The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-10-21
TIE ENQUIRER.
RICHMOND. ocroBEa 81, 1905.
To MEssRs. GEeRcE H<r, EDWARE {.
S1ASzRD, WILLIAM ROBERTSON, am
JogN BRocKENBRoUCH members Of tie
Monroe CORRESPONDING Committee.

JoBN BRoCKENBRoUGH members Of tie
Monroe CORRESPONDING Committee.
GENTLEMEN,
Your last Address to the CT
items Of Virginia, is worthy of Reply.
If your former Address to the People has
not met with the respect to which it WAS en-
titled, it is the fate. which every writer WIN
comes before the bar of the public. has rea-
son to eXpeCt.--Ifit has met th severity Of re-
buke and the harshness of political condem-
nation. twas because the principles. which
1t set forth, appeared in their consequences
hostile to the honor and interests of the A
merican people.---Ifit has seemingly subject
ed you in any one case to the imputation of
entertaining viesDs hostile to that honor and
those interests, it was because in that one
case the serious irony winch was levcled at
the consequences of your opinions, was mis-,
taken by yourselves for serious :" charge
upon the views and motives of the Commit
tee.
But why do uou complain OF prescription
and insult. Admitting your complaints to
be just. are you the only persons. Sirs, who
have felt the envenomed sting of Calum-
ny? Has no "aouse been heaped' upon the
illustrious rival of Monroe! Has none been
lavished upon his friends? Listen to the
conversations of some of his opponents
read their COMPOSITIONS, rs far as they
have dared to see the light; and then to
your plants and complaints a. with what
appetite yon may."-There is scarce man
who occupies distinguished post in the
Madisonian ranks, that has not been abused
and insulted by their adversaries. Who
uttavi>eu tue reputation, ana misrepre-
scented the actions of Wm. b Giles Who has
denounced Wilson G. Nicholas. Surely
none OF you, gentlemen, nor any of your
friends, followers or supporters.-Whp has
Wanted that he would hunt down 90 Mr.. G. lies
and that whole gang"-of private robbers
or public plunderers. we suppose? Surely
none of you, gentlemen, nor any of your
friends, followers or tipstaffs
But before we take a final leave of this
grievance of prescription, it would be as
we'll to direct one glance at the Principals
in this business.-You will not deny, Sirs,
that Mr.. Monroe has been treated through
out this contest, in spirit of unparalleled
Hberality and tenderness. Although he had
contributed to form Brisish treaty, even
worse than Jays so much abused treaty
although he has suffered his name to be u
sed for the purposes of schism among the
republicans, and a covert attack upon the
measures of the administration vet have
the public halls & the public prints been res
pectful Of the feelings of the patriot and
the man. No animadversion has been vo-
lunteered against him nothing has been
published but in self-defence. Can the
friends of Mr.. Monroe say as much. Was
it not John Randolph, the firm and polished
frieiid of James Monroe, WHO some time past
commenced this system of prescription,
PLAYED the part Of RobespierI c in the Nation
al Convention. and publickly arraigned the
talents, the virtues and the professions of
James Madison, OH the floor of the H. of r, +!
In defiance of the common rules OF
Chivalry, and in the spirit of an impious
Enthusiasm, have not the reccsses of his
family been ransac!ied, and the feelingsof a
Lady, been most cruelty and publickly
wounded Go, gentlemen, and pursue the
polished compositions of Falkland; Conon,
and Powhatan, and then to the complaints
OF your own grievances g with what appetite
yeu NAV" Point out single attack upon
Mr Monroe Or any Of his friends which equals
the following effi;sion adddressedby Falkland
TO MIR. Madison: "fThen robbery has been
committed, murder is too apt to suggest it
self as an eNpedient for concealment and
iniquity; and l7,the Shirt Of hardened Of
fender, you and your accompices have
aimed to assGSSinGte tn character of those
by whose intrapidity yonr attempts Upon the
T public property were exposed & defeated -
And yet. this elegant Jeur dE8hr1f WIS
traced b. the polished pen of Mr. Randolph,
tue i'ii anu last Ir1eilu OF MI Monroe.
There is one little thing, Gentlemen. in
which you must permit me to set YOU right
You have ingsniously conjured up charge
against yourselves, which really was never
urged by youropponcnts, and have put words
upon their lips, which they would disdain
to have uttered. You are mistaken, Gentle.
men, as to the source of the objections or
4" charges as you care pleased to have it,
which have been made against YOU: "The
Foundation" of these objections was not, as
You have asserted, Z" the 7uish which, you
g avow to see Mr.. Monroe President Of the
United States. NO, Gentlemen; 10 man
OF any professions ,oitbcralitv has censured
you for your prcferei.cc Of James Monroe.
1T is not Your supporting that gentleman, but
your supporting him under the circumstan-
ces, and onthc suspicious grounds, on which
yon have placed his prctenSons.--It is your
indirect concurrence WIFI the federal cla-
mrur, on t!c subject of the "difficultes in
which we are involved" 1t is your implied
Opposition totbe Embargo It is your urge
neronaiy employing the embarra5sI.ierts in
which We arc involved, as a kind Of political
ho6'jY-hOrse, for conducting your Candidate
Into Office. 1T is your opposition to the course
OF the Administration. at time too, when
Il most reqaires the aid of every disintercst-
ed friend ofhis country.
Bnt you, 5irs, will :" say nothing of the
canaes which led 70 the present STATE of
tc,r,