The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-10-28
VIRGINIA * MAssAcHUSETTs
AZ COMEARED.

NonpaiiS'liS, are proverOIaIiV odious.'
And they are more so, when they rebound to
the credit OF these who make thern.-We
should never have dreamt, fer instance, of
bringing our own State and che Common
wealth OF Massachusetts into Ca ha7l-
son, if Parallel had not been attempt
ed to be drawn N 2 late 30 ten paper
between the Governor Of Virginia and the i.e-
g'slature of Massachusetys In showing how
little this parallel applies, we feel il in1possi-
bic to stop short at that point We arc
impeiled to so on and TO show not only how
little we are IKE to each other, but how COM
pletely uilAte the whole course OF Virginia
has been to that OF her Sister STATE.
The Boston Editor copies passage from
Governor Barbour's Message to- the I ,eyisla-
ture, and with this curious comment That
II - sanctions the proceedings of our own
Legislature, and may be Considered as q com
hiiH1ent from Virginia, which being rare. is
the more precious" THE Governor viii
smile when ne comes to learn that mis- conduct
has been called in to justify rebelion-but ne.
Will not be surprised at the use which is made
OF ms words. For g the Devil 1--WE are told)
can quote Scripture to suiciiis purposes
And what is this famous passage II is.
that MIR. Barbour submits "to the wisdom
OF the Legislature 70 consider whether the
substitution OF a permanent military force"
would not be preferable to calling ont and
coutlnaing i'll service large bodies Of militia
IL IS piain at the first glance that the com
Hhwrnt" Is incomplete (; for the Governor
breathes not whisper of Conventions, or
opposition to the laws n any shape, whatever.
or OF . preserving our own resources at
home. L was left to the mise men Of IRE
East TO make those disc overies-Nor does
he Governor say one syllable of 10000 state
troops or q State tuuo 81! 4 million Of Dollars,
To lF T.rref p
troll " not a word eff 5tltc troops Why,
olr, docs ne not sPe8k uI a substitution of a
permanent military force !'--re does. Sir
but how do you infer that this force IS to be
eEclusfUe o. the government Of the U. States
80 FAR from this being his intention, he goes
on to Tecommdnd that " proper representa-
tons be made on the subject to the gene
raj government" and has no doubt that
such arrangements might be made as would
render the measure satisfactory to bofh gov
erDments. The Governor wishes then to
take no step which shall not be satisfactory to
the y. ,. Is this the wish of Massachusetts
LIS wishes are the same as those of the Gov
ernor OF \. York for the States to procure
the troops, If the y. S. will Consent to accept,
IS pay and TO employ them.-SHch is the very
arrangements which the Legislature Of Viz
Sin'a, acting upon has own words, have aDtH0-
1ised him to submit to the government of the
T.. ;. Now, is this the arrangement OF NJ as
sachusetts! Are her 10000 troops 20 be pla-
ced under the control of the President Of the
u. >. ? No, indeed--Mr. Holmes p(oposed
1t, but the wise men of the East would not is-
ten 10 it. Where, then, is this PQrqici
which is spoken OFF Where is this rare and
precious compliment which Virginia has paid
to the schemes Of a wild and disorganizing
Juntos
And who are these disorganizers: "TeIl
1t MT in Gath" Breathe it not in the streets
of Ascalon." These very men, who are at
this moment raising an army Of their own, to
serve without any responsibility 10 The federal
government, were once the boosted " Friends
OF Order" They z0eye once Fedetalists -
and the Wanting friends of " TegnLar govern
ment." In '98 and '9g these men repfobat j
the idea Of State Legislature ever expressing
the slightest disapprobation even of ? breach II
the Constitution & now, they are for raisHga
state army. to defend the underlined and daring
schemes OF a local Association unknown to
our Constitution and our laws, and expressly
forbidden in the last political legacy ofWasn-
iugton, whose memory they SO hypocritical-
ly affect to revere. Fcderafsf- ! J,jrnds IT
regular goUcTun1eHf ? Dfscities Of Washing
ton the time has me when these epithets
viii cease to be prostituted and abused.
We have done with the Boston Editor
but we cannot stop here. We say, that not
only has the Governor Of Virginia failed to
sanction the proceedings Of the Legislature Of
Massachusetts, but that at no time, since she.
has been cursed by her Essex Jnnto, have the
Virgnans ever sanctioned their proceed
ings when did we act like theni2 Was
1t in '93 and '9S 3---lS it at this moment We
draw orr can h0Tisons from these two eras
tor these very obvious reasons--1st. that Ia