The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-01-21

s't'A b''sii, "a oSlli 'tSS'lSS'i OF Z. desire
SUPPRESS information, ans i; favor GUN: ma
NY have no doubt, voted 20; itscAzs il .ont.,,x
ia teiHns which Cannot BE mistaken. {, were
not iatended 10 be mistaken by Tia. ;,tirl,or ,
| most direct cenSur:cr the President. Sora
and but few indeed fear voted for tho r,t,,
lutiDn from due sense of duty-.l,,t tbis
would have satisfied me, ii had not been
! before convinced of the dangers which must
always arse, whena legislature permits it
sell totre'el Cut Of the legislative dati,s, and
attempt to act on men-it then becomes no
better than lawless giddy mob AS a proof
! OF the temper OF our House, we unanimous.
~ on the moment, adopted resolution offer
CO Dv Mr.. Eppes, which is calculated fe,r
II literally complied with, to ,irotiuca verv
BAD effects, III giving up the AUTHORISED an the
| secret information the government has had
with respect to Spanish intlieue-soyae of
.pose .hihSs require to be kept secret, not on
~ lor the SAKE OF those persons who have no.
| nestiy and zcaously served us in the;,. con-
munlcations, but because it will go. ~, -.y-
ample WHICH must have the effect of ,;,sco,,-
raging, perhaps preventing future comment;
cations. The safety of the country NAV, b.,
endangered by this last hastv step, at so,,e
future CRISIS. Ali that we ought to have SIX
| ed Tor, was the sum of information ne II ,ns-
Pected the elvilohcers of government over
whom we have a control, and that without
| the original form Of the information. or f,oIn
whom received. / am however pIeas,d to find
that the president has in his reply stated that
ne would send Sucha the nature of oi,l. sim
alton with foreign nations, did not require 10
be Kept secret. And to Mr. Rs resolution he
answered, he would make wri,,en renlv
which VIC shall probably have Tomorrow
" Mr. Rose and suite has taken LODGINGS.
ne was sent Tor by government boat 70 a
small distance below Alexandria. the vessel +
he came in having got aground 1t is the de-
termination OF the government to listen with
temper to, and deliberate with calmpess and
patience on all the propositions lie may have
70 make. be yesterday delivered his letter
oil credence to the President. and the day he
forc, duplicates III the Office OF the Secretary
OF State--we hope in the course of q week to
hear something from him.
" The Presidential election, subject G.,
highly interesting, we have done nothing in
yet; we hoped it would be unnecessary.
IRON t"e general impression here that there
"ould DC scarcely AN opposition to Madison
-but II there Is a probability of it in our.
state, and the expression of all but four Of
the lrgln!a representation could influence
the ticket am sure it would be had but
L thlAk without the appearance Of Necessity,
1t would he best to make no expression of o.
pnion--this tho begin to think necessary.
and 1t is probable that in the course OF the
present week, we sl'e'l have a meeting in
order to determine to express an opinion or
not, and if we determine odo so, shall, doit
then.
On Friday Messrs Randolph, Clark and
Rowan, were summoned 10 attend the court
OF enquiry and refused to attcnd'
-
a member of the Assembly, is sorry that
the CARD in the Enquirer was not more
explicit. IL inviting the members of the
Virginia Legislature to attend meeting at
the Capitol, it is certainly to be understood
that the Republicans alone are Included
He means no. disrespect to the Fedrralists.
wnen he says. thai ali political ,iu,.atioras
there canbe no real concert between diet wa
parties.
Lest it might be misunderstood, il is pro-
per TO state that III cur observations On a
statement from the Argus respecting The
next Presidential Election, we did net mean
to intimate that such letters had not been
received i'll this city, bat that, the arrange
ment they described, could not have been
made.
"PHIL O-PHOCIO.N ',-and GRE
MARKS on me Presidential Eieci;on"--~.
as soon as possible.