Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-11-01

der the bayonets oftheir foes
What, then, is now to be DONE my good lord
The Times newspaper, which calls you an able
and faithful negociator, recommends to YOU, first
to cause the leading rebels, as this bloody writer
has the folly to call them, TO be hanged up
Second, to cause the French army to be disband-
ed Third, to take away all the statues, pictures
and trophies, won by the glorious military achiev-
ments OF the French nation. Fourth, to take
away pa of the French ,erritory Fifth, to-
compel the king of France to take such minis
tiers as you may point out to him. Sixth, to take
care to see, before you come away, that all pla-
ces OF trust, civil and military are filled by such
persons as England can confide in. Seventh, that
you Will be sure to put all the venerable, ancient
paternal Noblesse into their family chateaus.-
Eighth, though he does not insist upon the abso-
lutte restoration of all the monks and friars to
their convents, and to their means of debauchery
and persecution, The vile hypocrite does seem to
insln1ate that you ought to dosomething consid-
cradle ,ssbehalfo OF the venerable teachers, as he
calls them OF religion and morality Ninth, he is
prepared, it seems to execrate yon, even you UNI
less you cause to be "cr,IInbled to dust" the
statue. or atues of voLrAIRE : while e
would consent to your paving respect to the me-
MORALS of the pid1ts and venerable FESELox' In
imposing this last task upon your lordship, the
silly babbler gives us pretty true picture of
his own mind and wishes. He would preserve
and perpetuate the praise, which ignorance and
superstition have bestowed upon, probably frau
duient, and at least, pretty stupid priest and
| he would have you eradicate from the mind of
man the recollection of the fact, that the bright
! esq genius that ever the sun shone on, was also
| the most jealous, the most inexorabe and most
successful enemy of all sorts oftyranny political,
civii and religious. This vie hypocrite knows
well what powerful effect the writings of voL-
| rAIRE have had IN destroying superstition and
p1eStcraft These invaluable writings have Ia
| Ken The people of France and of a great part of
The rest or the world out of the hands of frall(iu-
| tent priests. He observed in his history of the
| horrid murder of Calais by the friars of Toulouse
that truth had begun t. attack superstition and
That the latter was making prodigously violent
struggles IN its de.ence. The monster after these
struggles, received its mortal wound in that IA.
nous decree the National assembly of France
which drove the idle and prohgate monks and
nuns from their converts, which relieved the
fathers of families from the nlermed.tllnp OF Off
ctous and greedy priests, which proclaimed the
perfect liberty to all men To worship or moi
to worship, Just as they pleased, to write or to
| say what theypleased upon the subject of re-
lgon, and which thus left religion, ike rs ron
omy, or another science, wholly to the test of
reason. This decree, as confirmed by all subse-
quent acts IS still an force if your lordship pro-
cures its repeal, will acknowledge you to be
the cal eighth wonder of the world and If yo,,
10 not, We shall be- as to the real object of the
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fore shilling of the eight hundred millions of
debt, besides the annual war taxes, was conatrct-
ell or impose.
A great deal is said, my lord, about conquer
ing France ; and the parliamentary reporter
made Mr.. Banks say, the other day, amidst loud
cheers of the honorable house, that he hoped
that the great Wellington monument about TO be
recTed, would be ornamented with some of
the things found in the twice conquered CITY If
| Paris" These are old fashioned IDEAS, nv Lord.
| They belong to half century ago, when men
we're led 10 have their bfaips knocked out for the
glory OF a grand monarque. The French are
| not conquered, though Mr. Perry, to make his
peace with the party to which he wishes to re
| ara, SAYS they are, and Jilirh1 too Tbev hove
been fighting for freedom. Their struggle has
been, and is, against feudal, ecclesiastical, and
| monarclncal tyranny ;aganst seignurial courts
converts, tythes, frauds and prosecutions of
| priests, corvees, game laws, privileges of NJ
biesse and Clergy and, until they be compelled
| TO submit to these again, they are not defeated.
| much ,ess are they conquered. l dare say, thai
| your lordship sees, enough about YOU to con
| vim e you that the French are not conquere,,
| people. And, dare say, too, that you do not
| know what 10 do with them half so well as you
/ did with the people of Ireland IL appears very
clear to me, that, in your doings, with all uo1t
means (ant they are mghty) you VIII not be
able to give John Bull sat on and am sure
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| daughters of corruption You cannot kill all the
| French You cannot knock their foreteeth out
I You cannot keep thesun from shining in France
| No; nor can you impose even tythes upon the
cuitivators. You must leave thsn nearly AS thew
are or, if you prevail upon the Bourbons to do
any outrageous act against the people you must
| keep up allyour subs died armies IN France m
order 10 prevent another revolution which IN phtI
burst forth against regular government with in
| creased means. The John Bulls thought, that
when the armies reached Paris all would be over
More armies, we are told, are still marching on
And more will certainly be necessary, If any at
tempt be made to produce a counter.revou,ion,
and TO re-establish the old regime. And vet, I'M
tai this IS done, nothing IS done. am, &c.
WM. CoBBETT.
From English papers By The Philip 1a56, from
LiUerpooi-reeeiped az tbe office efge Norfolk
Pubic Ledger.
LONDON, August "a.
REHIEJG or THE PERSECUTYOW or
TIE SIP 4NISH p.aTRnOTS.
Though the designs Of Ferdinand VII were
well known from the moment Of his arrival in
Span, and tho every intelligent person believed
that the Cortes would be dissolved, and that the
national representatives would not be again as
sembled, yet no one could persuade himscfthat
the deputies of the Cortes, and the majority Of
the patriots who had so greatly distinguished
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