The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-10-07

which he owes to bis country The greater
defect of our contribution, is to be found in the
regal powers of the PRECEDENT. Whence
the advantage of thefe monarchca, features |!
Whence the neeefiity of giving him qualified
vefo over the laws of placng 70 many APPOINT
nenf5 at his difpofal Let the people depend up
onit,that their liberties will never be fecure, until
they have removed this blemih from their con-
| ftitution.
Then, what is the obvious refuge againft thefe
exorbitant powers, fuppoing them already
TO exit! Next to the pieiianee of tie
people, u is to be found in the ortneis of their
duration. IF thefe powers are exorbi,ant, the
'horter the time when they can be exercfed by
one man, the better for the public liberties.
But our contribution has provided for no fuch
limitation. An individual may afcend the
Cban Of STATE, for an indefinite term of years.
he may be our regal proficient for four years,
Tor eight years, for twelve years !; he may be
our proficient for Ets. Is this right Is this
fuitable to that rotation of Office, that fecu,ity
ssain't How and accommodating power, that
freedom from all temptation in the bofom of the
executive maEftrate, which conftitute the very
genius ofrepnbEcJ
Where then is our remedy. Since there is
no sOnfifutionai regulation upon the fubieet,
zve expect it from the virtue of an indi4,iduaf.
We call upon Mr.. Jefferfon to difplay an ex-
ample of diiintereftednefs, which NAV defend
10 MS fucceiiors. We call upon him to bind
up and contrHul their ambition, by the force
OF a precedent which cannot be reiifted for with
what face ihall any man hereafter dare third
time to foicit the fuffrage Of his ceuntyrnen,
when man 10 iNxFrious and 70 popular as MIR.
jefferfon, thail have retired from the helm of
| AFFAIRS TOR the exprefs purpofe of paving
homage to the principles of rebu5feoni6n /?
Was it poffible to defroy this Enele obje3i
on; there is not man in the univerte whom
we hould prefer to MIR. Jrfferfon. We do not
| believe that there is one who poifcTes the fame
admirable qualifications for the office of Pre-
'uent as h'mteit but though there wa,
every cray of hope" that he "would ferve
again :" though he were " the candidate A.
greed upon by the old rsbub lean part7 :" yet
| would the Enquirer prefer many other men to
him-un'eis, as has already been obferved.
lone very extraordinary emergency ihouid
arife.
| OF the mode otfnominafisg the next pre(ident,
1t IS nnnecetiary 70 fpeak. But there feems to be
Ut his :.sts, which ~, ;,,vs,,,,;i,
can remove; no confti,utianal provGon can
prevent.---What is the bet mode of eoHe9iup
| f6e generalIn/e of the people, and of resoncR.
| ing f60 esHlfons of eoxtenainp' irtereRs Per
| haps the beft mode is to produce nomination
| otthe candidate by means of a republican eau.
Gus at Warrington but here arifes problem
| or INFINITE Importance how is it polIible to
deltroy the undue influence, to which fuch
body would be expofed, through thelintrigues
OF candidates, who being already upon the
iPot, and Initalled into fnmc of the high de-
Partments of the government, would have the
means OF corruption in their hands?
with reipeet to the principles of the candi-
oate 10 be next Imported, we unite "heart
and hand' with the Aurora. On general oriu-
eibles we mud be agreed as well IA in the no.
i1tlon, that no virtuous republican can " fup-
port any man who has a concern directly or
indirectly in that ftupendous fcheme of plum
der the faS1o Speculation or who is fup
porter thereof, or who may give tacit coun-
tenance to that fraud, as the price of bis inHu-
ence to gain the prefidentiaf chair. I've do
not wander beyond our prefeut province to flg-
geft, whether the republican caucus at WaBixg.
ton are not even bound to demand mott exnIi.
ctey of the cadidate to be Imported, his decid
ed ientiments on certain Gibulated AMI eHcnfiak
points.
The Aurora has called upon rs to exercife
" corre{ponding tfrsnsr.G" or certain G.ea;-
ons, which tn ugh not reduced to the foru,aE-
" OF an interrogatorY, we can fcarcely miftake
but will the Aurora be faiSfied, If we for the
prefent wave an explicit reply on the plea of
qUant Of Information "A few words will
ilInfrate this remark. With refpect to the in
fFIgHeJ Oh Mr.. Sranger, we pOfiefs no potiive
tad5i; noteven very itrong prefnbtions. So far AS
we have undertood his concern in the 1caooo
bufinefs, we dfapprove of it from, the very
root. So far as CoI Loomi5's affidavit goes.
taken as it was "under the fpecial authority of
commitiions appointed by 4 committee of the
Houie OF Representatives., and with the know
ledge of Granger and his friends preient - we
cannot politely decide upon the face ofn, az to
all the charges which it embraces. For, the(e
three queflons naturally force themfelves upon
US:
Who is Col. LOOMS and 4vbat ersdit is
due to his aiiertions9
With the mott unidentified integrity in the
world, may not col. l.. have mifiInder.
food many of MIR. G's remarks, or in
other words, is it not pofTible for MIR. C. TO
produce counter a5fdaVitJ to invalidate col,
LIS anertions
Is it to be prefumed, that man 70 intrigu
ing as Mr.. G. is reprefented to be, would
have committed himielf, upon fuch vari-
ETY. of topics, in the way which col. l..
has reprefented
With relpe6t to Mr.. Gallatin, our mind il
not yet fixed to any one point of the Com
pals. How he has interfered with the politics
of Pennsylvania, qUe kno5s Hot.-N or are
we intimately acquainted with the whole
conrfe of policy, which he has purified, ince
he was intrufed with the KEYS of our Ex-
chequer. His official acls haze been plair,
PalPabIe, and as publicly applauded. His bri-
v0fe f1trigneJ, if aught of that kind exif, arc