The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-10-14
FROM THE "KEsr FL IN WORLD.
TIE RentHeA, Sbnaj@ HNone tion, Blouut's Can.
Jpiraey' Hnf General Miro xda's expedition.
No. XI.-coSc1,uDEn.


No. M.-coScI UpEp.
The hrft of thefe dpI or matte cbsraaer
whom we Glali notice, is Geo. H,rmond
This minifter plenipote,tiary from G.. r. was.
man OF immenfe low ntrigu but deffitute -
real talents. He aud fev,:ral O Fl he federal n,ep,
oers IN Congrefs, as liltewiire the late Cen
Hamilton were one and indivtib le. Previous r.
the ratification of jays treaty, col. Conollv,,
pan OF uniting Kentucky anal th,. wefern ter.
ritorss to the Canadas was in a. citation, and WE
are aiiured even received the. al, probation rs
gen. hamilton, and many of tie eaftern feder-
a'i!s, VINO were alarmed at th e emigration
"h'ch was then taking place fror the Atlantic
na'es' and imagined ifthc ALE. gao RIDGE, was
the boundary between the Unic h, nd the Rr;t;1,
territories, that the harmony O ftk.e fates could
oe more eaii!y preferved. The macbinations
which Hammond was carrying ON ! n the ,vaI -.,
countries, are even noticed by n aurhet in T.;
Certificate to Edmund Ransiolr N. Fauchet
lays, he faid Edmund Randolph y to me- tbat
he was afraid that civil war wou,l, G,on r,vage
America. enquired of him WI: ,t new ;nfHr-
nation was procured. He .iaid eh ar h.. b.a.r
to believe that in faGf the Englfh were resII,
fomenting the infurecfion, and tb a. he dJ no,
doubt, that Mr.. Hammond ard Biz Co,n..c
would pulh tome meafpres with rr,eiq ~ 80
'ninrrection. with an intention or yiving en,h,r-
raiiment TO the u. S. This we n ,uR heI;a,o =.
true, for although it comes from Faucbet ia
1t been falfe, Mr.. Randolph w ould certa;n,u
nave contradieted it.-But the Oh araeter of Mr.
hammond cannot be better de f;,ribed than in
Nir. Kandoiph's own words. 4" Who was NJ
H9n.hnona In fpeakine of LII m too. ! nan
conhne myfelf to his political IL sme,nor Jntn
MS oFeatt had been translated Il e Target porti-
ohs OF MS nations hatred to all perfons in the
:, y. g VINO were conceived o be attached to
france 81 nee lie denied to himfJ no opportunity
or throwing an odiun on hem. YIN nerar
VIII forget, FIR, bis long, info Ieht and con,m,e.
nous neglect of the ordinary civties. due from,
aim' as foreign minifer, to ycurf-lf (w,g
inston) as chief magifrate. You were NO itr,r
ger to his Perfonal rritatio arant me. fer M,
'rIenaihip to France, for nv remorGr,0cea
gainlt governor Smcoe's invalion; for INV de- !
iTuce Oh the government of Rhode-IEand. in re-
Claiming the citizens of he u. S. impreil;d and
uetH,.eo On BOARD or the Britiih fhip Nautilus
and Tor the order, which. in ito operation 60,
to have prevented Britt III fhips Of war fron,
ing cur ports IS ltations, from whence n rrs
upon ths french. You often uttered your in.
ognauon at hls marty complaints. vithort
hadow or proof; Ild the leneths to ,ob;cb 10
might DC transported by the violence Of his raj
mons, were not eaey TO be defined. was this
ene n'sh 10 ns implicitly truited for candour
'owafo .nyleit' or any friends 70 France!''
WI. c"Haoiph from the official ffaton and
:ns :o"nuehce which gen. Warrington repofed
!" nun ; we nave re2!oa TO bcleee, was w-lI
acquainted with the proceedings of the Ken.
tGcky SIp2anhh Aflociation, AS likcwife che nIsn
% Cono'iy aud we hope that his cando,,r ma
!"tesrl'y' WIZ me- permit him to pafs over Ich
inpor. AM circumstances in the hiRory of Vir.
s'n oI IN winch he sat prelsnt engaged.
i ! he iucceiior to Hammond was Sir. Robert
r's.o"' mar OF equal intrigue, but of infinite
n mo, t"ieht. lie hiitory of this ambaGador
va" DC particularly detailed when we come 10 !
,. IT, ol Df'unts confPiracy. The ntit5acy
"U'Ch eXlttd between him and Proficient A. |
cams is wen known; and the fupport which he /
received from the federaiias, proves. thai tbere
was combination formed in the u 6 to hr;nc, !
!ne" CH'Zeh5 entirely into the Influence ofRrit
lin Po"er Perhaps under thefe circumH,pcss
We ought TO regard It as an act of providence |
mar an aiociation eXifted, whole obiect wa |
me itParation Of the union in favor ofFrance /!
i c the views OF the two parties be;,; 70 oppo-
", II, u8PP'Iy preieryed balance, and prevent |
ca mat calamity which might have taken place
mad one Of them been annihila,ed.
from the departure of Lifon, until The ,rri
VA ol Merry, there was iufsrYep1gy, Of Rrit-
'ui piehI potentiary powers in the US. But the
u OK, pan or corruption was fill carried on bv |
lnorhton at Wilmington, Bond at Philadei. |
Pnia' 'Coi. Barclay at New-Y York, and Col. ia.
'i''Ltou al Norio'k In Virginia.
=. VIZ trutt however, and have reafon to he
,leVe' that the execrahle fcbemes praefied in tbe
U. .. by the emiiIaries Of the administration of
Plut and Melville, have terminated with the
oeath OF the unfortunate Pierce. The murder
OF TINS man appears 10 have been the diving ef-
t'rt OF the barclay party at N. Y. to fct the II.
.. at war with G. B.-The fcene however ia
now Changed, and when we behold the man
VINO fought for the independence of America in |,
the Senate Of G. b. at this day conducting the
helm OF the ocean, we have every thing to hone.
and nothing to fear.
The elevation of Mr.. Jeferfon to the pref.
dency OF the U. S. it is true, gave conGdera-
derabe blow TO federal policy, and federal in
trgue, but it was out of the power of Mr.. Isf-
ferfon to prevent the importation of PfitjG, /
gold and 70 long as this powerful magnet
over the human mind, was in free circulation
IN the Atlantic towns, and even not Granger
IN the houie of congrefs it was in vain to ex-
pect total fupprefion OF that fyftem. wbie h !.
characterized aud blafed the reign of PreGdent
Adams.
The perion whom Mr. Fox has marked ont
as ambaiiador to the u. s. is one too, whole
family for the lat ten years has experienced the /
icourge Of Mr.. Pitt, and even has felt forsthinp
ofthe vlndictive and phlegmatic felfChnefs Of
American federalfm. 1t is well known that the
late Lord Dear, the cider brother of the pre-
lent Earl mi GslEirk yho ie 70 C,ccoo,I