The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-11-14
WASHINGTON, November 10.

The death of Mr. Fox is an event, Whole
magnitude it is fcarcely pofIibls correctly to
Ultimate. England, tince he has been nlsced
at TIE helm, has locked TO him as her deiiv.r.r.
and Europe az her pacifcator. /, Is now hut
too probable that the form of war win renew
its dearuct:ve rage, and fweep before it all the
ettablihed landmarks Of kingdoms, and what is
Till more important, fpread incalcnah,e r,iicry
among the lower and middiing orders of rocie.
ty.
Never was man RATED to a more awful and
even dangerous erninence. Many Of his btR
friends coniidered him as eXDofng to lhipwreci,
that character which he hal fo iaboriousy ac-
qnre:! by life Of unintermitted puhlic lctvices.
But he had fpirit that dared to attempt any
thing which promifed to promote the haoDi-
neis of his fellow-ren. However dazzlsd by
the talents Of this luxurious ftatefnan II is his
virtne that mot commands our homage. No
man more loved power than he; hnt he loved
integrity iti more; and office was only dsGra-
HE to him as the means of doing good. In the
trying iccne in which he was placed, he Eems
to have formed the heroic refou to abandon
the crooked and contracted policy of his pre-
deccilors, and to take the plain path of honcRy:
to treat with foreign nations m the ground of
reciprocity, & to require no more than he gave.
He correctly viewed the energies of his country
rs boundlefs, when difengaged from the chains
'n'poled upon tneIn ny mOnopOlies and reffric-
tons. Ii is TO be feared thar we have Ion. hv
his death, powerful friend, and that no fuc-
cefior can be found who will 70 eminently COR.
blne the ability with the dipolition to reconcile
our differences on terms of mutual benefit
we believe 1t may be ftated as fa6t that this
great man has been in every viciifitude, the TEA
dy, invariable friend Of the United States: con.
temPating with admiration their Gruegle for
hoerty, rejoicing in it's !uccelsful termination,
and approving the wife policy, which, Gnce
our independence, has marked our political ca
reer. We fhould be dchitute OF gratitude.
could we as nation ever forget the fupport we
received from him in the WORT Of times. SUD-
porting, and Imported by Chatham, he had
the boldncis 20 declare that he rejoiced in our
iucceiies, thereby inipiring us with confidence
m the Iuitice OF our caufe, and with the hope Of
ultimate triumph. It was his elocuence that
conquered the obfinate repugnance Of the
KING to acknowledge our independence, and
that produced a treaty of peace between The
two nations. Such ferviccs mutt he indeli5v
epgraven on the hearts of freemeH. Let us hone
that what tbey feel. they will not heitate to a
dept Tome marked mode of manifeftn. TO the
world. Charles Fox was not merely an Eng
gtihman, hui citizen of the world, phian-
thropit. a fuch it becomes US 10 expreis our
regret and we fatter ourfelves that the ma
tionai legislature will feze this occafion TO ma
nitet the diainguiihed eftmation in which he
is.held by their condiments. Franklin extortcd
this token of refpe6t from the Representatives.
of France, and why lhould not the memory of
Fox receive the fame diainetion from the repre-
lentatives of the United States?
Nat. Intel.