Virginia Argus

FROM THE MILITARY MONITOR.

TO THE CITIZENS

OF THE

UNITED STATES.

Among the cries of Tories is the false assertion that the government of the United States is under the influence of the Emperor of France. This falsehood is not propagated through absolute hatred to France, but through love for England. France is the enemy of England and is therefore, and for that reason alone, hated by the tory, who certainly loves even France better than he does America. Witness the versatility of his affections, and how they are modelled, constrained, and altered by the conduct or directions of England. The Emperor of Germany and king of Prussia were allies of England and had tory prayers offered for their success, these powers are now allied with France; and are called either puerile or perjured—Bernadotte, while acting under the controul and in the service of France, was a monster, when he went to Sweden and took the reins of government in his hands, he was an usurper. But now, when it is rumored that he is about to prove ungrateful to his benefactor, and becoming the ally of England, behold, he is already canonized and changed from an angel into a demigod. When general Sarazin attended the French troops to Ireland he was one of the Paris butchers, when he deserted and fled to England he was a penitent and Christian, but when the English government, mistaking his views, had ordered him out of country, the tory became silent. But such is the terrible Emperor of Russia become good, is pardoned, and murmurs chanted for his country and happiness. While the tory is thus changing sides and becoming alternately the friend and enemy of the belligerent powers of Europe, it is worth observation that, in no exigency, is he steady in his attachment to England.— He persecuted papists and protected the grandees against Roman catholics in Ireland, and offered to establish the same religion, at the same time, in Corsica. England took part with every dethroned King and Prince in Europe, and at the same time, dethroning or murdering kings and princes of the east— it guillotined Louis XVI and several other innocents—

[tendencies, nor was unjust But why do I dwell

on the conduct of foreign governments to each

other? The Americans have nothing to do with

them; and complain only when aggressions

are directed against the United States. Individuals may therefore form what opinions they

please, and yet be loyal to their own government, it is only when they desert this duty that

they become tories. It is not hatred of France

—it is not attachment to England that constitutes the tory—No! It is hatred to the United

States; it is an opposition to every act of the

government; it is an excuse of every hostile

act of England previous to the declaration of

war; it is the uniform endeavor to avert from

the now declared enemy, all the evils of war;

it is the endeavour to paralize the measures

contemplated to turn the advantages of war

in favour of the United States; it is these monstrous and legible features that distinguish the

tory from the whig. Nor will I lay down my

pen until the tories shall be fully described,

and so marked, that should government permit their residence in the states, they shall at

least become harmless, and stand undisturbed,

as monuments of the safety with which error

of opinion may be tolerated, where reason

is left free to combat it.

One of Yourselves.