The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-02-08
ENQUIRE
RICHMOND, FRsRUARr 8, 1905.
ADDITIONAL QUERIES ADDRESSED TO
JAMES ELLIOTT,
M. c. FROM VERMONT.

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belief, that Virginia is ufing every exerton to
acquire an improper dominion over the ffates,
or rather that Certain menin that ftatewifllto ac
quire improper influence You declare that
you So have often faid 60, and have alto faid.
and with truth that fome ofthc leading fouth-
ern members fPeak with contempt of the moi
diItinSuifhed northern republicans but from
your general cenfnre of fome influential VIRGINIA
Pohticians, you have always excepted the Pre-
| hdent and Mr.. Madifon.'
| The vote of the people has Given Won con-
| !equence, MIR. Elliott, TO which yourperfonalou,-
lihcations would never have entitled you. The
imagination of mott obfervers is too ant TO
confound the man with office; 8. there is iome
reatpn TO believe, FIR, that the borrowed honors
which-rio i;'rround you, may give colourine
| to thefe iliberal declarations. which vour own
! character would never have impaired. MANY
| a politician too, has had the honour of being re-
pnted wife, becauic he has enjoyed the oppor
tunities ofacquiring wiidon and The iniinua
tons which you have publilied, FIR. may derive
! fomc appearance of probability from the rubjic.
Theatre, where you haye exhibited your Kill,
and the abundant fources of information, which
the feat OF Congrefs ought TO have laid open to
your view. Youwiil not then, fir, miftake the mo-
L! tves otthe preieDt communication. It's not adj
drchedtoy northumberland haraefer;i lit isto the no.
norabe James Elliot, it is to the man who is
decked out in the artificial honours of an Office,
and who has the credit of understanding the no.
litics of Our country and the fluctuations Gifts
! parties, that The following queries are mott re-
fPe6ffuiiy addrefed.
/. Who are thofe northern diainguifhed re-
publcans that are ipoSen OF with flch con-
tempt by the leading fouthern members? Is
the honorable /. E. in this Liz Grant that
he is, fir, and will tonce admit without the L.
bour of proof, that he ftsnds particularly diRin-
guiihed amongf the representatives of the north
not only by the originality of his character, but
by the pofieflion of that fentment, of which
! you 70 feeIingly complain.
2. Who are the leading f1afber,: members, to
whom yeu attribute this fentiment /? You de-
clare It is not the Preident nor MIR. Madifon
md you thus leave us free to conjecture, that
il is every othrr politician in Virginia, who has
aco"ire1 leading character. IF your cenftire
| was not intended 70 he 10 general, You would
! fureiy have been liberal enough to have emu
nnerated Ill The exceptions and if then You re-
ally extended it to 70 many diftinguifhed Virpi-
mans, you will permit nc to tell yon, fir, that
the public hationwhichM M. E.occupiesisnotfuffi-
cient TO prcferve him from error ormiireprefcnta
ton. Youwill permitme totell you, fir, thatnot
/ ly the republicans ofthe Virginia reprcfcntati-
on but OF the whole people of our Fate, have
maintained towards the republican natives of
the north, the fame friendly attachments which
| formerly united us during our revolution that
we have fympathifed in all their political ftrug
| giles, and partaken Of their fplencid triumphs
and that We are proud = pay an Memorable tri-
/ butte to the men Of tae Gorsh, who pofcfs IN
{ leats enough to fuppors their principles, and
Whole principles have been tefted by an uner-
ring experience. For pretenders, however. we
indulge very different feelings on them
we have, fir, lefs pleaiiDg tribute to beftow the
| tribute of our contempt.
| s. WI5o are the certain men, in VIRGINIA
that with to acquire improper influence and
| 7vbat is this influence? Have You found them
anxious 10 monopolize all the Offices under the
az oT they willingly bride
them with the other fates Have you found
| them attempting TO pats any laws, which NAV
! facrifce the interets of the other Gates at the
fhrine OF Virginia Has fhe recommended anv
amendments TO the federal contribution, which
| may be productive Of the fame eTeCf Do the
| Virginia representatives hold any caucufes for
the arrangement of their plans? This was made
charge againh the larger ftates, by Pierce
Butler; but was there any impartial man, who
was acquainted with the ambitious views and
diiappointncnts of that man, who put conf
dence in his afiertions? And to refute fueh
fuipicion by Jingle fad, is it not even attribut-
ed as fault TO the moR Independent politician
III CODSTe1S II mean J0hn KdndOlDh) that he
holds nc combination with his colleagues, and
that almof all his plans are original, and 6rR
fuble6ted TO criticifm on the very floor of Con-
grefs?
4. Letn,e ak you, FIR, are you not confcions
that there are other and lefs patriotic motives,
which have induced you to bring forward tbefe
crude accnfations againft the republicans of Vir-
| gjnia and the frithern ftates? Look into vour
own bofom, Mr.. Z. fear your own fentiments.
and fee whether you cannot Hnd, in wounded
and diiappointed ambition, fuf7cient exnlana-
ton for thefe iliibera fnfpicions. When Won
! frtt appeared in the Hall of Congrefs, he'd Won
not conceived mott exalted opinion of your
own talents, and of the uDbounded influence
which you were to acquire among the republi.
can party You fpoke in Ciceronian manner
/ you opened your flores of claffic learning and
| you believed that the world would at once hos,
down beforeyourgieaDti Youwereaf fatal
~ miftaken, fir. The greater your cxertions, tn,
more excruciating was your disappointment
| You were not entitled to take the lead of vour
party you found other men much NOR,
competent to that office; and recruitment Guc
ceeded to mortified vanity. You found vo,Ir
feIt completely thrown into the fbade bv :
young man from the fonth. His seniss, hi
j eloquence, the rapidity Of his mind, overture
| your towering pretenGons and in the inbeci
lily OF wounded fpirit, you took care r.
watch all the little errors of his mind. To exnoE
them, and from theie little fragments you hop
| ed TO build fender column of remit ,f;o, r.