The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-01-05

llaud-You declare that you have no DISPOSE
ton to "dive into the secrets of the Charne
House." 1t will be well, sir, suspect, both
for you and your abettors that you should con-
tinue in this opinion. For if you were to dive
into those secrets, YOU might per chance find
many things as little adapted to your laudable
purpose of degrading Mr.. II, as to- your still
more praise-wortny design OF eXalting other
persons whose names l shall leave it to you
to supply. Towards the conclusion of your
letter, you tell Mr.. X that for the integri-
ty of his private character vuI feel no other
sentiment than respect" am much incin-
ed to suspect that Mr.. X. owes you no thanks
for this declaration.
You seem to me, Sir, to be making virtue
of necessity by affecting respect for that,
which you must be conscious you are utterly
incapable of injuring. The truth is, this gen
tleman's private character is as invulnerable
to your attacks, as believe it above your
imitation. Before l conclude, cannot for
bear to notice the strange fatality with which
you have selected your signature-Could not
living character furnish sufficient food for
your malignity? What injury can the dead
Phocion have done you, that you should IL
surp his name for such base and unworthy
purposes? Phocion was wise--he was just
he was in every sense patriot and philo-
sopher-In what history then of that truly
great, and justly admired man have you
learned that he ever debased himself SO far
as to act the part of an anonymous calumni-
ator. In justice then, Sir, to the dead, |
will not injure your character so far as to
suspect YOU capable of it towards tho living,
let me entreat you, to adopt i'll future, if you
again treSpass on the public, some signature
more expressive both of your true character
and object-such, for example as 81 her
sonai or Political enemy Of d1r. H." Eirher
and probably both, would be completely ap-
propriate-and then the public would be
better enabled to appreciate all which you
. might think proper to say.
A few moro remarks. and have done -
If any should think that in my attempt to ex
pose the Injustice and calumnes of this Pseu-
do-PhoCion, ] have touched upon certain
political discussions which should either be
forgotten, or kept Out of view at the present
crisis ;--or that have limited at the posi-
blity OF defects in certain political characters
who should be considered infallible-they
must recolect that they are to thank Phoci-
on for it, He 1T is who is entitled to all the
merit OF this renewed warfare. lie 1t is who
after long interval, has first endeavoured
once more to resuscitate the latent if not al
most expiring flame OF political luminosity,
and cannot presume that lie either expects
and wishes disappointment. The friends of
MIR. II. believe his character and views of
too much importance to their country, par
ticularly at the present time, silently to sut-
fer them any longer to be SO grossly--so un-
Justly misrepresented and abused. Let those
thereflre whom 1t may concern, distinctly
understand, that TIA war OF political eXter-
mination is to be waged, and M. X. with his
friends forced into it--they viii not decline
. the contest, although contempt for his enc
mics may keep him silent. The real friends
however Of our republican institutions (and Go
such only address MY self) may rest assured
that the principles upon which those institu-
tions depend, shall never be violated in any
remarks which Fhocion, any one like him
who may compel me to offer--'Eo Phocon
havenohiag more tosay than that the forbear-,
ance, which Mr.. rps friends have heretofore
from variety of motives exercised towards
the many name ess enemies who have as
sailed him in so many various ways--is at an
end. Phlcion has made it necessary that the
principles upon which Mr.. H. and his friends
have acted should once more become a to-
PIC OF pubic discussion, ard he may dive now
as deep as he pleases into the secrets OF
the Channel House He may rest assured
If it will give him any satisfaction, that ne
shall be pursued-answered and i am trust,
exposed to that public censurc which he seems
to me sojustly to merit.
ANTI-FHOCION.
Mr. RosE had not landed, when the last
stage left Norfolk. We understand that on
the 21t.. Dec. the British Consul addres scd a
leuerto X. +. Lee, Esq. Mayor OF Norfolk,
informing him that MIR. Rose had arrived in
Hampton Roads enquiring whether his ma
jesty's ship the Statira was to be received
there on the same footing as the nati0Hai
ships of auy other country in amity with the
u. sand expressing his confidence that she
would be so received.
we understand MIR. Lee to have replied,
that THIS was subject il which III his official
capacity ne had no cognizance, and that he
could ONLY refer him to the Collector of the
Fort, as the authority which appeared TO him
the most proper to apply to- What was the
partiCu az reply made By the Deputy oeC-
tor, we have not understood !; lie observed
perhaps, III general terms, that there was no
thing in the Presidents Proclamation, which
fUDad MIR. Roses landing.
The Point OF Etiquette scem8 to be this.
Before the proclamation, The Il. national ships
cou'd enter or ports, without reporting them
selves to the Custom House or receiving sup
plies through ;hat channel. The proclama-
ton, tho il makes u specific exception in ia
Vor Of IL. armed vessels, charged With dis
PATCHES, still requires that thcy should re-
port themselves TO the Collector Of the Dis
tIlct, and conforming themselves to the regu-
lGtiGns In that case I,rcSCribcd t!f,epr +bc ~,