Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-11-15

ices winch are nos botiomed on int gritty
and honor; To ss0nd freakly forth for the
rndetienlence and the honor Of Cnised .Sner
fca--ihs is he time not to have il attri-
Ibuled 10 fear or baseness is the time
for men of virtue 10 rally under the wing
standard.
Let it not be supposed, that these
sentiments arise out of the triumphs
of the administration & the embargo,
and of the whig party at large in Penn
sylvania; it is indeed true that, howe
yer ardently & sincerely such feelings
and sentiments press upon US, that
without this triumph, we should not
have been so forward in uttering
them because we should not in mi
nority or under even partial depres-
sion, expect to obtain that degree of
credit, which we are now entitled to-
when we want no auxiliaries as par
ty, and have no other view but to IL
mite every real American as men and
as citizens, upon the principles which
were asserted in the declaration OF in.
dependence.
These sentiments we think fit to Of
L
the time, as to local politics, is favor
able to the cause of virtuous libert,
and independence but because the re-
lation in which we stand to the world,
requires an entire and perfect union.
We shall be excused therefore, if,
referring still to the suppositious cases
with which we have commenced this
article, we cite cases of ANALOGY, to
shew thereby more intelligibly, tue i'm
lportance of general extirpation of &
very sentiment and factious measure,
Iadv erse to the union OF the safes, and
of the grea; body of the Americas peo-
pie.
! How have all nations which have
been subjected or ruined by others,
been treated?
J D7Dide ct tmbera-- has been the max
i'm of insidious and open enemies IL
fail ages---the Macedonian practised it
as well as the Roman. Had there been
no adherents of the Bonaparte d. nasty
IN Spain, Bourbons might have re
NAMED secure at Madrid---it was per-
haps the imbecility of the court aud
courtiers, which produced the laxity OF
national sentiment, that destroyed all
respect, and forfeited all confidence,
which undermined the Bourbons, and
paved the way to the Spanish throne
for new dynasty.
The case of Spain being the most
recent and the most striking we have
selected, though the case of every ma
ton on the continent of Europe would
furnish examples as striking. But
what we. aim expressly to establish, is
what history and all human experience
concurs in; that no beobLe aivldea a.
mong each other, can exist L0ng as u
tbeobIe---without civil war; or without
for eign war---that in such cases, if war
arise both of the divisions among a
people, The subsection OF one party a.
lone is not the only effect, but with the
subjection of the one, the degradation
Or ruin of the other must follow.
lie therefore, qvh0 is MT /5r his coun-
try IN q great criSiS---is against IL, IN
such civil war as that OF our revolu-
ton, there might have been some plsu-
sibie plea for neutrality but in the cri-
SIS tiat approaches there can be none.
Every man in America will have to
determine, 7Vhether he is to be conSi.
dered rs an enemy or as a friend---n0
HeutraIS is the Order ofthe day abroad,
Iitwill be scat home before many weeks
pass away.
These bold reflections will be trea-
ted, by those who have an interest in
the division fine people, with maljg-
nant and bitter anger---for their recep-
ton by the public as they ought to be,
would be the proudest occurrence for
America, and the most fatal for her
enemies that has occurred since the
capture of CORVALLIS.
But however the sentiments may be
received at this moment, MANY weeks
cannot elapse before their truth will
be confessed, and their spirit becomes
the dzoakened spirit gfthe nation.
Let US now return to our Subb1Sifi-
, ons, and state a few facts that apply &c
them,
We shall not wait to argue what
France meant, or wished, or might on