Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-02-04

eaoSe who prddsce bankruptcy inculpate
tue bankrupt with his forlorn and desperate
circumstances.
LIZ. There is no country in the world but
this' wherS these proceedings would no
ne punished eiely--m many capita;ly.
ihe'r quilts enormous, clear and indispn-
taoles They strike - the safety and even
al the existence of society:
x. BY the sedision law enacted by some
'ottbese very men, aud their followers, hea-
W 'iaes and tedious imprisonment were 4
warded against offences iucomparat.y in.
ferior.
al. While you support leaders, whose
1arees IS SO iniquroSs, we're you in private
me as pure as arch-angels, you partake
largely ct the guilt of those whom YOU IN.
ho'd' whose power OF destruction depends
on Your support, and who would sink into
ln,,gniiicsnce, but for your coun,enance.
XII. If the presext CT even the stronr
oe!iet, on the part OF minority, that a war.
or any other measure is u:just, can wal.
rant such 4 jacobinical, seditious, and trea.
snnaole opposition as the present war has
experienced, no government can exist. -
De minority IN all countries, uniformly
cenounce all The measures they have oppo
seu, as unjust, wicked unholy or uncon.
sti'ntional---or all united.
XIII. Inc most ubsrring characteristic
Ut a desperate fAction is ain uniform opposi>
ton to all tie measures proposed by it's OPP
ponents, whether good or bad, and without
Offering sub ,titutcs. The more dangerous
the Crisis and the more necessary the near
sureS. rae more iniailiolc the criterion.
XIV This characteristic exactly and
most indisputablY applies to your leaders
The Country is on The brink Of perdieion.-
They have opposed and defeated every
measure devised for our salvation, aud az,
rear determined to deliver us tied a 4 and
loot into the power 81 the enemy, unless they
Can seize The reigns of governments.
XIV. You profess TO be the disciples of
Washington. The title is a glorious one.
Let us teste the practices of your leaders.
by the holy maxims OF Washington. He
raised his voice against-warned YOU to shur
land pronounced the strongest oonde nina,
ion upon
l. All oostructions. of What K nd soeyer.
to tie execution of the laws
q Al combinations TO direct, control, or
awe the constituted authorities:
All insideous efforts 10 excite hostiii,
~ between the different sections of the u
MON;
4 aad in the most emphatcal manner,
az attempts TO dfaSofvc the union.
XVI, But the leaders of your party, par.
ticulariv in Boston, have
l. Openly INSTRUCTED the execution of the
laws;
2. Have combined to control the consti,u
led authorities
o. Have actually excited as dire hos.ili>
against the southern states in the breasts
% those under their influence in the eastern.
as exists oes~eea France and England.
AND D. Have been constantly endeayor.
'ns oy Course of the most ina amatory and
sio'ent public ations to fretiare the cas- ern
people FORA diSs0in'ion ofthe union.
A'ii, In fiae, ali he steps they take and
.neir whole Course OF proceedings are in
and the prac ice of Washington.
XVIII, While you follow such leaders
Oh IN p"otcss,'o be the disciples IF Wash.
'ngton, but an impartial world will reiec,
your claim.
AK suppose the leaders ut Washington
'icceeded in Irving MrsM ldison and tn.
'lher public fnnctionaries from Office, and
Seze the reins ut government themselves.
VIVA. melancholy. dissrace:nl triumph il
~oc'u oe, o raise Your party on the rains
OF your form Of government.
AA' anch an userpation casnot. fail IN
PrNdace civil war.
AL 1T your party set the exanple Of
Such altrocious violence. can Won persuade
yourselves that the hoisoned ChRacc ,,
will not, at no very distant period, be re-
turned to your own lips
XXI. You profess to desire peace. r
hraly believe you do Bnt are divisions
q distractions, and envenomed factions
and threatened insurrections, the seed to
SOW for harvest for peace
XIII. All the seditions treagonabIa
measures adopted in Boston and elsewhere,
to harras. cripple. and embarras your gov.
eminent, have had, previous to the war, an
inevitable tendency to enable Great Britain
to regulate, control, and restrict your COM
MERGE and to set at def al, the AZ
tenpts to procure redress-and since the
var, their tendency has been to prolone its
revenge!
XIV Are you prepared: can you re,
conciie to yourselves To incur all the risoue
to suffer all the ruin that revolution
viii lntali6iy produce. 10 enable ufus Ring.
Timsthy Pickering Christopher Gore. Cy.
rus King, and Daniel Webster, TO seize the
reigns of Government and exile $50 Elbo''
OR execute with Cyrus Kings celebrated
y natter" your venerable first magistrate
Suppose they succeeded. wha, will be the
advantage to you individually!
Iplead not, fellow citizens, for democya,
Cyl plead not for federalism. Their diff.
ferenccs have sJ3k into utter iusieniicance
We're the contest between them, I should