The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-02-16

!, II MS character IS nor mSuGCerat .;uli W m
need no admoni ion as II TIC course w..ai.,a he
IS Dound 20 pursue Iappeai 20 himself 10
say whether nc Cannot count among rho
friends OF HIr. Munroe's election numbers
whose purity of principle, and faithful and
c nstant dc often 90 the republican cause,
IRE no less justly than generally acknowledge.
eu'-farewen HoRTENSlUS.
" FOR THE ENQUIRER.
When the tomahawk and scalpinr knife
are. lifted up and their savage ioras waito.,-
/! the signaf OF british cinissarics % inundatA
| oar extensive frontiers with biool and car
nage--Nhen the scyInctar OF the Barbari
an IS uHsheatiied and his ships are travers-
! lng the ocean With the apeNseG design of prev
| !lt5' CD our detencc.ess commerce and drag
ging our ireo-bor citizens into captivity, sI.i-
very and CHAINS, IN a country wher. the MI
series attendant on these situations Will be
aggravated by inhumanity and the diseases
se?erablc, in i burning cline, from these
10 are II. accustomed 10 it--When the I'm
last pretels ons 1T Spain are unabandoned
"a cniy suspended IOr time, to be renew
ed with unprecedented violence SO soon as
she sinai be need from her present diiTic IL
ues-N hen the British government alter
having Continued for Years, regard .ess OF our.
r gifts as INCA and our privileges as they had
ben secured by treaty with herself, to make
SEPARATIONS on our commerce, Ia Confscate
our vessels ami their carroes On pretenceS
the most unbelievable, frivolous and absurd
| and TO inlpressour countryrnen into a servi-
tude lasting as life and more dreadful than
death have blockadcd OIL. ports and insult
ed the civil magistrates OF our country have
att:,caed cur ships and murdered our citi-.
zens stine of 2cace have broken off ne
g2ciation even for ostensiole purposes, and
@H ere ioiss, enticavour to renew the scenes
| OF lI75-6-NfAeni it appears tliat France too,
| naY be added to the number OF our enemies.
| When our commerce is shut out from al
mos very port or Europe, while if any arc
lett opeI. The restrictions placed upon it arc
| nearly tantamount Go prohibition When
| the Constituted authorities have deemed an
emb "gO necessary ftr the preservation o{
| \ ner.cap pr2perty-When a traitorous COR
| Spiracy has been recently detected in the
bosom OF cur country for Acknowledgement
OF o II urlior, and the establishment (oyer q
part If it) of despotic authority, the authors
OF which ave no ct brought to Justice but
are encourage and supported by ano;heu
party OF n eli among us, and perhaps ere
| TINS, have, under British influence, resumed
| Their former views IN their fullest extent
When the tederaiists are impatientIy watch
| ing tor returning power-When every ei-
! tort VIII be necessary u Gissipatc the stor-
my clouds which surround us on all sides,
and which every moment continue to ioul
more dreadiully upon us---Is this a time to
create new divisions and to- widen the old ?
is this time to aim the shaft Ct SANDER and
to triumph III is deadlg effects Is In d.
time Tor some 10 become The caders offresi
parties, and for others to enlist themselves,
in the most rancorous spirit OK ,maiignancy
under their Dsnnerss is this time to fiFht
not for measures, but for men Ii had been
hoped that in sucla crisis as this the friends
OF Mr. Monroe and MIR VI al son 'vcu 4 rot
have urged them 10 a collision, which pust
terminate iii d1s appointment to one or both of
them, and may be productive OF the mo- t
serious evils to heir country. The long
and faithful services of tn Sc Two gentlemen
certainly entitle them to oi gratitude--that
they possess; and it Rad been asserted and
believed that neither would oppose the other
at any time; much less at a lime like this.
The presidency OF the u. 5. is reward eve
ny way appropriate 10 the merits OF each
yet we Cannot confer 1t Ak jae sane time upoi
both. Bat the hopes and expectations Of
these who wish Wen to their country have
been disappointed, and it is determined
Controversy shall take place, which is big
with disaster and mjsfoitune anu promise 5
for the following re sons, 20 be OF une Hainpl ec
i'"'~"t'' - Aoni ti~ 5itdb Ucft WHICH hai
at so early period been displayed on both
sides 2 from tue imputaiions wEich have
already been cast by the one party on tht 6,
opposed to them particularly their .cadei)
) from the TccriiniIa tiLfs VII Gil have nt
vii! follow: 4. from the illiberal and pisifi
animadversious which haze been MADE O.
the executive DEPARTMENT. the federal 20
vcrnmeht, generally, and on our venerable
|. President peculiarly.
tle viii not be permitted to sink belor
the no lion u screnis the clouds Of ca
bunny and slanicr arc alread, spread aroi,,
MN Tor the purpose Of obscuring his ccc.i,
Ing lustre. Accusations the most urf Juptlcd
assertions the most malicious, aSd i..s,,..
lions the most liberal have been Gr,..e,
concerning him, merely because DC ia sus