The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-05-08
FROM the IN. r. Public -HAUerti/cr.
THOMAS PAINE
10 MORGAN LEyytS.

inere are two dcicr'pti MS OF mcn in IT,.
world who cannot iu"er damages. The one i,
the man Whole character is already 70 Infamous
that nothing faid of him can make him apDear
worie than ne is. The other is the m N who!e
character is 70 iHvulnerabIe that no reprosch ?
gs'htf nm can reach him. 1t falls pointlefs to
the ground, or re-acls upon the parry from
whence IL came
The hrt TING Mr. J, futon was elected pre-
ndent' the majority in his favour was 90 20 81.
AsthIs HaJorfy was fma, the f4tlion of the
teds redoubled their abufe and multiplied fsre.
hood upon falfchood 10 throw him ont a, the
next election. Their maiienity and their lee
were permitted TO pats uncontradicled, and he
event was, that at the next election Mr.. LETTER
Ion had majority OF I62 tol
AS this is IN inGance that invulner,bIe cha
rader cannot fufIer damage. leave il TO Colr.
man, Cullen, and Rufus King to iden,ify The
pefi1ns OF the contrary defrript'on; and they
may, Ii they p'eaie, draw lots among themrslvs,
10 decide which of them ilalI Rand fore,1on on
the nj OF iafam0as ./rcafty from damage.
When Morgan Levi, in converfltion with
w bIiAm Iivinsftou, faid that De yI7!t CEg.01,
J"dge CoWR0fk and .9Mfge Jo6aIou qvere
fb'ce Of The 1amAdcR rnjcnit thai ev.r dilgyn-
red the councils eta Rafr,' the venom aad vul-
garty OF the expedition were too viiiale to do
injury, and the character Of the man who laid it
too equivocal to obtain credit. 1t was nor
worm the trouble Of con'ra6itting. Calumny
10 wee ot curious con!litution.-Trying TO
XII 1t keePsit alive leave it TO it!ef and it will
die natural death
Chancellor Lanfng's III judged ard III writ
ten addreis to the public comes precifely under
The head OF caunny. He infatuated in that
addrefs a charge acainf gov Clinton whe, he
(gov. Clinton) was amof three hundred miles
diitant from New York, and when called upon
by Geo Clinton, jun. to explain himfelf, that
the public might know what he meant, rcfufrd
to do it. Mr. Laafing holds the Office of chan
ceiior 6HriSg g0o6 6sbavioar, and this is the re-
venue of good behaviour. The words go94 be-
baUionr Which are the words of the conltituti-
on, mum have fome meaning or why are they
put there They certainly apply 10 the whole
OF mans moral and civil character and noe
mercl7 to Official character. n man may he
pune'nal in his official character becaufe it 10
his intereft to be 70, and yet be dilhonouable
and unjuit in every thing elle.
Mr.. LanIi0g thould have recollcGtcd that gov.
ChhioD's long experience in the office Of cover
nor enabled him 10 give uieful advice to a Young
beginner, and his well known integtii y precludes
every idea Of his giving any other. IT gov.
Clinton gave any advice TO Mr.. Laufing c. the
tubject he ipeaks Of, Mr.. Laniing oush, to
haze ie't h.n'iclf obliged to him, inftead Of which
he has turned treacherous and ungrattfIl.
But though men Of confcious integrity. calm
and phiIofophicdl, will not defend to tbc low
exPedient Of protecting for the fake Of what
are called damages, there nevertheless ought 10
be law for punhing calumny AID this be-
comes the more necelfsry beCaufs it often hap
pens that the protector for damages is himfclf
the calumniator. Morgan Lewis's profecu,icn
of Thomas Farmer for one hundred thoufind
dollars damages, is holding Mr. Farmer up to
the public as unjul man. maturjn Living
Gon is playing the fame game towards Rir.
J1okfon, one Of Tie editors Of the Independent
Republican, & the anslo-Ifa imron er Cullen,
who is iecured from damage By the infamy of
his character, is trying TO make three thoufand
dollars out Of Mr.. Frank, one Of the editors Of
the Public Advertiser. As the matter cards 1t
preient a rogue has better chance than an ho.
uea man.
There is not 4 man in the United States,
Thomas Jeherfon excepted, that has been more
abu!ed By this mean aud uupriDciped federal