The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-08-06


leyery dirsciios, MN q length Inc people be.
come dcad 10 every patriotic emotion, and un.
reluctantly surrender their birib-right for
mess Of rostage They could not have hap
lpencd either At more seasonable period
The err Of good feelings" whish sas pro-
duced by MIR Monroe's tour 10 tbe laud OF no
! tions, had deprived party rage oijss weapon )
Europe, Tired Of The bloody wars which had
50 long eonvuscd The Continent, and freed
from the mighty Eenius who had held Il IN
snbjeeiion, has returned 10 the old order 81
things, and have bent tlAir neeks to the yoke
OF king-crzfi and Pfjest-etait combined The
. garden spot Of Europe yet acknowledges !"
Alussuman as its saaster md all idea OF a var
in The Eas, has passed away. What would
newspapers hnie done in the general apathy,
which masi 1ase existed, had not old wounds
been again opened, aud new ones made -
When all 4 peace and qnietDess they throw
In their sickle in vain their harvest IS IN
times ii tumult and bfewl when :" Greek
meetyGreek,e will brand aud spear, in the
fclgol battle or, with less ellectual but more
yfInless weapons, 10 the public pr'nls--lhey
ymnguish IN calm, aud thrive by the rude
conclusion OF the storm The present as
peel ol things warrants Us 10 assuring DOR rend-
ers that they need fear no dcarih OF interest
ing events combatnnis, well provided with
pen and ink, are Nagng battle with incfeas-
Ing vigor, against the coIruplons Of The time"
the nnrhasten'd ambition" Of aspiring men,
and the departure from the rule oil right end
the eternal fitness Of things, Gas philosopher
Square would say,) by The governors, TO the
delriment OF The governed whilst otheg,
with equal energy are engaged IN defending
them some, whose feelings ore 50 very sensi-
tive, and whose visions are 80 very acute, Tint
they can boldly pronounce an officer guilty
OF peenlaiion aud larceny on cJ parie testi-
mony, when court martial composed Of no.
uurablc men, had declared, on full evidence,
that those eharges were groundess aud Sian.
derous, are whiningly lamenting that the man
who disgraecd his uniform by propagating
them, has been compelled, by the award Of
justice, 10 10y il by, in their autipathy to
peace, aud with view TO render themseIvef
conspicuous, some are eudcayoring 10 enlist
public sympathy in behalf of mta ~bo,
il tle court wariiai spenk truth hps basely
ilapdcred tho population OF one OF iliet iss
splcndent galasy Of heroes, who FIRST broke
. ~ sa~
tunatc events had cast around British proves
on the high seas, and who snatehed the trl
dent Of Neptune from hands which had, since
the downfall Of the two great Dutch seamen,
held undispated mastery on the waves not
content with endceyoring to ruin the reputation
of Capt HUI, they have pompously announced
their determination 10 examine the conduct Of
The president Of the court (com. Porter,) like
wise on ~ parie testimony, and TO hold him
up, IT, on such evidence, they should thni, he
deserved II, 10 the apprehension Of his fellow
citis Us. He, however, trusts TO no second
hand 10 defend his conduct but, with spirit
and feeling, worthy OF the hero of the Essex,
has publicly declared that he has too much
respect for the good opinion Of his fellow eit.
zeus 10 permit his reputation 10 be tempered
with and that they who shall make any pub.
LEGATION relative TO his conduct as president of
the court, before the evidence upon which he
acted, aud which Is now in course Of publ
cation, shall be laid before the nation, must
be prepared for the consequences. II will be
seen, therefore, that, altho' all the rmors of
wars which have, for the lns, ls months,
been waIicd, by almost every breeze, across
the Atlantic, have been succeeded by Ger
ta'nty OF pence, there ARE speoks in the hori-
zon, the certain precursors of rising storms
~ The last papers state that Col Cumming
has again challenged Mr.. McDuihe and that
they are 10 fight on the 10th inst "God send
them good deliverance -