The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-11-26
GovEkNoR CHITTENDEN.

pttn 'he mons;rous hereaies of these H,stter
! Days ia. Proclamation Of >iartin Chi,tenden is
;he RIOS, od'ions Nhat is thi. the man who once
styled himse!ta Federolist (,ie,d If O-der s,
an advocate oil fhe energies Ct the u States Ill ey.
or there was 7acobiR anarchist i; ,!iso,p0n.
iSc' an enemy u. law, IF order, OF the enerpies
Ttaiy essential 10 the government o, the y1i,ited
Sidtrs, we hail Martin Chttenden as that man
ii were almost idle To reason With smell q man -
he SUBJECT IS ut thst description yhel, gimo.t dis
dnnS the use oi a:umen, we shall devote a few
wor,s only to expose the dangers of doctrine hich
IS calculated 10 unhires the government ~ this
country. ChittcnC-n has out-k-roded Xeyoa lie
has gone one step further han the most intenp-r-
ate OF mss party Strong laid his hand upon the Nil
hta, aud sid they should not 70 irfo the service or
The Unite, States Bnt Marin Chitten.len snreais
the spirit c disa;ieciion and rebellion through the
eanr' and Issues pr"cia motion commanding them
TO Iedoe the FsTrice OF the United States-lf this
Procia'n'"sn IS to nc obe,ed iftroops in The
e, service OF the United States can desert that ser
wee at the instigati0n Of man, who has no more
control over ihern thin the Governors o. Network
Massa enusetts the ,sjo, of ,h.s. ,,a,.. -. E
end. "
Upon the same principles. it is com etcnt Cor the
ov~Tnors OF every STATE To withdraw the ,n,itis OF
each state from the .eav;ce at N Union arS in
the 'n'ast ~ an irsg1ectio7 vel of al i.vGei
on, the henerai Government may he de6c,i and lis
tn'horty contenned.-in such state OF thires, the
Government is ri end.
What right has Martin Chittenden to int rfere in
ms hnsn. SIS by what rretexts does lac socs over
this oidfaeed usurpaiion
:" The Militia OF this State."-Thev are rot the
N.itis OF Vermont, when they are in the service OF
re Union They belong TO the government Of the
y y: All local jurisdiction IS gone che momen,
that they pass into the service OF the Union. The
Novernor OF Vermont has no more powc- over
them than the meanest peasant in the nation
An extensive frontier IL our own state is LETT in
measrre, unprotected" And is Martin Chitten.
den to be the Jucge OF ibis The Constitution give,
to the U the power Of . royiding for the com.
mon defence" This, of course, gives q err, the ge.
ner"l power Of jaagfnS Of TIE 9nccns nj attack
he U. States shall protect each of them a.ains,
'nNas on Has Martin Chittenuen even ap1jecI To
ths e" ':rnnent otthe u S. for protection. before
lac re9oTted To this daring expedieni!
i7's own measures demonstrate the holowne,s o.
ms preteX's Are ID Sc the o7,iy ttia IT, the S.a
OF Nernort! No HIS he CO led any Of inc other
r.itIt's INTO service No.-Has he even commanded
'he n,'it'a whom he has called home tn be e7ca,,,
feG . embodied for irmeds ste .crvics2 No--for
thty ere to return TO their re-. ectize places OF u
si!aI re sidenee."
The iyPoerisy, the bare faced inpuienc. orth:s
co"'not, are only 10 be cquslicd by the danger
ch 1t threatens 10 the Un.on.--If the measure
p''ssh IT recommends he pet;en,y submitted TO- tn
t"ton, the palladium Of our most s.cred rights aud
The glory of oar fathers, is vitally endangered For
cue, We lit up our hands against the daring usurpa-
t'on, aud we call "IoU every sool rnan in the coun
ny 20 ION ~ IN eXecrst:Rg the perpetratOr,