Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-06-22
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AMERICANS IN BORDEAUX.

DOsaeaar' received ana published by the
BOSTON eatr,ot some months ago--re-
AS this is an affair which exc,us;vel,
belongs to the Editor Of the Boston Patr;.
ot,we shall no further interfere with # Than
as regards general remarks. II annea,s
that the Boston Patriot published as we
this day do, letter fro,. n corresnonden,
at Bordeaux. This II tier was renubI;sh.
ca IN number OF pr .pers throughout the
Cniteo otates, and among others in the n
aa' aes !o's, at Kew Orleans. A writer
IN tne Nemori' 4 Bordelais, Of the 14th of
april under the. signature of. B. Ang.
Souiie, takes up the cudgels, in a most
XuiAo.c manner, to refute, as he calls it,
the calv nnies contained in this letter.
Inc amer that he dues it is worthy of
SOM notice, though we should consider
our selves i'll employed to translate this
+! rash which this Ed,oard let's fly from his
culverin. We give, however, the introduce
fiOn to the remarks of this Bnrdelais critic
and commentator on the letter alluded to,
these appear as editorial. We shall no.
4ice a few of the sentiments of the critic
afterwards.
" The journals Of Paris, in remarking
on the spirit tot sedition and calumny which
infects certain Gazettes on the borders of
the Rhine, have clearly shewn to what
causes this spirit ought to be attributed
We have, in our turn, the advantage of
unmasking infamies of a similar nature,
addressed to the Boston Patriot, and re.
published by Ami des Lois, a newspaper
Of New Orleans. In reading them, it is
easy to recognize that the spirit which di-
reefs the pamphleteers of Germany ex-
tends even to those of the new world, since
the United States has become, as we may
say. the Botany Bay of France
ssThe imposture of facts reported by
the New-Orleans newspaper is so visible to
the eyes Of the inhabitants of Bordeaux,
that we should not have taken the pains to
Eefute them, if wehad not the desire to dis
play, by the absurdity of these facts, the
degree of confidence which those who wei
come such lies are entitled to in their other
assertions"
An attack so indecent and illiberal as
this, at glance, displays the sentiments
which actuate the writer. The same ma
lignity which can dictate such language
would descend to servie sycophancy.
were the objects of his rcproach again in
power. These men, whom he would in
discriminatory doom to expiate their mis-
fortunes with the convicts of England in
Botany Bay, let it be recollected, were the
statesmen and soldiers of France. who have
1nerited banishment--the one for having
introduced liberal laws. AID wholesome
political economy, in a nation which was
sunk under the expressions of vicious
court, tyrannical and greedy nobility,
and still more tyrannical and bloated
priesthood (; and by banishing feudal ex-
actions, the Injustice Of mobiles, and the A.
nominations of the clergy. had euualzed
taxation. restored vigor on the peasantry.
encouraged science and the arts. and gave
to religion pure and unpolluted affairs the
other other for having fought the battles of
France for twenty years with victory. and
raised her from cnntcmntible nation IN
Che pinnacle of power and splendnr--for
having shed around her. by the lustre of
their exploits blake glory and renown, ,
which we may, in vain, look for in the an
tacedent history Of the world, and whose
greatest crime is fhe reverse which has
attended them through the combination of
princes and the traitor-making gold off
England.
These are the characters which this pa- |
rasite to the Angouleme faction would con- |
sign 10 the pure regions Of South Wales,
that they might enhale its salubrious hree-
zcs, in order TO become honest men. When
q scrihbler, in any cause even in the cause
of virtue. saws too much, he does It an in
Jury instead of benefit hut when a |
Fenchman can take up his pen to blacken
and disgrace the characters Of men whom
even the enemies Of France and the comb. |
nation Of princes cannot but respect for |
their talents and their virtues-,yho even
Offer them an asylum and would alleviate |
their nisfortunes--he forgets that he is |
drawing the brush of infamy across his own |
V;sage and, instead of rejecting honor
avon those whom his sycOphancy would /
tiatter, he is disgracing them by that con. |
frdst which II is IN vain that the world. End |
France in particular, would prefer not to |
make
We shall now proceed to our PordeIa;s |
critic, who has the holiness, as well as The |
Vanity, to register his name. no doubt |
without any idea Of attracting the attenti- |
on of hislady, queen Of Bordeaux, who. by- !
the-by, the Memorial religieux speaks of ,
in the following manner Sc Madame tie !
Duchess of Angouleme went Yesterday to ,
Saint Sulpice. where her ROYAL hiehness
heard the sermon preached by Monsieur
che Able Frayssinons. The princess was
in a tioO-horse carriage, without guards.
separated from all the mapnifcrnce ofl
grandeur (separee lie tout lertourage de
ia GRANDEUR and only accompanied By her
UirfHes and her eminent pieiy"
We shall con'ine ourselves IN his last |
criticism on tle letter nubisbed by the
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