The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-11-07

eus'us nim with his tongue, he fcarcc does any
mItchief but to himfelf or his an.agonia. His
lW ana ms tongue are perhaps bis own; and
no man except his antagonf can reafonably
lind fault with the free ufe which is made of
them. But the cafe 10 materially changed, when
ne nights through the medium of his prefs. That
'nitrument belongs to him in common with his
countrymen. II is intended for their ufe.
| their Inftruetion, for the dfclofure of nezus or
the diicuiiion of principles. The Editor Orange
" forgets bimjeLf and his calling, who holds
PACK large MATS of important intelligence
from his anxious readers, to find room for his
mott elegant, decent and learned criticifms
Upon the fa'fe grammar of his brother A. or
the contemptible INTERPRETATIONS of HE hro
ther B.-But if thefe gentlemen mua fometimes
indulge their fPleen or their wit upon each o.
tner, 1t rs proper to lay down certain rules for
their military department. Each kind of spor
has its Laevs I; from the fports of the pit to the
melancholy battle of men. This Hind
C.hgbtns more particularly requires to he re-
gulated IN proper manner, from the trouble
lone frequency with which it occurs:
4. Let it then be an efablilhed rule that no
editor fhall fpeak ofor abufe another BY name.
AS they fight rather in the character of editors
than OF men, IT would be as confident not TO call
each other " Mr.. A. or Mr.. b." but the e.
ditor'' OF this paper, or I" the editor" of that.
Should they however address each other B,
name, it would perhaps be as refpeeful to af.
Tx the title of Mr.: beforeit
| s. Let thembcware of fpeakingof the byivafe
byfory OF each other; for the preceding prin-
c'pe is equally applicable here. They appear
as editors themieves, and lhould therefore fel
dom attack any but the editor.
| 6. As they may with to betreated like gentlemen
themtelves, they fhould attempt to treat each
| other as fuch. Hence it would be as queN not
to abufe each other in the grofIeR terms of
| billngfgate. But as a bad habit is difficult 70
be furmounted all at once, it would he better
for them to lay down certain arbitrary rules.
70 he punctualIy obferved, until their manners
have little improved: for infance, not to call
cach other liar, kna1,e. or a fooi, more than
Rfteen times in one column. When they have
brought themfeves to ohferve this rule, thew
may be aiured of their own amendment. and
they may with the greater confidence proceed
TO enlarge it. In this manner, they NAV era-
dnaHy approach the manner of liberal contro-
verify, until at lat, like certain mathematical
approximation, the epithets of knave and fool
may 0lmoF be made to 4an;b from their co.
| lumns.
T. mo event, let them be permitted to peE
Ter the public with more than half column of
bIliing!gate aganft each other at anv one time
This rule obviouny follows from that celebrated
axiom IN morals, that the qvorje any thing is in
Its Kind, the LES mould it be in quantity.
8. Theie fame rules apply with equal force
TO their animadverlions upon any et5sr indivi-
duals.
8. In making any fatemens Of facts, il would
heas well fora editor to ditinguiGl what is
taf from what is rnmour. It is aftonilhinc,
now near thefe two dittinct departments are to
each, IN many a journsliit's brain.
TO- 1t would be as well too never to a(1ert anv
lining 10 nc FACT. unsis ne mad (311e reafon
at leaf, however eight, for believing i, him
ieif. 1t mutt have occurred to every reader of
| federal papers, how many very elaborate ar
tlcles would have failed 20 aAorn their CO.
lunlns, had this one Empl< rule been in the
nighteH degree obfcrved. Poor, ingenious
ipiders, who fpin their facts out of their own
bowels, and after all their labour, produce
nothing but fim6 e05gVe5a.
INDICTMENTS are Esid to have been prefer
red agaiuft the Editors and Publilher Of the
Wefern World," for libels asainit certain in.
! divlduais, who are charged with having formed
a contpiracy for delivering up the Wefern
Territory of the United States to Spain and
England.-The Defendants Unfit upon il. that
me " members of the SpaniB A6oeiatiou" were
AFRAID 10 commence an adion for damages, being
| aware that proof would be fi,ffered to he pro-
ohced IN iIPPcH OF the facts with which they
= $3.50 49, NY hdFc fDeref0Te, lay the
EDITORS OF the ". World, reforted to the old
EngIifh made of proceeding by common law.
where The greatertbe hutb, the greater ii.
HbeL" ''' 6''"'' H"f
Should tbs courfe of profecution be aaualIv
purified. it will defervedly excite the fufp;cions
indignation of the people. They were anxioua
10 lee iober and official inveaigation into the
truth of this reputed confpiracy. MANY have
iuipended their opinions, until fllch an enouirv
could be made, as would compel the ar.
cuiers and the accuied to bring ND every
thing that could be respectively urged in their
oehalf. But who ever looked forward TO that
ipecies of inyeffigation, which would prsvent
the libelIer from pleading publication, and the
truth from being fairly elected where the onlv
enquiry would be, not into the exilence ,nd
extent of Spanfh confpiracy in Kentucky, hut
INTO the consequences producedby an attempt to
deveIope it? r W
From this fpeces of inveftgation, therefore
the county will not only turn with d;1,t;, FAR
ten but djFraR. They cannot but REGARD
this compulfory and Gag-mode of proceeding
as the Ultima Ratio Reoran. They will con
hder iuch an attempt to reprefs the free fn;ri,
OF enquiry, AZ an additional broof of the truth oil
tne reputed confpiracy. How natural & irreGai-
Die IS the concIufion, that the truth is not r,e
tered to be produced, LEFT it fhould 90 r. eg,-
BUN EVERY FACT that had been publifhed.
respecting the confpirators
Impartial men therefore who are tbe friend.
OF truth men, who rupDoT, .b,t a.. IN