 Where are they for? For General Washington in the north. So. Mr. Jefferson, we are sent to demand that the militia be kept here in Virginia. No, they shall not. So long as there is one musket and one man in Virginia, when Washington asks for help, I shall send them. And the same for our forces in the south. And we tell you, sir, that you have so weakened our own state that she lies helpless for any invader.