Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1799-02-19
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TUESDAY, FSasuAar r0,
TO THE FREEMEN OF THE YVES
TERNDISTRICTOF VERMONT.
Yeroennsr TniI. fcrnar.

PergeHRsf jan, january -.
Fellow CITIzEss,
WITH heart truly overlooking with
gratitude have I, in thisdiftnal ! ,.lon receiv-
Cd the intelligence ehat,you have again con-
iidcred me as entitled TO your confidence
and worthy of your faffrages, as your Re
preventative in the Congrefs Of the United
States.
a ferries of the NOT unwearied and unpre-
cedented ilander, dcirac,ion, aud perfecuiion
that internal ingenuity could devife, has not,
1t Teens, convinced you of n,alevolencc or
corruption in me; nor OF nay want of diff
cernment or attention 80 your true intcrelts !;
neither have you been deferred by the threats
or ieduced by the fattery Of an overbearing
minority. from publicly rianifeiling BIZ your
free iuifrages, the opinion You entertaiia on
the queltions now agitated in the u. States.
This undiiembled conduct of yours, when
conftitutionally called upon for your fen,i-
ments, while it co,roborates with the truly
noble and generous efforts OF the patriots of
Virginia and Kentucky, in holding up to
adherence, tyranny and unconaitutioual
laws. forms mott ftnking contraa with an
sddrefs recently Preiented in your name, by
men calling themfelyes your Representatives.
Late in oaober they approve of meafures
your national rept.ienratire had arenuouiy
oppoied, and 10 your name they fpoke the
language Of hattery and alulation early in
December you are called 70 fpeak for your
felves, and you declare youwill have the man
70 repreient you in a future Coagrefs, Who
has in the mott pointed manner announced
his averiion to pompeus aduiatiou and mean
lattery him who oppoftd thofe raea(ares
which thefe men approved
The Rory has already been told, in every
country where Representative government, Is
known, thai one OF the na.ional reprefenta-
tives Of the United States ,f America, has
been tnpriloned by the verdict Of an Ameri-
can jury, for writing and oubiibing, thai
when the Executive arc doing right they
ihall have his fupport, but whenever they
lF1ouid do wrSng be would rot be their hum
bic advocate for reading aal luGering lun
known to him. to be prined, copy OF
letter Of an American gentI,man in France,
fpeaking lightly ct the vii Tn Of his coun-
try in provoking a war win that mar on
n letter which has bcen pGbilhed from ma
ny Of the prciTes conducted y the partizass
Of prefdential infallibaity, Vshou, being 10
tho Leaf noticed.
Let this efalgcut truth follow that nory,
tia, although two judges au9drirty juymen
have been found to declare yCir rcprefenta-
i've guilty OF evil intentions, norc thantbree
thouland five hundred enlightened freemen
have declared him NOT GUILTY, and by
iheir reelection have plainly announced that
their confidence in him is rot dated, and to
his care and integrity they chcfs to conGgn
their national interea fos mre than two
years TO come.
Fellow citizens, you have Demonstrated
how fenGtlc you are, thar preceded c;ires
have been made ule Of, nicely to diarefs
nc and my family; to reaain me of my
liberty, and TO prevent my -xcrciing the
bigh trgt you have eonidcd 3 nle. While