The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-01-03

to him whether he or Mr.. 7. was elecied that
the country would be expofed to great dam
| ger by an interregnum and enqured of Cen.
- whether it would not be better to avoid
thofe consequences at once, by fuffering one of
them to be elected. This evafon was too diC.
cutting to infpire the lghtctt confidence in his
| virtue, and Cen. - did not conceive himfeif
| fulfilled in making the proportion which he in
tended.
Catalina afpired in vain TO the coniulate of
Rome, and Burr was bafled in his intention of
fupp'anting Mr.. JeRerfon
Catalina confpired againa the peace of his
country. And 70 has Aaron Burr.
Catalina applied his dcxtcrity to all the diff
csntented paiiions of the Roman citizens men
ruined by difiipaton, men harafIed by debt,
men who had nothing to expect from the tran
quill fcenes of peace, and who were dGatisfied
with the actual officers of the govern tient---
The fame trait appears in the picture Of A.
Burr. No man 70 well acquainted as himfelf
with the very places and perfons, where the ele-
ments of dfaffeetion and treafon are lurking.
| The die ontented officers Of the old admnitra-
ton, or thofe who do not conceive themfelves
inthciently remunerated under the prefcrt, have
| been founded ; witnefs 5000 as fpecimen Of
the hrf, and Eaton of the lat the needy def
cendants of brave fathers have beeUo onfulted
d'fcontenied tederalias have been probed to the
bottom; and many man has been fceuted
out, who Qn the language of SaiIuit) {" had
diffpated his paternal eRate." But the def
crption is at full length in SalluR, where the
reSder may ind the accomplices ofthe Roman,
and too many ofthe American Catalina.
Catalina is repreftnted as having principally
! fought the intimacy of young men ; & the hilio-
rian has well aligned the reafon. Their ten
der and duetie minds, are with lefs difficulty
captvated by cunning and fpecious sppearan-
/ ces.'-T1he fame trait runs through the de-
pertinent OF the American Catalina. Where
yer ne has gone, he has generally ihunned the
iocisty of the faid, and the aged. The young
have been the Objects of his attention, and the
unfutpeeting victims of his articles. He prin
| ciPally a!iociated with young men when at A.
iexandria; he principally afiociated with them
in the towns Of the WeRcrn country.
Catalina attempted TO augment his own means
| by foreign reiources. He fought 10 enIift the
f.. Allobsoges, one of the formidable tribes of
Gaui, INTO his fervice. J1it 70 did A. Burr
Without adequate refources of his own. he
| fought the alliance and aliiitance of the ex-mi
hitter of Spain.--It would be a pleafure to be-
lIeve, that the parallel was ALTO true through
out; but the ftrorgeft circumstances forbid
THAI fuppoGtion. The Allobroges were pru.
dent OF honelt enough TO unmak the confpira
tor to his country not 10 the SpaniGh SOY.
He has in all probability famed the fame of
treafon.
At the very moment, when Cataline's plot was
on the eve Of e2pIoGon when his faction were
prepared TO fet fire to Rome, to plumber. to
aiiaf1inate and to trample all order under foot,
did Catalina repair to the Senate Houfe, to
protect his innocence.----NIult we recall 70 orr
readers the analogous conduct of A. Burr, when
he appeared before the federal court of Kentuc
Ky And if it were not preiiing the COMPARE
Ion to too great variety of minutir, the We.
ry manner and the very words of each might
| be !hewn TO reiemble. The defgn of both was
preci!ely the fame. Unfortunately for ns. the
) parallel between the two fcenes ceafes here.
Cicero made that celebrated &c awakening
, fpsech," which was not lefs honorable to
him as patriot than as an orator Bat Mr..
Daviefs is no orator.cAnd what a confed,.cyt
> difference in the catanrophe Catalina ruhcd
ont from the Senate houfe, ababed, bai1led in
his views of popularity, and covering beneath
the enthuiiaim of Cicero But Burr retired in
triumph.
But away with the di(gufting pencil! We
have already efablihed too many points of
parallel between the Roman conipirator and an
American ; and we fhould derive little fatisfac-
ton from adding to their number.
IF the enterprise of Aaron Burr be defeated.
and we really do not perceive from whatever
quarter it is to be revived, but from one which
we can fcarce dare TO fufpe6 ;-bi5 intellectual
reiources, atoniihing they arc, can never
hereafter endanger his country. What might
} not this man have been, if his virtues had but
correiponded with his genius? The fin ma
: gifracy of the United States would have been
his and bis would have been the delightful
contciousnefs of having contributed TO con-
} firm the fabric Of our republic, and enliehten
the minds Of his countrymen.--But thore bene
: fits or thofe injuries now beyond the fphere
: ofhis power. a. Burr has fet like Lucifrr ne
yer to rife again. He has put a mark upon
himief, which like that of Cain, will carry
him diihonored through the world. Hence
forth no good or patriotic man will afpire to be
his friend and his fociety will be fpurned
Ike the plague becaufe like the plague, it
will be fufPetted of contagion.
} CAPITAL OF THE u. STATEs.-We have
received from a correspondent at Warrington,
, the Preiiderts meiIage, tranfmtting az
counts" of the feveraI fums which have been
expended on the Capitol, the P,e6dem's bonjc,
) the PHbHe OGEeej, the Mary Tard and the .na-
riHe Barracks, with the amount expended on
other objects Of public expence within the CITY
of Warrington, prepared in obedience to re-
frution Of the Houie of Representatives. of the
18th Dec. AS this document is too lengthy to
be inherited in all its details in our paper, we
fhalll merely prefcnt our readers with FUN to-
tai ofthefe various expenditures.
! On the capitol, there have been DolJ. Cts.
syranJsJ oco