Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-09-13

OF slavery. In the one case the people
submit to rules agreed on by themselves !:
In the other they submit to master.
The suit of clothes, which you have
sent me, prove very clearly that you can
make as fine and as beautiful broadcloth as
any IN the world. Those, to whom have
shewn II, say it is the very finest they ever
saw. But, though rejoice exceedingly
at your astonishing progress in this and
| other branches of manufacture, (which, for
the reasons gwen by me IN my preface %
a republication of MIR. LIvINGToN's work
on heeP, look upon as change in the
affairs OF the world, singularly favorable TO
the happiness of all people, and as uniavor-
| able to the cause of despotism still the
war has been more beneficial to mankind
IN another way, the events and the termi-
nation oft having clearly proved, that, to
defend country against the most power
ful and active and best disciplined enc
mics, there needs neither standing armies,
privileged orders, titles, decorations, nor
expensive government; provided the peo-
PIE De the makers OF their own laws, the
choosers of their chiefs, and be, at the
same time, enlightened in their minds
lhls is the great, the important, the most
useful tact, which the late war has estab-
hshed beyond all dispute.
The pensioned Burke talked of titles and
privileges as the cheap defence of nations !:
as ii he had forgotten the immense sums
| OF money, with which these are always ac-
companied. You will see, that nearly a
| million Of dollars have been voted to one
| ofOur commanders for one victory. besides
nearly tlCo millions before for other mill
tary services. These sums would make a
| deep cut into the whole of your country's
revenue for year. But, while this is 90
| ing on, 1T has been stated in Parliament,
that the county jails are filled with debtor
farmers sand the country swarms with
| paupers. Ii, indeed, the pensioned Burke
| had seen you, with President costing 95
| thousand dollars year, and with generals
and commOdores, unpensioned. untitled,
urged on solely by the love offreedom and
a sense of duty, not only defending the sa-
cred soil OF their country, but performing
deeds of heroism without parallel in the
| annals OF European nations, with all their
titles, decorations, and pecuniary re-
| wards If he had lived to see this ; IL he
had seen the war wound up by a uiLqge-
Laloyer, at New Orleans, with band of
raw. militia, whose officers even were
scarcely in uniform, by defeating, and put
ting to flight, after an immense slaughter.
superior numbers of the best disciplined
and hravest and best commanded invaders
that Europe ever had 60 boast of: if he
had lived to see this, and to see your
brave cOuntryman, Jackson, without title
or pecuniary reward, return, perhaps.
again to his occupation at the Bar then.
indeed, the pensi0ned Burke. might well
have exclaimed behold, here, the cheap de-
fence of nations.
| 1t is by establishing, ndmaking known
throughout the world, facts like these il
Is by aifording such lessons and such ex-
ampies to mankind, that the late war has
done good, which far outweighs all the
temporary misery which it occasioned.-
Those lessons and those examples must.
in the end. produce their due degree of eff
feet. But, give me leave to avail myself
of this opportunity to express my anxious
hope, that it will be the constant object.
| the never-ceasiug care, of the peonIe of
America, TO guard. as they would guard
the apple of their eve, those principles Of
their constitution which forbid the Great
ing of privileged orders. To YOU the in
tTOGuCIlOn Oh TUES WOuIQ De the death OF
freedom. The very first step towards that
fatal measure would be followed by cor
| ruptiOn of manners and every evil of civil
society. Whenever men in such state
as yours begin to wishto place themselves
and families above the mass of their fell
low citizens, they start without restraint
in the career of all sorts of baseness. The
appelatiOus and epithets of Squire and
| ErcelieHcy and Honor and Honorable, gi-
ven amongst You, without thought in gen
eral, have amlschievOus tendency. What
have you to do with these old badges of
tbe feudal times, or these modern inven-
tons of European Courts The Presi-
dent, the Governor, the Members of Con-
gress, the Secretary, the Ambassador, the
Commodore, the General, the Judge. the
Sheriff, the Mayor, the Justice, the Doc
tor, the Priest, if you have one, are sufIi-
GENTLY designated and sufficiently honor
ed, when they are called by the name of
theirofice. Any thing further smacks of
.l1'istocTacy, which, wherever great riches
are accumulated, requires to be watched as
narrowly as those weeds, which, if not
checkedin time, would completely over
top, subdue, and destroy the crops destin-
ed for the food Of man.
The happiness Of America arises chiefy
not Crom the Orpaf lparuipp 1,oeeeesed ~