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

Under the administration of Mr.. Adam, !. was.
mat thoie alarms were propagatcd throughou.
ioeety, which were occahoned By the fnfpicions
OF violated Co4itusiou, and the facri6ce of PR
(o""I lights. 1t was then that we behe,d The
iPeaceiui>and friendly alien, who bad fought an
ayium I'm o,u cXteniive territory and under our
liberal laws, thrown at once upon the mercy cf
hngle masiftrate, miignided perhaps by fytc-
matte errors, or Inundated by perfonaI antipa-
tines. 1t was then too that the effuiions cf IN
undiiiembled intercouie were Carefully WATCH
cd, and weighed and iubjeeted to legal anir,at-
verlion. The American citizen was taught 70
reel that not overt acts alone, but that opinion
i.ief was to be teted and tortured by the cruel
be ethc law. It was then IN faa ths. The f-di-
ton law was ehseted: the preis tremiled for
ITS rights, and one OF the columns of the Con:ti-
tsiion itfelf, was ilin,en to its bate.
Ihefe or many of theie nsafures might have
been executed, had the rate of our foreign reia-
tons IN truth demanded inch extraordinary pre-
| cautions. If there had been any well founded
aPpreheniions.of French war, fome preparato-
ry arrangements might certainly have been
i)uitlhable. But what fagacious politician could
well have admitted theie illuiious? What peril
waste be apprehended from the navy of na,i-
on engaged ut that very moment in a conilia
with nation the mott powerful at fca, of any
that had ever trumphed on its bofon /! What
cauie had we to fear that the French government
whlch mad 10 much employment for its naval
torce on Its own COATS, and in its own feas,
mould lend it acrofs an ocean 5000 miles wide
expoied as it would be to Britifh attack and Br;.
| tilh capture?
| FROM tins complicated fcene of vifionary. fcar
ana multiplied precaution, of energy without
principle and law without liberty LET us turn TO
orisf iurvey of the prefent fate of our coun-
try. INDIVIDUALS have now gained, what the 60
vernment has lott, in influence. The iol-
d'ers are dlibanded the navy is reduced. The
warn or internal tax-gatherers has vaniffed.
Five millions of the public debt will probably
oe diicharged during the four years Of the pre-
| lent administration, behdes the FUN OF Is miIii-
ons; the debt lately contracted for the aco,,iii-
ton OF Louiiiana. The alien is nrw fibie6t on.
~ to the fuPerintendence of the law and the
preis is now, as it was, and as it ought eterraliy
to be, privileged to difperie It's mot uulcefiled
crlticiiInS on the meafures of the government.
| Let me then az, which of thefe fyftems an
pears mott likely to promote the happinefs os
me republic, and which of theie are YOU mott
willing to embrace. But furely that oueftion ia
aimoit unneceflary. Surely &c you will not on
TINS talr mountain leave to feed and batten ON
that Moor"
| or this fyftem Thomas Jcherfon and Georee
linton are diitnguiihed advocates; and thete
are the men, who are the ofteniible candidate
for your outrage. The impenetrabJe wei; ~
mytery Till conceais the fayoured candidates of
the oppoiite party.
Jeferion & Chnton! Theie names are already
too high to be elevated by the ephemera err,
iogiums OF newfpaper writer. To your f,e.
frage am willing to conide the beft panesyr;c.
Mn'ch tneir actions can receive. Weigh well
inc iohalty OF their principles; maturely conf
uer the extent OF their official qualifications, and
the iuitre OF their perfonal merits; aud then de-
eide whether the interefts of our countrv da nor
require the prehding genius of thefe ;,iuGr;ons
| cltlZens. L o your hands the conftitution I'D
your country have confded theimportant E.jeJ9;-
on. May your enlightened Election prove Vor-
thy OF the voice of your country!
| AN AMERICAN.
| We are permitted by friend of Gov. Clai-
borne to obierve, that the Gov. and his LADY, have
recovered from fevere attack of the Yellow
Fever.
The following extract of letter from gentleman
In London to his correspondent in PHILADELPHIA will
excite comfortable neref, and mu be highly accent
able to the merchants and ea-farng citizens OF the u
| States -
The Brth government is entitled to much credit
LOT Its prompt and honorable eonduci, in removing
| captain Bradley from a command i'm which he bai
greatly exceeded his authority, and violated both pub
! lie and private rig his
London, Aeggf II, 1904.
" The itrongeh reafnre poiiible has been taken to
teitty the Interpretation of governments in repel TO
the conduct of the Captain of the Cambrian ireate
by lending out Captain Bercsford to fuperiede him
CaPtan BIS commiflion is fgned to-day for tina, pur-
poie-So that you houId have every reafon to be "a.
! tsied with the dhpoiiton of our government. Our
cicers are much niiltaken in thinking that thew rC
Their Importance, and that of their country by taxing
upon themielves to et the laws and neutrality Of Other
countries at defiance" PHI Pc