Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-07-25
VIRGINIA ARGUS.
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tn RSDAY, Jury IS, 1911.
FOR ras ARGUS.

WHAT car be the object oithe Fcderalists
Citizens Of Virginia, has not this question &C.
Cured to each CT ycu individually, ard have
you not beon forced, even against YOUR own
charitable dispositions. to ascrite their con-
duct TO some improper motive. Charity
would induce us to believe, that ,hosc with
whom We differ may be impressed with as
firm a conviction Of the correctness Of their O.
pinions as ourselves. Inpolitics. as in religi-
on, we should not be so welded 20 our own
ideas, as to damn all those, who aitilo' anxi-
GUS to do right, may from false lights have
been led to adopt erroneous principles. But
when we see men from their very infancy.
rcsolutc'y fixed on a Course neither marked
with truth or honor, if ieasca willEot reclaim
them, charity ard forbeararcc are no longer
erjoined upon us. Careiessly to fnlt oar ariri;
aid say nothing, would be to Become partci-
patprs in tlieir errors. Examine then the
conduct of the federalists from the adln;..:--
t:a;ion Of Adams to tile present .iay, and ast.
yourselves what strange inSassation coaid so
far have led them astray from the road Of
truth and reason. At one time in their grasp
after powe~thcy cnntemptuousiy trampled on
the consultation, and advanced rapidly and
boldly to the subversiou ofprinciples esteem
ed by Us. as sacred. A law passed which,
sealed The lips OF the Patriot, x deprived the
press, which has been APPLY termed the
a!.;cld Of Liberty, CT half its legitimate rights
Another that subjected the Alien who dared
| to differ from tie mcn IN power, 20 be hunted
down by the officers Of government and tl,i-
ven from an asy luin where he had fondiy Eat
tered himself TO pass his days in peace and
tranquility; together with many other mea-
| surcs, which caused you to trembie with APP
| prehensions for your liberty and safety. At
another a bold and daring opposition to the
Of
object has been the promotion cf the people s
appiness-Remembe how Violently the tc-
deralists of the East have opposed your en-
| barge and nom intercourse laws, and deciar-
ed In the face of the world that they ShOal!
AID gyonld be resisted. What think you Of
| this! Does il not argue something rotten
in the state Of Denmark 20 But this is not all
In every contest between the United States
| and Great Britain, that party have invaria-
| bly, coalesced with the latter nation. Your
/ fellow citizens are crucily and unwarranta-
bly, impressed on board their floating dun
gecns, and they support Great Britain in the
act and repeat it. They contend as strenuous
! ly fortfhe right of improvement from mer-
chantmen as she does herself One of your
| armed vessels is attacked within sight o.
your shores, your kinsmen murdered, ane
yourselves degraded, and yet there are
some base enough to justify the decd
Your gallant Rodgers, is now held UP as
| mark CT public odium, for having preserved
you from another humiliation equally dis
graceful with the former--G reat britain
daily siezes and confscates yonr vessels. anC
cargocs under her orders, and will continu,
to do SO, until eitheryou shallbe base enough t.
acknowledge yourselves colonists, by -taEin,
her hermit to navigate the ocean, or b.
opposing her with energy; and yet notwith
standing all these things, it has been de
clared in congress and all over the union
that we have no cause of Complaint agaas
Great Britain. When, contrary to tile faitl
of nations. she rescinded FORMAL treaty er
tered into by her Minister Plenipotent:ary
she did not go unsupported. When she com
missioned man for the avowed purpose {
insulting the administration, and when j
consequence of the lie direct having bee
given, it refused holding any farther. con,
| nurication with said minister, this act wa
ascribed to a desire 10 involve us in wa
t with q. Britain, and that party highly Jus
tihed Jackson in his truly blackenard Ger
: duct. After this long chain Of circumstaf
S ccs, who can doubt the views Of the Fede,
D alistss Republicans be firm at Your post
t Be not too negligent in unfolding the tru
! principles of party whose object cannot I
j misconstrped. Are you willing that ths
( shall again be at the head Of affairs ? Ifyt
c arc not, be yigilant.
t AFARMER.