The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-09-30

are no discussions in which passion speaks
more than III those of a poli:cal nature"
| nd that passion although often ingeaioas.
nd always eloquent, can seldom lay claim
TO the merit OF coasis<eney"-And yet this,
sur, is not the only instance in which we have
Hay VS.. aay-tiortcnsius against Hort-nsi-
uS-aid Franklin in opposition to the Au-
;hor Of the Address to the People
But it is really astonishing tina, YOU should
have forgotten the very case in which you
would have admitted the necessity and pro
priety OK n cnucds. In this address, vou have
Said that the necessity. of the case, by which
The last caucus justified their meeting, "is
AN itnsoarrrantu6ie and arbitrary suppositi-
on. You have admitted in one Of your es-
SAYS, that Gin the year 1900" when the re-
pubticans We're SO soreiy pressed a eau
Gus wdsa measure nor only jttstifabie BIZ.
necessary, or to speak more CORRECTLY, it was
iustitabie. because it was accessory ,"--Tte
very same language is maintained by your
friends the Stpeniees, Pr0teS. ers. And now,
SIR, hD7v stands the case at this very mo-
ment Ii the republican, party are now ex-
posed to danger. 1t forms the very plea Of ne
cessity, WHICH makes a caucus iustisablc
measure The tfDiss have realty changed
snce The production ot the celebrated Pro-
test. The Fedcralists were then COM
paratively few in number - they could not
( II votes out ofl76 and no federalist' could
= therefore be elected by the Electors."-
But you, sir, have now avowed your belief
that" the republicans are daily losing ground
in the eastern states that " even in Penn
sylvania, they are not supposed to have
great ascendancy ;" and that lit is impos-
sible to tell, how Car this sentiment may
spread. IF then, you, sir, are a republican
vnnrSelf- on il Won hniievn Mr. Madison g,
lp Iyi CO. IS
supporting a nomination, which you may
have originally opposed
But in pace of pursuing the course re-
commended by the Caucus, YOU have recon-
mended one of your own 1t is this, that
until the election of President, " cueru
man ouSh 20 express his oqpn opinion, and
to act according to the dictates of his own
JUDGMENT BY this mode of proceeding,
the opinion of a >reat majority prevails" -
You ere mistaken, sir. If ever, Repubr-
can votes for the man whom he prefers,
there might be a hundred candidates Each
state and dis riot might have one The ft.
dera lists would cling together. The conse-
quence would se, either that they would
Carry their own man, or what is Infinitely
more probab e, there would be no electoral
majority, and the election would go before
Congress. but yol, sir, g have no cviSh 10
see another of these elections ; where the
real majority" does not carry it. but
C. where the decision is made without th.,
smallest rJer6nce 10 numbers. "%-But WHY
muster my own chances and calculations on
! a subject, where you, sir, have superseded
them by so many happier statements on a
siiallar point Let us so once more to the
pare iounJ OF Frank ,in.--'' Let it be srI,no
sed that the Clause in the law which de-
ciAies that the 81 names on every ticket
Sin II De.ong 10 persons in different districts.
mad not been Inserted; every man wouId of
course have had a right to vote for the 81
persons III his c0ansy or in his district. mr.
The staGe at large, whom he thourht hroaey
to select. Then you state four conseouen-
ceS, that might result. The I'd is, "Or. no
recommendation being made, or being made
nor being regarded, each individual would
make out ticket according TO his own iudg-
ment; i'll wnica case, &c." Here YOU state
the a6Surdities of this mode---The Ash is.
Or, such a number of Recommendations
Would take p ace, so many Candidates
would be brought forward, SO many candi-
dates would come forward, so many plans
would be suggested and so many arrange
mems proposed on one side, and so manv
| plans and arrangements would be made to
| com icract them on the other, that all The G.
wills OF Confusion, discord and animositv.
would be lct loose upon the people. "t---So
consistent are you sir, at different times.
In 1900, you are for the Republicans, act
/ ing rationatiy and in concerf"t In 1908,
you are an advocate for each mans actino,
for and by himself.
! | shall not pursue you through the quail
hcations you have assigned to Mr. Monroe S
Ii is suific ent to admit, that they haze Gen
titled him to the gratitude, affection, and
respect OF the peopie.--As to the g sources
OF information" which This long residence A.
broad" has opened, two remarks NAV be of
tered. III he knows more of the people OF
Europe, Madison knows more of the feelings
OF mis- own countrvmen. IF Monroe has seen
more OF the manners of the courts and peo-
pie of Europe, Madison's official situation
has initiated him more deeply into greater
variety and extent OF diplomatic Transact
onS.
he sketch which you have drawn of him
as Governor of Virginia, may have one GOOD
effect, sir. lt is calculated TO please and con-
ciIiate the federalists But you will not
surely compare the sphere Of governor of
Virginia, who is seldom felt as political cha
racter, to that Of the President of the u. s.
who cannot stir step without intersecting
and exciting. the principles OF political par
ties Nor can YOU seriously ascribe it as q
fault to Mr.. Jefferson, that he has not /" re-
conciied his political opponents" so as to
obtain their entire appreciation of his admi-
Hstration."