Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-11-21
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Making In the whole 100000
And exceeding the increased expcnces
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Here then We have presented to ns one
OF the greatestccmcnts Of union. The citi-
zen who, for the protection of his person
and property, md for the eecure enjoyment
or liberty, is mt called upoa by his govern
mept to pay more than 90 cents q wear, q
sum which he can earn in half a day, viii
be too enlightened hastily to embark in any
scheme for its susversion. His predomi-
nant sentiment viii be gratitude and vene-
ration. He viii lotk abroad, and contemp-
Iating no institutions in the world compare
bic TO those OF MS own country, he will
cling to them rs to the rock of his saIvati-
on. Faction viii rot be able to make him
believe himself oppressed.
Bat the KEY atone ofour union is the share
which every citizea has in the government.
In most OF the states this share is equal,
and there is in rcte Of them any of those
hateful aristocracics which, according to a
distinguished apostle, form the Coi'inthi-
an pillars OF mona chics. The people of
the y. s. know th;t they made their GO
vernments, and the constant exercise of
their political rights convinces them that
their existence depends altogether on their
VIII. They crcatel, and they can destroy
them. They know that without their con-
sent they would never have existed, and
that without their approhatIon they can
not be destroyed. 1t is from these consi-
deratiens thatthey lave rallied round them ::
and it is, these considerations which will
induce them etcrnaly to maintain them a.
gainst any violence that may be offered.
They may, and nodoubt will change them,
until they have improved them into more
etlectual instruments of national felicity and
glory but they win never suffer the tyrant
or the demagogue BY illegitimate means OF
fraud or violence TO PROSTATE what they
have raised with so much labor and ASST
duty.
Has not the mind of the reader already
decided, that the union of these states IS
likely to endure for ages AS we have re-
viewed and contrasted the various causes
Of union and disunion, created by nature or
art. has he not beheld with eZnltation, G.
very thing conspiring to make the Ameri-
cans an united, great, and happy peo-
pie. Without single natural obstacle to
an union under federal head, has ne not
beheld n people speaking the same Ian
guaSe, characterised by nearly the same
manners, animated by the same sentiments
D'i't i'''S-'oAhB vi SuDItCIS INC
same opinions Has he net behe1d coun-
try, universally salubFious, fertile in the
production Of every ingredient of human
comfort and enjoyment, united by vast
lakes and bold navigable streams, each sec
tion dependent on the rest for some impor-
tant and indispensable article, and the whole
only safe under the protection of general
head
How far haze the mea8u- ofMe ERIC
ting administration tended 10 insure or en-
danger this uniOnP
!. They have on all occasions nantes
ted confidence in the duration Of the uni
ON, and declared It's continuance the sheet
anchor Of national felicity and grandeur
thus by the respect which they expressed
for if inspiring others with a similar senti-
ment.
2. They have acquired the entire right
to the navigation of the Mississippi by
Peaceable means, by a fair bargain, and
have likewise acquired the island of Or.
leans, and a vast territory as fcrt;io &c -.