Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-04-05

Great Britain, and in France especially
10 be known as an american is sufficient TO
insure stranger tina courtesy and even ca
resses OF every class of the community :;
whist to be known as an Eaglishman is zen
orally attended with >insult, in all public
places, even in the streets, and not upfre.
quently with danger
How gratifying must it be 10 euery genuine
4D,erican, to learn that the reputation of
his Country is not only redeemed from the
reproaches OF husiianin;ty and seIfshness
which had been so literally thrown upon it
by Foreigners but that its character for
haf'7ohSm, courage ard niilifarV skill is SO
h'gniy exalted III the ewes of Europeans
that they considered "ricts'ies gained by
americans as evenrs Of coarse 20
tcw pleasing TO hear that SHE .f,nsriccu
'7Gme," which had become the subject of OBJ /.
io2uy and ridicule, now stand. high in the
esteem of every country not immediately
Connected with Great Britain )" and that
to be known there as an american" which
would not long since have subjected stran-
ger to insult, is now "suffic ient to ensure
courtesy and even caresses from every class
OF the community :"
COLUMBIA, COLUMBIA, to glory arise
The queen Of the world and the child of the
skies
Thy genius commands thee, with raptures be.
hold,
While ages on ages thy splepdors unfold
Thy reign is the last, and the noblest OF time,
Most fruitful thy soil, most inviting thy cline.
Let the crimes Of the east ne'er encrimson tby
name,
BE FREEDOM, and SCIENCE, and VIRTUE
fhy fame"
Trenton True .Gnerican.
A late Jam aica paper states, that accounts
had been received there that Me- ssachu,
sets, Connecticut. New Hampshire,
Rhode Island and Vermont. had absolv..
ed all ties by which they were bound to
. the former federal government, and in
public appeal had declared themselves a
tree and independent power-"--This in
{ ilisence was Incorrect. Had it been stated
that Gfe9o unfrf1icihled and aia6i ious 7,re, in
those states had formed Such a design bat
tocked ne courage to Gttel7ltt its execution.
It would have been nearer the truth
10.
The Hartford CopUention propositions 20
new-medel the federal Constitution, have
already been rejected by the Legislatures
OF 'FeSv Jersey, .FezU York and Pen,,Sgtua>
"'A. ia Hh0ae 3otdnd, one III the 6iue >!iSht
states, they wete not acted upon by the lie.
glslature How must their projectors feel,
II they have any feeling left, at the fail.
ure OF all their disorg lzing schemes
70.
CICERO used TO say of the noisy Orators
OF Rome, " Their WeakneSs made them get
up into clanior, as lame men get on horse
back This remark is applicable to the
ooisterous leaders of the federal party
who, not having truth and reason on their
side, are obliged to resOre to calumny and
inUectiUe.-I6.
The wise men of the east" as they az,
fect TO be thought, resemble the characters
spoken OF by the prophet JEREMIAH
They are wise TO do evil, but to do good
they have no knowedge." But their trea,
sonab': counsels, like those of the sagacious
AHITEoPHEL, have been "turned into fool,
lshneSs; aud whether their fate wilt be bet.
ter than his, remains 20 be seen,-I5.
We understand that Commodore Decatur
will have the command in Chief OF the SQUAD.
ron going against Anglers. This appoint>
Ihen- wall DC very satisfactory
Demo. Press.
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