The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-06-28

| IF Great Britain levels the capital of un
offending Denmark to the dust, murders her
women and children, and robs her of her
Havy-it is all right because The first iagu
| T nature is sciEdr}sncc.
| IL she impresses and imprisons our seapcn,
1t She attacks our national vessels, pirates
our property, annihilates our trade and pro-
claims herself the usurper of the seas-it is
| all right-becauset he. first iarv of nature is
| seiCdef,nce.
This is the sacred principle, which conse-
crates every crime and renders usurpation
itself virtue. This principle is not to be
tested, like all others, BY its consequences ;
it is not to be limited by the unerring rules
OF justice and utility to o,trate when they
permit. and to cease when they command !;
out 1t is to swallow up every other considerati-
| on. lhisboastcd principle of necessity, so fire.
quently used to gloss over the crimes of ty-
rants, and the ferocity of a savage. is by a
very natural association to be called in to
justify the entertainments of G.. Britain.
y hen government is obliged to resort
| to " means however violent" to preserve it's
| ancient dcstihv, reason and Justice have pro-
nounced its doom. The world must be in a
be the interest of every other nation to see
SO violent and formidable neighbor at an
end. If Great Britain is in that deplorable
cond ton, that robbery must be substituted
for g" industry ;" cunning for ss enterprise"
and larceny for heroism - she ought to
say as her own immortal Sidney has said
before her: (" i hope shall die in the same
principles, in which have lived, and will
i've no longer than they can preserve me-
l have, in my life. been guilty of MANY fol-
lies, but, as think, of no meanncss / yuiY
| y,JH NJ EIe 4 L,f J. :.
deaUorfng TO hrovide far the future. have
ever heard, in my mind, that should God
cast me into such condition, Us that | can
not save my life, but by doing an indecent
thing, he shows me the time is come, when
should resign it." So little did Aleemon
Sydney dream of preserving his illustrious
life by mean and violent expedients
| EC-E ITERUN cRIsPINus.
10 The EDITOR II The .Nc7v- ork american
Citizen
| Though you have not vet condescended to
pay due attention to the remarks which
were lately addressed to you in this paper,
yet your silence shall not discourage the ex-
| preston of such sentiments as circum-
stances may require. These sentiments are
offered, not because as you have artfully re-
presented, the question is whether or no a
! PfrSfnidn shall again rule over u.s. but be-
| cause a Virgnian has sometimes the advan-
| tage OF resorting to such documents or dates
as are calculated to prove the absurdity of
! y0iif' GssGT tioiis.
AS far as you hare paid "attention'' to
this paper, your labors have been peculiarly
unfortunate. 1t is not true that the Editor of
this paper has eUer spoken of " the avers-
on which is very generally felt from being E.
yer lastingly governed by the great non com
! nercioI men IN acknowledgements The
great men OF Virginia are not enemies of
commerce. This miserable charge had al
ways been confined to the Federalists of the
north /; from whom you have now thought
proper to adopt it for the same contempt
bic purpose of exciting a Jealousy against
the south 1t is not true, that the Editor Of
TINS paper has ever insinuated doubt of the
capacity OF the other states of the Union to
produce ca man able to fill the PRESIDENT
al chair" You are challenged to produce
the slightest proof of such sentiment.-It
rs true, that he was anxious to support such
: candidate brought forward from the other
states, as should be equal to the ablest sons
OF virginia. But 1t is not certain that on this
occasion, the candidate from New-York
venerable for his years and venerable for his
services, rs equal to the selected candidate
OF the majority of the Republicans
such STRUCTURES, sir, are not better calcu-
w u,'1ouidSe opposition, tnan even your
"$flence." And we shall therefore continue
to pursue our animadversions upon such re-
marks as seem worthy Of notice-The first
which strikes our " attention. appear in
the Republican, Watchtower of Goth inst
You have failed to prove, that the nomination
at Washington was not made according to
former usage"--Sc you have now advanced to
your second proposition, that this nomination
was 1.-THE effect of surprise, if not OF collu-
SION" Your proofs of this, sir.
In 1900, you say, "Mr. Jefferson wss no
minated near the close of the session of Con
Sress the same in 1904. The nomi
nation was made on February Is. 1904
According to custom" you say, ." it was
informally agreed, that the nomination of a
successor to Mr.. Jefferson should not be made
until the end of March, 1t was. however.
made sooner. !" Here then, you say, ma.
nagement had effected a complete surtirise'
" AS matters were satisfactorily arranged
as early as the middle of JANUARY, there was
some risk, it was thought, in suffering the
golden moment to pass without reaping the
/ golden harvest"
Such is your tissue Of suspicion. But, sir,
where are your proofs of this informal ar