Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-07-05
Boston, June 10, 1918.

The anglo federaists in Massachuset 2
i have manifested striking symptoms q. inca
| siness under the meried rep-nach instlv
| cast on them by the Secretary of War.
| Their Governor and council, after refusing
! tosuifer the militia of that state to partici1
pate in the war for the defence of the com.
| mon RICH of the union, were modest enough
to call on the general government for their
| full proportion of arms. General Armstrong
properly replied, that " the President had
| deemed 1t most conducive TO the general in
terestto supply, in the first place, the frontier
states, andf he militia qyho hare come for.
7oard IN The defence Of thc country, and
that when the state of the putlc arsenals
would justify the measure, Massachusetts
would receive her proportion of arms agree
ably to the provisions of the law" The
| course pursued by the President was strictly
just and right.
Many of the states were invaded, and Others
in constant danger ofinvaSion. There exec
wives had complied with the constitutional
! requisiIions of the President upon the militia.
Some OF them had done much more their
gallant cons had voluntarily offered up their
lives as sacrifice for the protection of tho
country.
Massachusetts and Connecticut, and lat
terly Rhode Island, had ignominiously kent
aloof from the glorious contest. Under these
circumstances, and boand to consult the
common defence and general welfare i'm his
measures, the Presiddnt acted as became
an enlightened chief magistrate in furnish
ing the arms which were actually made II
those states most exposed to the ravages
81 me enemy, and whose militia were dis
posed to use them, when put into their
hands, for the protection of the country.
Inc law OF Congress makes it the duty of
the President TO cause the proportion of
arms due to each state to be transmitted to
them respectively; but it leaves the time
ana manner to his discretion. A small pro
portion only ri the arms have been finished
and these were correctly transmitted to the
states most requiring them. Even Virginia.
part of wlIuse militia have been patriot
lcally sent 70 a distant frontier, without ~
well as within the limits of the state. had
received none of these arms in December
last nor had New York, so much exposed
70 he incursions of The British, and suffer.
Ing SO much from the war. Yet we have
heard OF no complaints OH this subject from
these states.
The anglo factionists of Massachusetts
presume on every occasion TO dictate to the
general government as if thew sno-
Posed that this government, would deien To
look to such men for information or pat
riotIsm in what relates to the protection of
the national rights and independence against
the agressions ofthat foreign power to whom
'hey seem to be devoted in heart and in
SOUL lhey have mistaken the government
with whom they have to deal. While the
executive OF the union will exert all their
energies and means for the general welfare,
tthey WIN surely place the weapons of war.
rare III the hands Of those who are willing
70 use them for that object. Before this con-
test shall have closed, we are much mista-
Ken 1t every state in the union do not find
II to be IT'S highest interest always to coop
crate with the general government in the
constitutional prosecution of a constitutional
war ana IN the simultaneous measures
peculiarly necessary for the defence OF the
country "hue at war. Bait. inner.