The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-03-21


Juft 10 immortal Marc held his head;
And when die, be llire you let me know,
Great Homer ded-three thoufand years ago.
FROM THE AURORA.
TO Mr.. Hubert, of Sheffield, one oftbe morfi-
.fedJf6eT0f men75er5 ctrtbe lIaBacb4lstts kgic
iature.
When the poifon-tooth of rattle fnake is
drawn, the bite and naver of the reptile, like
the Handler and foam of MIR. Hubert, become
deprived or the power of injuring. The fllccefs
OF The republican ticket in MaiIachufatts has,
at iatS, drawn the teeth of the rattle fnake Of
fcderaliim, and reduced the mifchievous animal
to langhable infgnifcance. In this toothIefs
and Pitlefs condition the rattle in its tail, like
the rattle of the legilator of Sheffield, is heard
without alarm.
SANDER belongs to the clafs of daftardly vi
ces 1T always acts under cover 1t puts in
hnnation in the place of evidence, and tries TO
impoie by pretending TO believe. It's Ioudeif
language, when it fpeaks, is a whifper.-At
other times, it difguifes itfelfin anonymous pa
ragraPhs, Cor which nobody is accountable.
But 1t IS i refinement n,eannefs when the
iianderer covers binifeif with the privilege OF a
'egillator ipeaking in his place. 1t REQUIRES no
ccuragetotellaiie, orinlinuate calnnnv. where
the Prerosatlve of the place protects him from
puni!hment, and the abfence of the oerfon FAN
dered Precludes immediate detection, and this
is what Hubert has done.
Mr.. Jefferfon, at the dRance of ix mr. c,,,sr
hundred miles, and myfelf at the difance of
almoit four hundred miles, have both been at-
tackled IN the Legislature Of Mafachufetts. bv
this toothlefs rattle fnake, the legi1ator of Shef
held. MIR. Jcfferfon, as PRECEDENT of the Uni
ted States, has other matters TO attend to than
that OF aniwerlng this flccelfor of CALENDER.
who hnlihed his career of llander hy putting an
end to his eXiitence; and as to myfelf Mr.. Hui
bert NAV fee by the reply now make TO him
that hold him and his abufe in laughable de-,
riGon. nc
One of his attacks on Mr.. Jefferfon is intro.
duced in the following manner
Does any one doubt (faid he) that Mr.. Ief.
ferion iavlted Thomas Pane to leave France
"and return 70 heUnited States.-Let him read
" his letter and he will doubt no more" Here
Hubert read part of M. Jefferfon's letter.
Any me unacquainted with the cafe wouId
iupPote, from the notification with which the
iegiilator of Sheffield brought forward the lst-
ter that he had made a difcovery that lad re-.
named concealed from all the world befide, and
been mi, acuIouny revealed to him for the falva-
tfon ofthe feds. Poor foolirh impoGor!
The whole of MIR. Jeferfon's letter TO me.
was puhliihed in my fxth letter to the citizens
OF the United States, the fummer before Taft.
nc taiiing faction of the feds, feeling them.
ieNeS mixing INTO the bottomIefs pit Of public
contempt, had been, for feveral months before
inventing and FULFILLING fallhood mon f,Ir,ood
with reipe6t to the fuppofed contents If tb;e
letter, and when they had run their length, flor
only give fuch people rope enough and thew
WIN hang themfelves) publifhed the letter 70
exPoie Their talihoods and put them 20 conCuf-
on. The letter when publicly known did ho-
nor TO the wuterofit, and the reelection OF Mr..
Jeher!on, by majority of one hundred and Tx
tY-two votes, ont Of An hundred and Ieventv-
fix, confirms it to be faH.
The part which this toothIefs rattle rratc.
the aforeiaid Iegi!ator Of Sheffield. attacks. is
that IN which Mr.. JeHerion, after he arrived at
the prehdency, looks back with generous and
even grateful remembrance q virtue which the
liberated heart offederafn knows NOTHING of
OF the long feryices ola former fellow I,b9urer
IN the vineyard ofindependencc. ] was nvf,lf
among the iirit that propofed independence.
and ii was Mr. Jefferfon who drew no the de-
claration of-it. Here follows the part which
our bracelets legillator read. II was in anCwer
to letter received from me $50
You exprels with Gays the lut,er) TO re e.
turn to America by national nlip. Mr.. Daw.
ION rs charged with orders TO the captain of ;be
Maryland toreceive andaccommodatevo back
u you can be ready to depart al fuch mort no
tee. You will find us, in general, returned to
ientlments worthy Of fOrmertimes. In theft. if
WILDE your glory TO have Readily laboured and
with as much eRe6t as any man living. That
you may live long to continue your ufeful Ia
hours, and reap the reward in The tIiankru!neE
Of nations, IS my fncere prayer. accept the
afrraaces ofmy high eaeem and aGeGionateat-
tachmeut."
THOMAS JEFFERSON.