The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-08-09

II was easily seen. when James Madison
was brought forward for the first Office in the
u. States, that the utmost venom of his enc
mics would be directed against him that his
whole life would have been ransacked; and
whatever spots dehed tie splendor OF his ser.
vices, that these spots would be pornpously
magnified and exhibited to the eyes of his
country. His frien6S however dehed these
attacks. They felt too great confidence in
his abilities and virtues, to shrink from the
touch of criticism.
His enemies have indeed taken very wide
scope. Not being able. to find any irR,
ground TO stand on in these modern times,
they have substantially confessed the impo-
tency of their cause, bv going back to the
darkness of antiquity. Their policy is an ex-
Cclient one.
AS they can draw nothing favorable from
the transa stions which are now recent to all
the world, it is meet that they should dig
into the dusty rubbish of antiquity and ava
Ken the sleeping lions, by rafting up COM
pany of old records which have lain for so
MANY wears by the wall neglected and for
gctten.', But even on this ground the friends
of Mr.. Madison will not shun an encounter
They too can brush off the dust which stands
so thick on the journals OF the old Congress-
They, too, can refer to documents tor his JUS
LITIGATION and they defy their enemies to
point to any thing in the incidents of 1889 or
1908, which disqualifes him from being the
CHIEF magistrate of this country.
Enc conduct of Mr.. Madison during the
revolution hes however been resorted to-
and Tor what purpose? to prove, that he
was g then" as well as now impregnat-
ed with an excessive attachment to France
such is the substance Of the charge which
has been lately brought forward against him
1 his charge is ostensiblv made by writer
from Boston, under the fictitious signature of
Samuel Adams, and is ushered with due
formality to the world by the apostate edi
tor, James Cheetham. We shrewdlv sus-
poet that the writer is perhaps no less n
nan than Oliver Wolcott or John Jay Esqs.
But lot the assailsnt be who he may, his OBJ
security forms his best protection against thu
sCorn' of his country.
u must indeed be confessed, that this
muflied assailant has chosen his ground with
no little arr. For long time past, the Fede-
ra!istS have sedulously set up the hue and cry
o. French influence in our national coun-
CHS. his is their tavorite theme OF abuse
against the administration. To this cause
they have ascribed the best measures of the
government; by this cry of mad-dog, they
have hoped to hunt down even the admins
tration itself-This gentleman therefore
mas very arttuiy attempted TO find out some-
thing IN the remote incidents of Mr.. Madi-
sons lite, which seems to CouRtenance this
predominant suspicion. IN this way he rldi-
culonsiy hopes t. prove that Mr.. Madison is
7io7p- what he WAS then, An ardent friend ;,f
the French
Blu the very antiquity to which he has re-
tered, gives the pointed lie to this conclusi-
on. IL the circumstances and relations Of
t"; Count Oh ed il il Is ridiculous 10
assert that the tempers Of individuals them
selves are not changed !; or to assign the same
att2chments ard sentiments to any man un-
ger one scra, mat ho MIGHT have entertained
az amor her. This hseudo-Samuel Adams
10 oa,Lteu "s @>sS to that period in our his
tory, when Il was no SIN rOuv-- f.;c,,l &c H.
French. The world VIII not soon forget tiis
services, which we received from the trea-
sures & troops of the king Of France the be
netats which Washington owed to the arm of
Fayette, or the fact Of De Grasse the
donation OF six millions OF liyres tournois );
the Capture Of CORVALLIS at York, with the
co-ope Zion of the French feet nor the
deep gratitude for these services, which pc
netrated the heart of every real American.
BY whatever motives of jealousy Tow ards
Britain, this support Of France was given, or
TO whatever sinister views her poiicy was u-
timately directed, It is not 50 material to en-
quire. The .irst II was imp ssioe to asceT-
tain, and the last haG rot been disclosed, at
that period, when TIE services OF France
were lavished upon us. She was hailed as
oar Ally and our friend Every patriotic
rl2n in The H. states felt these sentiments ;
the resolutions Of the states, the votes of con
gress itself had or.nly b,eathed this
partality and confidence.
II is not true, as this midnight politician
insinuates, that the ewas any other "Frr1 CT
fdrty" in this Country, than one which felt
gr1tiici for the services If France, without
feeling the least disposition to sacrifice the
Fights and liberties of America. Nor is it
true, that this party was in any respect " a
party Of aristocracy." There was no uoiiti-
cal bond Of union between the United Stntes
and France, except their co operation agains,
Great Britain There was nothing in this
bond, to create anv attachment 60 tho a,ilte-
cratic Institutions Of France. On tho cor,~a-
ry there never was time when we loved
liberty and hated monarchy more THIS ve~
ry same man, whose heart beat with grati-
tude for the benei lcsions Of a royal ally.
would have been the very first tohave lifted
his arm against the royal usurper OF his own
country.
But "this attachment be rightful, must
be reasonable "------The erly thing, which
makes this attach nent otherwise, is know
ledge ofthe sinister designs which were enter
tanned by the court ~ Versailles. These de-
signsverc unknown tothe American congress,
at the time Of ring distractions to their COM
n,issioners. They were not even suspected
by Irhu Jav uptU GONE fine after thp M p-O-