The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-04-17

Santic fervonr OF 49, 90
1t is a faet that, many of the federalits n,
begin to exPrefs the deepef fympathy for
him. They intimate, that he is a much better
man thsuthcy ever believed hmto be; thar re
rs at all events good man as MIR. Jetferins.
Look at the paiirical tone OF his fecuritirs.
No one can doxbt, that Mr.. r. Taylor is a
fi,m fejerali1.
No one can doubt Mef1is. John C. Gamble
and Henry Heth.
As little doubt can be entertained of the poll
tical opinions of John Hopkins, Efq. the remov-
cd Commifioner Of Loaus.
Asto Major Langburn, he has generally paf-
FED for republican and the admrer of
Mr.. ]. Bat his politics have not altogether
aiutned fixed aud confident character he is
citizen of the world of generous and ro-
mantle en'huiiafm {; and from an acquaintance
with Mr.. Burr in the army, difpofed to befrend
him.
perfectly agree p the opinion of the u. S.
Attorney, delivered before the court, that M,
Burr could have obtained bail for at leaf lo6-
900 doilars.--It is uite!s 10 add, from the fede-
, raliGs.
Let not Mr.. Burr "lay the fiattering unc-
ton" to his foul, that it was TO the eeur..fy of
his frcurities, AS he hinfelf aTerted before the
court that he owes this benefit.--A man AS well
| acquainted as he is with the move ments OF the
| federal party, NUT underaand them better.
He mu0 know (however melancholy the refiec-
ton 10 his bofom) that al this born kind
nefs which he has received from them, was the
, fruit of their decided opposition TO the admi-
nifration.
| Let him not be deceived.-The fecret of
their attachment TO him is their antipathy to
Mr.. Jeferfon. And what would they not "a
| crhcc to this fentinent
Let us imagine an ipterefing cafe
Suppofe Alexander Hamilton was fuddenly
| to BURT the cerementS" in which he is en-.
| ihrouded; fuppofe him to appear before his at.
tonified party, precifely at that moment, when
| the iecnrties of COL Burr were depoiitirg their
own honours in the hands of the Chief Juftice
In what adequate terms could he convey 20
| them the wonder, the curoG.y and the indigua-
| ton which grew out of this fcene
"Impofiible Lis it you, my friends, whom
| / perceive the friends OF this man ?''
"Have you then forgotten that he was once
| the deadlieft foe to our caufe? and that he was
| the mott formidable political enemy, that ever
encountered Have you forgotten, that du-
| ring the election of 1901, when our party were
| refolved to exclude MIR. Jefftrfon, advifed gen.
| Gums to eipouie bis cauie rather than Col.
| Bury's; 70 deeply was imprefied with his in
veterate hoftility to our party?
"Havc you forgotten the manner of my death |;
| or the fentatons which it feemed to produce
upon your minds? Mutt believe thar all this
| expreion was but the femblance and mockery
of woe; or that you have 70 foon forgotten the
fervces which have rendered TO your party?
/ fcorn to recrpituIatc thofe benefits: but
deeply regret to fee that the remembrance of
their author is buried in his tomb.
| "You fart at theie reproaches. You proteff
| againf this ingratitude. You refer to the desp
fsnfations of regret and melancholy, which &C
! companicd my exit |: you even appeal 20 the
ardent excavations, and curfes. which you
avifhed upon my antagonif.-But what has
now become of thefe fentiments? The man
whom you have perfecuted for my fake, is now
| fuddenly become your favourite protegee. Is
this the gratitude, which you manifea to my
memory or is this the on6fency. which YOU
errp'ay even, In your own feelings %
AN OBSERVER.
This letter has been feen by fone OF the inhabi-
rants OF this city.-But it rot the only letter
which Gen. III. wrote on this location.
Wbat5 Heeuba to me-er to Heeuba ?
! 1t is melancholy to fee, how much of The En-.
| rSpean fpirt pervades or public prints, when
| they difcufs the affairs of Europe.
| The federal paper, fee morning bad in the
conduct of Bingham and nothing but what is
atrocious in the conduct of France.
The republican prints are dltinguifl,ed by
greater impartiality and independence. They
do not run together in their views of the Gate
WI Su'cPS out luc pdIdlClJ inc QlC-
| tates of their own judgment. But even here it
| is lamentabic fact, that while fome of thefe
prints maintain a neutrality between the con-
tending powers of Europe, others have decid-
eddy taken fides with France they participate
in all her iuccefoes they defend all her ufur-
pations.
One Editor defends the French, as if he were
a Frenchman.
Another delendsthe Englilh, as if he were an
| Englifbman.
Blu of what importance to us,-confidered
in the light of principle the prefcnt contefts
of Europe? The Fate OF things in that quarter
of the world is materially different now, from
what it was within few pan years. France
is no longer contending for freedom. England
is no longer thriving to extinguiih the dawn OF
light. 1t is no longer, ftruggle between free
men and caves; between prejudice and princi-
pie; between defpotifm and freedom be.
tween one nation refolving 10 be free, and
Others attempting TO devour her. 1t is no Longer
whether the race of republics ia to be Gincd
or increafed. But in the mott important points
it is a Rrugge of ambition it is whether G
Britain ialI be lord Of the fsas, and France lore
OF the land II is conflict between Kings and
Emperors in which the caufe of freedom
fcarcely participates in the fmalleft degree.
The federal prints however urge the great
dangers, which we may aPprehend from France
"a the resfon of their frenuous expedition &c
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