Virginia Argus

The following is a specimen of the animated and joyful stream in which the National Aegis hails the new political era in Massachusetts.--

"PROUDLY triumphant be the spirit of republicanism. This day is Massachusetts regenerated in political principle. To-day federalism is disrobed of the attire of office and the government restored to the confidence of its friends and the custody of its framers. Let the hearts of freemen be cheerful, for we have now joy over a repentant sinner. This day shall be an epoch in the history of the nation. America will be enlivened by the return of an important member to the family of the union. The prodigal had been long estranged from domestic harmony--thrice welcome be her restoration to the paths of integrity. No event since the change in the national executive has been more propitious, Massachusetts, the most wealthy, the most extensive, and the most powerful of the United States, has been for five years arrayed in hostility against the administration of the constitution.-- Intelligent and independent as are her citizens, they have been made the subjects of delusion, subserving the designs of ambition. Deception has been their guide, falsehood and folly their leading strings. The pretensions of federalism were plausible, & the honest yeoman was unconscious of her artifices. She boasted of disinterested motives, and the industrious mechanic suspended not her measures. She arrogated an illustrious reputation, and assumed the name of Washington, would fain have persuaded the world that she inherited his mantle also, Washington became the rallying word to electioneering asperity, of as much use in the contest as the incantation of jugglers, diverting the attention from the vileness of the imposture. But the principles of that great man were as abhorrent to the policy of federalists as the virtues of his character to their arts of baseness. He cultivated a spirit of harmony, they speak the language of discordance. He died in prayers for the integrity of the union, they are driven from the government in struggles for its dissolution. Yet was the profanation of his name long successful. To Americans there was a spell in the sound which forbade suspicion. It was hard to believe it could be so basely prostituted, but the moment of conviction has arrived, and this day witnesses a solemn expression of retributive indignation. From this-day we trust, forever, the Government of Massachusetts will be decidedly republican.

"On an event so auspicious we may be indulged the luxury of an anticipation formal, distant, and distrustful has been our connexion with the sister states.-- Cold and reproachful our treatment of the general government. Confidence and harmony have been no part of our enjoyments. Henceforth the scene is changed. "Harmony is restored to social intercourse." In the state and national administrations there will be a perfect coincidence. Personal animosity will cease. Local distinctions will be done away. The government will assume a decided and confident tone. The tolerated abuses of five years will be remedied The business of the province-house will be investigated and the rents of the property secured to the people. The President of the United States will be respectfully noticed--the policy of his conduct will be recognized, and the measures of his administration sanctioned.

"No subject of national importance can probably occur during the present meeting of the legislature. The organization of the government will be the principal business of the session. This accomplished, and the local concerns of the state disposed of, the several branches will separate with the exulting consideration, that through their agency, MASSACHUSETTS will be reinstated in pre-eminent importance among the members of the union."