Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-05-27
VIRGINIA ARGU
II \ CT " q Nd:
THURSDAY, MAY 81, 1913.

tosvsdc ursuit, TO wit: by raising about
them an atmosphere rcpulsive To every hu-
man sense at delicacy--thesc editors adhcr-
ing more closely to the British than even to
their own Interest, have offered 10 lorcgo all
remuneration for the demolition of their Of
fce by the po?ulace Of Baltimore, ifthc 10
S'slaturc at Maryland will not vote money
to defend that city against an attack of the
British. Their own wouts are suboned-
The fellows who scribbc for that print have
grown SO bold in confdcncc of the enty Of
the laws, that they no longer think it worth
while to Conceal their hostihty 40 the Unired
states. lfHans'nc ontinues co etlitorOr CO
proprietor OF the Federal Republican, and
IL should 20 onto hold the same language 1t
has uniformly done since the war. il is pro
bsnie that he will he expelled from tie house
o' representatives, NJ an example To deter
others from aiding and abetting the enemy.
Extract from the Georgetown Tory Pafer,
Gated by Hasner " Hanson, N The 1874
lfay, 1918.
But we ask nothing--we renounce the
assertion al Cur right tor the present, if the
war men are not gratifed in their demand
ct an notwithstanding an indemnity for
the expenses incurred in erecting military
works, &c. 10 oppose the British.
The Governor Of Narylan in message
at the opening OF the present session Of the
legislature of that state, dwe!ls, like his adj
visers OF "lathh.g Ratchet" memory, upon
the duty OF the General Government to pro-
tect the Country against the foe. If COVER
nor Wmder and his profound associates had
done ihen duiy as we'll as the general 20
'ernment, invasion would never have been
attempted. Ii is true enough, that our ru-
iers at washington are under an obligation
TO defend cur territory at all points But
how are they to do its Certainly by The
means which the Constitution allows. and nv
no ether. One great portion of those means
is the nIitia. Yet we find that 80 far from
yielding the facilities necessary to the max
ing that species of force effective, governor
Wmder, and those who have undertaken TO
Counsel, and even to threaten him, have done
all IN their power to render it nugatory.-
90 that' III reality, the pitif4l Cant of the
MARY lanc Governor is Il severe rebuke uuon
himself; for, If the general government is
oouhu 10 protect the Country from invasion,
ana 'he great constitutional defence agains,
in'"sioi' 10 WIZ the militia Is paralyzed, by
theeHecutivo OF the state then most certainly
his the state executive that is to blame and
not the general government. Gov. Winder.
we understand, is an Easter, Shore man
Where was his feeling for that shore, where
was ms vigor, his activity, his zeal, a.
shiet Magistrate ofMaryland, when Cock-
ourn was laying waste Cecil and Eent ?
was he inspiring his fellow citizeos with ar
uor. was he organizing battalions. or did he
march at the head Of military columns 70
oppose the enemy? II does not arpear thai
he was, or did. On the contrary. il seems.
from appearances, that he was countepanc.
ing the politics of the "Lafhitp bu.cb,t"
men, who menaced TO turn hin, ouf if he did
not tall into their measures. These very
IafhtnS hatcher" warriors by the way, who
peat up for recruits last summer. and pro
posed to march to Baltimore and nut that
Guy 70 the sword-these uutrageously vail
ant knights, who threatened to bruise buffet
or shoot every bedy that did not admit thai
they were as great Heroes as Hercules and
as wise as Solomon-thsse fiery, furious,
hghtmg Bobs,-aye, where are they no7u ?
Cool enough in all conscience. Calm as
hot day in August. We find them no where
facing the British. We should ike to see
them now, when there is a real occasion.
come out and shew their spunk. The gal
liant band OF Baltimore Volunteers, under
the reSpec table, amiable, and brave Young
Moore, by their behavioI.at YorE have put
these petty blusterers shame. Their wide
mouthed valor Of llasf autumn is hushed-
We hear fnone Of them storming redoubt
lhev are great pufs i'll the gazettes--hiph
fellows at feast--fam0us at hair triggers
but Tor cool, determined, eentlemanlv sDi-
rit-they are nothing Indeed the Union
asks nothing of them. If their barking did
not compel the public to pay some attention
to them. they world, with ali their foul no.
tions, DC soon forgotten.
The federalists-or rather. the tories. at
tempt to be witty ON admiral WarreB's bloc
kade. They repeat with great glee a say
ing imputed to Sir John, tina. is, "that Mr.
Madison would net find the blockade of the
Chesapcakc fafer one" Now it Sc. hap
pens, that this witticism reeols on The tories
because, in effect, the complaint respect
ing paper blockades is not that the United
States did not feel them, but that, in truth
they W. re PAPER to every nation but the u.
States Thus far they were paper that's
they were Dominal-mere pretexts for seiz
ing American vessels. And, in truth, they
were, to this country, as efficient as admiral
Warren's blockade of our Bay: All the diff
ference is that he takes our vessels, in time
OF war, on our own coast, whereas he, or O.
ther British squsdrons, used to take them,
i'll time OF peace, on the high seas, on At a
great distance from home. So that the fact
IL PLAIN enough that, in reality, there is no
substantial difference between the papsr
Bleckades and that of the very witty Sir
Sohn
the southern members Of Congress are
frequently branded by the Boston and Con