The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-11-05

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become Equally" bat that he might open the
way Tor an impeachment which bis enemies had
] contemplated All thefe facts you might kaqe
Teen IN I" the vindication of Mr.. Jefferion," and
| yet you FAY there was not number of that vim
dication with the accompanying certificates
which efcaped you No man, Sir, would have had
Tecourie to fuch lImfy coucealments, who had
satisfactory arguments at his command. There
isa fatality IN the defpair of Gnkimg fophi.t
winch expoies the imbecility OF his caufe i'm the
contemplate idbterfuges which it forces him TO
employ.
Becaufe Mr.. JeHtr(on did not put himfelf at
the head OF the militia, you accui;. him of COW
ardlce youcharge him even with being strai-
tor tobis country. You forget that Mr.. T. has
never arroeated 10 himte,f th5 merits of an able
officer You fotget that men of that defcrp-
ton were then at the head Of our trooDs
that the invaiions of the Britili were ra-
ther the movements of a predatory band than
OF regular army, and that many Of our folders
had been Tent a ihort time before to reinforce
the army in North Carolina. You forget that
though general Mellon, " for Whole public fprit
you cannot FAY too much" was at the head cf
the militia, he did not once encounter the enc
my, before the expiration of Mr.. Jefferlon's ap-
pointment. You have forgotten too fome of the
certificates which we have publiihed, when YOU
boldly declared that there was &c not any one
inftance" in which Mr.. Jeiferion had s'hlZard-
ed his perion," during the war.
You evil not urge Col. Walker TO publilh
this correspondence under the particular cir
cuniitance which induces him at this moment to
withhold it,. What this particular circum-
| fance is, is not unknown 70 me. But / coniure
| Col. Walker by the mott facred feelings of the
human heart, to pay no regard to .hofe evil
councillors, who are pouring potion into his
ears; To confult his own clear-fghred Judgment
in preference to the dictates oftheir PATTON, & to
paufe before he contents TO launch his domefic
happintis upon the tcmpefuous pillows of the
public. This was theme which il was iinoro-
per for rou. Sir to have touo he'd upon. That
dehcacy which is due to the ftniitve character
OF temale thouid have withheld your pen, &
the iacrlhce has been already carried too
tar. Ii would be an evil, for ever to
be regretted, if COL Walker Gould con-
tent to crafty the profane curioLity Of the pub
lie; for from that moment he would give an
unbounded fcope to the iinasinations of men
and create intpiclons, the very ghteft of which
muR tab him To the heart.
What you have faid OF the author OF the Vim
dicatlon, is carcely entitled to his ferrous notice
You charged the hghef character in our coun-
| try with the groiictt crimes: A vindcation ap-
pears temperate, viii prefnme to fay, in its
manner and not uHfupported by the mott con-
WncinS arguments. How let me demand ought
you to have treated this reply? II there had
been any thing in it Of public nature, you were
bound to admit its truth, or to produce your
teitimony againit it. Ifthere was any thing in
1t Of perfonal cat any thing which wounded
the vital principles of your honor, the path of
retribntion was plain and open h,fore you. Blu.
how have .you treated this yinijcation? You
have COMPOUNDED together its public and private
| animadveriions; you have ihrunk from the in
veGigation of its facts you have affected to
copfider its author as mercenary hirelinq News
paper printer; as a man "who.c Gtuation in
life, and ftanding in fociety do not entite him to
yournotice." You have placed yourfef behind
fubtcrfuge which no man of a gallant fpirit
would have condefcended to employ.
Yes, Sir, the Editor of the Enquirer is too
proud to defend himfeifagaint aiperfons Ike
theie. Tiere can be s. no HIrder in'' that mans
" tongue" which has called Thomas Jefftrion
/" an unprincipled villain" Il is 10 di!honour to
receive the name of mercenary editor, when
ne who ofiiciates at the baptifmal font, poTef
fes al the fcurrilty OF Calender and Cohbett,
without the foftening embellishments OF Their
genius. = November 4th, 1905.