The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-12-12

the cthevIosise" T.,; &c ..,,i even TO ,ve f,,.
gHtts'i ;-l2t tacse pior,;,c,,s might have. been
seizIi mot wisn Il view 20 their inco,p ,.:
tion INTO DIR s~stea ss government, but as
piecges Go he re.aueSi agei1st Il f,,t,,re pacifi-
ca'f'o hiti. We naa obtained ample redress
Tor our wrcnss'
Whence comes it, Sir that this plain sup
ges'ion or pcicy should 80 lon; have cscaped
four notice. Arc We 10 attribute ii 10 the iir--
Pe'uCsitY of your temper, which seldom takes
Il comprehensive view of any subject or to
Your anxiety at that moment tn represent G.
oiitam as every thing and YOUR country as
nothing Why this pelpab.e inconsistency
On the pialnest stroke of policy In the win,
!er,t iop3--t, yrt rl5icu'e'l the idea OF seiz-
iig Canada and i{ova-Scct;a. In 1907, Vol
ueiend the very same measure because, 10
prccures pledges TO be retained against a
future pacihcation.' In 1866, YOU laugh
lat the idea OF conquer;ng Canada and Nova
oCota. Ana now you are not only for CON
qncrlng these praviEces bat Vou- arc Tor max
ing descent on the island of Jan.4ica Nor
Or, VINO have been so tremblinglv.a,,vc to the
Dangers OF the British ,l,u;.de-; YOU, who
have been eNhortiog "cc.s great Mammot,
OF the American Forest" pe;Ner. 70 {. i.av..
ms native element and plunge Into the water
; N mad contest with the Shark - YOU are
the very person, who are now precipitating,
nm INTO the very jaws OF his enemy. Ithas
comp eatiy escaped YOUR memory, that 20 or
SO ships of the line generally encompass md
defend that valuable island. Have YOU also
TOO dismissed your apprehension, that his
prncscis may be bitten oif iii tha engage
nent?
! when you are 50 completely inconsistent
with yourself, it can scareiy be expected that
| you should be consistent with the interests
/ OF fouf country. Nor is it, sir, a very bold
| shppoSltioh that the politician, whohas been
mus inconsistent with himseifin one instance.
snonid sometimes depart from his old whig-
gish principles. Profit by this example, sir
/ ne next time when you are disposed TO call
inc very BEST and eldest friends of this coun-
Try ether apostates or imDostors, | beseech
you not to forget the occasional variations OF
our own political needle
| ferWt me, sir, to- remind Won of another
| instance ot TINS strange inconsistency in YOUR
itee!ings and policy. The world win not short
" forget the contemptuous style, in which.
luur'fS the winter OF 1866 you spoke of the
n!ercenarN principles Of the mercantile class.
IL vas sufficiently obvious that yon then con-
,sloered the merchants as destitute of public
Spill and by no means entitled to lift their
voices in opposition IN the standing interests
Oh our respectable yeomanry. Your idea was
mot perhaps destitute of truth for ii is a me-
,hChoiy fact that whilst the corrupt voice OF
Tie towns uniformly reaches the government
because 1t IS so susceptible of concentration,
'he purer spirit of the country is scarcely c.
yer collected, because it is so much lost bv
cihus'on. Whence comes it to pass, that
year language on this subject is So curiously
changed Row you are heard to declare, that
the merchants are not more entitled to atten-
ton than the farmers-but NOT iess-But, sir
the key OF this mysterious CIPHER is now in
NE hands CT every one When you looked.
upon the smercantile interest as conflict
ing. with your f;.vorite principles of non
resistance to Great Britain, you abiured
and abused it: But now, sir, when the
nlerchahts OF Philadelphia are presenting
peaIns the Eon-lmportation act, your secret
prediction for their object robs vcur temper
OF az! Its asperity against the petitioners.
Il rs impossible for my ingenuity, Sir, to re-
concile these glaring Inconsistencies with
any fHed standard Of political principle or
with anv exclusive, undivided regard to the.
sound interests of your cci4ntru
PHOCION.