The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-03-18

wanton attack upon your character, or feel
ings. A sense OF justice win compel you to
ascribe this notice, on my part. to the parti-
atty Ut yonr friends. or your own aspiring
ambition: In yourself, there is nothing which
Could for moment dctain my attention. AS
private individual, you are to me, sub
ject OF unqualified Indifference. 1t is in your
public capacity, and more especially when
YOU advance prctcnsions to the first Office i'm
the union, or in the world. that you become
to me an object of interest, and that feel
myself entitled to examine those pretcn siops
! his is one, and not the least. valuable, of
those priviledges, which the seditioa law aim
cd TO extirpatc. Ills the birth right of, the
American citizen, rnalienably secured to
him. by the constitution. 1t was gloriously
asserted by the republicans at former day
and however questionable the doctrine may
have, subsequently,, become amongst. place
men, commissaries, contractors, and the
gaping expectants Of Office" be assured,
Sir, it will ever be maintained by the Ame-
riCan people.
The present administration came into pow
err with every possible advantage They pro-
fitted not more from their own well-earhed
popularity, than from the detestation, which
the incapacity K treachcry Of their predeces-
ors had, dcseryedly, inspired. The united
impulse of these sentiments ovcrcame every
some obCoxious laws & the enacting of some
salutary ones gave a new & irresistible i'm
petus to the machine of state, & for the first
time, perhaps, since its institution, the
wheels OF government turned with rapidity,
unoiled by corruption, "New Brooms sweep
clean," saith the proverb In little while
SYMPTOMS of Justification to the cause of re-
form were unequitocally displayed by your
self Your marked attention to the leading
Fsdcralists, the caresses with which they
we're received under your roof, and the
more than Indifference manifested towards
the Republicans, could not escape the re-
mark of the most casual observer. Many,
the most influential and consistent of the old
republicans, by whose spirited exertiohs
YOU and your colleagues were brought into
power, saw with unreasonable disgust the
principles for which they had contcnded re-
as they thought established1 neutrali-ed at
the touch of cold and insidious moderation.
! speak not fplace-hunters, OF men who
sought change in the administration solely
tor the Arrangement of themselves and their
connexions, but of those noble and disiate-
rested spirits, who served from attachment
to the cause alone, and who neither expected
nor desired prefcrment.
1T is not singular belief amongst these
persons, that to your great and acknowledge
eli influence. we are indebted for that strange
amalgamation ofprinciples and of men which
has distinguished some late acts of the adj
minlstration that we have been gradoally
relaxing from our old principles and relaps-
ing into those of our predecessors that at
TINS moment q arepublican minister at Lon
don Is yoked with colleague, whom former
administrations deemed fit instrument to
execute the memorable treaty negotiated by
Mr. Jay. Whether this last me ASSURE pro-
a laf u,e1,
detract from the merit of a man, in whom
You dreaded a future rival, you only can as
certain. Most certain it is that but avery
short time before the nomination of Mr. Pink
ney. the president expressed his determine
ton not to send any additional envoy to Eu
ropet2) AFedcraiistis soon after Dispatch
ed to share the harvest sown by toii-worn
veteran OF the republican cause, and obscure
his reputation.
The times call aloud for union amongst
the friends OF free government. 1t is ONLY
by concert and activity on their part, that
past errors can be retrieved, and the dangers
which now threaten US .averted. If nv OBJ
jectiohs to your political character were
merely negative, could be content to wave
them. They should sleep never to wake
more. would cheerfully sacrifice nv pri-
waite predictions, and enter upon the task.
however disheartening. of supporting the adj
ihihiStrdtiou OF man whom did not eX-
clusively prefer. But will never consent to
live under YAzoo- PREsiDENT, if I can
avoid it by fair and honorable means. To a
nice observer, it is matter of astonishment
If, indeed, those versed in the affairs of
this world can wonder at any thing-that
| you should have ever attained your present
elevation. The associate Of Hamilton and
Jay IN 1888, you bore principal part in that
celebrated performance "The Federalist,' -
under the signature of Pu5ius, OH the con
situation of the United States and the num-
bers which are acknowledged for yours, are
those which Contain the most Objectionable
expositions of that instrument In 1895, an
opposer of Jays treaty. in the House of Re
representatives., the. appropriation for carry
| ing that treaty into effect prevailed against
you, the avowcd and undisputed leader of a
commanding majority. Whether this be a
proof of incapacity,. OF treachery, on your
part, shall not pretend to decide. In 1898
You shruhk from the storm, leaving to John
Taylor, in the Virginia Assembly, and to
Galiatin. Nicholas and Livingston, in Con-
! gress, the danger and toll of stemming the
tide OF Executive power.--Yes, to that Col.
Taylor, the ifse agmcn Of the Virginia Le-
6islature, in those disastrous times, the mar,
whom yotf Have not hesitated to stigmatizc a 9
visionary thcorist in politics, when you had
risen into power and consequence from his la
bofs, (3) and the aid of whose pan has been
but yesterday, courted in support Of your
claims to the presidency. 1t isnot forgotten
by those who served with you in the House
OF Delegates of this state, when (the politi-