Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-02-15

their dear concerns. For if a majority
of th.m should ever b. in Congress with
a federal President, the " hoc aHd ih~ hiouyh
nt,tst be eteraaiiJ IN their hands," and the
excisemen of government, and of the es
tablished church nc forever taking from
them every dollar not absolutely necessa-
ny for their bare subsistence.
Extract from Gen. Minncr's !.u-r.
He (AIr. Tyacy) said, g Reautfcau forms
OF government never would answer; this
running The gauntlet will not do, we mus,
have energy" lie then confined himself
to our feIert compact, saying, " or C5n.
aiitHi3n, GrH. Ski3Her, ~ goei FIR no.
" tang: Il cagpet sfa'ii, and have told
" vou this scforc - TO Inch answered
| We'll remember it but," says he, 81,
" as Scgat9r hlrc ta.tm al 27ih 70 slahort
"is, AMI FsAaH to ali ] can ts:sards il, 6ut
, " IL can9i De tame, 4ie Fresi ieui end Sena-
A" t2y's must be h:rcaiiny, cir Fathers mu~l
h1ve il mil mir 32ys af,er them, and is
quite enough far M common people u
b. allowed n ch5oae th.f- R,jlrca, gf.tiV.s; ;
a" IL must be t~rc q ia Greqf- BRIAN, the
PreS;den ~ King rvhaiy ger 7ccare pics
g cd 10 cul hin, 'auaf hare his fhoue5,{s 10
! = 5"y BieR 10 ms interest yoheneUe r ne Pleas
: es."
81 further say, th,t the conversation re-
ferred by Gen. Tracy, when hc said 10
me, Il nave told you before that our
Constitution was good for nothing I"
was tais: Gen. rracv, in convcrsing with
nae on the mcri;sof The Constitution, SAL
It ought to Aave provided fora Relgiou
lest, and ssid ha had conversed with -,
Who VAS Of the same opinion.
/ further say, bat short Zine before
the evening relegrel 10, Gen. Tracy and
nrselF b-.ng Ia company together, ask
him whether he believed oLc Army was
necessary 10 pCevent foreign inva Ion !?
ne answered, - have no wish 10 b. pull
I'd out o iny bed by a lawless mob"
Extract from n address, s;g,ed Darn.
| "fivc or six ears ago, Mr fR.Sy So
ici'ed prjva ( interview with the Rcv.
STANLEY GHi.wcLD, OF New Milford; a
man to whom ii i. 40 Battery 10 say, tha,
IN point of talents, integrity AID every ex
tcellcnt virtue, h'a not his superior among
lis brethren - Conn, clicu. The CONVEX.
sation was long and interesting. Mr..
! Griswold was, rs has been observed, q
! Clergyman he was in his prime ofule. oc
! cnincntmeHta. enlowments, and of course
! DID fair 10 become extensively influential.
/ 5uch an ally to the Federal cause was to be-
desired, and it was doubtless expected,
that view OF the golden harvest ihat fe
| derai,m promised toihe priesthood, would
! Se sufficient To convince man in Mr.
/ Cs'lsYold's sitGatiDn Of the cxceIlencv OF
the system. ~ any rate, with tbs OBJ
! jeGt expressly In view, Mr.. Tracy couvers
! sd with Nj lSr;swoid that is, 10 explain
20 BIN the real and ultimate designs or
! iedera,lsts, ard 20 procure his co opera on
I N support Of their protects. III the course
oi the develope mcnt, Mr.. Fray lament
ed he general condition of ease and egua
I lity, IN point of property, which existed in
! the United STATE, especially in New. En-.
gland. This ne considered "a circun-
siauce utterly inconsistent with the exist
ence ola steady and enc, gelic government.
! A'iluence he said. inspired u,en with ser
umenis Of indo pendence, and made every
man politician who busted himself Niii
! the a9Alrs Of state that nation Of such
men can never be well governed but tn.
/ the government, viii be as hucluatino -
Ibs wh'm and Caprice Of The people. That
this state OF things mus; be done away /;
not suddenly indeed, bit ultimately !, must
be done away. That other empIovmsnts
must b. found Tor The people than reading.
and criticisiog the measures of govern.
I mcnt--fhat To PLow and 20 HOE, we're The
proper emplDvments Of the mass OF the
people, and that the business Of govern-
mcnt should be LEFT 10 those who are Ca
pable Of understanding The princip 4
engine for efiecting this change, he said,
was 7hXATIow, as by the aid Of that, the
I surplus the labor Of the people beyond
what was absolutely necessary for their
subsistence, might be d,a7vH fran M~D, 4:
whereas IL IS now worse than 7u1s,.d %,
an cdiScQ,ioH .|or their children, to qualify
| them TO iind fault with the measures NJ
gOyernmcnt.
He said, that in order 20 place The 90
vernmeng above the reach ofdemagpgues,
or OF popular phrcnzy, the Brj'ish torn
must be adopted. That the Chief Nagis
trate and Senate must be invested With
the bower and nj tributes Of a Rr;iish 4 100.