Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-11-17

created great expense and SvdS 7rEflow ne
eesS'iy. II has made many enemIes OF
the g@vernmeat,and aiicnalcd The minds oi
many most decided federal men from y1H
and yo"r Jraeaas. And this alienation OF
mind has become the less recoucleable, as
your friends have freely 2gowed that one
main object in establishing an army, was
Tor : 'GAyinS foint in the eventS Il eivH
@'sseattons, 70 coltect he friend y goUcrH-
ncaf end crash domestic ohhgSition. This
avowal derives new force from The iael
that similar proie6 was concerted a
mong Certain military characters in the
year l7S5, when joel Barlow, who then
was ripe for the establishment of mo.
narchy, was sent as an Gecnf from C5uncc.
ffcm - Boston 10 make some arrangements
''ifhfhe HiiAtcrygcaHemennffat state, when
It was agreed, in case of civil commissions,
20 rally The officers and soldiers of the izfc
army, and with the help of supplies 10 be
furnished by some rich a,crchGnts, 10 S.Uc
a government 10 mis- country By j5rce.
"Think not, Sir, thal all the nonStrcus
schemes Of daring ambitious men. 10 ouer
Gs9e and coatroMs the constitutional powers
oil our government are either hidden or
approved by ieGeru. men. The writer Of
this letter has been too long The faithful
servant OF his country; and too steady and
uniform in the support of government and
religion, against tie assaults OF dsorgan-
izcrs, 10 incur suspicion Of apoS,acy.
Bat Il &c time 10 sflc4Jt freeiy--,o disclose
The Iqt.hf designs Of some l!JfYe, tax men
and ar'c;gn thar schemes at tI:s bal. cf ,latb-
Hc ohtnisn. AT this bar, Sir, your or!uion
and mine mus, be tried. I rcLJo5afc uonr
F2Hcy. i~know tha, most OF the hardy
SONS OF freedom in the northern states
want no standing armyto overawc domes-
TIC factions, nor to resist foreign foes, IN
less u"dcr circumstances chat do not nov
exist ih-y will CEeerti'iiy submit &c pay
the necessary expenses Of defence but .he
danger OF INVASION must et5s:---,t mus, ali
hear-beto,e they viii consent TO pay 90!
ders' And | scruple not 10 say, that had
1t been generally known that the cx-c6-
tive d10 hot recommend the raising OF he
twelve regiments, and Maf you hud dCe4
Me /"tHsr cf fhe military ayaienl no ho.a,r
N fhis couNtTy couii hlUe resisted thc Au5gc
Indignation Aud II is surprising that
your Toasted wisdom aud foresight should
nave IN this inst1Uce, yielded to The i'm
pulses OF your military zeal."
II ought to be acl remembered, that
besides all the immense force, the ma
Fnes, and the seaman in our navy, could
acl in oar bays and rivers, and Sounds,
and III our seapors. Blu, in addition 10
al these, the aGl OF the ID of March l7ee,
authorised the employment Of 1900
arisiocrauc volunteers. The volunteers
were not to b. o(ficersd by election, like
The field and subalterR officers Of The mi
itia, but by the president, and the Y,lun
teer general officers were TO be appointed
by the president and not by Tie governors
oil state legislatures, as in The case of the
militia They were to suppant The mi
litia. The arms and military stores Of
the y. >. were at their command. In.
ianiry, $1,000, cavalry, 10000, seamen
10000, marines 5000, volunteers, 77,OO0,
would be in all 10000 mcn. All tbs
scheme was IN contemplation in the spring
OF 1898 by general H---.--n, as Mr..
Webstcr'S letter proves. And yei, yfnieri-
cans, that very citizen, gen. II. was nomi-
mated and appointed in ,he following sum
mer, by Mr.. Adams to the Office of in
spector general e The army and first ma.
Jor general, an IN the real supreme com.
mand OF the army. For be was 10 be the
chiefcommander, 'tiII aninyasion, and MI
Webster himself states the attempt to be
" csfmericai," and imho8siBls." If this
faiioasibie invasion were TO take place, then
general Washington was to take the com
maad. The drift ofths scheme is plain.
The cover over tits thinner than cobweb.
General Hamilton, known to have these
views from 1887 to 1913, was to have the
command Of IA force Of 100000 Peocle
OF America, all ye, who really love or
constitutions, were not the republicans per-
iectiy right 10 remove MIR. Adams and
with him ll------n and Pickering, and
TO cleo Mr.. Jefferson to the Office OF pre-
sident! Yes: and ye will confirm the
sound policy of these facts by the re. eiec-
ton OF Jefferson, and the election of Ciir.-
Ton as yicc-presdenl.
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