Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-12-02

by Catholics, at the iustigatien Of their
priests, whose religion you called idola-
fr0us, and tending to the eternal perdition
of millions upon millions of precious souls.
Adopting your sentiments, taught BY
your sermons, great numbers of people re-
joiced at revolution, which, in its pro-
gress, tumbled the Pope from his chair,
drove out the Dominicans and the remains
of the Jcsuits, put down the Internal Inqui-
sition, and let millions of men losse to wor-
ship according to their consciences.-
What was the establishment of these peo-
pie, then, when instead of hearing YOU put
upthanksgiving for this change, they heard
you load the French Assemblies and Napo-
leon with execrations, apd stignatize as
Jacobins and enemies of religion all those
of your ilocks, who distinguished them
selves by expressing their delight at it -
And, howshall l express the feelings that
filed their breasts, when they heard YOU
putting pthanksgiyings for the fall of him,
who had confirmed, over great part of Eu-
rope, liberty of religion, and ON whose ruin
arose, as they necessarily would, the Pope,
the Dominicans, the Jesuits, the Inquisi-
ton, and all the prosecutions, which for
nerIy you SO patheticatly called on your
hearers to lament
Aye But--but, things are different
" in these days. The Ronish priests in
France, are good kind of men. And
besides, any religion is better than no
religion at ALL"
These were amongst your excuses, when
you hailed, and, in Boston, believe, act
ually made professions to celebrate, the
restoration to the throne of France af the
"paternal" descendants of Francis the
First, Charles the Ninth, and Louis the
Fourteenth, in each of whose reigns more
Protestants were murdered In Que month
than there were French people put TO death
during revolution OF twenty-five years.
Well the Bourbons are restored Ac-
cording to your notion, they and their Al
lies have carried back religion to France.
Read the following account of what has ta-
ken place at the fine city Of NIsMEs, and
then hear me again.
belonging to Protestants were burned,
I" and on the 9th still greater number.
The steward (Gerisseur) of the estate
OF Guirahdin ioas stretched 0rer fire.
& After his death, they took him down and
" exhibited the body to passengers. The
9TH, 9th, and 9th, were more calm DAYS !;
" there were only pillages. On the 9Th
+" they massacrei almost all the prisoners
who were ProtestantS. A pretended
" national guard, formed of all the malefac-
tors, and of all the worthless wretches of
" the envirOns and the town, are accused
" Of these crimes. One of the Captains is
Z" person OF the name of Toisiaion,
sweeper of the streets, who alone has
!" killed fourteen Protestants. They broke
open the grave of young Protestant
Z" girl to throw her into common recep-
(" tacle of filth. Those Professionals whom
/" theydo not kill, they exile, and throw ia
!" to prison, and yet there were a great
:" number of Royatists among them.
" From the 10th to the 18th July no Cou-
I" rier from Paris arrived. On the 10th the
!" King was proclaimed, by the Urban
g Guard Composed of men between4o and
!" 60 years of age) followed by the most
!" respectable persons in the town, and the
:" white cockade was hOisted.
|" On the 18th armed bands of brigands.
" and the national guards of Beaucaire.
ss came to disarm the military, who sus-
&c tanned an assault in the barracks, and
Z" they were almost all assacred.-Their
Z" number amounted to 200.
On the 18Th many peaceable citizens
I" were massacred--many houses piIlaged.
" On the afternoon of that cruel morning,
4" the mad wretches ran about the town
(" calling out that they wished second
saint bartholomew.
{" On the 18th the Project published |
/" Proclamation, recalling the peaceable |
"persons who had quilted the town they
+" obeyed this order, and a great number
" were assassinated.
From the Goth TO the Goth, the piIlaees
+" and assassiaatiODs did not discontinue. |
{" Those who sought their safety in flight
I" we're assassinated on the roads. Some
{" were conducted into prisons where they
g are still grooming.
Con the 99th the Project of the King
" arrived. The other Project had been
g named by -, the Royal Commission
I" er.
g On the 30th, Te Deum was chaunted. |
" On the 91st the new Project published |
|" very prudent proclamation, 6ut.he Quit
q ted Nismes.
On the LIST of August, NJ. de Calviere,
" the person whom the Royal Commission
g er had named, resumed the functions off
g Project, and rs Profestnufs were massa-