Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-08-02


price OF hog OF seventeen score weight. As.
am very desirous TO receive, frequently, paper
from America, and as the papers in that countr
are not, as ours are, loaded with tax equal T.
more than one half of their retail price, Twiio,
point out the manner in which they may be serI
| to me.-Theparcel should be addressed 10 me bt
| name, "to the care Of the hlrisher Of Co55etfs'-
Ipeeky Political Register, London" But, j.
ried if the vessel go to London, to be car
ought, by the master, or mate, or by Some care.
ful person and, if the vessel arrive at some en-
port the parcel, with the same direction or ii.
should be carried to some Office. whence Lo.-
don Coach departs There it should be delive
| ed, and the bearer should see it booked, as we
call it.-By these means American papers W.
reach me with very little trouble, and at an eE-
pense OF whichI should think nodiing.--AR si1.
| gle letters from America may be addressed &c.
me at Hotley, near Southampton, and be put, p:
once, into any post-office in this Countrywide
hireGngs, who conduct nine tenths of the news
papers in London, have all possible facilities il.
Receiving American newspapers. But, they put
| l sh from, them that only which suits Their pur-
pose. Their object is to mislesd the PEOPLE here
| or, to keep them in the dark and, they eli
out every passage calculated to answer the end,
Besides there ale very few papers (the .NGfis7;al
Iatefigencer excepted) which are sent to Eng
land, except the papers called federal The per-
| sons who send these papers, if not English by
birth, are English by connection Thus we sec
thai malignant and biesty as is the editor of the
E.nes newspaper, for instance, the fellow really
might be deceived himself by the coockoo clamcr
OF the Arstocratical American newspapers bus,
hence, though could get sight of none but the
| same sort ofpapers 1 was not deceived, because
l had had that experience, which enabled me 10
put proper value upon what saw in these pa-
pers' 1t IS OF great consequence to the cause Of
truth and freedom, that the republican papers
should come To us from America, and that
other republican works should also reach us for
It IS from this Island that opinions and facts 90
| Iorth to produce impress ons on the minds of the
world. Bound up as press is, we, by one
| means or other, contrIve to get great deal into
circulation. We ere nearer the Grand scenes of
action than you are and, if you wish your pr.n,
| cples and your example to have their due and
speedy effect, We must be the prime pal vehicle of
them Some one at Philadelphia has recently
| sent me parcel of American papers, received at
| Philadelphia from other places, from WI oh per.
ceive, that nv letters to Lord Liverpool have
| been re-publshed in all parts Of the Republic,
from Boston to Savannah, from Philadelphia to
| Pittsburg. FlaIterng as this is to my sef.loye,
1t IS much more gratifying to me as. a proof oc
the powers OF the press, and as the foundation of
a rational hope, that the day is not d. stant when
~ amy, wherever it may exist; will fan beneath
| those powers.-Letter Vito the Earl of Ipyers
| pool, wrote, remember in a room in a farm
| ouse, one morning when Twas detained by ram.
| might have thought it but, certainly had not
then the most distant idea that what I was then
writing would so quickly come back to me, in
another print, after having been read on the banks
| OF the Ohio and those OF the Mississippi Tha
/ single fact the sight of only one such PRINT, is
to me more than compensation for all that have
| suffered in the cause of Truth and Freedom--
But, it is offar greater Importance as q stimu-
liant to future eXertionS as sugges ing additional
| care in plann ng and executing. But, why should
not the friends OF freedom cooperate We
/ see how firmly bound together its enemies are;
how they, TO: furtherance OF their grand object,
naturally sacrifice ali Their preiudices and even
| their petty conflicting interests. ouhave heard
the SAINTS of Hartford rejoice at the restoration
| oFthe Pope. The HOLY Father has embraced tho
Dey OF Alg'ers, who calls him Christian dog
| Why should not we aid each other You arc
better OFT than We are. You have free presses in
| every seaport your sea-ports are numerous
| your masters OF vessels have direct communi.
| cation with you you can easily come at all that
| we publish. While your continent, and ell its
presses and literary productions are shut from US
! by hundreds Of obstacles OF which y0u have no
Ii lea, our enemies have their regular correspons
| dents, their comizun cations always open they
know here all that is passing in your country
W lie we are wholly in the dark while we are
deprived ofthe use of all those powerful weapons,
| which your unrestrained press would put into
ourhands.-Khope that these considerations W Il
| be suic emit to induce some one of YOU, at least.
| to forward to me, in the manner above pointed
out, such papers and other publicat ons as are
| likely to be ofbeneit tn the cause Of truth and
freedom, and1f VIII CHI you can want no assurarca
of my will, at any rate, to make the best possible
use. Amer ca now beg rs to make great figure in
| the world but, her example which, If made
| universally known, would be of more weight than
h'T military or naval power is, from the causes
above stated, OF comparatively little service--I
take this opportunity Of expressing my best wish
es to Mr.. Mathew Carey.ofPh,l 1delphia, fora We
ry excellent pamphlet, which he has had the
goodness TO send me, entitled, 4" n Cain 4IIreq7
to the people The Eastern States on the subjccS
| ofhe Representation IF iSlaUes ihe Re5resen,r-
ion in The Senate md The hosfift5 to c9u7eree,qs.
| cfbedto the SoUfheru Sfdtes 81 should be obITed
tosome oneto send me any work, or works, glyinp.
an account Of the Expences ofthe Govcrnment&
State Governments Of Amefica also Of her ship.
ping, commerce, debts, taxes, &c. &c And, if
| Dir. Carey, or some other person equally capas
bic, would spend few hours in giving me an nc.
count Of the prices &C provisions and labour, I
| should deem it particular favor These may
have changed s. e left America.
WIN, CoBBETT,
p. s. Since writing the above, have (22d
May) received, from some friend in PHILADELPHIA,
a small file Of 4iTor1s, containing the - The eu,
1osifion ofthe CGWses and Character Of me Var
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