Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-10-25

nave ev need the most uGfi.endy feelings
in re,ard TO the administration. This gem
tiem'n, we presume, w.ilno, deny it. There
are others who have not completely shed
their politics, and affect to be friends of the
ad ninistration, while they arc determined.
At the same time, TO follow aud sapport Mr.,
K. Such men as these, deserve hroscrih-
fion Ii certainly is improper that any
person should be censured for his prefer
ence OF Mr.. Monroe, but then again. If he
were aware or the consequence of his pre-
lference-that it would lessen the ren,lhl;,
can ascendancy, and that his candidates
stood no chance, it surely would be uapar.
dcnaole obstinacy, although it might bro.
cecd from honest iniAtuatisn.s
Mon. +, surely is no REASON ,hat we
should tors.ike-;,i opinion, whic., we sc,sevc
70 De true, merely because it.iTi.i not pre-
Vail, and 1t IS likewise equally improper,
that we should aoandon fritnti BECAUSE hr
lis nor generally supported. We CLAIM the
fright, as Citizens of free government, Ga
form our opinions, to express the N, and. :,
act up to them. 1--WE kRaw- that our mo-
tives are pure, and We affirm that our 90
licitude tor the honor aud welfare of the II
nited States, is rs ardent and sincere. tho,
perhaps, not so enlightened as that of the
president himself" .j,s
Mad. The adverb you have, used No.
hsrhdhs, subject you to the imoutation of =,
lHste Vohufy, bnt we VII not retaliate in
snis way, for the unjust insnua lion, thatw.
w,.n I'd ourta'lthe freedom OF yoar taoughts.
OF I'd Insult or prescribe, merely for a diff
ference Oh indiv.dual election You admit
that the times are critical and esn6arrasSed.
ana you must admit that union in action. is
necessary to preserve the republican as
cendancy. It's ascereained, beyond a .ioubt
(at ieast IN Virginia) that MIR Madison 4,
Nhe cho'ce OF majority Of the republican
party. lie has always been the case under
similar circumstances, for the few TO be
guided by the many, and fer both 10 COO.
perate with all their strength, TO keen dawn
our opponents Bur now we are told thar
the majority of party is nothing, and that
II is necessary, In order to learn the choice
OF the majority, to consult with our nppo-
nents, and to give them that weight i'm the
pohtical scale, which some time AGO you
wished to destroy, and which you actually
effected by the GENERAL TIcKxr Law
why are you FOR this Cancellation now.
winch was so odious then? Yiu saw thar
you are more so!Icitous about hrineihie than
men, and that Mr.. Madison stands high in
your estimation. Why, then, viii you not
abandon your favoriTe, and support Mr. Ma
oison, at least, upon the principle of SUP.
porting the republican ascendancy
Mon. We deny that Mr.. Madison is
the choice of the people, and we believe if
their opinions had not been forestalicd bv
the caucus tricks, that Mr. Monroe would
nave been decidedly their favori;e. The
public mind has been thus improperly bent
ana iash.oned to suit the schemes of par
ty, 10 which we never will submit. TIE
2elRsion, however, 7,roduced 6D tie caucws
a. washington, IL 'sogv ncQriy at an end.
we canno possibly prevent the federaIists
from IN ting n our wish TO elect Mr. afon-
roe. they are equally entitled TO their
votes and TO give them to whom they pre-
fer.
Mad. You are declaiming against a eau
Gus, when the very first sentence of the
Monroe committee address, admits, that
tncy are acting entirely under powers de-
riVca from Caucus, held at the capitol last
winter, tor the express purpose of making
arrangements 10 Sc cure the success of your
eiect3rai ticket. The decisions OF legis-
ilative-caucus. have been hitherto respected
! sni adopted, but during the last winter, you
refused TO co operate, and started up an
opposition party. But it is perfectly unne-
cessaTy To ak about caucn8eS now, as you
say that their GeiHsioA il nearit az an end.
, hey hAYe had little o. no effect, except TO
serve as theme for defamation. From
| every possible source from whence infor-
m ZION can be derived, II IS unquest,onablY
true, that the people OF Virginia, and of the
United States tmeaning the republican par-
| ~ are IN favor of M. Madison. Notwlth..
standing Tins, YOU are doiag every thing in
iur power to weaken his Influence and TO
strengthen the opposition. This looks more
IL e Sohc'fHd- G5ottt D1en than fJincihie,
and tn-uTes your opposition with a spirit
OF violence, which s. ems not TO be purely
the result of prediction. But to confine
ourselfes entirely 10 the committee address.
They Contend that MR. Madison staHds
conDrfftd ufoH cvery question inpoEpeain
If0rt1gn relaHone. Wal you speak openly
and candidly upon this subject, for the re-
mark appears TO contain more inuendo than
! argument, and conjecture than fact.
| IN0n. The remark is too plain to excite
The least doubt or confusi on, and the fact is
tco notorious to admit OF the least contra
diction. IL IS only necessary to reeorect
the Official situation of Mr.. Madison, which
Ienders It necessary for HIM to pass his o.
pinIons upon almosg every subject OF foreign
concern. But independent OF this, there is
his diplomatic correspondence, where his
opin ons are freely ard unIeseTyedly adj.
vsnced, aud, according to which, the Eu.
ropeau powers will never form treaty with
u.s. nus Il is that he stands Fixed and
committed.
| Mad. Is it possible that your mind can
1 he uudcf. the fu0ne,r, r. r 81.