The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-07-12
THE ENQUIRER.
RICHMOND. JULY 70. 1aos.
TO Ms Editor Of the Enquirer.

A Citizen of Westmoreland, who over
that signature wrote the communication pub
hshed IN your paper a. few weeks ago, re-
quests leave again to occupy another column
OF it. You will probably, the more readily
comply with this request, when he assures
you, it is the last he shall make. II you,.
fort-Royal correspondent ard himself agreed
as Well on every subject, they do in their
opinion, OF the g unjirQjfta6ieness'' of that
one, which has drawn forth these remarks.
yonr useful columns would not have been ia
kenup with such useless matter He is sor-
ry the discovery was not sooner. made 1t
would have saved rs both the trouble OF wrl-
ting, and yon the hain of publishing 20
why, let meask, was this uninteresting
and improbable subject" forced upon the
public Way was the communication of the
10th of May, written published. What
was Its object, or where the necessity which
Justified it The subject in itself was tri
.FthS and inSignifcant.. From what peculiar
circumstance then did it derive its dignity
or Importance?
These questions, which have been asked
by more persons than one, the Port ROYAL
gentleman can alone answer. It. however
is truly ridiculous to hear him now, who first
appeared before the fubAc IN q Hesvs -hGher
with a pretended statement of facts, urge
the proprcty OF confirming the examination Of
them to the neighborhood Immediately con-
cerned in their explanation. His example
IKE that OF many greater men, contradcts
his precept. :.
The Citizen of Westmcreland erred. il is
said, in stating that Mr. T. cont aued on the
Bench from the commencement Of The electi-
On until he gave his OVID vote. With some
thing like an air of triumph, the Port-Royal-
ISL and his coadjutor assert "that Dreyious
TO this time, NJ B. retired to the tavern and
dlned-that soon after the polls were o1,en
ed, when he had but or votes, he offer
ed to withdraw if Mr.. Parker thought it
would serve him, A." & that shortly after ma
KING TINS otier he did withdraw, and dined
before he voted"
1t would he no difficnlt to expose the
studied evasicns of these general ALLEGATIONS
when 1T was so easy with the assistance of
the " gentlemen on tie shot, +" to have given
as more particular information. Taking too
the fact along, that when Mr.. H. received
MS 9TH vote, IS persons had been boiled il
might be questioned whether a retreat nGe,.
mat time, was either very precipitatc one
or made "soon after the polls were opened
n personal enemy of Mr.. BIS might insinu-
ate, that ho had remained long enough to dis
cover the futiiity Of his own hopes, before he
recollcctcd the prcprietyof making az the
SHRINE of principle, the 81 crifce OF his pride
or ambition - that little merit can be
claImedby him, who withdrew from a CON
test, III which he ought never TO have enga-
ged, when he can no longer continue it with
honor or advantage, and that the dangers h" OF
throwing the republican candidates into q
small minority" seemed not be conside-
ration so powerful with him, as the drcari-
ness OF the prospect before him.
Yet waving any cahfious objections Of aais
nature, it is more material to his owr, jnsti-
hcatioD for the Citizen Of Westmorelaod to
remark, that before he sent his coinmuniea-
ton to the press, in order to BIZ as correct AS
possible, he submitted the substance of it
20 Mr. Mckenny ono Of the candidates who
continued OH the bench, 20 two Of the gentle
men who kept the polls, and L. several others
Of the first respectabiiity, who we're present
at the election; and tney all agreet tnay it
contained faithful representation of facts.
The mistake therefore if it WIS one, was
c9nmen to us ali, and must have arisen from
nc "cil-knoTn eilcanstancc that during al