
Iateiy seen an instance in the case OF the Herr of
Ne"-oreaIls, he who had lust saved nv bis skin
Naor ana patriotism, the town from confederation.
rapine and plumber. Yes, the gallant Jackson.
WIN all his blushing honors thick about h m y
nad the misfortune to incur the dspleastre Of an
arbitrary Judge-he was summoned TO appear IN
cour'--he did SO, and bowed the same obedience
10 me laws of has country, as the meanest wre, ch
N new Orleans would have been compelled to
40, mad he violated the civil authoritv-and il
was right, and therein consists the purity of our
constitution and he goodness of our laws
| since then, fellow-citizens the purity of our
cvil compact, the equal justice of our laws. is
oov'ous-iet us cling with an holy zeal TO our
best OF constitutions, let the love of our country be
nterwoyenwith every fibre Of ourhearts; & let ms
defend that country with our blood, where the
feeble are protected, the innocent loved. and the
virtuous adored. Let US improve upon The boun-
teous gifts of "natrre and natures eoti'--let us
learn before II be too late how to appreciate the
blessings of Freedom and the sacred bond of our
political covenant--Jet us rs brothers unite orr
hands and hearts for the public weal--let the
rancarons feelings of party be lost in the love of
co'mtry--and so long rs we continue true 10 our.
's!oes, SO long as we are united in one Rebu6Rc,
Refinement and wealth, through our forests
"shall roam,
"Anl millions of freemen, with rapture sur.
"veying,
Shall shout out Liberty this is thy home. .
MUTIUS.