Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-11-20
FRon 2'Rs .Nl7IoyhL IS4ELLrsEycER

The Message OF the President has been
attacsel by the federal prints on various
grounds, which We shall amusc the reader
with ccEcisely noticing. We say c0nciae-
n; inasmGch aS W. shall not stOOp 20 say
any thing on the gross and Indecent Ian
guage IN wEicr eo,ne % .srer attacks are
made, 80 70 Corn, a1y esti1n &c Ct 5He no
lives which at such a time en- ind0,Ee "a
such nTectivs. We snail, thers lore, re-
gard t5e sVbffa7re alone. This Wi! BIZ
iuuno tDbr 50 auvh5at-d as almost 70 4 IS
ana and {" consist of 4" shad1wy noth~
;R5s," Mich are disDeled by ,le hcst ray
OF light ihat suil<es them.
First. Z" a Palpsb be alsehood, )" IS chars-
ed-UpOn TIE President, or our ministers AZ
, the British court, on account of the aliedg-
ed opposition between the language Uf the
late Vi sage, and that Of he last session,
| nciosng q !ettcr from orr ministers rela-
tivc TO a treaty with Britain This is a
! h gi aud Sound re charge Let us exa-
nine the grounds OF which it IS sustained.
J The President ~ ms late Message says,
- Alter org and fruiucss endeavors to e.-
feet the purposes o. their mission, and to
| ch.a.n arrangements thin the limits oil
iheir instructions, they concluded TO sign
such IS could be obtained, and to send
them for consideration caud.dly declar-
iES 20 ,hc nthCr neguciatsrs, at the same
me, dat they were acting against their
Instructions, aud that their government
therefore could not De pledged for RAJ Tea
ton lie adds, subst. italy, that these
terTas were inadmissiJie, even indepen-
, deatly Of the declaration, subject to which
the British negoolatocs sigred the treaty
The Message of the last session says
rs transmit to Congress letter from oul
ministers pieuiPcieniary at London, in
forming us that they have agreed with tht
British commissioners to conclude trea,
t., On all the points which d ID formed tht
object Of their negotiation, and on term,
which thcy trustee we would approve
The accor plnying letter is dat De
ccmber 27th, and stltes that it would re
qure only few days 10 reduce the treat!
to form.
Fur days accordingly did elapse, wheI
the treaty WAS sIg'ied.
On these facts, these enquiries p1esen
themselves.
]. Was the paper actually SgrJfd TIT
same IN substance with that concluded {
be signed?
. Did no intervening event produce
, new and unexpected change IN
3. Might not our ministers, IN tins inter
= more in detail than those preyiauly sent
particu arly applicable 70 some po,uts un
= der Consideration
I 4. Might not cur ministers honestly en-
J., terrain a Herent opinion OF the terms {
/. the treaty from the Prtslrcn
If either Of these enquiries can be ans
. wcred in the affirmative, this high charg
: IS annlhilated and we will appeal TO cvt
= ~ honest and unbia scd mind whether 1t
y not more likely, that some such reason,
we have minated, did occur, than tn.
the President, or Messrs. Monroe an
Pnckney should have been guilty Of a gro
ftlsenood a falsehood too which could To-
escape detection. The very idea that sue
men could be guilty of falschood is L
absurd for belief. When 70 this is adde
,. an almost unavo dable detection, we mu
suppose them fools to have uttered it.
-. We do know that a strange and unpr
= cedented note was tackled 20 the treat
:. Are we certain that no new principl
=. were introduced into IT'S body! Is u Mt =
AZ So very possible that in reducing parucul
e. arrangements 10 form, their substan
rs may be in no small degree modified !
Might not then our ministers, when TIA
had before them, the form rs well as t