The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-09-05

in the Jeonaaium ndyrot,,n, will find enough
tofate their tafte, in the Journals of the fenate
u. S. Of March %, 1896.
" Who next"? Our fnfpicons fix upon Or.
Mar(hall. But let the following extract fpeak
for itfelf. 1t is taken from S. G. Hopkins's ad-
drefs to the editors of the Weifern World,
commenting upon Governor Greenup's con-
duct few days prior To the emifiion Of the
irf number of the paper, MIR. Wood called on
me at my room, and requeeed that I would
accompany him to the palace and Introduce
him to the governor obferving tina, the ed-
tors of the Weftern World had commenced
an inve(tigation of 4 confpiracy, formed about
twenty years ago, for the purpofc Of annexing
Kentucky and the adiarent territories 10 the
Spanilh govcrnment-that be bad been in form
ed BY Do7or M0yHaN, the governor was pof-
fefed of important inforMation relative to that
affair, and he wanted to obtain complete
knowledge of every circumnance that tended
to ihed light on the tranfleion."
Let the " Weftern Word" however have ITS
fair play. The duty of the inhabitants of Ken
lucky is. to wait calmly for a full developement
OF facts; to employ no fpeces of force in fup-
prefiing the enabliihment (; to inveiigate the
documents that are puhliihed, and upon them
alone TO form their deliberate judgments. II is
our with to Zee thofe documents fcanned before
a court of juftice but the principal perions,
who are attacked by their prefs, will no doubt
refort to that mode of defence, if their conduit
is pure enough to futtain the fcrutny.-This it
is the duty of the Kentuckians to obferve, not
merely in regard TO the privileges of tbcfe two
Editors; of the rights OF this prefs; or the ufe
of expofing paf Vaccinations tn the public eye !;
but in regard to future events: in regard to
the peculiar condition of the Wet. In re-
publican governments, it becomes us to be vi
giant, and therefore to protect the freedom of
the prefs. But in the newly-acquired
territories of Orleans and Loufiana. with
W ON the conduct of Kentucky will be
come model for imitation, this vigilance is of
ineitimable virtue. Are there not f@me among
the original inhabitants of that country, dif-
affected TO our government? Is not this cata-
logue continually fwelled. by the ambitious,
the turbulent, and the difcontentcd, who emf
CRATE from the Atlantic ftates, We have heard
| anecdotes of Edward Livingston of N Orleans,
which would mott trikingly exemplify the re-
| mark, were any illuftration wanting. Among
iIch men are not factions, confpiracies and I'M.
lawful ALTERATIONS, to be apprehended To
the preis then they NUT fly for fIccour &c in
Whole pure and poliihed convex" the confpi-
rator's image is reflected lefs than that Of th
tyrant.
| Our conclufions are THAT the Weftern
World is NOT probably under federal flu
perintendance:
| That there may once have exitted fuch an
atlociat'on in Kentucky ; but that thefe
times are pat:
| That General Wiknfon may have been its
! mott difinguiihed leader:
| But that theie accuiations have taken too wide
rase.--Wtnefs Mr.. McDoweIl's certiG-
| cate.
The following Gays the Peterburgh Repub-
lican) is an " extract of letter from an intell-
\ E.l,.
| ky, to his friend in this town." The fituation
of the writer, being witnefs on the fpot en-
title to more than ufual rrfpett:
| EXTRACT.
! Our great men all armed aganft two defpi-
cable printers and will, itrougy ufpet, be defea-
| ted in the contet. Wood, the renegade, the quon-
dam editor of the Virginia Gazette this itae
ait fall accompanied by J. M. Street, Young man
who formerly lived in counting houfe in Richmond
aud who had acquired fome fame from his duel with
Gilmore. They were employed, they iaid, By lome
company to the eattward, make enteniive iurvey
upper Louiiana, aid intended explore the coun-
try Oh foot After lettering here about five months
theytettlsdin Frankfort, aud commenced the publ
| cation of the World. Wood Ito ue his own words
only writes-Mr. Street fights. They have with
b@!dnefs: bnt heisre p;.h .--.h :!f.!ca .sfiis 81
the farrell and mott popular characters in Kentucky
Numerous conversations with lome Of the odea men
here, convince me of the exitence of the de(gns o
the frit Spaniih afociation. Proofs of individual
oriminality, tho not poitve, are numerous. Wood
is unwilling the eyes of the Peopl. and expofag to
them the views, the coufpirac;cs, and the perfdy OF
men, whom they believed be their mott devoted
and incorruPtible friends. The accufed lhrnk from
nveGgation They determined TO lupprels it by
any means even by the piaol and nietto. Their
abortive efforts, however, have given life to
Woods caule."
$50 far, the editors may, perhaps, deferve encou-
ragement But their motives nylferious aud in
crutable, If not corrupt and nsfarious Woods aban-
doned charaSer, his proAigate apoacy, his total def
tuon ofntegrity, and the warm iuPport he receives
| from the Marthall family, with other circumstances
produce in my mind entire conviction, that ne is
the tool Of faction, ient here ow dilentons and
excit. animolties, among heretofore peaceful and
undivided people. lt is amoit certain that he derives
and continues to derive information from the a..
..-. of the United States--The yeope of this nate
indignant at the thought Of being traded away by a
few unprneiped and aiPring men, determined
| TO encourage aud promote thorough develope,nent
of the views, &c. of the conipracy Thefe circum-
Gances will give to Woods paper circulation and a
celebrity, which may enable him potion the fen.
tments Of the people, they diieover the object of
the editor, their own danger. His talents as an
editor decidedly hyperion to all the others in the
fate; and federalifm is already rearing itfeif a.
mid the diviiIons and controversies of tile reyubli-
cans"