The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-11-03
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RICHMOND
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1901.
ii D d r E S s.
RICHMOND 4:

the hrft number made its appearance. The Dc-
Rod has confequently arrived, when payment is
to be expected from al thofe fubfcribers, who
gave in their names before the appearance of
the paper, or before the commencement of the
fccond quarter, when the terms OF e. iicription
were raifed to five t.oilars.-'ro them and to the
pubic IN general, IT may not be uiclefs 20 adj
dreis lew remarks Oh the prrfent location
We have experienced fnpport IN the eta
ointment OF our paper far greater than whit
our mott fanguinc expeditions could once have
aipred to. In fix months our flLfcrption FITS
have extended from fix hundred ircicrlbers 70
about nine hundred and fifty; and the It'd. q:
patronage has not yet ceafed to flow. Many
OF theie have honourably discharged our pccu-
mary claims: and feverai have eagerly antici-
pated the period of payment. To them our
thanks are due; as they are alto due to thofe
popular and Intelligent citizens, who, although
periona'ly unacquainted with the proprietors of
the paper, and perfonalIy unconcerned in its
deltiny, have volunteered their bef wiihes for
ITS fuccefsful eaabiiihmcnt. On thof;. pcrfons
a,to, who have contributed their literary jabours
10 the decoration of our paper, and whole valu-
able competitions, while they have amufcd.
have likewiie ferved ~ nitruet the circle of our
iubfcrlbers, we as well as the public are willing
to beitow the juf tribute of our applaufe, an.
probation and gratitude. Tbm far then have
we advanced under the moft favorable aufpiccs
and thus tar have the events of each flcceeding
Gay contributed to reward our paft exerrions,
and to fnrniil the materials of future inctement.
The Prcient period may However be regarded as
the eventfui crifis OF our Establishment (; and it
depends upon the punGtual payments of our
iuoic1oers, more than any other human caufe,
whether this paper fhall become diheartened.
iickly and gradually expiring, or whether, un
der fuch ialutary indictments, it ihall rife to till
higher tone OF health, maturity and vigour.
Ii the Enquirer is defined TO perth, it inall
nor be attributed to orr ina.tention. Our pecu-
mary fortunes, the pride OF man, the fruit of our
pait eXertions, and the hopes of future enjoy
ment, are mott of them embarked on board this
common bottom. Our little bark may indeed
be ihiPwrecked on this perious fcs, and i may
be ihipwrecked too from our want Of fufiicient
Kill to direct its courf. Rat fnrely it tliall ot
perth from our own apathy or inaction. Our
prefent refources may be limited, and all the
poii'bie precautions which we may adopt for
their additional exteniion, may be extremely
clrcumfcribed. But thefe rcfources fhall not be
prematureiy exhaufted and thofe precautiona-
ny arrangements it is our determination to en-
pioy, without intermiiiion, and with the mott
fcripulous coniihency.
In the large towns, and thoie parts of the
country, where we may be able to obtain the
fervices of voluntary friend or commiffioned
ney thall he paid to hbem. We ihall imnedi-
ately fend on indorfed accounts to each ofthofe
agents with requel that they fhould be imme-
diateiy preientcd for payment and TO prevent
any probable miitake or poflible execute, we
ihall notify at the foot of the newspapers fent
to thofe fubfcribers, the fiane of the agent 20
whom they are to'fender payment. In fome
places the want OF 4 perfoual acquaintance will
prevent us from b9ving friends, and the fmal
extent of our pceuniary interefts will prevent
respectable men from becoming our agents.
In fuch places therefore our fubfcribcrs are
expected to tranfniit their fu5fcrption money
by the earlieft opportunity and if no earlier
opportunity occurs, they will be expected to
irnd II by their members of afIembly, who are
respectfully requefted to act as our proxies on
the occalion.
Should thefe reafonable expectations be difap-
pointed we have very obvious, though very
painful alternative. We muit difcontinue the pa
ofah fiIch delinquent fubfcribers. No mans
nans fhalf appear on our books after the 18th
OF December, who has not already paid his fub-
Erption money or given us pohtive afiilrances
that 4 ihali he paid in very fhort time.
!. Ihofe rnen viii be miferably miftascn, who
indulge the ridiculous expectation that we will
become the voluntary dupes of their intended
impofiton, OF the degraded intruments of their
idle and nnexpeniivc curioGty.
Men ct this character perhaps require an adj
ditIonai motive TO infure their punaualitv.
Such mrn arc therefore reminded that from the
commencement efthe fefIion of the afembly TO
RS diiofusson. tree papers will be regularly
pubhihcd every week from this Office. Mof
OF the inp1rtD1t proceedings of the Virginia
Legislature VIII be noticed and mot of the
Debates Of Ceagrefs will be infinitely detailed.
We have nov done our duty. 1t is the part
of our ftibfcribeys 20 determine, whether thrv
will do their tesssds us.
PsPrietorJ Of The Enquirer.
The author OF the end number of the Rain
bow living at iifsnce from Richmond, his eE |
fay was not received in time for an infertion in
this days paper. In place OF this number, the
reader will find in he lat page an hiflorical do
whole aiAolute or relative value can |
not he efficiently appreciated. II is of inefi- |
Inable value, not merely becauic it difplays the
early opinions and propenfities of fiIch popu- |
lar and enlightened man as MIR. Jcherfon, bur I
becauic it alto developcs many Of the illegal |
IneafJres of Great-Brtain and thofe political |
principles, upon which the declaration of o,irJu
dependence was founded. II may in fact be con-
bdered as a more expanded illuNration OF the
reaionngS Of that celebrated inftrument. The |
lame mind conceived, aEc the fame hand diAat-
cd both.
ChTift' r Clark Efd. of Bedford county. ia o.