Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-01-18
From the Baltimore AmericDa.
THE CONVENTIONISTS.

more like mischievous rat, eager to I'm.
derrniae the National Garner-After tbree
weeks oil pubic prayer and private intrigue
this -" Witstriou, body" Gas they have been
sarcasticaily denominated by one of tbe;r
own writers) bring forth lengthy Report
and then sum up their imaginary complains
and tar fetched grievances under nine ar,
tcles-a classical allusion. it may be suonoc
sed to the Nine MUSES., but no more ike
these fancilul Deitles, than Satyr il to the
Apollo Belvidere.
| The LIST, 81 and 81 articles relate 70 M.
supposed popular leaders in one section rs
| the Onion, who, they say, endeavor to OH,
tain perpetual control over public AIRS
and they speak ofpoli:ical ini clearance io.
cal Jealousies and State ambition. as if no
such evils existed in Massachusetts
ne ftn, ceniurcs the ab3,tion nc tavas
! requisite TO prepare tile country for thos,.
Changes to which all nations are sxooSed
here we agree with the conventionis,s. and
say. 1t was most unwise measure.
! The h goe' against the influence of M.
tronasc in the di tribntion Of ofIices-I,t,t
ing US to guess that ii the Musrious Gu.
Vtnti INST had gotten large share of the
ioaves and fishes they would ;raye bee, a.
lent. and saved themselves the tro,,Ei. 81
expence of apiIsrimage to Harf,rE
| The 9th objects to the creatio, or ~,
6tatesiH the We tern countsy-Thsse W.
tern States have always been tn. canse or
ry,mean jealousy to the Eastern States
AS they tend, whilst they strengthen the
Union, 20 lessen the consequence Of Me-
sachusetts, which aims al asinp the f,,r,l IS
the Ascendant, and to over.rIie ;he wh,i.
Ccnfedsr2 ~.
la2 7th article we shall give entire viz
ne easy admission ofnaturaHzcd far.
eiSler$' to places of truss, honor and nr,l;s
oPe'd'm3 as an inducemenL to the malcns-
tent SUBJECTS or the old world TO Come T,
THESE . ate' in quest Of executive p,tro,,.
age, and to repay il by an abiect d,voto,
TO executive measures"
lie 9th contains a palpable fa,eab,o,,
by renewing the haknied cry of Ercu.1 -,
iJt0cNce--it talks of hostility to Britain. and
part,aity, TO the late government of Fr,rc.
-hiter the usurpation of imperial povsr
by Bonapartc, there remained no nar,;.j.
ity to France in America AS far as re,,t,<
very formidable party, the reyers@ :,
the facts q strong bias in IA Vor of E,gj,,
and Gt every thing English In s,"r. -
the English Minister had been az cnnn;r-
as ne IS ambitious he would not have int
ruPted that growing bias-we would have
gradually droP'd into the Lions mouth with.
OUT one single eiiGrt-Fortunate!v t,r tbe
cause of American liberty, Ad,,ir,, - ~.
toTrn, with his band OF Marauders anI i'm
cendiaries, have broken the charm NJ Rmu
SLiSh influence.
he 9th article agscrts another f,-s,too,I
when X says. that the General Governnen,
mas 'elSned regard, but n real hatred ~
No"'Aerce-lhe General Government Gun
nave no Other view than the encour,
neat OF Commercc, which so materiallv On.
Con'dSeS Agriculture and it will also CIV
courage domestic manufactures-T5cSe
| THESE are the inseparable hand maids "a -, .
prosperity of nations.
There is nothing new in these articles. evS
cept IN bringing them together in one r-onne
or we ahTe seen them At least a hun,ref,
tunes repeated again anil again bv all fac,
iious Journalists, who have done their boe-
to prepare The way for open rebellion. 'Chs.
Conventionists, however, have stop'd short
IN their career; they talk long and loudly
indeed, but they reco'lect the abor,iyc at.
'empt az revolt by tine iIustrious general
Shayne--an ugly stain in the escutch;on of
TIC wouid'bc new kingdom OF Nassacbr-
setts.
| The 'Henryites and Conventionis,s. hoa,
ever, have been the authors of much mis-
chief, and may be the cause 1T infinite na.
t:onai misery. They we're the cause of IN
volvinS ns in war, and arc the sole cause of
! IT'S continuance. II we had been an united
| people, we should not now have been ~
! var. Bold ard ambitious as the Euylsh
! Mioister is, he would not have dave to in
suit brave and united people II cannot
| ne expected, in our present state Of distrac
ton. that he will consent to an equitable
peace, whilst he hears-whilst he sees
that we are a divided people.
Some political-pulpi5 orators talk much n
"tbe sins of the nation" In this resnec,
the people Of America are just like the re,t
OF the world-as sinful as some and moi en-
sinful as Others. If war be the wages Of sin
what gricgous sinners must the nations IS
! Europe be, who have been almost continu-
ally at war with ~. another for at leasr
one thousand years These orat3-s forrsf-
or they do not know. that 10 wars out or
twenty are brought on by the craft and ans
bition of Kings and Statesmen, and not bv
the sins of the pcople.-Alas! the great sin
which afflicts this people, is The ranc,rout
and accursed shirt Of Harfv, which Doi,ons
every cup, em6'ttsrs every ingre.l.en,. dis.
tuTbs every society, aud now, at this crit.
cal period, in the lace of a powerful and in.
yetcrate foe, threatens to level the beautiful
fabric Of American Liberty in tho dust,
With respect & the 7th article. we ber,
leave to say few words. The Co,vent;oo
onis's forget the time when sbeir fathers
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