Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-09-14
liz II Gems Single.1

Their great land company on Lake Erie
lie then'told US, as an inducement to vet,
Tor the Connecticut reserve Gas il was cell,
ed) that if that measure failed, il would
: ruin the republicans and the cause, in that
: state. You sir, cannot have forgotten the
reply he received.--N That we did not iin-
derstand the republicanism that was 10 be
paid Tor ;-we feared it was not Of the
right Sort, but spurious" And having
maintained our principlss through tile or
deal OF that day, shall we now abandon
( them, to act with The men and upon The
maxins which we then abiured? Shall
we now condescend 10 means which we
dlsdained touse in the most desl crate cri-
SIS OF our polltIcal fortune This indeed
rs the age of monstrous coalitions-aud
\ tins corruption has the quality OF cemens,%
ing the most inveterate enmities, pefson-
al as well as political. II has united in
close concert those, of whom it has been
said, not in The figasa,ive language ofpro.
! phecy, but in tile sober narrative Of his.
tory. have bruised thy head, and thou
hast bruised my he'll Such is the de.
seriptlon OF persons who would pieseDt
1 10 the President Of ,hs United States. an
act, To which when he puts his band he
signs q libei on his whole political fe.
But he will never tarnish the ipsnllied
lnstre OF bis fame he will never sanction
the monstrous Position, (for such il is,
dress il mp as you will) " that a legislator
NAV sell his vote, and d right, which CAM
MOI be Invested VIII pass under such sals.''
Establish this doctrine, and there is an end
OF representative governments, from that
moment repubiicanisrn receives ils death
blow.
The feeble cry of yirgipion, influence,
and ambitious leaders, is attempted 10 be
raised. IF such insinuat,ons were worthy
OF reply, might appeal 10 you Mr.. Speak
er, for the tact, that no Inan ia this house
yourself perhaps excepied) is oftener in
minority than am. IL bya leader he
meant one who speaks his opinion frank
~ and bolGly--wsu claims something &C
that Independence of winch the esntie-
| man from New-Yoik so loudly saunss
who viii Mt conniye at public robbery. be
the robbers whon they may; then the M
putaiInp may be just: such is the nature,
OF MY ambition; but in the common ac-
equations OF words, nolhing-can be InoFs.
false. In the Coarse but strong language
| ofihe proyerb, wis the stili SOW thas sucks
the draft" No, SIR, We are mol the lead
ers. There they sit, and well they know
ii, forcing down cur throats The most OBJ
noxious measures. Gentlemen may be si-
lent, but they shall be dragged into public
view. If they direca our councils a, least
let them answer fer The esull. We will
not be responsible for their measures. IF
We do not hold the reias we will not be
accountable Tor the accidents which may
befall the carriage.
But, Sir, am denunriator Ofwhon
or the gentlemen on my left 4 Not at
ail--but of those men AID their ,,rinci-
pies, whom the people themselves have
denounced; 90 whom they have burnt
their iDdehbie cdrse, deep and lasting as
the iiS Wig OF heaven. But you arc told
not 10 regard such idle defamation.
@cnid Temlnd the gentleman from New
York, that III To dec,aim be not 10 reason.
SO neither is It TO be argunentatiye 10 be
dull. Warmth is the creature ofthe heart,
nc' OF the head. a position, IN itselfiust,
can lose no partof It's truth from the man
ner m which it is uttered, whether by The
dtiest and most stupid special pleader, or
beloved with the lungsof Slentor. Are
our opponents ashamed of their cause,
that they devolve its defence on the litIe
ones by whom we are beset.
Hirs speaker, | had hoped that we
should not be content to live upon the prln-
cIpai OF our popularity--ibst we should
90 on 10 deserve the public confidence and
The Misrepresentation of the gentlemen oyer
the way but if every thing is to be re.
served, if official influence is TO become
the handmade of private interest, 'if the
old system is to be revived with The old
\ men, or any that csn he picked Up, may
depiore the detection, but never will
cease 10 stigmatize it. Never shall he.
state between any minority, far less that
in which ] now fnd myself, and such MAJ
jority as is opposed 10 US. took my de-
grees, sir, in this hnuse, ia a minority,
much smaller indeed, but Of the sans
stamp. A majority, whose every ael bore
the test OF rigorous priaciple, and with
them 10 the last, Will exciaim Eaf jiesfi.
tia, rHat eocium.
(1o be confinmed.J