Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-10-25
Frons tie Providence Patriot.
FEDERALISM or 1905.
CONGRATULATED.

! FEDERALISM OF 1906.
me Feds frequently complain of the manner
IN wach Republicans speak and write of the
Conduct of the British Government, and its off.
Gers, wherever some Of their l,a5it,ial abuses of
power, and violation of all law, moral or s,ylue
IS che theme OF animadyersion In the Paoy,
pEScx GAzsrrE, of .Miy17, 1876, which NC lave
accidentally notcei, WI! be found in the follow
n,g remlrks
:. The mock Court of Vice Adn;r,,.,, ~ par
muda, has thought prope' to condemn, stock
ard hute, the large and highly valuable sup John
jay, capt Fry, bound rom Bat..vi;, Tor this port
captured and sent IN by las Britannia Maiea,y's
pratical soop OF war Driver. 1t required from
the lSth OF March 10 the 18th of April f,r HIS
honar The Jud5c 10 make up his sage opasn.
ali I WAS then gwen on the most vsgtie and tri-
ding 'fetcnces. For ias lance, he profoundly re-
Marked, chat this ship had cleared from Am
steFdd.n f5r .S;i'satra, ard nor Bdses;a His IN
Tprniat;on MAS be limited indeed, II he does not
A<aoy that neutral Vessels are i,ever permitted to
Clear from Holland for Batavia, though avo,yedly
bound there. Seine flat bars of iron, he obsery.
ed, were found on board These were expressly.
allowed by the treaty of Great Britain lju, IL,
tact the Judges srne and only reason WAS, that
tbs s;iip aud her cargo isir TOO uGiuaLle t..
pc acqmtted-and should higher tribunal
lwnicnwiN be resor,esi to) eventually co.tisc;,.
ms property, Which swell known 10 be sruia.
ald c!sely .7ncritci,, then VIII the british nation,
whchwe have hithertO endeayoured 10 respect.
become rs proyerhial for rapne and nustice, as
tse American government IS Tor weakness and pu-
suiahm'ty Surgoyne for sonte tine Carried on
tiie revolutionary war By p1'0cl is.sioa, and has
performances IN This lac met with Iner.ied cor,
teiapt; Aud can we reasonably hope tilgt The
commanders of British plratical cruIzers All
tisat me Presidents proclamation nsth greater
referencet As well might a man satteItpi to
reason With a highs0ay ro65er, as FOR Amer.caiis
to plead the law or nations in defence OF thor
Y!Olated property, when within the rapacious
fangs of MutlAan or New-provldenc Judge
Alas Tor Our lnsiIlted ard degraded coun ~! Ii
Was not tnus under the sdInlAlstiat .ons of !,
| Washington and al adams.
| II IS particularly unfortunate that the SANG
| owners (Aiessrs. Broom and Iues, of Pro-
y,uence) should, within very short sDace of,
! iinie, nave lost two large and hable shIps
| fsOn Bataviai one of them the AIN and Hoe
| stranded near the entrance OF cur ba., vessei
2i.d cargo totally lost--the other Sc zed on " ,ti,
N three days sad OF her port, by tne nf.inoas
oea-it beers OF Great Brita,n, aud condemned al
| the saanl f'atlpiat OF TN unprlnc,pied Judge.
Inc arlned brig Hornet, from Bermuda, IN the
se,U4ce OF his brIsilntc Majesty and lne ,Eiuo,sn
Judge, IS cruz.ng OFF the 5.ck Oh Lui.g-,sia,,,l.
On Monday last she boarded the ship eennsy IVA
ma, AID pressed French boy, an apprenI.ce TO
Capt. ) ee., or Aew-York fhe boy WAS after.
/ wards persuaded to enter as a hand
| We were then at peace with Great Britain /.
! and we wall chai enge the Feds 10 produce from
| Republican paper, any ep.thefs more harsh and
severe t.aH tiiey tens Gives have IN the above ex.
I u2ct bestowed on their rel glon's buiwark.
The TACT IS, the FEDS were then believing for,
Ear wi,ir Great Britain, and brand .ne, the ,.suh.
mean Adm.nisrat IS weak and p,lsl lia.rolis.
because ther policy was to preserve peace Il pos.
I s,bie. ga :
| Afterwards, when, finding that forbearance
I GUY produced further aggression and hostil.ri.
Tue hepabAcSns with reluctance resorted TO war.
IN defence OF the rights and hoaor ct tie aation-
these same fetieralistz cowardiy shtlnk from the
contest, and thwsrted every nneAsufe OF host,i;
! " 10 the enemy, by all the means N iheirpower
1 enat on which tey, az Peace, called iHtusno,.s
| seare60e s--whose Judges would condemn ye,
seis and cag5oes only because tney ere f,i bic
In Tsar, they hailed the Bufw ark OF otlr Ne
lS,oD--which had never done US any es5ent .at m
jury
We know not who was the author Of these in
| di6nan observations, but, whoeyei. he Wa, he
must have been ignorant OF Tie history III ms
country, Under the adminsua,io ions OF a WASH
iiigton ard an Adams" or ne mas des,ciiedy ms
| represen ed fhe truth is, that hardly any por
t,ol OF our anais produces more instance. OF
gross a6s1 ession on The par, Of Great Braan, or
| more protests against her repeated VIOLATIONS of
our rights and the pracpce OF impr essInent
| (which icderal papers an ti,Ose days reprobA ed
was declai ed, even by oecre,ar, PICK erlng, 20 be
50 uhDsasabie, that Wa must be resorted to. II
| negotiation. was Intellectual