Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-11-16

ring thereby the labor and avoiding II,
difficulty Of carrying up water in the con
nion way, or ia any other manner that o,
\ ours to me-.
! l also certify that the said Hydrauli
Mnchine appears to ime to be an o5jee
worthy of the peculiar attention of the c,
rious, and that it is highly desirable tia
experiments should be made with il upo
the largest scale, of which il is suscepti
BILE of being applied to useful purposes
and that | think, subscriptions should b.
put about, to raise such sums of money
as may be sufficient to defray the expen
ses of constructing several such machines
OF different sizes, and also as may be re-
rompence to Mr.. Lapoye, for. his commu
nicatons respecting them ane for his as.
sistance, in the course Of SOME of the ex-
periments. JOHN PAGE.
Richmond, Nov. lst, 1905.
MIR. M'KEAN is re-eleeled governor of
PENNSYLVANIA, for the ensuing three years.
On this event. variety Of considerations
present themselves to the mind of every
real Republican,. That division among
Republicans should take place, in any In
stance, IS to be lamen;ed. That design.
ing men should be enabled 10 lnislead The
honest and unsuspecting, is still pore
deeply to be regretted. That nominal
Rrfiueisans should ever is,plore and re.
ceive assistance from FedsraEsts, has an
awful squirting" If tn: warm politica!
o'Ssen'ons, which have SO long agi.ated
our country, have had for. their ob;e0 a
mere chimera, it is time tley he'd subsid
ed. 1t the lines which sc 5afate our prio-
c;p'es from those Of our oIr,opents are so
vague * indefinite, thatthey can at pleasure
be t:Insgressed, & the tra,fgressicn iusti-
he'd, 1t is tit that all pretens ons 10 distinc.
lion should be abandoned. five are h.e-
rally "all republicans and ail federaIists,"
and by abandoning these names, and adop.
uHS some new tangled app:llats0n, q new
party can be consistently formed, by the
coalition of individuals from the old seas,
10 answer a particular obiea our warfare
has indeed been futile and rs fish our ex.
ertions have been a :. 6eafnsF o;rfhe cir" s.,
IN all humility, we renouns. our errors,
and hold ourselves in readiiR So 10 ioin any
new standard which may be raised, pro-
Vided bounty is offered US.
But we are unwilling To believe that The
shades, which respectively designate DO.
liucai parties, are so iDtim.it =iy blended.
We are 10th 10 confess, that he have been
engaged in SO preposterous an employ.
meat, as maintaining the doc .rine of dis
uhc,ioh without difference. In word,
we believe in the excellence of the Re
publican sy tenn Of governm=it; and be-
lieve, that between that system and The
ore advocated by The Feders'ists, there
exists radical, real, substantial, and es-
sential difference.
The single point which we conceive 20
be proper object 0 I our consiS Grafton, is
the avowed and systematic Cd operation
with the federal par,y, which issacknow-
ledged to have turned the eleet on in "a
vor of Mr.. M'Kean.
lhe CoHsnfufionaHsti, as hey term
themselves, have leagaea with the open,
decided, malignant oppo.iers Of Dur repub-
mean administration, IL is, of the very
last importance, when a p.ople are diyid-
ed into political serts, and when no politi-
cal Object can be efficiently pursued, un.
less by the concentrated efforts of q par
ty, that the members Of party should pre- :
serve their pledged ailegianek to each D.
Their. Individual independence OF sen,i-
ment Is estimabie. On important occa-
sIons, the man, who relinquish.ts hia own
deliberate opinion, from motives of pol,cv.
or from devotion TO party. destrves to
be disfranchised. Still, il is OF momAat thA,
fairy sheaid keefs Themselves mars stalled.
II every voter should maintain obstins,eIy
his predictions for particular candidate,
or particular measure discretionary con-
sequence, so divided would be the public
opinion, that the decision must be left IL
chance. IL is necessary that a bond of
union, among men in pursuit of the same
object, should be mainlained--that, TO
maintain it, triFling and unmportant pre-
JUDGES should be abandoned. Above all.
a correspondence and connection with the
opposite party is to be deprecated. To
forget the great objee of the warfare, and
cali 10 The enemy, to effect our own pur-
poses, In our own camp, is absurd and pre-.
posterous.
IT. as we have no reason to doubt, the
Republican opponents Of Coy. M'Kean
were aciuated by the motives which they
have svowed, though defeated--,hey are
not conquered. They haVs H. s.,;.c,o: