Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-01-28
Erfracts from the Message Of tie Goyer.
nor VI Ne~ Jersey, 60 the Legislature of
thar STATE

''r' Jersey, 20 IHe Legislature OF
thar STATE.
IL caunot haVe escaped vour observation.
gentlemen, that co@AinaIon is forming in
sle Eastern State, hostile 10 the consti,u-
nnn, and government of the Uuon. threat.
ening separation ot the states. An honor
4''e UNION, '"rmeh under the pressure of
ro5nhon danger. and cemented with the
blood vi patriots; n constitution devised bv
ne venerable statesmen and sages of the
evolution calculated to preserve the lbrr
lbs aud promote the happiness of unborn
nj! IONS, are about to be- broken no ano cast
20 fhe wind, III paltry struggle for the ora.
,hoauon OF silly ambition 10 govern. Had
n section nf the union in time of peace Sc
cenea from me unioa. the act would have
Deen greatly to have been deplored and
~onic IN that case have meritei the appel
'a'ion OF 10 " /; but TO medi late the deser.
non OF heir brethren in the midst of a dan.
gerous war, and thereby excite the eyer.
.io,s and encourage the hopes OF a vindic,i,e
my, gives rise tc emotions easier felt
,tn described. Language scarcely fur
Sizes eph"Gts It sufficient opprobium. to
Ppm 20 'hia derench"n of every honorable
eeitg otthe mind. Was il frr this return.
'ha the N repid warriors of America, led
ny the ,iiu''rious Washington, nnfurled The
"'T"@ '"i'S'N Oh the un!pn on the
| ''aIns 4 Mass chrse.,s a1d dove the enc
my N disgrace on tie c. i.aIt Can il he
| -rduTed that The hIiy elice of cu free
] dom, erected by the combme-J wixnon a.d
/ !aolr OF the re .o!utionary pasri is. shoa
| be demOl she'd by the wicked acts of comS
pin%iiOn OF men whose Calm to pubic DON.
| sidera'Icn rests on no better founda,i m than
| an l"saIao thirst Of poRerl 1t must not
| he under; God that 1t il in ended 10 Involve
IN thA ccGSute the body ut citzens of the
| Eastern oLatcS; their steady halIts and vjr-
! .uou' dcDortnent entities tncm 10 great re.
! spect aud consideration Candor, however.
| requires us To dea! plainly wih them an
! pri ing them Of the situation in which they
are placed, that they are artf1iIy LED
! by unpInCipled Ambitious men to the
verge OF treason, aud a favorable oypor .
family only wanted to plunge them and
| their Country into irrstreyahIe ruin and
disgrace. Tn re is reason to hone that as
soon as the veil in which this conspiracy
against the happiness ard prOspe rity of
America is attempted 10 be shrouded, is full
| ly removed, and the monster exposed in it's
naked deformity, that the virtUous woman
| ry OF New England, warned by danger, and
animated wi'h patriotism, will rise in their
| strength, and strange il in its cradle.
| OuOulu u Ot SilQ mat tue ODIcCF OF me
| Eastern malcontents is not to dissolve the
union, but only to compel the general gov
| eminent TO change its measures, and pursue
| those marked out by them, or at most to
| compel those in the administration to aban~
don their stations to make way for them
selves, the delaterious effect on the consti-
tuition would in that case be even worse.-
| Ia one case, a portion of the union would be
| severed from the great body, which mi sht
/ become sOunder by the amputatiOR in the
other, the constitution itself you'd be shaken
| 70 its foundation. II an Eastern confede-
racy can control the government, why not
| a Middle, Southern, or a Western do the
samef 1t requires no argument to prove
that body with four or FIVE heads consti-
tutes monster.
The fate Of Greece ought TO furnish les
son Of instruction to every subsequent confe.
deracy of states. While united, il success
fully withstood The combined powers of the
Persian Empire but as soon as the league
was broken, by a combination of member,
against the head, and Jealousy among them
selves, 1t fell an easy prey TO the 6rst inval
der, and az this day groAns in chains, a de.
| plorable monument of the folly Of selfish 90
Icy, local Jealousy and private ambition. -
One defect IN the Greciau confederacy was
that the laws acted On the states in their sgY
gresate capacity, aud nos on the individua
eisiFsns itelinquences were therefore pun-