The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-09-05
CHE enquirer.
RICHMOND, STD SEPTEMBER.
" The Wej7er1 World."


The public mind has been, 10 no incon-
6derable degree agtated by the ferries of
Edays re-pubIifhed in our paper. But enquiry
IS now afioat and we are much mifakeu if eve
~ new No. that appearsdoes not diminifh their
weight, however it may add to the curiofity in
fpired.
As literary competition, they are far below
mediocrity. The fyle is poor and feeble /:
the arrangement is coufufed epifodes are in
troduced into every paragraph; and facts are
crowded in, without any found differences to he
drawn, but merely to fcattcr fufpicions. If
the hiitory he heat out to 80 numbers, as has
been partly promifed by the editors, woe be TO
the brain, which flall labour to digeft the mon
ftrous MATS
II is perhaps unfortunate for the caufe of
truth, that the character of the reputcd ring
leader of this confpiracy, fhould jueify the
mott estravagant fylbieious. Towards Ge-
neral wilkinfon, our imprefiions are far
from being favourable. His devotion 70 frivo-
lous pomp; his obfequious court to every admi-
niftration and TO every party his acknowledged
hauteur towards his interiors in Office; are not
the Elements, of which an unbending patriot is
to be formed. That fuch man fhouid he ap-
pointed the Governor of Upper LouiGana,
has Affected with no little regret fome of the
firmeft friends of the p,efeut admiration. His
own character fhould have formed an almoft
infuperable bar to his elevation his office as
general in chief confirmed that objection. HE
tory records with pleafure the celebrated faying
of Lewis XII. Of France, that 'the king never
pHnifhes the injuries of the Due d'Orleans."
But the fentimeut would never have been utter
| ed, had the crown and the dukedom been sni-
| ted in one. No lefs vain would be the expec-
| tation Of fuch heroic virtue, from the union of
military and cvfpowers, in any exalted degree.
Some few men there are who may 70 order thefc
powers, that the one fhall never be ufed TO ex-
tend the other; and the governor never re-
venge the injuries of the commander in chief.
But of fuch rare magnanirnity, gen. Wilkinfon's
character forbids US 10 indulge very anguine
hopes.
| it's confeqnent advantage to the Weftern
World, that fuch man fhould be the hero of
fuch tale. No nhDuation that it conveys
::::J .r','ua;, viii NC cunicicrrd as
absolutely improbable, where the principal con-
fprator feems 70 eminently worthy offuipicion.
There was time when there might not
only have been fuch an afiociaton, but
where there was frong and amoft iunifi-
able reafon for its eXifence. Rrcolleet the
importance of the free navigation of the Milf.
ffippi to the Wefern States that river
their only outlet of commerce the main
fource of their PROPERTY. Recollea then, that
the free navigation of this river was feriouNy
iP'OpOiSu w gwen up 10 Opdin, TOR 70 or 50
years; that Mr.. Jay the then fecretary of Fo.
reign Affairs, beyond doubt the mott unfortu.
nate diplomatic in the world, was its warm.
LEFT advocate and that fcven out the thirteen
itates were at that crfs in favour of ADOPT.
ling 1t. Recollect it was about this period,
while the probability of occurring this ineftma.
bic right was in fuch evident fufpenfe, that this
Spaniih Ahociation is reported to be formed
What then Had this right been abandoned
to Spain, we do not heGtate to aver. not that
the fett'ers of that fequeftered country would
have been fully jufifed in making the bef terms
tor themirlves, bit that their guilt would have
been eminently foftened by their defpair.
Recollect that the acquiftion of this inef
timabie right was one of the grand conditions
in their negotiations both with Dorchefler and
Gardoqne, even according to the reprefenta
tions of the editors of the World England or
her nart con.r:S.:; - f;iTcafme tilct right from
Spain Spain contracting 10 give it freely te
the inhabitants of Kentucky.
The iituation of Kentucky at that day, would
therefore have afforded fome execute for the
SPaniih Affociaton. Does it follow that the
man, who ihould prefer the navigation of the
Mlihiiipp to partnership in the union, is or
that account a decided traitor? Mutt fuch ?
man be henceforth conGdered as incapable OF
any fold attachment to the union itfelf. How
ridiculous then is it to conclude from the hiito
Try OF 1889, that the fame deGgn, & the fame e.
lements of conipiracy are in action, now that the
very fources of dilcontent are exhaufted
That John Wood is mere puppet of the
thow, moved about by fome mafer-workma
behind the curtain; mutt be evident to the
mott carclefs eye. Can man, who ha,
been at the fcene of action no more than fix
months, be fupPefed perfonaly acuunnted
with fuch MATS of fecret anecdotes, as he
has pretended TO detail Can any man be bet.
ter cut ont,for a tool, than one whole career in
this country has been uniformly marked by
the grolieft credulity and the NOT ridIculou,
apoftacy; who has been all things TO all
men and nothing long ~ Of fuch man. il is
difficult TO believe that he can be an oboRLe o,
truth. But if he is fo we fincereiy lament in com
mon with all her friends, that f,e could no,
have fele6ted more digniied and impo6ne
champion.
But avbo is this prompter behind the cur.
tain That he is lot republican at heart, il
evident from the complexion of the Weftern
| World, which amidh its projections of attach.
nent to the contribution, does not difpay a
Jingle token of regard to the administration
d" Aware If the difficulties the Editors have 10
encounter in thus giving death-bow to poll
tica fanatCifm in country, where the latent
fparks of party-fpirit have iuft ceafed to glow,
they have determined TO maintain a firm, ftea-
| dy and Interchangeable courfe." Let common
fenfe declare, if this be not the " latent fpark''
| OF fPdPraltfu1- IN a uyhe al,