Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1799-03-01
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AccoIPANYING TIE LETTER
FROM Mr.. GERRY. TO THESE.
cRErARY or STATE.
(cowr ysp.)

! MS gronp OF tatts preients iuch tiliu
OF incongruities and contradictions, tlIa
she MAD is LOFT IN IT, One Is at a lois &
ipecify with prrciiior The rsProa,hes to b
made TO the Am,rican Enyoys But it i
very evident that they haze been NOT 4 raage
| iy deceived, It they did brIievs; aud TIA
ttey are mott periidious if they did not be
i'eve what they relate. In the expretiior
OF thsfe reProaches wh;c,. efcape from ;ndig.
nation, 1t is resuiitg to haltep 70 exceD.
Mr. Gerry, who dorbtie!s may nave bsen
deceived both Icy the foreign intrigaers, ard
perhaps afo, by bis very colleagues, but to
'shom 40 iuipic:on Of bad fa;th'cr in6ncsrity
can attach.
| Now, Whist conid be the fecrct r,gt;ve
which caufsd fuch puerile communicatjoas
to be circulated with 70 much eciats How
then can they juilhy The posnpous afIsaati.
on, by which The American people has been
prepared to hear them: How can we con.
ceive that Il was hoped to render the farce
mort imPohng b. fats and public prayers I.
Doubtleis great objea caufrd .hem to
hazard the holding up as difcoYeriss of the
greateit Importance, the incoherent nratipe-
OF two intrigpers, who were foreigners wi,h
reiPett to France. Perhaps It was ftlrpof.
cd that the citizens Of The United States
would Judge Of the Freach government bv
the'e cavicatures, and tlEt the French co
vernment would be fe,6ble TO fach a marked
provocation. The eAe6t oethe OUTRAGE twas
calculated from the nalgnity of the intep-
tioh, and OF RON the lirtieasis Of rhe means.
Ia enc word, they fntered thenfeisrs
with exciting indignation iaAsad Of oi,v.
iheY wii'ed for gsf, and tFey wi!hed that
inialrad France might declare It sgainf, =
people whole caufc he defended, and ,ba,
II might be releored by her to the arms of
England.
! By that war, the Britifh cabinet you'd
gam an ally, would labour for It's iatereit, le-
coEd rs projees upon the Frencl, and Sna.
Nth colonies, and rctsrd the nomen, of If,
humiliation. b. that war, too, The B5t;lh
government would accelerate the execution
ola favourite plan Of which it has never
fight.
II is known, that fincc If defpaired orre-
uniting to the triple crown, ,he States wI.ofe
Independence il was obliged toacknowIedee,
It alpired at LEAH to prejudice them in favor
OF limited monarchy that 1t endeagoured 20
fortify, by the familiarity Of conaisutionsl
forms, the habiss common to the EpgG(l
and American people; and that it took care
to keep for ing time one of the fons OF
Genrge III. in the vicinity of the United
States. Can it then be true, that to the
dtIgrace ofthe human mind, many c;;iz.ns
OF the United States hould be found who
arc ierl9uaY rcconciled 10 the EnghGh form
OF government Can il then be true. that
men, called by the public confidence TO the
head Of the government Of the United States,
have written in favor of the Britilh cotfhi.
tuition, merely to prepare its adoption in
their own country' Can it be true that
Thrift for honours, gree5inefs of wealth, and
deilre OF PerPetusting power, have already
lf7cned tbs conipitacy againf liberty!
1t this ought to be no longer confidered as
a iu picion, all is explained. War is necef-
iary IN order 10 raife troops and obtain fup.
! plies: an unnatural war againil old friends,
Iagaint brothers, aganli republicans, l. more
e pecia'ly neceaary it is necefTary that this
war mould excite civil commotions, flock e..
very idea Of morality, and route to refaanee
the TIE fons Of America and pretences
vii ariie in abundance for iiigmstizing with
icdition the honourable defenders Of princi-
pies, aud for fubRitutiog anonarchical ia the
room ct a representative government.
iswooid be hereafter unneoefary to df.
iembe. Such are { CRIMINAL PRACTICES OF
| the Engliih cabinet. Such is the blind pro.
pen6y OF a government which it influences
and It is the French republic which facriR-
ced the blood and fortune of its itizeus IN
the cauie Of liberty; it is the French repub.
lie that y inlligated 10 Arike the fatal blow
But hyperion 10 the influence of her re(ent
ments, The viii be a6uated by nothing bo,
the Happiness Of the two republics, and n,
wall appeal to the whole univerf. 20 ;udg
OF the fncerity of the difpoftions whish A.
has never cealed, and which he win neve
csaie to manifea for living ia peace vii
! America.
! 5. Il isof extreme importance 10 !.
before the public, the le,ters writ en- 10 NJ,
Gerry, Envoy of the United States. = Il
MimIter Of Exterior Relations. aq Cnar
hrs isrange publication came to his kno,
, ledge and Il IS Of equal importance 70 / 30
the aai~.rs given by Mr.. Gsr,y. Bo'b !