The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-05-07


The Editor of The ENQUIRER wss ;lI;nc
believe that TIE conductors OF the Federal pin
wo.!a have .o"u,, much more iuie citing oh.~
,;e''ts ;han hi:n.tf to engage their attention.
They had the wholr wcrll heforc hem The
IcSf>'tts Of :h;ir own party Rood in need OF eli
'.hc'r euogiums The lsaiiug friends OF tie
,,retert naturalization had virtue enough To
rrovohc all he fpleen OF their criticiin,.
why then ihould they turn from Guch impo-
fling Objects rs tl.eie, to fix their .nicrofca pc
eye fora moment upon kiiaftlf:
Some of the federal editors have however
'ifn?pointed thefe expectations. They have &
levttcd him into being or fome lizzie GER
tquencc, by the ,racious rotce which they
have condeicended to take of his literary Ia
b"urs. They have alta kcd him with Their
rihes and their ilsers: and becau:t he has not
designed to return their .arciins z rsflte their
fopiitry, they have been p,ea.ed to r;,;ru'e ~,
iUr he "lofty air of iupCriority which he has -
iumed' todenominatet;r,a s'tisniEci Edi.o-,'
ga nrGdeif and decorus lad" One OF tl,en +, orc
petulant than the ref, but equally deficient in
power, has ventured TO apr'y new itrn,,aryt
of eon1i7ion and torture ard to convert tie
, Gience OF the Editor into certain coneeiiion of
contriton and guilt. Let them GO ON with
their inglor;ous triumphs and their imaginary
p,niihments. Let them exult over every anita
gonllt, whom they cannot cxcitc 20 verCeancr.
Let them build their own xiit,om upon tie
Fierce Of others; ard when they have AFFIRM
ed ten thoufld petitions, which no ra!it,nai
man vii! .hni: it worth his While to con,rovs'rt,
they may perhaps pats themfeIves off for foare
OF The FACES of the earth.
So lcDF as the federal -,rintrrs had CONTEXT.
ed themfelves with this method of attack. t!,e
Editor Of the Enquirer Womb have reifed with
plealnre upon his fem Of defence. lie could
have borne their iportve fallies with becoming
| tranquility he would have patiently lif4ned
to their arguments fpoiIibe, extracted from
them fome fhbfant;sl Improvement. Such
general attacks upon his principles or even nc
4, on his motives would never have induced him
to depart from 5Es Neutral petition. I; is time
| however to roufS hi,nfcf from thisfate os;raa-
| GUILTY., when t'S eaerny las brought forward
charge ofthe mote heirors Complexion: It IS
time 10 reply, wheninhead OF rle-c i,era,, OIL
jefions, they have brought forward E,-;o.s a,.-
cufatons of faifhood 6; detrlttioa". Srch
| is the charge, which the Editor the Med.
hasthouaht rroperto advance IN his paper OF aTav
n. In fportive paragraph which appeared il
this paper the 9th Apri', .he Editor a.ter.1t-
ed 70 give his opinion of tie fpirt which dis-
tineui:hes he political cfiays of Mr.. Caroenter,
etiitor Of the c. Cour. by throwing the differ
emf traits ofthcfe eflays into ironical recipe,
which Mr. Carpenter was fupPoied to recon-
mend 70 the ufe of histypographical brethren.
This paragraph, the Norfolk Ledger contends,
is forgery, and was intended 70 convey be-
iief, that it was Mr.. Carpenters individual pro-
duttion. Tine Editor Of this paper is aIr,oit
aihained OF making any reply to fich mi.tra-
/ bic charge As this is; 4 chrge, which evdeutlv
Implies great want of ingenuity or ngenioui-
ncis in Ihe Public Ledger. Mr.. Gray las ne
yer been accufed with the FRI. We leave him
in the undihulbed poGciiion of the other
There were two circumstances at leaf which
would DC fufiicieut to point OFT TO any rcaioaa-
4.
III, the whole ecrtext Of It (: And 2nd, finel4
iexoreiiion and Jingle ftntcnce, and the only>
onS5 in that paragraph, which the Editor Of
tie Ledger has Thought proper to iupprrfs.
l. Tist the whole cGpe &C this piece ,szes,
, chviouilv roncal and was never Intended 20 bel
ferrous, was certainly the fra and the only e. J
Sorry fuFgefion whc, could have occurred
: to the leaf rejecting mind. Many ofthe pisf
les are bombatic and TRAINED, and f.ch ask
man in MS f-nfes could have been fj,ppofed
have employed. 'WhiG.ing over to Englan'
or 10 Pekin;' plu.eing down to The ccntre|
. OF the earth, or vaultng TIP to tire fun. "Be-
Files, let She whole bearing of the paragrau ~
be coniiered : what does ii amount to That|
: to write an clay for a newlpaper, it is not ne.
ceia:y to coDline it 10 The theme itfeif: that
you may Introduce as many" ncoherent iunra-
: tions, " as many deluItSry fpccnlalions'' -s
you think proper; for TIA: it is the sf attribute
of great genius, ro 20 be bound down ~ ~
ftrst dramatic rules of time and place and per-
ion." Cou'l any man flrou1v believe thai.
this was written in ferious tate Of the minc, /?
Admit that it was 10, and you omen the door
fer zen thoufanJ ridiculous contributions Let
II once be fuppo!ed ironicai, and every thing ~.
ties down in lis proper place. The hombaf \
the exPreiT!ons, and the extravagan~e Of tie.
advice, az once appear adapted to she defiep cf'
. its anthor. Will then any ore pre- Cert ,.s,i If
ferrous rather than ironical C,e4at fmdrpf
abeia!
9. Where will the reader difc6} the charge II
"talfchood and detraeton," when he fees tNt3
following fentence in t'e @sA:ii0fed form, which,
the Ledger has given 0 it =" Introduce then a
many genera! obEervations as yonr memory or|
your imagination can fuppjy: conceal vow
principal fu3jcf sm;dn thefe incoterent cpl.
fodes, and YOU will then (fays the Editor of The
G. g. have The licerfe Of writing whole colnrne,
rs d. upon 4 fubiyl, which has net probably
fnprli.d yoa wiki rem origina' or appetite ideas'
Reader now csrbc The fertcpce hytaking Oh.
The three mouoisIl1bes in italics, and You win
at once perceive the different ostsar40ce Of the,
fen;ence. What will you then fay, when yo,1
are told that theft three ilfIe words, are 4
out IA Mr.. Cray's PIPER p = APPS iris nay
a Typographical erratur, lis this ir0nieai o, no.