The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-08-22

f.ntiments which irfpilta iiie adventurous hci
foe5 OF Our revelation With nrW confidence. To
this cad, he drafted et of reioJuions, cis4sr;.
, impreiiiYe and per p;clous IN ,tvle: in icl.ti-
ment, bold and ma&Ranirno'is.--They bowed
the in'mediate nere,tity % DOR bccou,i,,p free
and independent people. Aud very iugcn;auiy
proved. th9t there was no more yeaion for our
remanaS dependent Upon the B.iti,h nation for
the tenure Of our LANDS becaufe we bad oeice,l-
Ell rom her, than that Gngand' llouid be drprn-
dent upon Germany, bscau4e The was . iWaran
from chat hive.
Thee ref 3usions were forwarded 81 Mr. Tcf
fsr.cn TO tie moderator Of the convention, ri
whole ho'is a.nJnOef Of patriots had accidcii-
t'uy convened. They were rros aud attLamdeaf:
but they, Ahs tAe re:ut OF all Mir. ieIierfm's L..
bours, wtre day or ~ o in advance Of his CD
temPora,ies. Two years however ihowed the
iuPerlor ioretl1owlodgc of MIR. Jei!tlior; when
NJ hac the felicity o. pronouncing to TIE world,
tEat henceforward his beloved country was FREE
AND EPhNDENT. An enlightened p,eicience
ieems to have directed the movements oe Ieffet-
Ion. lie law at an early period of our conieh
with Britain, that our only alternative was ia
very or independence. Hence it was ALWAYS his
opinion, that the Farmers Letters, and Other
te,nporiiing eiiays, did not go far enough.
With fuch ientiments publicly exptr;ied, it is
not to be believed that he lent his iupport 10 an
addreis, which, sp(orsa k1eryc.ent that fsade2fo
z0'a&sn tie connection 5ettueeU Grr4t Britain ana
1lm7ica.
fhal probably be afled, why thefe refouii-
ons arenot now publilhed Ifany of my r-a-
ders ihould be 70 inquifitive, they are redueiled
20 have little patience. A friend has pronfcd
a copy OF them to the writer of this communi-
cation. That friend, was truck with the energy
Of the reiolutions i'll queition; and united with
his collegiate brethren, in perpetuating fcnti-
ments ofnational independence 70 early mblb-
ed, and 70 highly honorable to their diainguilh-
ed author.
'Becaufe Mr.. Jefe fon drew the Declaration of 7ae.i
Pf"Snrs, the merits 81 that pedid competition are de-
MED, and no location IS puiied Of denounc;rg it, Il is
even denied that Mr.. Jeerfor penned it. !, ilans on
reeord that he Chairman Of the committee APP
pointed to draw tye it is coutended that his part
was but furbordnate one.
To iatsfy curioGty we latcly had accefs to
the original d, OF this eoe ntrument and to put
down for the fafehoods propagated on this fb-
e, alltate the relult Of the examination we the.
made. We viewed atentively the ,igiuai draft fye-
7trd TO C0ngr1, and J04gid TO BE- in the band writing
9 Mr.. Ji1sy0R. We perceived that it was, III the
hrit infance, drawn by Mr.. Ieerion and that it was
revived by his ooadjutors the committee. and ndrY
alterations fuggefted by them, Dr. Franklinsnd Mr.
Adams, approved We faw thefe alterations int-ri-
ned, and in the hand writing OF thofe gentlemen.
They than eight ten they do lior ma
terialiy vary the original competition and III every
itance they iotten the pir OF the rt draft The re-
port afterwards underwent very flight alteration in
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