Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-11-01

bitrary mandates of British officer, with
less ceremony than would he observed i'm
the condemnation o bale of negro-c ottons
Col. Monroe has been willing 10 negotiate
treaty with that power, without making
provision against this enormous outrage on
the rights of man, and of natinns-he has
been willing to accept an informal under
standing on this all-important subject, when
he was erhreSsty ordered not to negotiate
any treaty which did not contain an aban-
donmeBt of this nefarious practice lis fhis
the hoint on which Col. Monroe does nor
stand committed! Is this the paint which
ne is at liberty to yield to the British gov
eminent Let his friends speak out. Let
them, II they dare, tell the people in what
| instance Col. Madison stands committed on
point injurious to his country.-Col. Ma
son stands committed in supporting the
honor aud independence Of his country;-
Col. Monroe stands committed in a willing
ness To surrender both.
1t is with deep regret that am compel
led % speak thus freely of the hubTc con-
duct of a man for whose hrfuate character
feel the high st veneration and respect
But the love of couotry is superior to all o.
Their considerations.-Col Monroe, too, has
no right to expect that his real friends will
ex;enuae any part ofhis conduct. 1t is nc
iieved that he has been admonshed, seri
! ouely aGmonished of he dangerous preci
pice on which he stood. He has not lis.
tened to tee voice of his friends, and the
! friends ct their country 1t is to be feared
that he has suffered himself to be surroun-
ded by men, VINO ught their own personal
| aggrand cement He has been he 10 BY
them as man around whom all the enc
MES o-the administration might safe iy raj
| ly. They have even gone so far as to make
| him II SUBJECT OF federal .,dulation They
have committed him in an opposition to all
| those measures which the republicans deem
| correct. Can they believe, then. that re :
! publicans will vote for him Surely they
| Cannot. will venture to predict, thar he
does nor ger a single REPUBLICAN electoral
vote IN the u. States. Every vote which
Co. Monroe may get, viii be carried by
entire federal majorities.
| But we are told that Gov. Cabell was e.
lected by federal influence, and yet he has
been an underwriting republican. Will the
| gentlemen who tell us so, be pleased to
mark the distinction between the case of
Gov. Cabeli and Col. Monroe? Whether
Gov Cabell got more federal votes than his
competitor, is mere conjecture Let it be
admitted that he did. But will any person
be hardy enough to say, that the friends of
| Gov. Csbeli ever held him up to the fede
ralists VIII it be said that they ever pledg-
ed his opposition 70 any measure Of the adj
ministration? No-they cannot. 1t reouir.
ed all the energies Of Gov. Cabell's friends
to stem the torrent of delusion which had
been arttully raised By his opponents to
remove tin impression which had been at.
/ tempt to be made, that he was in the fr-
der ! III. crest, with a view TO excite the sus-
picionS OF the republicans, and thus divert
thejr votes from him. Those who know
Gov Cabeli best, so,emnly pledge them
selves that he was one of the most inf XII
Die republicans in he state; and confident
! " appealed To- the Nioie OF his political life
as test OF the ruth the assertion. They
piedcec his snhhort Of the administration,
on every essential point. Rus what have
the friends OF Col. M5nrrc done? They
have pledged bis ohh9Sifion 10 the admin
stration on ali essential points the fede.
ralists have CLOSED with the offer and now
they very modestly tell Us, that if the f..
deralists will vote with them, they can't
help it! A large, very large majority of
the electors OF Gov CaDell were SQUAD re-.
publcans /; every electoral vote 6fCo Non
roc will be /ederai; for !! will venture to
asser, TN It in NJ state or district IN the uai-
on, VII he carry an eiector by republican
mgOrity. Ny, will go farther, and say,
tndI not Il mdN VIII vote TOR n ticker, eX
cep a JederahSt or minority man, both
equ lily hostile to the administration. Such
is the difference, the import, m ference
between the case of Gov. CabelI and Col.
Monroe
Great stress has been laid by he friends
or Col. Monroe, on the compl IN .ntary adj
dress presented to him by the leg Stature
and executive of Virginia on his return
from his late mission Buf will it be pre-
tended that the supporters of those address
ties had any idea of the presidency, az the
time Can it be believed that the zohoic of
the legislature (for they all concurred IN the
address, cohtempla ed Col. Mouroe as the
mex president, when large majority, dur
ing the same session, determined to sup.
port Col. Madison! We cannot, Tor mo-
ment, suppose that the movers OF those adj
dresses would have been so destitute OF can
dor as TO mediate an impression favora-
BILE to the views of Col. Monroe to the pre-
sidency, without communicating their in-
tentions to the rest of the members. Lett
be remembered, too, that at this time, Col.
"a 1nToe's treaty had not seen the light that
1t was not then known that he had conclu-
ded treaty, lin express opposition to his
linstructions) which was wholly silent on the
great point Of difference between the 90.
veTnment of the United States and that of
Great Britain, the impressment of A.
merican seamen much less was il coniec-
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