Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-07-15

ed the mind, and dilated the soul of the Patr;o
warrior. In the lapse of one year what impor
'ant events have transpired 1t was sad ant
vainiy hoped by the enemies OF free government
tht our constitution was too Utopian TO buff,
the storms OF war, that i'll calm and tranquil wea
| ther our bark might sail majesticallv along the
ocean, bst squad would send it to the bottom
| OF the deep. Our President too, it was affirmed
Was too feeble TO ride in the whirlwind and tli.
rect The storm. See said they, your capital Ia.
ken, aud your senate house wrapt IN fiames.--
True the enemy stole inupon us at an unguartl-
ell point, and IN an unexpected moment, and like
the Gotlis and yandals of old left no vestige OF
these monuments, which frugal and wisdom
loving, infant republic had erected to- the arts
and sciences But what was the result Was
our happy government founded upon the equal
rights of mankind, subverteSi bv the capture of a
few scattered houses, erected principally as has
been Justly observed by lottery? No, indeed. but
out of the ashes of Washington q flame did arise
to consume the enemies of our country. A for
midaL'e expedition is set on foot against our
run devoted country! all Europe resounds with
the celebrity of those who are TO compose, and OF
those who are to conduct the enterprise ant. all
Europe consigned to rapes, rapine, and murder,
the falrest fabric of creative power and happy-hke
eniov the cambal repast in anticipation. For,
my fellow citizens, there is an interminable war
between the votaries of freedom and the myrmi-
uohS OF ueSpOtiSm BOOTY ana Beauty are the
clbalistic terms to a lcentons and nfuriated SOL
diery. Our wives, our daughters--but, for
the honor of human natury, here the curtain
shall drop. Meantime the villfied- Madison sits
in the midst ofhs little cabinet, calm and serene
as thesm in the centre of his system. He coil
centrates his undisciplined forces at the threat
ened point of attack. Raw aud undiscipl ned
troops are to meet the invincib bic cohorts ofWel-
lngton, the conquerors of the legions of Bona.
parte.-Fhey do meet them. jackson mounts
the of war, and gives the reins To his foaming
steeds. Like Mars the God of the heather my
thology, he controls its fate. lie triumphs on
the 9Th ofJanuary.
&c For 10 f! the tyyunt PROSTATE on tie dust,
.91d Rome again is free"
Peace again re-vislts our happy land. No more
does the loud sounding drum thunder an alaiqIm
in the mothers year. No more IS the couch of n
fond and afectionate wife stepped in tears No
more Is the cheek ofthe love sick maid wan with
fear. The husband returns from The fu, slant
tented fields to his 60 neat rural cot" covered
with g!ory, an, is again clasped in heenbraces of
conjugal love his son too. is IN his wa, home
scanned with some honorable scars, and W 1! throw
his full blooming laurels at his parents feet.
See yon youth he was shot, in the sorte from
fort Erie, nobly fighting for his country his path
IS strewed with flowers, aud velyited with odori-
ferrous herbs, by the hands Of that meek eyed
virgn-beauty, who halls hisapproach with songs
ofr,dture, and love ineffabIe.
Happy, happy, happy pair,
None but the brave, none but the brave, de-
serve the fair