Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-05-25


been distributed. Through the attention of
General Dearborn, every vessel which clears a;
the custom house has parcel of tracts, with Il
Trcuiar To masters requesting Their agency, in
distributing them to their sailors and your com
n,ittee avail themselves of this opportunity, OF
renewing their thanks 20 Gen. Dearborn, for the
interest he has taken in the objects OF the socc,
~, and for the very important aid which he has
given in their execution
'COBBETT'S AMERICAN POLITICAL RE-
GISTER.
The phenomenon of newspaper published in
the U. States of America, but edited and con-
trolled by British subject residing in England,
is actually exhibited i'll New-Yorle. Mr.. Cobbett's
son and his coadjutor have arrived in that City,
and made arrangements for the execution of the
grand scheme.
Bonaparte's plan of Federatiue empire was
scarcely more extensive, more graspiug than this
singular spread of topographic ambition. 1t re-
minds us OF the Vine which the mother of the
Elder Cyrus is related to have seen IN dream,
and which extended its branches over Europe,
Asia, and Afrca-J9meuca zuas not then knozvn.
There Is something bold in the conception of
such project and if its execution should fail
1t may be said of Mr.. Goblet, as of the pre-
sumptuous Youth who attempted to guide the
Car OF the Sun, and to illume the whole world,
ma gus ta1ien ercidit dusis !
On this subject, we are unwilling to say much.
Let some Printers concentrate, and others rami.
fy; We have no objection to their schemes, provi.
ded the mass fthe people be benefited by the re-
suit. This is the main point; and of this the
people themselves are the only proper judges
All we have to do, in our editorial capacity, is to
warn the people against those delusions which
may be intended, and which time alone will fully
develope
And, first, we would ask the Republicans, #
they can forget the lcentious course of unbound
ed and v.rulent abuse on whatever they hold
dear, venerable, and sacred, pursued by Mr..
Cobbett in the early part of his political career,
/ under the name OF Peter Porcupine Can they
likewise forget the caresses and rewards bestow-
ed upon him by the British ministers and their
friends, ON his return to England Those re.
Wards, however, did not satisfy him for, he soon
alter enlisted under the banners of the opposi-
| ton and he has ever since wage3 against those
| ministers AN active, obstinate, and deadly war
dragging forth from their secret recesses The hi
deous monsters OF corruption, venality, oppres
sion, machiavelsm, and perfdy--and, o neon.
ceIvable change! eulogizing, even to safety, A.
| mcrIca, American institutions--in short ever,
| thing that IS American in such a man, can we
nationally place that confidence which arises
from communion of principles, views, and OBJ
ljects Are our ranks so thin, that we should in
vite, and, with open arms, receive into them ev.
lery specious adventurer Is our cause so feeble
| that it should require such auxiiaries NO
there IS In republicansm an inherent dignity tina,
frowns upon this cameleon-inconsistency-
is, too, spotless purity, that shrnSs from the
| touch of this pollution-and, Heaven be thanled
LOT lt!-Anerica possesses moral strength of heI
own to which Mr.. Goblet can add but little.
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| 1empHs eget ::
We are not singular in our opinion of Mr.
Goblet, and his scheme. We find. in the
Washington City Weekly Gazette, of May 18 /
well written article, which, in our view of mer
and things, does infinite honor both to the heaf
and to the heart of the author We regret tn,
limpossibility of laying before our Readers tn,
whole ofthat interesting article Our limit.
compel us to conhne ourselves to the subioinet
extracts
"If says the writer, Mr.. Goblet knows facts
which IT is ofimportance for the citizens of the
United States to be informed of, why does he not
himself, come among US, and furnish us with al
the particulars On this head, we will ventur,
an opinion, that he finds the business of opposi
ton too profitable in England to be relinquished
but, following the mercantile or Commercial
I course, he can preserve his present custom a
home, and setnb house for his son in America
IhIs we consider to be his true ann and as q
has phllanthroplc professions, WI look upon then
as mere hypocrItical cant and knavsh pretext 4"
Inc circumstance of a newspaper published II
this country, and edited and controlled by Brl
tish subject residing in England, is, in itself SIN
sular and sufficient to occasion vigilance /
not to awaken suspicion. Suppose Mr. Goblet
thing not in the least improbable, cOnsidernl
+ the suppleness of the mans mind,) should sf
, into the pay Of the English ministry ? He Nigh
ilsinuate, through his Register in the Untet
States, and even do il 7viM an air of batriotisa
thoughts extremely nox,ous to- the republican
principles OF the American people and thereb
serve the cause of royalty more efficiently tina
lfhe were the avowed advocate of all its deeds
In The following structures, the writer YER
S properly anlmadverts on the trite nature of tn
topics, which are likely TO constitute the sub
S stance and marrow Of Mr. Cobbett's yaluab
0 communications TO the American Public-We Il
: not blame Mr. Cobbett for touching stronel
and frequently upon such subiects--but il is mr.
e questionably true that those political diafr,b,
(; produce very little effect, if any. After readm
i or hearing them, Kings and Ministers are yer
5 apt to say, like the usurer in Gil Bias: Trtl
y ths IS Tine sermon the Preacher has perform
5 Ell ms task Letus go and perform ours pane
Ike the usurer, they are generally more kee
/ and more ardent in the performance of that tasl
0 after the sermon than before.--But to the CO,
GLIDING extrac'
4 In truth, continues the Gazette, what ba
. Mr.. Cobbett to tell us 7 That, in an old ,nona
n chy corruptions have sprung up That III
o people are heavily taxed That there are roy.
+ fayorltes, and sinecu placement That IN 4,
i gland there is a stupendous paper system An
} that persons in authority trampls ON the neck
OF the poorer classes Are these to be the 4
S PICS OF his communications II is to be inferre
i from his intimatons, that they are. And n
e these things nee TO the American rnind3 do "