Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-08-11
From rte M1w AAMpsnlas onsenyA4oqr.
FACTS AND REMARKS,
USEFUL AT THE PRESENT JuxcruRE.

and the alarm that is sounded at the nre.
sent tiine, by northern arts ocracy against
virginia and The sister states al the south.
ware, we boldly assert cannot be justified
! by single fact, nor is there the shadow
oil 4 foundation 10 sustain them. Instead
OF any change that has taken place in the
Viewsot Vrgl"iapeculiarly hostile to north.
ern interests, since the days of Washing.
toil' or The adoption of the federal consti-
luton, we aiii'm that the change is Who'll
~ on the part of our oUn aristocrata-
oil our own NeQhie-but of a set of ast,;yjnr
f'Ta"HSS among us, whose views are e.
quarry adverse To the liberties and haDni.
! ness OF the farmers OF New England, as
oil ina agricultural slate, Virginia. The
views OF these iordlings, which were care.
iu'iy concealed from The awfuleye Of Wash
ln@'on, or kept within bounds of compara-
tive decency' have, since his departure,
oeen unveiled and the "reirn of terror"
was but stride towards GIJnarchv. which
they are yet resolved to OBTAIN if possiblr
All their noise about southern 4rs;pu, i
but an arttul cover for their o7vn 1,iez,g. and
10 intended as means to facilitate the ar
conphshmeut oil their detestable purDose.
Like an arch enemy ard traitor, bv kind
ing false fires and sounding false aI.rms
they would direct our attention In omar
'erwhereno danger exists, while they steal
upon the fortress OF our liberties and de
sIroy all that is dear 10 us-Their first oh.
Ject Is, to effect diSS0iution, or rather =
dfOiSfon OF the Union their ultimate ob;.A
IS the erection of such g0Uerna,e,,t in ,Le
northern dfUisiOH. AS will corresDond with
tneIr oloated Plde and depraved aooeti,.s.
ii DIVISION can be effected, they calcu
late that there are sufficient materials ex
islIng in the New England states 70 erca
and uphold a Nonarchy.
These materials will be considered at
J large IN future number. Suffice Il At
present 10 say, that they really exist IN
| great abundance IN these states and II &c
seriously questionable whether our arts.
tocracy might not carry their favorable
point, over the heads of all honest, but too
passive and c,edulous a yeomanry. If a
division were to take place.-Tho' New
Hampshire, Vermont and Rhode Island
are nov awake, and though the people of
Massachusetts and Connecticut are rous-
ing from their slumbers, we have reason
to trembie, when we look back upon the
example of few past years. No man
Can doubt that our salvation from desDot
ISM was 10 be wholly aacrIbcd - orr M
hticai connection with the middle ard
southern states; and this our arisiocracy
known very well. New ENGLAND Womb
nave placed Adams and Hamilton IN The
/ presidency Tor another tour years. which
/ would have sealed our fate forever. opJ
the sound OF liberty in these states Womb
/ have been heard no morc.-yVbat has
/ oeen our situation OF ce, might be orr 81
tuation again; and 40 one knows what The
materials for monarchy among us are ~
pablo of eHecling, should dfuis,,n IF ,he
! states be obtained.
But the particular Object Of this number
was to shew that the present QUERY Of
our aiIstocrats against Virginia, il total.
ly void OF foundation and altore her fall
lacious. Not single Gac( exists to prove
, that Virginia eGtertlins designs AZ III :
time different from those she ever en,er.
| tanned.
For a considerable length Ct time we
have been IN the habit of constantly 3erus
ing the newspapers Of Virginia and of all
: the states a! the southwark. Many Of our
ciiiz-ns perhaps think nat The papers Of
those states must b: constantly G.!lOrd,rk
plots and manGuyres against nortbrrn III
: fereSfs OF abuse and scurrili,y against the
i northern s'a es, and the Ike. Nothing of
{ the kind-not sembauce Of any such
( thing appears: no ihtimauon OF blot. nor
! the trace Of any sinister scheme Or design,
IS observable III a solitary paper of the
! south Not SO much as a d,,tesprclf.l or
abusive paragraph against the Lorthern
! states has been puDiishedtouu knowledge.
Arcmarkabe iorbcarance iudt Ell hes been
| exhibited under the cuaseiess torrents Of
/ northern iuyecliye and Misrepresentation,
| equally cvlucve Of magnauuui'y as well
as purity Of views in our southern bre-
( thren.
Ifnothing is to be gathered from their
! HcvOsfafsrS indicative Of the enormity and
p.ryersity Of southern designs, whence
/ IS the evidence derived Of the existence Of
such design, Why 1t ., pretended to be
/ derived from the measures which their
members advocate Iu Compress. Ther
peal OF the excise, and Of aiI internal tax