Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-08-01

| FROM TIE AoR7H CAROLINA lfEssEScER.
J ELECTION OF VICE PRESIDENT.
We were some time ago informed that
g.! the nomination OF MIR. Clinton TO the Office
OF Vice President of the United States
would find opposition from party in the
Western country. Indeed, some violent
spirits IN that country have lats'y shewn a
strong disposition to assist the views of
those disorganizers in the Eastern States
who have dared TO talk of dividing the u
mon' They have all the same end in view,
though they express themselves in differ
ent language, and assume different ap-
pearances. Personal ambition is their GO
verning motive, and personal emolument
is their object. IN the Eastern States, the
sons of division are clamorous for any o.
lher character than the person 10 be sup.
ported by the republican interest, and in
The Western country, nothing will do but
a Western citizen, to fill the second stati-
On IN the Federal Government. A writer
apparently member of congress) has
commenced the campaign of opposition
on that side of the Mountains, in long
address, recommending the choice Of MIR.
breckenridge as Vice President. With
more violence than sound reasoning, he
enveighs against the motives Of the gentle
men OF both houses of congress who nomi-
mated Governor Clinton, and concludes
with the following paragraphs -
81 presume it would be deemed pre-
sumption In me, 10 assume 10 myself q
discovery which | anticipate has already
reused the just indignation and becoming
jealousy OF the smaller states. Now is The
time, this the golden hour, to break the
combination OF the unwieldy and over
grown states ct Virginia and New York;
and not suffer ourselves 10 be duped into
) measures which are fraught with all the
arts oil fraud and intrigue.-We are clear
ly not bound by the nomination. When
. we consider the part which Virginia has
taken, trust no other part of the Union,
! rehecling a moment OH the case, viii feel
themselves bound to support it. This
would be de, ehGtion of sovereign power,
f which the dead heroes who achieved
. our independence, if they view the affairs
CT this world, would drop tear oil indig-
nation.
"But should this not be the case, what?
why ourpolit,cal horison darkems-A gloo-
my selhshness pervade5 The federal CONF
, binalon; and principle is lost amidst the
Earring interests that will arise.
What, then, will be the difference be.
tween the Grecian combination and the a.
merican None and can read in he fate
of Greece, the fate of America. To the
lnteligeDtrcader it will be sufficient to say.
there was an Athens and Sparta -! -
> In whose vortex the rest Of the confedeA
rate States OF Greece were swallowed
up!!!!
i here conclude these remarks by oh,
serving. that no man ought to be voted for
as AN Elector, who will not unequivocally
declare, and make his declaration public
, by publishing the sanein the public prints,
that he will vote for Thomas Jefferson as
: President and John Breckenridge as Vice
President of the United States. 1t is TO
be hoped, that this sentiment will pervads
the Union at large; and that the same de-
clarations viii be required by the states Of
their Electors before they are voted for;
and 1t IS understood that no one will be
voted for, who viii not 'lake AN avowed
declaration, for whom he will vote"
l The Editor Of the Kentucky Gazette,
upon giving publicity to the effusions oS
this writer, makes the following introduce
tory remarks:
"The ensuing election for President
and Vice President, will probably be The
most important to ;he ci,izens Of The Unit.
) ed States, of any that may for a long time
occur. The difficulties tiat attended the
last election Of those officers, are within
the recoll clion Of every voter; and they
must al see tie necessity oil the policy that
has been adopted, to proven, similar dif.
hculiy. We all waited with anxiety for
the nomination, which was by general con-
sent. conhded TO the members Of congress.
We we're sorry that the situation Of par
T ties made such a step necessary but the
urgency OF the Case required IT.. The no.
mlaauon has been made, and, by the real
republicans, universally approved. We
therefore view the publication Of "The
True Republican" in the last independent
Gazetteer, as tending to destroy that una
nmiIy which prevailed among the friends
OF the present administration, and NAV ul-