The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-10-31


two deiberative bodies, he has the RIGHT of
qualified neeatiye, which. In every cafe in which
Ut mas been hitherto employed, has been found
eiiicacious and conclriive.
Such is the mot elevate, cs.ce, vhich vo, in
your electoral capacity, will b. called u;,nn TO
NIL. Charged as you will be with this moff f,
cred trh't welding IN your hands the intereits
Oh your owl country, the deitny perhaps Of CT
Vi'zeu Europe Tor years TO come, and the fare
or republican principles throughout the world,
X Is peculiarly incumbent upon you to difcarge
this duty with the mott cornprehcnEye k,,ow
ledge, and with swe-thrilng circumfpe6tion.
IN the scale OF impartial iuilce, you will be anx.
iouS 20 weigh the bsrjoAuI merits IF TIC of,ci 4,
noe candidates their effeioi qualifications &
the mighty consequences oi tnole political fvi.
TENS, which may he expected to f,ape the difTs-
rent courie OF their admintrations.--Dear with
me thentor amoment, while presume To take a
bold and rapid Review of the,- political fyGe,,s
between winch you are called upon to make
your ie'etnon. alto have an intcreft at fake.
ALTO have an attachment to my country, which
prompts me equally with youifeives, to prefer.
one fyitem OF meaiureS, or one mode Of aein,;nif
trat'on, beyond any other, which may have been
propoied.
You have two political charts before you, by
winch the veilel of Fate may be guided in her
uncertain and tcmpcituouS courfc One os thet,,
was iSetched CIT in certain parts bv the adn1i
aiisration OK the celebrated Warrington, and fl
!ed up and extended TO greater minutenefs dur
ing inc administration of Mr.. Adams. The other
was long ilnce tuggeftei by their vig;lant cppo-
, rents. pnriued under every modification ct M
Icy and every fpeces of difappointmcn., and H.
naliy reduced to practice by the exiting Pref
dent OF the United States, the illuftrioiis Jessr
ION. winch OF theie fyfterns then, are Won viii
hngte adopt! Is 1t that fyftem, which is mo-
deiied upon the policy of the ancient monar-
chies OF Europe, or rather upon the maxiins OF
the Britifli contribution. or will Won have that
fyter, which is more congenal to tie pbvii-
cal condition of our country, and the fpirit of
| our people! VIII you prefer in fact that fcheme
or administration, which is more aiiilnilated to
the condition or countries, unlike TO us in age,
IL htuation, Ill manners, and i'll political ipititu-
irons or that fcheme, which, viewing the diff
ference of conditions, and difcufed even with
the preient fate of European policy, demands
TOR our country new fyitem of government.
more popular III Its form, and more adapted 70
the uncorrupted manners of our countrymen
Let the preference of theft Cyitems be decided
by their eose9nenee5. 1t is the practice of NH
loiophy to view every clufe through its effect.
and to make Deceive experience the guide of
4 conjcctural Understandings
Under the former fyftem, our intercourf.
WIN io'NiSh httiOuS was lOInetl;nSS guided nv
principles, which were not altogether fayoura-
| ble to our own rights or the rights of neutral
| nations. In our laft treaty with G. Britain, the
| liit OF contrablnd was extended to the raw ma
terials, as we'll as 10 the manufactured impIe-
| ments OF war our own velIes were tubieSed 10
the mott rigorous fcarch, & their carCoes made
liable to confication, If they happened to belong
! TO the enemies of @. Britain. In Mr.. Adams's
treaty with Prutiia, the fame Invaluable p;.irci-
pies are surrendered; and the doctrine that free
| imps do nor make free goods is expressly recoe-
niied.-Under the pref-nt administration, no
commercial compaas have been concluded &C
| the lat treaty with France, had been previoully
formed by MIR. A6ams's cabinet. Conventions
only have. been adopted for particular and limit
| ed purpoies: But thefe conventions have &C.
| comphihed the mott beneficial refnlts. Dy the
convention with Spain, provi6onis made for the
! indemniication due to our merchants for ILLEGAL
captures during the lait war : convention.
! which was accomplished in feventren months
during the pre1ent administration, after il had
been attempted four years, in vain by the mi
niitcrs OF MIR. Adams. By our convention with
Erance,i it is iuficient TO fay that we have gained
Loui'iana. Il country has been annexed to the
u. States, rich in all the fineit productions Of
the Earth, and occurring to our wefern citizens
the uninterrupted navigation of the MilIilTnni
acquired without the lois OF Jingle drop of
| oiood, or without any of the horrible accompa-
nlments of war; and purchatcd at price which
the iaie of an infinitely FINAL portion Of its terri
tory, and the impoft or goods at N. Orleans,
VIII Ill few years be more than fufhcient TO re-.
claim.
Under the former administration, the doctrine
| was ftrenuouily advocated that the federal 90
vernricnt was too feeble; that the fate foye-
| reigntieS or the jacobinical people were tending
towards III entire encroachment upon IT'S ooyv,
| ers; and that hence it was receGary TO iiscure
this federal head by new and more effe ttual bar
| riers. long lift of opinions might here be un-
rolled, which have been attributed on the mot
plaulibe grounds to the principal advocates of
this iyttem. In the face of the very convention
which framed the preicnt contribution, NJ. Ua-
milton is laid to have propoied the appointment
OF an hereditary chief magifrate and an heredi
tary fenate. Mr.. Adams declared in fne,,ine
aud prophetic fpirit that the time would come
when MIR. Taylor and Mr. Langdon would fee
IN this country chief magfrate and z i,Cdy of
ienators, who would no. owe their appointment
TO the voice or the people. From the opinions
OF particular individuals, always liable TO milf
contribution and to progreffive alterations let US
however atcend 70 fome of thofe great political
meatureS which have flowed from this Tynen,
aud which cannot deceive the eye of the OFFER
yer.
Under the administration Of MIR. Adams, ar
mics were icattered over our country, which
menaccd the repofe and devoured the fubftaDce
OF the people. OF the achievements of ion,c of
thoie heroes, their prsiumptuous interference in