Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-04-20
Political.
QUERIES TO AMERICAN FEEDER
AIlSTS


why do the federal papers publish LITTLE .,
nothing that makes against h. British f;ov,rn,
lheh', ana every tnng that makes az amst our
own Government ouR
rave you ever seen in many, if any, federal
papers, the Official account OF the Oh American
vessels captured by he British befor. var ,yas
declared or any hostilties committed ayainst
her on our part,
do you remember to have read in am federal
paper the list OF duties, or rather the scale of
tribute which Britain, by her Orders in Coun.
oI' e e. rom American Merchants for the
Pri'iege OF trading to any place WHICH she tho't
proper 10 shut ag ainst our trade
Have you ever notice. in a feder,, ,.,or
fair statement of the eff cts of the British svs-
tenn oil olockading the por;s OF other nations bv
mere prociaTn2tion-by which hundreds of
Vessels having no notice OF the blockade, would
ran into the snare set Tor them, and be lost
Were not all, Or nearly all, the official and
authentic details of Indian slepred.tions and
preparations, before the commencement of hos.
u,it,es on our part, suppressed, and even deni.
ed, by the federal prints
Have the federal printers ever dared 70 pub.
hsa the Official list furnished by your Govern.
ment OF the many Thousands Of American se,,.
men impressed into the British service. and
detained against tieir viii,
Have yoa ever met in q fedora. parer u,,,
the acknowledgment made in Parli.mep. bw
LORD LAST LER EACH, the British Prime Minis.
Ter, that Sixteen Hundred American seam,.,
were ihen Impressed on board his Maiestv,s
SHIPS of war!
vi the authentic accounts of several hundred.
OF American seameu DISCHARGED from British
vessels since The war, because neither bribes nor
,nrea's' nor stripes, nor CHAINS, could prevail
on them to fight against their own countr, mer
her f.
federal papers
OF the numerous and shocking rruelt;c.
committed on our S. amen in various parts ~
the worid-ofthe bsrbar0us aud inhuman out.
RACES on ou soldiers and citizens at sundrv
pisces on our lake frontier as web as on our
seaboard--how few have ever been given fully
in federal papers and how many have been
Justified or paliated!
Have you ever seen much said in any one
federal paper Ok ainst ali the wanion robberies.
sutcheries, thefts, burBings and rspes by the
Br -tish--as you have seen said in them against
the burning OF the single town of Newark bv
the Americans, though it was deemed necessary
TO tue protection of our own frontier; tho nor
an inhabitant was injured or insllted in MS
persons and though formal notice was given
to them TO remove their moss valuable eff.
fects
How often have you discovered in federal M.
pers Joy and cxuitatlon at the successes IF the
British, and modification aud chagrin at tile
victories OF the Americans
Fellow Citizens, are these things sol Is
they are so, are they right l. this par,ialitv
to the british Government and nation---this
bostiity to the American Government and
nation--are they proper, patriotic or polite
Ifthey are not, are you just in urarinn
such papers, or wise in relying on them for
information
Where you only see one eide OF uuest;o,
can you expect to come at the right of anv
thingi Where that one side is UNIFORMLY "a.
vorGbfe 20 The British do YOU do YOUR own
countryjustiee in looking At that only
Were you on trial. and the court and iurv
would listen to no argument or evidence in yonr
favor, but hear every thing that your adversayy
bad TO offer, would you think you had a fair
rial?
Yet in this very way you are trying and
eondemning your wn Government and Coan,
try!
You hear all that can be uttered aeainst
them--you hear nothing that can be urged for
them.
Is this the part which al impartial manor
patriotic hmeyiedH-ought to act
Is this obeying the Holy injunction, to DO
AS YOU WOULD BE DONE By
ifit is, co AND DO LIKRWIsE--if not GO,
AND SIN NO MORE
2rze american,