The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-09-10

cemeating the mott invcterate eHmities, perfo
tnal as well rs political. 1t has united in c,of;
concert thofe, of whom it has been fad, not ir
the 6gurative language of prophecy, but in the
| iober narrative of hiitory. "Ihave bruiicd thy
| head, and thou hait bruifed my heel" Such is
the Description of perfons who would prefer;
to the Preiident ofthe United States an aca, Ia
which when he put his hand he fcns libel ON
his whole political life. Bur he will never tar
nifh the unfulled luitre of his fame; he will ne
yer function the monftrous petition, (for fuch it
is, drcfs it up as you why ss that a leciIa,or
may fell his vote, and right, and right, which
cannot be divefted. will pats under fuch fale.''
Efabli!h this doctrine, and there is an end of
representative government /; from that moment
republicanfm receives its death blow.
The feeble cry of Virs;ni,n influence and am
bilious leaders, is attempted to be RATED. If
tnch ininuations were worthy of reply, l
might appeal to you. Mr.. Speaker, for the fact,
that no man in this Houfe (yourfe!f perhaps ex-
cepted) is oftener in minority than am. IF
by leader he meant one who fpeaks his opin-
on frankly and boldy---who claims fomethinr
OF that independence Of which the gentleman
from New-York fo loudly vaunts who will
not connive at public robbery, be the robbers
whom they may then the imputation may be
!uit fuch is the nature of my ambition; but
IN the common acceptatons of words, nothing
language of the proverb, ." tits the Till fow that
fucks the draft" No, fir, we are not the lead
ers. There they fit, and well they know it,
forcing down our throlts the NOT obnoxious
meaiures. Gentlemen may be lilent, but they
'hall be dragged into public view. IF they di-
rect our councils at leaf let them anfver for the
reiult. We will not be refDonfible for their
mca!ures. five do not hold the reins we will
not be accountable for the accidents which may
befall the carriage.
But, FIR, am denunciator! OF whom ?
or the gentlemen on my left? No. at all---but
OF tho'e men, and their principles, whom the
people shemfslves have denounced ; on whom
they have burnt their indelihle curfe deep and
iaitng as the lightning Of heaven. But you are
told not to regard tuch idle defamation I
would remind the gentleman from New ork,
that IT to declaim be not to reafon, 70 neither is
1t to be argumentative to be dull. Warmth is
the creature of the heart, not of the head. A
pohtlon, in ittefuf, can lofe no part of its truth
from the manner in which it is uttered, whether
by the drielt and mott fupd fpecial pleader, or
beloved with the lungs OF a Stentcr. Are our
opponents a(hamed of their caufe, that they de-
volve its defence on the little ones by whom we
are hefet /?
Mr. Speaker, had hoped that we fllould not
De content to live upon the principal of our po-
pularity--that we ihould go on to deferve the
public confidence and the difapprobaton of the
gentlemen over the way but if every thing is to
be reierved, If official influence is TO become the
handmade of private interet, if the old fyftem
is to be revived with the old men, or anv that
can be picked up / may depIore the detection,
but never will ceafe to itigmatize it. Never
hall hcftate between any minority, far eis
that in which now find myfelf, and iuch ma
jority as is oppoted to US. took my degrees,
FIR, in this Houfe, in minority, much Gnaer
indeed, but of the fame famp. A majority,
whole every att bore the teit ofrgorous princi-
pie and with them to the lat I will exclaim
fiat jgjfitia, rllaf eoeIum.
ITO be continued.