Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-11-25

suit to France to h;irbor the emiss ~ Gu
len; alias M'Cuiicn, alias Carpenter, for he
has passed by all these names and It wCnld
ne an insult to England to barber a French
emissary. Aneutralnation violates its neu-
traIity when 1t harbors the emissary of any
be!igerent nation. It was the doing of this
that was the cause OF the overthrow ofSwis-
ser!and Basic in Sw;sserland was the har-
Dor Of British emissarics.
ESutus King is tine writer of the forcnen.
toned foolish piece, for it is tediously and
foollshly written, he must know. for lie has
been (God knows y foreign minister him.
sell, thatit is AZ iniunction on every foreign
minister to transmit "A weekly account to
ms government, II the opportunity offers, of
every thing that passes III the nation TO
which ne is sent that has reference to the
interest " the nation he represents The
movements therefore of the anglo federal
fiction in New, York will of consequence be
Known 20 the French government, but at
the game ting that government. wilt see, by
the opposition made TO those Movements.
that they arc the work IF vulgar and ties.
picab,c faction and not 81 the people. And
SO FAR rs the writer Of this, (whois the same
person who wrote the pamphlet. Common,
Sense, the beginning Of January l776, md
the scvera, numbLrs &C the Crisis during
that war; has made an opposition 20 those
move'nents, and distinguished between the
faction and the people, he has. been the
friend IT the people. As the faction itself,
fho1'as Pgine cares nothing. about it, but ne
has been civil enough TO warn it OF its dan
der
lf&ugus King, in case he is the writer the
piece in Cullen's parer' Of November a, &
in che Mcrpag Cnrcnicle Of the same dav,
viii say i'll direct terms what he there In
sinuates Indirectly, chat, 2Dawos Poi,,c in
Uftc1 t.c0 or U,~e thousand French froohs
10 HLHnaet bc CRY, Thomas Paine win no.
nor Ru,uS King with prosecution for LY-
ING. a faction must be in lanentablc
condition indeed when it is obliged TO seek
refuge IN lying 1t ought to recoilect that
nothing is more difficult than to support the
lie after Il is told.
But nj this affectaticn about fnrtifvino -.
York is a mere e!cctioncering federal bub~
bic WHY did they not think or IL in the
administration of John Adams. or in that
OF Washington? WHY is it made a subject
at tins time, and was not at that time
New York is in no more danger now than it
was then, nor than any other commercial
town or city Of the union is in, except IL be
the danger the faction brings upon It by
har5orlng and encouraging an ernissary of
enc bel!igcrent nation again another
But SURPRISING, for tie sake Of suppcS.iti-
on, that the other states would agree to be
Mt the eXpence of fortfying New York,
which is next to certain thev will not. fo,
all the atlantic states have commercial
towns Of their own. VOW. TASK, is New York.
n be fortified. for denv the practicability
OF fortitying it? It's nature more than art
that renders places defensibie. and the 81
tuation Of New York does not admit OF de-
fence. Were any foreign power disposed
to attack II, they would not attack it in front
by ships IF war. The wouid pass bv the
City either on the East river, or the North
river, or both, and land their trocrs some
miles above the CITY and march down upon
ito they would come down the cast river for
that purpose, or they would land on the e. st
shore Of Long Island and march across the
island and pass the East river in bouts they
would bring with them. If the federal fac-
tcn viii exhibit their plan cf defence, if
they have any, the writer viii shew them
the absurdity of it, for he believes that he
knows more, because he has seen more, of
fortified places than they have.
The case is, that New York is the worst
situation for defence that could be chosen
The original plan for building the CITY was
at Hariaem, which is p bette;. situation both
tor commerce and defence than the point of
the island is where the city now stands.
The waters Of North river and Feast river,
by means OF the river at Kingsbridge, unite
at Hariaem, and the market would ne Sc
ven or eight miles nearer the country than
it now is.
COMMON SENSE.