The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-03-24

Of thc ravy. and nffhe trc1fary, and by c.n
Smith. TO all of whom Tfpokc upon this fuhiecf,
and rs had hoped, with tome f'iccef, iince
could not find from them tina, the preiidcnt had
ever made 'fuch declarations, rs Comic IA any
fort tand in the way of the wi.b-s ~ the peo-
pie. My friends, 6r, are the friends of Mr..
J,ftrfon and of his adminia ration, and will
never, while he continues (of which there is no
doubO 20 deferve well of his country. ceaGe 70
afford him their fupport. And .h~r'A they,
Contrary to all probability charge THAR fcs'i-
"ents. they know me too we'll tn believe, tha,
will be 10 regardless Of friendih;p "f near
thirty years Handing, and The d.-.y owe my
country, as to be found in the ranks of his enc
a'ss. a. you will eafy h, lieve, fir, that I am
no. ambitious of private correspondence with
ycu, you will he pleaftd to give this place in
your paper, together with plain and explicit
aniwer, to the queftion have already aillsd, re-
'a'ive TO tine rumour you pretend to tiave exit
ed.
am, fir,
Your moG cbt. hum. fervt.
ROB. r. LIVINGSTON.
The editor of the Albany Regii,er oSitrvcs
in reply to this letter. that the ruIrour in oueC
ton was flying about the itreets, when it
reached his ears that he g heard il in a circle
ut at leah twenty Per'ors, where il was men
S'oned hy gentleman from Columbia county
IN. " Is a rumour exiting there when he lett
home :" and then afligns bis reaions for p,ac
lag confidence in the report
TIE aatereat which we have received of
Mr. Livingaoa's official conduct in Plri, is by
no means calculated 10 wipe away any impref
lions to his dif,dvantase, fuch re this runner
might produce. But with all his i'm otrfections.
the Ex-Chance'or is certainly entitled TO the
compliment ofgood fenfe in which quality how
ever he wouldbe extremely deficient, were he 20
be guilty of the ex,ravagant conduct WHICH this
rumour aicrhes to him. He, or any man,
muf he mailman. who would enter the iiRs
with Mr.. Jefferfon at the next Presidential cleo
ton.
William a. Burwell, ETC., Representative of the tif
iet OF Franklin, &c. has addreed circular letter
to bis Consituents, in which he fpeaks in lattering
terms of our differences with SPAIN He natcs as =
fa7, that according the iaf accounts from Europe
eommiiiioner had been appointed by the Spanift
government, who had met the American miniiter 70
treat upon the ubje9 The refult had not yet tranf-
pred.-Mr. B. Ibeeaintef, that when the termination
OF Burrs conpracy and with it the unlhaken attach
Elent OF the weterH people the union is known in
Europe, that Spain will fee the abioute futilitv Of
tamrerng with our citizens for the purpofe Of
dividing hrengtl, aud the extreme danger that
threatens her weak and defrncclefs colonies Theft
colonies even now lie at the mercy of the good fai,h
OF our government, and its exertions TO bind up the
hands of thofe enterpring "Vid4sls. who are ready
to ~reil them from her. Were this individual enter
PRIZE to be directed and combined with the ener,es
oil the government ard was her war with England
TO continue, by which her reiources bound TO Mexico
or the Fiordas either intercepted or the fea or
detached to the defence of her diisant ftttlemeats a.
CAN'T Engliih expeditions Spain woud fee her CO.
loaies on our borders expoed dangers from war
with this country which would be efficient to excite
her very ferrous alarms. Her fears might lead to
love ot peace the love OF peace, a fuitabe adult
ment of our differences.
Thefe fpeculatiops would in our iudgnlen, feen,
mneh more correct, were Spain left alone TO the care
of her ntershs. But there is in truth no Spa;p.
there are TO Pyreenees.' Her defines are in the
hands of BonaParte who will have war or peace
with u.s. jut as it iuts his inscrea and not that
of his ally.
E*r'9 Of ittrr 70 tie Edite- of tbe enquirer from
gentleman az Far. ST. S.esLrzs, IliEsre3i 9cy,bo,v
| 60sea IoD Fby4ary, 1907.
This country has lately been the theatre of tranf
actions entirely new in America. Burrs confpirsey
ieems have extended its influence in fome tbane or
other, over aiinott every portion of this Country
We are told that it had many and powerful adj
vocateson the MiiEippi, and in its embryo fate was
certainly iraught with ferrous and ncacuiable dar-
ger For the prefsnt, however, we have reafon to
believe that the alarm is hued in peace and the dam
ger a. an end. But who can prefcribe limits to the
influence OF that pirit which dictated this pxtraord
nary enterprise? There is reaion to apprehend that
the germsi from which it iPrang not deroyed, and
that it may again vegetae with accumulated flreng,h
| and vigor: Americans beware
IL is reported here, and with great apparent pro-
liability OF truth, that the Span government has ce
ded the Fordas, to the United States. The report
IS laid to come, by an arrival Psrfacola, from Ma
drid THIS Information feeas to have infpired the
inhabitants OF this Inflated country, with new life
and vgor, fos certainly involves their mon in,por-
tant aud valuable in.ereAs"
No fuch report has reached our Atlantic ports.
direct from Spain; though nothing is more probable
that it it had been true that j, would have reached
cur goverln'en, before the 81 Of March, as i, mpa
have arrived at Penlacola, early as the beginning
OF February But no communication to this effect
was laid before CongreG5.
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