The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-07-14

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avnfcd Candidate whom, The rebublicaas of shs
United States are anxious to iDveit with p., Il
dental bower, and * Tire preiint ~, ritnert
{ really necetary TO place his election bss.onS
he reach Of federal intrigue, feel no heI;tation
IN declaring, that the VirSiT;aus have e,rfrved
vel o.their country, by idsoca,ins tbi. change
in the contribution.
FEDEHALIsTS OF TYENosTBt i'm vain Then
DO you raniack the records of our nation, iuysin
60 you exhauit your own productive ingenuity.
o multiply your complaints agairit the Fate Of
virginia Gu accuicd her OF conteu,ptitL. COW.
arohce during cur revolutionary 0rurgles lhe
conunces you that her military achievements
nave been intcribed in the faireit PAGE of the A.
mer1canannals. You have developed a longard
complicated feries Of political meaiur, ?, 70 a..
monttrate her afpiring ambition, and her con-
tempt OF the intereits of the mort ern. ftates.
Her pohticalcouduct is fount. to defy the fevere0
ipnit ofciiticifin. You Observation-Disclosures in
her meatureS the grand principles OF a repubH.
can government. With an eye intently fxedup-
on the public welfare, and with the coDftituti
on AS her tavorite guide, you behold her "wi,
mig her Eagle Hight" unawed by fear, unaf-
fcetvd b. corruption, unihaken by the difficult
ties winch iuroupd her. Il bueht ftar in the
american conitellation, ihe enghtens the paths
OF thoie who err through mifake, s. espof,s tie
fecret Vaccinations ofthoie who are plotting a.
luxurious isrvices have been Inefficient to pro-
tec' her aganit your liberal approaches. Un-
Ger inc pretence OF guarding the interelts ofthe
northern itateShom violation, youhave come for.
ward 70 WHY and diigrace her national CHARGE
ter. Yet be not deceived Il was no Hrone
ienie OF public ieirit it was no enlightened At
tachment TO the general lnterefs OF your coir.
',2' tha' mas imp"isd upon you this diff raceiui
office. Your own iniulat, d and petty interens
pd r-Nlr- ,Ii,,,, 4
other indulgence was placed in your power, WOW
thought you could find iome confoiation in the
SLauhcation OF your recruitment. Your mortifi-
ca ambition demanded victim and that vic.
tim is intended 80 be the facred U;,isn of your
country.
Mad nt%uided politicians to what an iraitainah,
1Dleo' nave gu ten Internationally a!pnEd YOU are
iADoutig TO aeifroy the mon,wrhouthaving calculate
eathe telources al your power AT the very mor,cnt
when toe EeartS & feutinerts of tho Americans atcn
wrongly co.centi 9ted yo toll for the
OF an onJec winch peculiarly dertands divided ard
ditracted ration. Where would you tix the bpurda.
RES OF oiviicr AT the Delawate TIE reqenera,.
"g ipirit OF New Jsriey arrets your project Would
you remove them to the Hudlon New Verb e,e,
now exutng in the honorable triumph which me has
recently acquired over the eeret enemies Of our ber.
''eS would iurely oPPoie your raih defgns Would
you it'll further circurfcribe your domirions will
IN the narrow limits of the New-England States -
Even there Rhode Gand and New Ianlpfhire will .r.
relt your ambition. "The very ground on which you
now ltand Is every day wshng from beneath yourfee
and a thort time only viii cspfe, before the reqere,
yea inhabitants OF Maj chuiets and Connecticut, viii
abandon the contemptibe remnant of your nart, 20
hopeless degradation and iuexotable defpair
Aud what if you could have fucceeded in accom-.
Phng this tavourie object of your efires? Have yru
carefully calculated the mighty cot Of your expe.i-
ment Have ynm i1lpartially ,4..:aL,,: conn.,,
tive weakness Of foreign defence? Or have Won Gor
gotten the various iources of cankern conventions
which would divide thee erarate AT the
r OF forming our prelent contribution, the divon Of
Cur country into feparate governments, might hive
been attendedw'ith leisimninent pcrs Should reno,4
break aiuDder the bonds OF our union we Iould bav
10 contend not Only again the Deceary dH.ntions of
the lame itereft5 & Eear reighbourhood, but aqain
the impreIons OF cur ancient riendihp. Old friends
make the mott rancorous enemes-Aud this truth. 20
Juitly applicable TO individual men, finds freo,e,t IL
filtration in the hifory of nations
federah.ss Of the north DreS your attention once
more to my native fate. You have hitherto found no
tiat IN the character of Virginia. that was not worty
Oh eHecraton ;ietme now exhibit fact in her political
hltory, that Is not unworthy of YOUR imitation
here was a time wnen Virginia alto WIS in the M:
n9rity, as you are now There was time when ar
mics melted our towns, when tax-gatherers ntruded
upon our domeitic circle to meaiure our houies and
WINDOWS, when the terrors of Sedtion Law were
tuipended over our heads; and rrrsE oPpRrs
sioNs you AXE NOT NOW suFFERINc--
There was time, when the mot enliqb,enad
Pres in the capital Of Virginia was nenaced bv an in
iuriaed faction, and by an armed foId!ery I'D
when the Editor of that Preis compelled 70 correct
the proof heets Of his paper with pair of horieans
Phtols ~ his fde. There time when the chief
magiitrate of our country defended from his eevated
taton, to denouuce apary Rate which hcEid de-
iervedto be humbed III dGG & afhes before the ;ndi
ncntitowns Of tneirinuted n!uited country AT this
period, ederalts of the north mark the luxurious con-
duct OF Virginia The Aghte;t mirn1ur Of riurfec-
ton icarcey breathed Adaoiuion of the Unionwas
icarceiy once meditated. We believed ourelves oppre
fed; we thought perceived our government fently
verging TO deipotfm But we truRed then, as yetr1h
now, to the virtues OF the people. Weknea that ours
was representative government we were convinced
that the people could once be enlightened the cleo
tive lranchifc would be the hnati1e principle of our
contribution. You fee that Our predictions have been
accomplihed.--TF TRUTH FIGHTS UNDER
YOUR BANNERS INITIATE TIE RfAt5N6N1-
NIFTY AND HE ZEAL OF vIRCI9IANs.
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