Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-02-22


repair AS much Is possible the great in,u-
ry you have done your fellow c.;izens, in
trusting tEcn 10 iegigla,e, who stand as
implied examples ei treachery Ia public
faith
FeIeralists Of Connecticut. You have
enjoyed from your youth UP, Tor tie most
i'art, The blessings secured 10 You by your
ancestors, and you are nov il possession
81 thai religion and OF chose steady h.
bits which you have been scru suiOusiy
taught not Only 10 sanction but 20 revere.
How long then viii ynu he alarmed by the
imposing oaicry of men who know 10 bet
ter (6ut TO deceive than yourselves, that
! your religious ,encts ~ your civil liberties
! are in danger! Have YOU not heard from
| year to year the same alarm, even since TIE
voice oi the American pca * had been
raised agalns! the measures OF a late adj
| mi0I@;,aiiOn ever since that determined
horde, your leaders, began 10 fear their
downia!! E,d hey no; tell you IN ever,
! letter and III every newspaper, tnaI II the
nation was governed by sect which they
! termed Dem 90, It's, that you might Did IL
d,eu To yoOr Religion, that your steady ha.
would be compelled u wade Though an
archy AID confusion, the inevitable CON
sequence of the reien OF Eielity-That
every thing ike rtii ,ious civilization would
be scotied al, and peace and good order
would oe sUbyerted beg VI YOU 10 look
back at the distance OF Gur years, and
take al iiupArt,a, aud disi,asa,Onai> view
oi VIVA, your protested friends, he lead
els of your party tLen predictrd. This
you mus. &c III o,der to compare thew
( acts aud their cordu9 THEN, with ih-ir
pre- sent behavior, ihai You may make 2 ius;
caiimale OF I'LL their exertiCls, aud all
their deeds. See If in che solitary IL.
stance their sangune predictions (!ur SAN
gulne they I;aiUiy ate have beeDverticd
DO you believe tgol line UNIFORM conduct
OF the present chief magistrate, aFhoua h
a democrat. aud the source from which
every Thing i'll was predicted, that he seeh ;
- expose YOU 10 Ftench impogi,ion, tiat
III lact he wishes 70 c,inEe 10 one povco
, aud shew favor Ia ano,hcr-Tha, lie seeks
! Inc good Will oil any nation To The drrt lie.
ton oi your inestimable rights, and hes
| interests ask you as men to whom Gud
has given understanding, ii you have seen
HIM either IN word or deed, directly or IN
directly, attempt 10 inculcate these deis.
ucal sentiments and opinions, which j,
was predicted in believing accents, would
scout good oider and cauac your churci!e )
20 Dc demolished! lave you witnessed
one instance 80 which The CXecutiye CT any
OF lis utiicers, nave dared 20 mrddie viii,
I
ore man, OF s>t ot'ncuf Have you seen The
psocianaNon utaoy edicts, winch can by e
ven l. strained iule, 9rel.tiom, be construed
- discourage aEuhcto. he hoiyscrip,utcs,
or the Jealous prosecution Of tie Christi
an H-i;n aud rch ZION! Na, al sur,.-
Inc Ingenuity OF your most cn.erpriginr
leaders IS daily bail din attempting to lad
single ipsisnCe; and ifory thing Ike one
has been tod yaC, II 10 tie Child OF false.
mood begeitcn by The vzhom &c malignant
and unappeascd siand,r. What Tier. has
GEmoci 'i,c Executive aud - democratic
Congress done 20 mcrit these volumes If
abuse, these loads o. hajefui ca!ua!ny and
bitter reProacb, which your leaders heap
upon thom without one symptom IL rc.
morse, or cOmpuuctlon OF conscience !?
" hat have they done to excite your clio
ler and cuhind!e YOU rage to so sian, c lui
pitch; aud what mighty crime oil their
cOnAMlssion stares ycu IN the face, that
YOU poGr Out upon them vour ,..!s q
wrath, IS upon the h, ads Of revrnpefui
enemies and midnight assas,;ns! Ten
your couu,ryWen tior you will have 10 &C
count 10 your Con- why il is, that befarc
your inf 'n!s Iearn tbeir catechism, yoa
teach the.E ;hev.ry uncomfortable iillbe-
ras'y oi i'spin., ~ dreadful rXecJa ion thc
ci"Gc, OF men q whom tacy can sec no 81,
mcreiy because thcy differ from YOU H.
poll ical opinions, aid orc ready to- oppose
with their lives the h.st shoots Of Aristo
crazy.
but let re turn your attention once
, 'Go' to yoir proicss .i1eu!s the leaders
, of your parry su' permit I'VE again to ask
"hc,her lheir predictions have b-en yeri
led, or whether they have told ,ou lies,
scehng to deceive you. Lave YOU seen
10 the proceedings OF ,ou9 wa ionai po.
vernmeni any bedges 81 infdcity. or "a
ireiigion! Hsa ,hat ruu laid w-ytc you,
/ public Buildings AID has That oro,.,a.i 10.
! Of yirlue Appeared ;D yore .aod which
| your long faced fueuds GerHrl 70 YOU. iI.
such lively cciors! Orp,c such nis.or