Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-10-21

'3ddress Of the Mon address of the. Iede
roe CommfHee of raj Caucus Of he
| the 94th September. 17th October.
principal OBJ. g We disapprove
Jecton to the electi- of many important
on OF Mr MadiSon,& measures of the pre-
one winch we deem sent administration
unanswerable, is de- to which, in our OPT
rived from the pre- MON, may be ascrib-
sent state of our af- ed the evils we now
fairs. Our foreign endure, and the still
commerce is totally greater evilswe have
suspended, our ships 10 apprehend and
are rottipg, our sea- as we Cannot doubt
men dispersed and that they have been
gone, and our pro- recommended by Mr.
iduce shut up in our Madison, we must
warehouses, our pub believe that they VIII
lie revenue iscut ~. IN continue to re-
on, and the dehCien-~. Ceive his sanction *
resuitingt from that :. support. On the o.
cause must be sup-!S Their hand we know,
lpiied by recourse to 5 that Mr. Monroe had
the expensive systemac the sagacity to fore
| ofinternal taxation. q. see, and, in his late
If MI Madison is E public function, en-
/ lected we see no ais deavured as far as
tentative Tor. the U. was in his power, to
States but war or au-S prevent our dis,res-
embargo Of indefinite, 2 SEES; and we have
| duration. Ii on thee reason TO conclude
other hand, Mr. Mon iron, The last address
roe is elected, we ofhis committee, that
think he Will, at his course of procee-r
least, stand better. dings, in regard to
Chance to extricate our foreign relations,
US from the critical will be more agreea-
| dilemma in which bic to our sentiments,
( We are involved and to the true inte-
| rest of the country"
What has long been predicted has at
length come to pass. " The supporters of
" Monroe are confined to the minority
sc men and federalists. He Will be denti-
" fed with them and must share their fate -
These sentiments were long since uttered
but. were treated, at the time, as base
caumny. What will the friends of Col.
! Monroe now say? Do they expect that
their shallow article will satisfy the peo-
! pie VIII they be believed when they tell
us that there is no union between the fe-
deralists and the friends Of Gel. Monroe,
when they agree perfectly in sentiment and
fitr ss,its i? People of Virginia Compare
the above extracts, and doubt, if you can,
whether the address of the federal CAUCUS
be not a mere echo Of that Of the Menroe
committee. II is ridiculous for the friends
of Col Monroe, and his standing commit
tee, to tell us that they have made no adj.
vances towards the federalists, when they
stood committed in Their opposition to all
the leading measures of the administration.
| The truth is, that the bait was thrown out
| by the Monroe committee, and it has been
eagerly caught by the federalists They
tell us, IN so many words, that they have
reason to conclude, from me last address
ofhis committee, Col. Monroe's course Of
proceeding will be more agreeable to their
sentiments. The united cry now is, sc Mon
roe against the administration. Let this
be the test of political orthodoxy. IL these
be not the sentiments of Col. Monroe, why
does he not come boldly forward and deny
them Would it be more condescending in
I him than the venerable John Langdon, and
many other illustSious characters, who
/ have publicly expressed their appreciation
Of the leading measures OF the administra-
! ton Col Monroe's committee have pledg-
cd his opposition to the embargo Weeks
have elapsed since they have made this
public declaration and Col. Monroe re-
mains in sulen silence. They are his SEN
timents unless he publicly disayows them
Sons of the ancient Dominion awake from
your slumbers You have no common ene-
| my to contend with. Let every man be at
his post on the hrst Monday in next month,
and let every man be judged by his vofe.
SOLON.
We have looked in vain at the following
address TO find out the new additional mat
ter, which has induced this committee to
appear a second time before the people.
| We find the substance to be precisely the
same as that which was contained in the
former, and the reasoning equally lame &
unsatisfactory.
IL is unnecessary for them to contend that
they have a right to Publish their real otIi-
Mons 10 the q0crid zg1fhout fear o/ insult
and jIroscrihfioa. K is admitted and has
never been denied. But we also lay claim
20 the right Of publishing our own aud 70