Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-07-01
VIRGINIA. ARGUS.
Ricfmoa2, Jqly /, 1915.
FOR THE ARGUS


How short have been the halcyon days of rest
t. demled E,wopel The Footsteps ofthe French
through the dfeary SHOWS of Russia from Mos
cow 30 PARIS, have been scarcely destroyed by
the pitiless peltings of winters storm the
bloody hac1s, of lie CossacIs 10 France, have
been scarcely washed out bY the rains from Hea-
ven; and the olive tree had scarcely sent forth
its branches, PROMISING peace and friendship to
world almost dcluged with blood when again
the trump OF war IS heard in the land, and all the
rna1iening passionsaFe kindled into ailaInc, which
is about to burst with all its countless mseries
upon mankind. The war-worn hero who has
grown grey in camp, and is still bleeding under
honorable wounds, and the dauntless sold ier, are
again TO bleed, again to dies and the youth are
invited to despise the charms of domestic life to
throw aside the habilnncnts OF ease, the smile of
innocence, and to assume the stern attitude and
frowp Of war
All the deadly passions and fury Of an enraged
soldiery, driven on by m9lice and deep ranking
ambition, are 10 be let loose against one MN
and that man CT appears) the choice Of an en-
lghtened people and denounced, too, nv that
same Congress which has been crv.nT up for the
rights ofnations How anxiouslv are our ewes
turned % Europe; how eagerly are we waiting
to hear the great news from France: every mo-
ment IS pregnant with importGncci every mo-
ment decides the fate of thous inds but as vet
al lhS news iTSu llG S2blSln WOTlCl 20 US }
buried IN the bosom Of fate. Even now the ait
may be rent with acclamations ofv.ctgSi0u. Zee
men, or burdeneu with the groans ofdyG slay 81
Even now the great Napoleon, he who tr.umphed
on the plains ofMeilln by the waving his hand !
may at this instant be ProcaiminS liberty TO man
KIND, or hanging on g,bbct! Even now he
may have crossed the Rhine +" in all the pride
pomp, and circumstance of glorious war - or he
may be bound in chains and led captive to the
utmost confines of Russia, there to draw out q
life Of wretched existence, ten thousand times
more miserable than death Or with his brave
comrades who conquered with him at the battles
Of Lodi, Marengo, sc. he may be teaching the
crowned heads of Europe to listen to the voice
OF the people as tlie oniy legitimate source of
powei-he may be proving to them the force and
fact otthe beautiful and Impressive lines Of Cold
smith, that
Lords and princes may flourish or may fade,
a breath can make them, rs breath has made ;
But bold peasantry, q cOuntrv's pride
When once destroyed can nsUer be supplied"
IT. happily for the human race, the hero of Aus
terltz IS Engaged in such noble cause, the free.
dom or mankind and, oh how my heart ex-
pands with the pleasing hope, that his soul mas
been softened by adversely, and his Jews enlarg-
ed by misfortune and that his great and mast erlv
genius has been turned from ambition and the
love ofconquest, to The desire OF hberatinE man
from the hraldOm of despotem. Great heaYon,
u such are bis wishes, what glorious chance he
has OF accomplishing h,s obiect--Of breaking the
IRON bands which have so long chained down TO
seTYltude and Ignoniny the nobi-st attributes of
the human mind, hardened Their hearts against
the voice OF woe and excluded from the bosom
every noble, every generous feeling forit IS only
men who have breathed The pure air Of Liberty to
act Ike men, 20 feel the proud consciousness Of
AN intellect, which aspire5 TO heaven, and to re-
Joice III the pleasing knowledge that man is made
after themage Of las Godl
Lei Bonaparte drown the curses of slaves 5v
inc benedictIons Of trecmen--lct the conqueror
he lost IN the iiberator and the name Of hero
forgotten IN tic sound Of father oPhls count,v--
Jet HIM initiate tho example Of our beloved and
husirous Wa9hingt on-let him I've in the hearts
or Frenchmen-lcth him give them free and elec.
tive government, purely republican, and entirely
smanatng from the VIII Of the people-let hin,
prove the sine erity ths words by the purity OF
ms actons-let the French once feel that he has
Feally made them iree--iCt them breath the air of
liberty, uncontamnatcd by royal pollution. free
from The stencil Of purple robes and emblazoned
orowns-iet IL be purely republican, and it will
cause the blood 60 cirCu ate quickly aud warmly
even through the VEINS Of decripitude and old
sge the heart will be electrified with unspe.k a-
bic 10Y, aud the whole Of the French people will
love and yenerate The author Of so much national
pride z Individual happiness. Under the influence
ofhbsrty, and devoted 90 military prodigy in
the science ofaTns, what force can stand against
such an army, headed by such chieftain And
too, avery man 10 chat army Fighting Cor Himself
his wife, his daughter, his country, and his reh-
giOn They VIII flock On masse to the unfurled
standard Of their counUy--thcy Will be able 10
breas ~ the coalitions warning world can mar
shai against uicm--they win rise superior 10 eve
~ disaster, and triumph over every danger. Let
Napoleon once l.bcra;e the FRENCH he will then
gam and merit tho cou6Cy zee of the preaf bodv
u tie people Of gurope--they groan under the
burden Of Their shackles, and IN sillen silence
siSn tor liberty. The fame Of freedom once be
Gen under suchaysp.cous circumstance at Paris
would move with the rap.dity OF liehtnlsg i,
"culd s2on 1eacH Rome, aad ire country which