The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-01-03

nit. ). IS not the Indigenous child of our aite,
he iG therefore 10 be driven from US and piacrd
beyond the blnn of this commonwealth and
we are to 90 this although FIR. S. has relted his
oiicia! qualifications thete s years, and though
his character po!lefftS purity AMI IN exec
lence which can defy the mott icrupu'cns tuipi-
cions. Sir, had been always induced % believe
Tint the hberaty of my couGtrymcn was thy
proGdsit theme of our eUlOgiun. My heart
has expanded with the NOT delightful emotions.
when believed that merit alone was the 73,i-
port 70 our favor, no matter from whatever
Rate or nom whatever cline it might cnanate
whether it WAS the hardy product OF ConneSti-
cut, whether it came from the frozen regions
ct Mai!e, or the eXteu!iye territory of Lou
iiiana. Merit from the mort dinant c0ur-
t"y ic-lned to be welcome on our ihorcs Shail
mention, hr, i NOR i.uarious example?
would bring Albert G lll,tin iato your view.
Was he no. 4 foreigner among us, aud yet I'M
mindful of this plitry d.entti0n, have we not
had virtue enough ia fo(er ana profit by his
high Qualifications U-rethcn is an analogous
eIemplihcation OF the clft, which is before Us:
BIT the argument is fj!i more cogent IN favor
ot Mr.. Shepard. Albert Glllatin, FIR, was rss,l-
y a foreigner. But Shepard was born in inter
fate, IN an integral part oft5is great confedrra-
cY Of itates where are all OF the lame great
family, connected BY itrong and indiiIolublc
bon'is which ihali exit through arcs, and mali
laugh ut time itiet. Let sthsn, Cir, overeaptheie
artificial boundaries Of itates, end purtue the
enlightened pciicy OF culfv8tiOg communion
or feelings, as we already poaefs = communion
OF interefts.
Throwing then aide theft extrinfc confidera-
tons, LET us approach the gueRion itlelf. And
now then, give me leave 20 al., what are the
q 'llifications which thoud determine our ap-
pointmentsto Office.
Mutt the candidate be of fair character
Then fir, would 5. Shepard defy the mon f:ru-
pulouc enquiry. Like Shedrac, Meihac and
AbedHcgo, he would pats through the fiery
furnace, without fpot, and without an injury.
Should he poGcfS experience ? why, !ir, the
Auditors Office may be truly called Mr.. Shep-
ards very cradle. F-om early age has he been
accufoned TO all is forms and details and if
experience moulds the character of the man
If habit can DC really called our lecond natrlre
then, fir, may Mr.. s. be taid, without any figure
of ipeech to be aimof horn an Auditor. Is il
to be preiinsd, fir, that f,ch mu,tifarious
fytem of details as thotc conducted in the Au-
ditor'S Office, do not require coniiderable exer-
ton and coufderable time to be completely
coraPrehenaed, Ss that fuch variou acquiftions
are to be the product or 4 DAY Let me add,
FIR, that the Auditors Oiice requires coniide-
rable knowledge OF our revenue laws ana then
let me ak, whether long and enlightened ex-
perience is not indiipen(ible to its ruccesfu flu
perintendance. II there be man, who is com
petent to this talk, that man inuf he S. Shrp-
ard.
There is another frtieft. fad Mr.. 7. which
demanded his attention. II has been laid, that
fome regard ought to be paid to the politics Of
the different candidates and may be aikeo
now can reconcile it to my principles TO fce6t
man, who differs from myielf Sir, when we
have welded the fword with iuccefs it is time
tD RI Cca
ent heroifm to atchicve the victory, let ms now
poiiefs msgnanimty CROUCH to ufe it with mo
defatiou. When look around me, perceive
through this extcnGve country the luxurious
'rinmphS of republicanifn. Itfweeps the con
tinent. Shall we then, fir, demean our!elves fol
low, as to pry into an humble cell of the CAPT
tol for new victims to iatiate a fury, without
reaion, and fear, wi hout caufe No, fir:
let us profit By the mild Hrecepts of the great
politician, who prehdes over our government
aud let us hold up iuc! men as " monlIments of
the fafety, with which error OF opinion may be
tolerated, where reaion is left free to combat it."
Theft old fores, which party fpirt has eaten in
the body polite, have been fefering too long
it is time to cleaufc them ii is time TO apply to
them the balm OF forgetfunefs. And | hope,
III. thai inc iirre is nor far ditpn., w.e;; 80
may al! embrace each other as members of the
fame political flurily, and we fhall Re I" al! fe-
deraits, and all republicans
To thoie who would charge me with incon
Iiffency for giving different vote on the prsfnt
location TO what 1 formerly gave on the election
Of 4 treaiursr would reply, that the cafes are
materially different. They differ in two mot
important circumitances.-We were iult then
in the bofom Of victory. Our condition was not
then exemr led from new revolutions or unex-
Tected periis Far different is our ftuation at
the prefent moracnt ne now poaelS tower
ing majority : and our opponents lie protrate
III the duff. Let US then treat them with mode
ration, and like duplicating animal at OUR feet,
let our care be TO bind up their wounds and al
leviate the agonies of Gefpair. But there was
another imp rtant confederation. Mr.. Mofly
who was brought forward as Il candidate FOR the
treatury, had rendered great and luxurious
fcryices, in achieving our Independence. He
was one of thofe, whole valour had fecured il.
and who had thus giyen us the power to begow
TINS very Office, which we could not more wor-
,hiiy heitow than upon him. IF tie prefc.t
qneiton had been an original one, If MI. She
p7rd had never been the auditorandifit wasno,,.
hrit made quefion, whether we fiIould inveR
hlin with its functions then, fir, it would have
received from ne a different reflt. Ru, a. the
preient time, it is too mich to open thoft
wounds, which has already bled enough. It's
time, Iir, 70 be tsr'nonizing; and to be true
VHgilansln hear, aad in fen,imcnt. Shall we
20 to the ataraad offer up an oath of eternal
f.