The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-12-04

cilT OF athens. Your ow- dif:err7,Sn., &C. would
oh'Pate tins tattrr'g iliaion of yoar vanity Your
country has not yt. condemned an Ariniies nor
nave they eSiled you becaule Yen were the JuG
But when they beheld you denopncing men in Cuu-
gris as pages of the water cloet, when you your
ief nave 10 often acted the organ OF
between Congress and the standardization; when they
law you attempting To hunt down men who were your
equals IN talents and yoar uperiors in public iervce;
~hef they beheid you coming for~ ard as the I'M
ouhing aPologiit OF Brtiih outrage. foothng nGead
OF Importing the juf reientnlent of your country,
Iaoandoningour unfortunate feanen TO their chains
inhead oi attempting to diiiolve them: when they
law you revi'ing and oppolng the very bet adminif-
'rS'oh winch this or any other country has enjoyed
wnen they found themfelves obliged TO chooie be-
tween Thomas Jeiierlon and Iohn Randolph il was
ihpoiNoe for them TO hetate for moment about
their election They abandoned in,petuous youth
lot deliberate age; the unedged politician for an old
wing OF the revolution; the cool apologil of Great
Britain for the firm defender of his coun,ry's rights
You know The tesiper of our couutryn,en Even
yoe' hr, VIII admit, that they have generotv eroy
TO admire the rnne.s of the conlc.n,ious
tive, though he hou'd exactly follow in the wake
OF the Executive Vefiel But they mutt indeed be IA,
tsiied' that this is truly CONTRIBUTIONS cppotion
tha there no faint OF perlonal resntment or dian
pointed ambition ming!ing itfelf in his n,eaiure,
However improper his s47t, they muit feel that he
IS actuated by patriotic msiis. They nnh feel too
that neither his paions are 70 -iu,oe,uous nor his
love of hniieh 20 acendan, above the n,eres of his
counry,as to hurry him beyond the bourne OF a rea.
ionabe oppoiition, and 20 impel him to the eiial,
ment OF an ind-Penden, party
have no dipolitioD iet myfef rp as rublic in
qnitor OF the zsotives Of men. | neither could if
""u'o, nor would could, dive into the fecrets Of
fhe Charoel Houie. For the in,eeriri of your pri-
Va'e Character, feel no other fentrens than ref
Pect: The iphere OF repulGun, in which you move,
iofbids me TO love yon. But, fir, for the errors of
your public conduct am able ailicn 70 plealinp
ioution. ihouId itill have charity enough to be-
ieve' that your irN oPpofition the administration
was the trut or roug but npre fons: that
iprit of Se9arifm uourn,ed it, and tina, your dir
appointments and your in,petuoiity have bronybt II
TO maturity. But iome of your opponents who were
at the ieene OF ation in $685. are no, 70 generous
III aiignlng the motives of your conduct.
he world are not yet fatisfied thar YOU had not
a'Pred to the honours OF foreign embairy and that
your friend, Mr Clark, did wait on the Secreta-
GORGE All appointment The /a!le runs that the Sc
cretary OF State mott properly rejected this perous
| demand. For can even you, fir, believe, that YOU
were calculated for 10 important trult diplo-
siiit mutt poies ali the virtues of Currans picture
OF Scotland cool aud ardent, adventurous and per
tverng & how, FIR would your imperuoiiry of tenn
per nave been able cope with the wles o. the
ra!leyrand the wit of Canning 3--I, is in vain
that you may urge your ignorance of Mr.. Clark :,
project before it was defeated There was PERHAPS
no material difference between your knowing of the
proportion before it made and after il was re
Jeded The refentment which you may be ruppoied
to have felt towards the Secretary, was enough to
ifamP you as an enemy, when iuccels nigh, have
preierved you friend
| Yet whatever may have been the caules the con.
iequences are 10 glsring as to defy concealnent.
know that there Till fome charitable chrnians who
truit in the resurrection of your principles There
others too adoub;ful faith neither ntdels nor chrif
ans neither wholly yours, wholly the adminiftrati
on lpeoes OF political noners no loves TO breathe
IN all the elements who pretend to fnohe the icru
PIES OF their condolences by vainy AAtterng them
ietves that you will day or other retrace the ep
OF the Prodiga!. But, fir, you we'll know tina
they are egregioulY milaken. Your prrionaI inter
} cour!e with the Prefdent is Guipended You know
that initead of ioothing the dvifons of party, vol
have ieized every opportunity for aggr.(iion
Narrow indeed is the iGhmus, which contested VOL
with your former party and vehement is the in,uu.t
which IS every moment waihingit away.
As to the errorsofrhe p,inspi., which YOU have al
vocated, it is unneceary to enter into critical in
: vestigation. | proPofe to offer VERY ourfor
view of the policy, which you have recommends
with regard to c. Britain. The prefent is crGs G
when your conduct & principles on this importar
point, ihould appear before the tribunal of the publ
PHOCION.