The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-06-07

aer1TeJ 'ricndS nor patronage by Official ap-
pcintmert; and hence we frequently Zee his
enemies and the enemies of his principles, ap-
pointed this influence ne has relinuuihed
from his acceilien to office TO .hr heads Of
departments. From power therefore he de-
rives no perf'nal advantage, but tine furplus
whica may remain after the expenditures Of
mott bountlfnl heart after the tiiiburiements
OF mot hofpitable, cheerful, and abundant
table TO his fellow citizens wherever he finds
virtue, however humble, adorned BY talents or
by worth.
As to the inIinuation that the &c 1ilcnEons of
democracy 6aTe reached tie cabinet otfbe nation"
1--we can fay upon the beff ground that it is
falie. Whatever may hive been the opinions
OF the people in different parts of the union,
Iarf,cnlarlyin this Rate, and perhaps in New.
fork-as to the tendency or dekqn Of certain
conduct IN /ome individuaks. Mr.. Jefftrfon has
never once believed either TO know ary thing
OF them, nor that any man near him countenan-
oed them. Nor do we believe that the iubie6t
OF third Partrin has ever reached the difcutiions
of the cabinet.
We believe, however, that third eart,i/i,r or
qmdVnn has had potent RimniuJ fomewhere,
with view to the future preferential eir7ion-
that failure two years ago, may have but REIN
vgorated intrigue for three years hence, and
that very Fort time will render it indifpenfi-
bly, neceilary to the prefervation of principles
to meet the fubieG upon that ground, and to a.
waken the people to the conduct of fome men
whom they have not been accuitomed to fuf-
Peef, and who have been fhielded by modera-
tion only.
In thcte jCdicious remarks, the Aurora has
principally attempted TO fhow the reafon why
MIR. Jeaerfon did not decline accepting the of
flee of Prefident on jeeoYd election. We may
well admit the accuracy of this explanation
iince the motive which is attributed to Mr. Jef-
ferfon, certainly deferved and no doubt receiv-
ed his deliberate attention. But we have not
yet exhaulted the theory of his conduct. Mr..
Jetterion owed it not only to his country, to
tand forth once more and prove to the world,
that the calumnes Of his enemies were neither
able to alarm confcientious foul, nor denroy
an ufeful administration but he aifo owed it to
his country, to give the laft zeal to fyiem of
executive meafures, which he had 70 advantage
ouny commenced. Succeeding to two federal
administrations, it had become his duty to in
troduce new fcheme OF policy, and to regulate
anew all the fprings of the executive depart
mcnt: and this duty was not merely demand
ed of him by the immediate nterefts of the
country. The conduct of the two laft admi-
niitrations had excited fome temporary doubt
about the poflibiiity of puriuing perfectly pro-
per form of administrative policy. Thefe doubts
were unworthy of the republican caufe, and it
was the duty of Mr.. Jefferlon, not only to re-
r!ove them, but to hold up the example of a
virtuous administration, which his fuccefrors
would tremble 20 difregard. Having thus 70
many corrections to make, it was fcarcely pofIi-
bic for him 70 complete them all within the
hrit four years of his administration. A fuccef-
for is true, would have been appointed with
the fame political principles, but il is equally
true, that fome Tight variation in policy might
have appeared, and prevented US from having
the full benefit Of fytem, which he himfcf had
commenced. Mr.. Jeferfon was modeft enough
to under-rate his OWL qualifications and make
way for fome republican fuccefior, but he knew
that this was not the lentiment or with of the
people. and it has ever been the greateff glory
of his life to frrve their caufe.
The lives ofmany great men have proved how
abfurd it is to pay thof- honours to the living
which can only be fafely conferred upon the
dead. Statues have been often erected for men,
Whole lives have afterwards difgraced their me-
mory. But if long courfe of public fervice in
which virtue, talents, and public benefit, have
in vain commended for the afcendancy, can be
efficient aiurances of any mans confident ex-
ertions in the caufe of his country, then may
we venture to predict with an alrnoft perfect
confidence that the moment of Mr.. Jefferfon's
IehS'ldtion VIII never become the ezra OF public
rejoicing. 1t is fcarcely the language OF pro.
phecv to declare that he will leave behind him a
political example which ha, never yet been ex-
hibited in this country. To his fucceiIors in of
ice, he will have taught the difficult art of pref
ding over the affairs of an extenfive republic. To
the people he will have bequeathed a model of
what their prefidents ought to be; while the
fubjects OF European governments will receive
this memorable leffon from his administration,
that no nations are 70 happy at home or 70 much
refpecfed abroad, as thofe in which the execu-
tive officer is regularly elected by the people,
and adminifters their affairs without the aid OF
force or of corruption.
In making his comments upon the preceding
COMMUNICATIONS, the Editor of the N. Y.
Herald has ventured to call the ENQUIRER a
" temi-ofliciai paper" Does Mr.. Coleman
mean by "femi-oiiicia paper" one which
receives /ome official information from the head
OF the government or from fame of its officers
Then can we truely aver that the ENQUIRER has
no claim to this title. But if he means that
the republicans of Virginia are open in all their
proceedings that they do not initiate the CO.
vert policy of the federalins which conceaIs its
del1gns from the eye Of the world, till the mo-
ment they are ripe for execution that the men
OF the greatef influence among the republicans
here are willingto avow their boldeft opinions on
every public ,neature; & that the paper, which
records fome of thcfe opinions & organizations is