The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-06-18

Tor repeating John Adams judiciary law, and the
midnight appointments made Nv coniegnence OF IL.
ihisrepeal iaved the country thirty t7so bogsd DOL
lars cnaas!y beldes freeing itfron intended Judi
eiary delpctiim.
fpoe to lim Of Tie prop.e.y of congreSs appoint,
| ing aconn,ittee, or by fome ether method they
might think proper, enquire into the conduct Of the
former adnniit ration, that Of John Adants, ard TO
call upon him to- produce the information whether Of
hcial or oh.rwiie, which lac upon, if he had any,
Tor putting the country fueh Wait expenee under
the idea, real pretended, OF invaiion from
France. This would be giving John Adams fair
chance of clearing hinelf, If he could, from the ful
Pcion that his adn,ioiitr alton grofs npoiton
on the public and on the other hand If the inpoG
ton ihould be proved, it would eDiighten the
try, and put 1t OIL its guard agat future nnPofti-
ons. ,-A.
Mr.. Breckenridge agreed with me in the propriety
and fitncs of the meaiure. He faw that information
was wanted and that would be ueful, becau!e when
the truth ihouid he known, it would compoe Tie
people. John Adams had gone away in what may
he called eiand1fine nsdnrsr, without furrerderng
INTO the hands of his iucce1or as he ought have
done IN perio any account of the affairs of the
tive department., foreign donettic--There no
! papers or documents tina, know of, aud believe
there nore hecaule there benone in the iecre
tdry of tia.e's Office that will ju1ify John Adams in
the expence which his Administration put the coun
try; or afford ground for fupicion that either
France or England intended invade the United
| States For what ru-pofe :hcn army to be
raiie,i.-The projectors OF iuch neaf,re muh have
had Tome Object in view ,and asrht objea has
been examined, it ought to he enqured into ts bad
policy, aud alto bad precedent Especially in pa3ie AZ.
fairs, to let inpoiition de away without detection.
Ut the time talked viii. Mr.. Breckenridge this
iubirct, expected that Mr.. SAbguib formerly and
1t this time, American connl Paris, and foe! Bar
lo1v would foon arrive, and did not with the en-
quiry to be gone into till they After the fall OF
Robefpierre and the ehablhn,ent Of the directory
contribution, thoe gentlemen and nlyfslf (>ir.
Monroe being recalled) had better opportunities of
knowing the Sentiments and intentions of the French
government with reipea to America than ether per
ions had; and they car be evidence equally with N.Y.
elf, that intention extcd in the French soveTt-
ment to invade America any preparation
made Tor iucn an attempt, nor could it be made The
poiiibity Of inch thing did not exa. The French
navy at that time nearly annhilated her. ports
biockaded by the Britih and fhe had to fight by
land Jingle handed, againG amoft the whole of En-
rope She had in her power to fare regiment,
much eis could ihe ipare arsvy, fend a;ner-
ca; and if The could have pared one, e had NOT the
means ct tranf portng it. convoy protect it.
All the circumstances well the evidence that can
be provided, will thew that the administration of John
Adams was fraudulent and expenfive impofition on
the country; and that the army to be RATED was in
tended for iome fecret purpoc, and not for the pur-
pole OF defence. IF John Adams confcous of
ionething wrong, and apprchenfvc IF fome confe-
quences why did he abGeond i'll the l,ay ard private
manner he did or why did his partizans want 10
put Aaron Burr in the proficiency In the days Of si
black cockades Joim Adams had one 70 enormous and
10 valianty large that he appeared b. fufpended
by 1t; but when his 1ga.gLt Gour arrived, his valor
! fed and liinrief allo 4.
The Ooi4sta,y en~5aGy of DIR. Logan to Paris ap-
pears to have diiconcerted Johns administration, and
d'icoinitted ITS leaders, becauie it ferved expofe
and put an end TO their projects. When DIR. logan
called on Timothy Pickering ecretary of fate with
Mr.. Shipwith's dispatches from Paris Timothy, be-
fore ne knew their contents, though Logan knew the
whole, began talk of nvaons and Dangers and the
neceilty % Prsp0rafer. i II nay be oe,, .os" fad
Logan q" 10 bavs tie militia aiyeays In gooJ. o,dty"
1bEaziifia FIR !" faid Timothy, "f6e militia ne4rr
diiany good and never 4eiN NE mAJgkapp an army
Of thy bs.Jand mem" When Logan was coming
away Timothy fiid to him the door, Sir the 60
verbn'eDt don't thank you.' S"g Stl ~, "a.
When Logan waited Oh general Warrington, who
had been then appontedth lieutenant general of the
army then rafting, of which John was commander in
chief the general received him coldly and Herny,
aI,d faid to hin, i'll naughty tone, sand pray, FIR,
z060t right baOe you tct kst SFyze esiSrn 20
f." igtrrtfrs in nT0ftf,s Of eo0trmmtnt' ?" Logan very
prudently replied, have anfwer, iir to make to
that" & MISUNDERSTANDING of Pennfylvana foon
after this, ee9ed Dr. Logan one Of its lenator. in
congrefsy 's.' SO. ~ e., ->.sya,. g.. -,.%
\NCunllaIlCeS often ulfiudiG and explain EGjeIpeJ,
and it happens 70 i'll this cafe; for if the adminilra-
tiCn AID toe leaders connected with it, were incere
III their beitfthat the danger real, and that the
Country las G00rrneu, Mo,yit expreed 1t, his as-
r6l oraonon Hamilton) was y" ueuaeed eaii5 daAgrrs
f,om zvibon, and that France intended an invation
and it, the fame trse they had concealed obiea
III contemplation hanclves they would welcome the
n,elerger that fhoud bring then, gond tidngs that
ali 7oeA Butf, the contrary, they Enr4v they
were aching a frand, and heating the country with
iahoods and flfe alarms for the purpofe of procur-
ing loans, levyiDg and rafting an army to
accomplish iome eoassaisd f'urpgs THAI could not be
accomplished without that treachery, they would be
enrzgsf at bin and ts accounts for the rude recep-
ton Or. Logan received from that administration
Thouilr1ds who Imported that administration from
belief that it acting right, have fince abandon
ed from conviction tina, it ated deceitfullY wrong
and this alto accounts FOR the great majority at the
| lat presidential election We have no alarms now
nor ihouid have had any then, if the preien adj
niuiltration had exiAed at that time.
| 1t requires only prudent and honef adlnininra-
ton to Prelerve America always in peace. Her dif.
Mr.. Siib.Vf5 ysignet tie esnjalGi5 .,iar tie nd
miay3,Ei1B " 1oba AdsM5. 6aie9r on aesorut of "a
'tds i,ltmg kHir &c reesived On Timothy .Peteriag
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