The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-03-07
alone recommends it to the pub-

TO eitS,afe a PIygbi0n-Elevate him to what
Is II m the general eitimation of our country
loPurchaie character in the fouih, isl ne
ceiiary to pull down the reputation of the
liiuitious men of the north The paragraph
ltteif is mytterious one the term elevate"
winch is made uie of, might jultfy this hmple
aud harmleis contribution but how could I'VE
reconcile TO this accepta,ion, the charge OF
lordlng 1t" over New-York The amb
ton of lordng it" is not confined to the
"cquiiltion OF fame. but of power. In what
svgr' then does Virginia with to exercife pow
er over New-fork To what office is it that
we WIFI "to eIevatea Yirgi9iaa, by an uniuit
and lndecorous attempt to depreciate the me
rts OF gentleman of" New-Yo,k? Let US
coniut MIR. Cosnan's paragraph for folu,ion
or tins que'tion. He tells US that - the attack
upon De Witt Clinton originates in the delirc
TO let II be ieen that Virginia frowns on the pro-
Jec, Oh ie.ect'ng the next Proficient from N. York
OF any Eaitern tate" II this be the /uL9auee
vi "1r, Sheetham's inhnuation, by what proof
does ne come forward to fupport it . Can he
place charge 70 ferrous as thai upon inconteiti-
oie documeuts, or does he dare To make it out
oy Feeble Inference and ungenerous mnuemao {?
h"u by innusndo from what? Has Virginia
eeP' forward IN her corporate capacity, aud per-
'o' '"eu any act or made any avowal, which die
Played iuch inordinate ambitions! Hdsher fec
oie executive ever prefumcd to medd;e with the
federal government Did her Legislature at It's
'a't ieipn either in its official authority or by
private caucus, feleH a candidate, ,narfhal its
rs'oiut'ons, or breathe A Jingle fcptiinent upon
tue iuo]ect! Have our people expreiIed their
wines en- ma6s? HIS Jingle body among
mem oreathed fuch win No. 1t is linply
the humble Editor of a paper, who is erected
in'o a political fan,iard for his fate, by the
4u,xof'c imagination of James Cheetham.
Even 6e h,mtclf has not avowed that fenti-
meht. is collected by innuendo from Jingle
article which he has pubihed an article which
does not prefume to nominate any candidate
tor the next presidential election, which does
not even allndc to that election, and which the
author hmtelf is now ready mof iolcmnly to
avow, was not written with any intention to
ditparage any man from New-York, or to ele-
waite any man from Virginia, who might be fup-
pofed to have any pretenfons to the pretidenti-
al chair. But if Mr.. Cheetham will ftilI inliR
upon making us the trumpet of The people of
V'rsinia, as his opponent Mr.. Coleman has
mSde us the trumpet of the Proficient if he
'nu!t fill nifundsrtand even oar fentiments by
ta''c and ungenerous contributions of the
mott indirect exprefiions, it is Beceifary to de-
clare explicitly what we do kho1v of the
iennments of the Virginians. He has
heen polite enough TO fay that we have
4" inpertinently medded with (his) fate, of
whole concerns (we) appear to be extremely
ignorant. We NUT retaliatc upon him the
reproach ofignorance, if not ofimpertinence.
lie has charged us with I" an unuit aud indie
cornns attempt TO dsDreciate the merits Of a
gentleman :" but he fteks higher game Ii is
not agalnft an mai1iquai only, but whole nate,
that he levels biz attack. But whit We repeat
the ientiments of our fate on this f,bjeSf, we
would with TO be heard not only by MeiIrs.
Cheetham and Coleman; not only by the iuha-
hitants of NewYork; but by every inhabitant
of the Eaftern States.
Virginia is fatisfied with the honour which
has been already conferred upon her fons.
She has already given two Prefdents to the IL
MON; who at the end of the prefent aeIminif-
tration, will have preGded over the govern
ment Is. out OF the 20 years of its exiffence.
She is willing, nay fhe would be more willing
to have PreGdsnt from any of the other Gates,
provided he pohrfied equal merit with the moR
nnsr;foiTonS of her fons. She believes that fhe
has Al leatt tgUo ions, who are worthy of that
Office the believes too that noit of the other
Gates would admit thsir pretenfions without
the fmaet reluctance; but l,e is willing TO
wave their claims, if oNy of her liner fates can
produce a fon, equally able TO promote the zvel-
flre Of all.
And here If is that we mutt take up the Eu-
ioSies winch VII. SneetDam mas pdIfed upon one
OF the inhabitants of New-York.
II gentleman of this city zvbo zvaniI IoiS no.
thing BIZ a conpari/ou zUifb the fri man eftbaf
aote Virginia. )-If there really be fuch man
in New-York, certainly be will experience no
oppoiition from Virginia. There naay be fuch
men in N. Y. we have odoubt, that there are ficb
men. Some of the PrCinianJ may perhaps
know flich men. But we beg Mr.. Cheetham
to recoett, that far our part, zue " are igno-
rant of the concerns of his Rate - and we NUT
therefore apply to him for a little information.
We mutt requet him to name the man upon
whom, were we to ifteh TO our ganity, we
fhoulh be apt to fIppofe he has lavifhed very
high eiiloziun. Who is thar gentleman in his
city, of whom he has taught us to think 70 high
ly? We will pledge ourfelves to hin, to fhdy
that mans hitory. Let us only find that he is as
worthy of being PRECEDENT as the mot worthy Of
the Virginiann, & we folemaIy pledge ourfelyes
TO dtcari all our geographical affect ons, and
fupport that man TO the ntmof of our feeble
ablities.-Bu we deny that we have ever at
tempted TO depreciate the merits of the difin-
gniihed citizen Of New-York. We have afferted,
& we religiou0y adhere tothe a1ertion, that with
the Clinton party reiides the republican fpirit
Of the rate. We haze faid that Dewitt Clin-
ron has too large fhare of influence and trea-