The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-07-30

MS own party can meet with placid irdifer-
encf. Ihsre are iome OPTIONS 10 ridicu,ous
IN themieives and 10 obnoxious TO the cauG. OF
hnerty, that TO view them without the mot
"''''stea ihdigna'ion, ould Indicate head that
co,,'u not think or heart that could net feel.
"hen Nte meh declaring, for inftance, that,
a'epuoiican government is not defined 70 en-.
cure ; mat the people are the WORT enemies of
themselves; that we are faa advancing into the
lame grave with the deirocracics of Greece and
Rome cannot look upon fuch POLITICIANS
win any eqnanlmity or patience. What fhajj
VIC eo'hoare together government where ali
no" every tE'ng was admi:'iilered by the peo-
PIE, with one, where every thing Is doug nv
their representatives Shall we ;nit;tute on an
aiogy between nations that perifhed before
.Ae Shritian ezra, and on. that Houri!l.ed 1900
years atter 1t (: Shall we fay that a people that
IS Tree without being enlightened, or without
the means of continuing fo, is the fame in Gtua-
uon' and its deltiny with a nation which re-
serves MS treans of Knowledge from the prefs.
t'ucuious as are tuch soreoodings, there arc
200 many OF the federal;its who think proper to
indulge them. They were repeated by Mr.
Dntton, the federal orator OF Bottom. on the
late fth OF July, and Mr.. Dutton's fpeech foon
found its way into all the federal prints of the
north. Such fentiihents ihould i.ever be mydu-
ty'o controvert then, NUT always comm ard
tue mott fevere reprehenfon. 1t is NV opinicn
~ '"e uo not originate IN the ipirit of mo-
narchy, they at leaf infallitly lead 10 i.
When fee the editor Of the C6arI,ffon Corr:.
er and other federal prints attempting to 6nd
an analogy between the parties of revolutionary
FRANCE ano thoie IN our own countrv: decl,r-
ing that it there were Robe.p thee. there
are Kooep'eres here; that if there " IS one felt
OF men among the revolutiouils of France more
caring ana aipiring than the ret, there are the
't'ne maicontenfs among the republicans of A.
h1f sIs,N
contribution of Pennfylvania and of Gov ys,y
is IN New York, are becoming the iacobns of
their respective States am unable to rerr-Es
my Indignation the deception which is TINS
attempted to De p'aetiied. What Nal we COM
pare nation Ike France eifsaDi,s out or COM
P'ete bondage with onethat is inthe mid(t of free
u",n oman we conpare natioi, where DO
Puidr 'u'picions and cSnfequent Prescriptions A.
role out Of privileged orders, the acknowledgment
enemies of the people, with a nation which
mas no privileged orders 30 excite the cupditv
or Jca.oufy OF :he people |? Shall we fat. tbst
"hSt'on whiche tJoysiranq0iiitya rome & Dcac.
abroad is as much expoitsl TO ANARCHY and exrefs
~ ore which, CALLED & encompancd by FOREIGN
nations, IS forced to believe there arc.coa, intcrs
ana coniP,rators within IFS own hofom !, Such
far-tetched anaogies; fuch diffonor,h,e ~,
tempts to faneify the abuGs of OR ex;aina
contributions by exciting our fears of innovat;,
on. thonid attemptto controvert and exooG.
with all the indignation which they deGsrvaJ +
When, TO take more remarkable inflance.
perceive man like Mr.. Jefferfon attacked. IA
tirized and traduced By an infuriated faction
not his public administration fcru,inized and
ceniured, but the receties fhis private life bro
ken open, the events of 40 preceding wears oncc
more called out Of oblivion, ard more than ever
mnt'lated and miireprefen,ed bv The. fpirit If
party mutt confefs that " an affair Of fuclI
nonitrons atrocity, fuch diabocai turuitufsi
or fuch exteniive, continued, and debe-a.e -,
lainy, dthes the ftrongef power of my pen.or
But II is uielets for me to expatiate further
nPon the Political principles of the ENQUIRER.
10 thoie who have already bten i'm the habit
or iee;ng IT, any further expedition would he
unneceiiary to thofe, who have never feen II.
fevoral columns would be Efficient to explain
the ientmentS ofts Editor
have determined to adopt one ruie,>wbich
ron will probably confder rs contributing to
the value of the Enquirer. 1t has been fubs
ject OF comfortable regret TO thinking men and.
OF frequent complaint among fabfcribers. that =
verypaPer, howevervalua5leitm be atfrhfr from
ITS extent of utefu! information, Is gradually inl
)ured by the increaing encroachments of its adj
vert'iing cuitom. l am nov CONVINCED, il
me friends OF this paper vii! as punGfually difs
charge their fubfcripton dues as they have hi.
therto done, that I can afford TO limit the ey-
tent of TIE advertisements. have determine
10 unit them to s columns more or lefs, beftIr,
theIntrodnction ofne7D advertisements. Of cour{;.
there will always be s columns for the anuf,.
nent or information of its patrons.
entertain no fear about the tvpogrsDh;c.,
execution OF the paper. Unacqu2inted as ar,
with the details of printing. have employed
the iervlces or man who has principally G1-
Perintended the printing in the Office of the En-
quirer, iince its fra eitablihment, and who vii
yield to few printers in the United States. in a.
ny qualification which may enfure the eleoantJ
and expeditions performance of his work
THOMAS RlTCHIE.
Has not r Turner the candor to admit that tbis
language muit have elcaped him in the moment of
pailion VI
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