The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-12-03

i1,pei Themselves and her with
- why she is of So mneh Emporium
o., war and 50 little respected III peace =
-, her soldiers are so much sought aitef
WI! 49, who make no scruple of TREATING
" ..,ion ifs..lf with contempt. Italy,
n a. and France, wafrln5 and wasted
o.',.,s have ever found III her subject
ps,r;rue. sometimes an interested ally
Us a recruiting station-hut never a
,aediator. HIS this arisen from her weak
Ia Certainly not her natural stresSih
Inf br great, or she would long ago have
,I's,,e1 an integral part of some vi the pow
Cd o,tions which surround her. There
'l .',', men. be some error IN the former po-
If her Government, by which the inter
oftbe nation, aud the rights of humanl-
= ha,. been sacrificed 10 individual and
!.nnrate incapacity or corruption. As
E,LI,,cb ar Austrian force, or French or
Austrian gold predoninated, 50 mas Swift
aarl,nd oscils,ted like pendulum, until
ao;ot Il Argent, poigt de SaiSse has become
rr,oy,rbial-a singing expression which
lid never have been earned by the home
!. h,nret inhabitants Of the mountains, but
,Sb;eb has beea Justly used to characterize
,5e illberal aud selfish policy OF the Canto-
~ nol;cy and Federal Government. The
,satl is thai The liberty conquered from the
House of Hqpsburg, has teen most unequal
hd;.tributed OF right il was the glorious
natrinony orall but IN fret Il has become
h. Oyogefiy Of some pfit7eged Glasses, who
have uliusily detained it llom other por-
tons orthe confederation, and the heart
bnrolngs and disputes occasloned by such
a STATE of things, has nearly destroyed the
tnure by which ii is enjoyed at all. Thus
the government ot-Berne, aristocratical and
oyeTbearing, attempted to domineer over
the Paws dc Naud, until the inhabitants Of
that country appealed in 1876 to the Fnc,ch
sy,io,t their injustice country of
William Tell was not freed bs bim To be-
came ball for Kings 10 kick at nor were
his countrynen destined by nature to be-
came the guards of every rich and sullen
despot who trenbled at the just hatred of
his own subiecta.-It is with sincere plea-
SIRE that we discover in the publications
before u. the dawnings oil a better spirit,
audit should be the Object of all Swiss pat
riots to spur II into acton.
fFon the .Etp lord EreHiag Post.
We presume the facts Developed in the
following letter from respectable gentle
man, personally known to us with the pa
per enclosed, will excite ~ little attention
at Washington, and PERHAPS call for some
prompt measures.
ANTIGUA, Oct. 18th, l822.--My dear
Sir,-Tha enclosed is true copy OF AZ or
gGlI proclamation, now before mt, accom-
panied win q statement OF Il respectable
gentleman Vi &uiI,,ll, VINO Was at 81. Bar
tnoomews II tie time the squadron was
lying there. aad also wa IN extract OF a
stter Of ano.he. very vtspectablc gentle
man, residing at St. Bartholonews. There
eau be no doubt bat that those vessels
are cruising as utsscls Of 'cGr andcr the a
nericaa Jag, and without any commits
s0ns from the government of the United
States, OF course, are liable to be called To
account by oar goyctnment for their CON
duct.
The signature 81 B. Irvine" to the procla-
1nation, as Secretary Of State pro tenn.
struck me. the moment saw it, to be the
READ signature Of Baptist Irvine, ho, a few
years ago, was editor Of the Columbian in
the city Of New Yorn, aud who since, un-
III Within a s., Art ,nic, has been an editor
ol political newspaper in the city of
to be- his sjTn,t,rs ;s hal w. bI e7 I", n ar
he and fb,'' ..,,..,,,ra - = .aaa.,,.a,r -
The hest Of nv recnlIrc,;n, ha,rs gpe,1
s,mia.j, = +, mt If ~p Iry;oo y .;gned IN
tbr ori,;a.I nrncla,n..;,n II 10 ,nI.r-
su,d ~ s. pnribnlnn,aws tL,t Mr. irwin.
ND h..n rr,,.'t ,,,;,.,n - tl,a yrn;..J
States. il was 9Iso uo5ar.tooIth'., he ,yrot.
this nrncl,,,.t;,n md ,,;th III. n., !. ~
conduct mi. s,n,,Jrno =, sam. ,n1onen-
dent hanoy j,nd From the dissertation I .
have rereiyed ar his r,r.nn,l 80. .ar,,re