The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-04-07

Let as however fappofe, that al thefe diff
cuties are fatisfactionly fettlea that the re-
publfcans OF the other aates are willing to fe-
ieet once more candidate from Virginia ; that
this wiihis formally & fully declared; what,thrn
is the Obvious duiy,of thefe patriotic men! To
ra'ie at once the cry of oppoiition! to lift the
rival banners of the White and the Red Rofe |?
to diitraet the republican party into feels, and
our country into hottie fchifms No. Far
from theie thingsis the path Of their duty, and
II is TO be hoped. the courfe of their conduct.
Madiion and Munroe will hold an amicable
conference the friends of each and the friends
OF their country will afiitt them with the fruits
OF their experience. They will .co:sparc toge.
ther the principles, on which they would
feparateiy determine to. adminiNer the 60
vernment aud they wouldccnieourntly decide
now Tar it would &c potiihie and proper for
tne to cooperate or TO oprpfe each o,h~r.
hey wo'.id, compare, together the relative
chances which each of tlem pnfien,d Of o.,ain.
ing the republican fu.raees of the union and
they would confequen,ly determine which of
them was mott likely to obtain fnccei, and ,eaft
likely TO divide the republican intereft. Otker
companions might be termed, other important
ARRANGEMENTS might be adiuited for keeping the
republican party together, for promoting their
own intsref as well as that of their country.
What danger mnf fersnly threatens the
republican party! II is dijimiou it is the
breaking into thofe little fchifms, which create
ana nourlh 10 many little independent rtcts.
II tne POND OF union be once deRroycd If the
fpirit OF concert which anima,cs thp rrnub,i
cans IN one mails, be exchanged for little
trining attachment TO particular fees; the
purity OF the republican party is gone for ever.
ihey will then iupport men and meaCures not
oecaoie they purinc the original republican
creed out bScaufc they with TO advance their
own particular intereits. II thefe intereGs are
NOT TO be occurred by their own individual
trenefh, one party will not beEtste to con
clude treaty of compromife with their former
opponents * their principles will gradually re-
come mixed aud adultcrated.- The dominant
parties OF New-York and PennfyIvsuia furnia,
luhie!ent example of this motley and diff
graceful combination.
| But whoeveristo be feetfed as the candidate
OF the republicans, there are at Leaf certain
Princtbfe5 which ihould govern that feIeS9ion.
we mall not particularly dwell uoon the
geuerai qualities of Integrity, of experience, of
trehsth of mind: that INTEGRITY, which is IS
'huCh hyperion 70 the intrigue of public. as
the vices of private life that experience.
winch Is not LET'S acquainted with the interior
rate OF our country, than with the prefent RI.
Ve'led and difraeted condition of the nations
OF Europe, with whom our Executive has 70
| many and perhaps too many points of contact !:
that fTengtb etrni;nI which not only has the
peripicuityto fee atruth, but the frmnefs to
ad upon it.-Thefe proparties it i. fcarcely ne.
ceifary to touch upon; they are ofeternaI inn.
Portance but there are two or three others
peculiarly connected with the circumstances of
the times "
Let Us e'cd no man, who is not deeply and
nna'tsrably oppoicd to any compromife with the
Yazoo fraud
Let &c man be fupported, who is not mott
decided opPonent of Federal Principles. II is
not enough that he 1hould be Republican of
yeiterday who has rifen into littl. tenn ora-
~ popularity by one two iervices rendered
10 his Sountry; but nc mutt be one. that :
esest htFlfib sT ne hdssy iand OF time, and his
principles atteaed by many winters of federal
perfscstion. But this il not enough. He NUT
be republican of found heart s Of nerves as
rigid as iron. Not fuch one as Governor
M'Kean of Pennsylvania or Lewis of New
York who abule the principles of federal;hs,
while they perfonaly truckIe TO the party (;
who accept their aid, while they pretend to
adjure their principles.
Thefe qualities feem to me of too great i'm
portance TO be forgotten in the character of our
next prelidept. Indeed they appear under
fuch an imPoHRg magnitude to my own mind,
that if my preieDt impreliions continue, / flall
fupport no candidate for the Presidential chair,
whole ientincnts on thefe points G,al not have
been mott explicitly Rated by himfelf or at leaf
by fomc of his confidential friends; nor per-
hap: until he has pleagea himfslfn fome form
or other, never TO abandon them.
LUCIUS.