Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-03-11

spirit, and sense, ot their strength and real
capacity of fiourishing without any COM
mercial connection with Britain.
Were Washington now President, he
would no longer submit TO British insults.
He bore them most impaticntly in the year
1894, and declared that within FIVE or SIX
years, the u s. might be enabled to do them
selves Justice Mr.. Jefferson's refusal of
the late British treaty, is precisely what
Washington would have done. The embar-
go and preparations for war are also mea-
sures which, were he alive, would receive
his warmest appreciation.
lam, SIR, Your Friend,
AN AMERICAN OF '76.
If Mr.. Peasants thinks proper ,oinsert the
following in hisnext Argus, he will oblige
n SUBSCRIBER,
{" Marriage is honorable to all. Let each
inan have his own wife, and each woman
her own husband. Let them be one; living
in harmony andlove; with fidelity perform
ing the various duties of the conjugal state"
This appears to be the voice. nay the law of
rational. nature Its approved and support
ed as such by the Christian religion: sane
toned and enforced by the laws of Virginia.
This is marriage as it was in the beginning
and should be now. It's one of the charac-
teristics of rational, Ct ,iiised nature.-There
is no Priest-Crait here, no I; nor regal absur-
dity. But in process of time there was
marriage between church and state. Per-
haps kings and priests attended the solem-
nization of the nuptials AT all events, they
were concerned in m taking the match. ILike
other friends similarly situated each had
or her motives. Suffice it to say it was
an unnatural! match and many an nnn;tu-
raj match has there been since--nadc by
friends, or entered into by the parties from
sordid motives. Hence has matrimony OBJ
tanned The appellatiun of Priest Graft !: a
tyrannical yoke, a yoke ofbondage, the curse
OF a mans life" This Citizen Iacobinicus,
at presents submitted as an apology for an
answncr to your queries in the Argus of 5th
instant.
Depend upon it q Citizen,' in this age of
reason, have no desire to overturn the
established order of naturc-And If the eoi !
den age iSte repudiate marriage viii that
1t shall never arrive.
wish marriages to be more common, ever
honorable, and always happy and as the
manner of their solennzation is, and has
heen under the fostering care of the legisla
ture of Virginia, trust they may lop Off an
odscltluous branch without destroying the
original trunk.
WHITMAN.
~ We are requested to state that Hutch
ius Terrell, Esq will not serve on the COM
mittee for Mecklenrurg county, to support
the election of Mr. Monroe.
The following is from the Kentucky Ca
zette of Feb 6. a SKA
On Tuesday the 10Th inst'sIr Marshall
introduced the following resolutions (pre-
coded by; the preamble attaehcdl into the
House Of Delegates, which were laid on the
table till tomorrow.
On Wednesday they were committed To
committee of the whole House on to-day.
Inasmuch as 1T has frequently been
thought cxpedient, to express the public o.
Pinion OH subjects of general concern, as the
means OF union, and confidence among men,
bers of the same community or indications
of public will, serving for guides to public
servants in their official conduct and mas
much as Harry lnDes, ESQ. las recently de-
velopcd) while sole Judge &c the Federal
Court in this state, has in several instances,
aud especially in the case of Laeilaise. a
French emissary, aad in the case OF the
Baron de Carondelet, and in the case of
Nncmas Power, agents ard emssaries of
the King OF Spain, been privy 20 or concerned
N secret and clandesiine negotiations or
intrigues carried on by those AGENTS and
enissaries with citizens this state, par
tIcipating in their views of disturbing the
peace, or Remembering the union of the
American states, without using any means
% prevent or detect the secret machinati-
ons o! those agents and emissaries but on
the contrary, the said Harry lines cnnuivcd
st, participated with, or encouraged them,
In violation of the faith and allegiance, by
which ne WAS bound asa citizen, and more
especially as Judge both By his pnbic tlu-
~ and his solemn oath, "to support tho con-
stituti2n of the IT. States" which cnnGdey
the rights ofpcacc and war to the Congress.
and the treay-makinE power, with other
arrangements Of our foreign rcla ions 10 the
Pre- s'dcnr and Senate OF the United States
And siese circumstances in the conduct Of
the said Harry Times, furnishing an occa-
Sion of sufficient magnitude to interest the
attention Of the representatives ofthe Ken
tucky people, and to call forth the public
expression Of their opinion Therefore
Resoived by the Senate and Hotse Of
Gchrcsent0fjres, That the conduct Of the
said Harry lines, while sole Judge of che
u. >. Court in this state, relative to the
said Lachaisc, Carondelet and Power.
whose objects were TO violate the peace or
10 disTember the Union, has been secret,
clandes;inc and Illicit, incompatible with
bJs allegiance ASA citizen, lis fidelity as a
judge, and isis oath to support the constitu-
tiO:t Of rsc United Statee-,f i,ad ,.Ds q, o