The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-03-24

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paper. which contained your spiritless adj
dress we discover the following sentence
extracted from the Aurora ssIf the o5
serOafion and Information of the Editor Of
TINS paper are correct, the votes of Penn.
SylUGma will not be divided they will BE-
dcci0ediy for Mr.. Madison" You know
that MIR. Duane was one of the Conferees
from Philadelphia who attended the Con
vention at Lancaster-and that his means
OF AFFIRMATION and of observation are per-
haps equal to those of any man in Pennsyl-
Vania.-But even if Pennsylvania were in
opposition to Mr.. Madison, it would not GER
talnly follow, that he would not sill be sup
ported by a decided ma jority of the union.
Eqaally unfortunate is your argument a
gainst caucusses If the observations of the
Aurora may be believed, it is not yet abso-
lutely certain, that "the Pennsylvania De
legation, did not in the Caucus speak the
sentiments of the State, nor that "the ma :
ljor1ty OF this delegation Wi be in MINORITY
at home" The facts indeed seems to work
the other way.
You might have saved yourselves, gentle
mnen,y your general arguments against caucus
ses /; as you have attempted to controvert a
position, which no friend of Mr.. Madison has
yet asserted No man has yet maintained
the " doctrine of following a caucus-inaiori-
ty, an all cases" The hypothetical case
proposed by the first number of Zone of the
People" ought to have removed every pos
sible scruple which you NAV have entertain
ed ON that subject. After all the denuncatl-
ons which you may have lavished against a
caucus you viii still find it extremely diff
cult to demonstrate their Improperly in all
cases. d" We feel no disposition to give you
PAIN" gentlemen, but we cannot forbear to
observe that on certain occasions and we
IN ypl- flor A.
on the comparison" with their opponents
find themselves in the minoritN, ifthev De
the genuine friends ojref,u6hcani m, ofhar-
mony, aid Of the union, will sacrifice their
private prediction to these great public OBJ
jects."
Your address contains only two other points
which are worthy of animadverson-Are
you not ashamed, gentlemen, to take advan-
tage OF an editorial squib, or even the h asty
opinions of any one individual-and erect the
most extravagant Comments upon it. Be
cause the editor OF a newspaper has invited
the friends of Mr. Monroe to unite with tn Sc
of Mr.. Madison in opposing the election of
Mr.. Clinton, and has couched the Invitation in
terms which may not be alt1gether
to Mr. Clinton, you come open-m Duthed to
denounce this Injustice. You dwell upon it
In terms, which seem to den, te that all the
friends of Mr.. Madison had spoken in disre-
spectful terms of George Clinton, pa.ri-
OF of '76, soldier of the revolution, &c -
Gentlemen, you ought 10 have known bet
ter. You ought TO have known that the
friends of Mr.. Madison do ample justice to
the patriotism and services of this great
and venerable man. No, no gentlemen. I
trust, that your ingenuity will never induce
the friends Of Mr.. Clinton to believe, that
you are the exclusive champions of his re-
putation in Virginia, and that Monroe and
not Madison is entitled to their gratitude
and suppoit-As TO the g moderation which
you have displayed" in speaking of your
opponents" you are welcome to all the me-
rit which you deserve. 1t is pity, gentle
men, that your "exampIe" has been SO
badly followed: Let me advise you. to have
commission of lunacy issued against the
pens of such Jealous writers as .Conon and
Falkland, and the tongues of many an en-
venomed politician among us, get your
selves appointed their political guardians,
and suffer not man of them to wag pen or
tongue but at your supreme direction, ,...f
My last remark is a repetition of the one,
which have already offered. You have held
out cold comfort indeed to the friends of
Col. Monroe. You have closed your address
by giving them the only encouragement.
which seems to cheer your gloomy prospects
1t is the only ray of hope that Eliminates
your address. 1t is the expectation, that
New-York and Pennsy lvania and perhaps
6 many others, will vote for the same per-
son, and that person will be Clinton or Mon
roe, as circumstances shall require" There
is nothing to justify these bold assertions.
There is no fact to prove that James Mon
roe will be the favourite of single state -
Confess then, Gentlemen, that you have not
ray of hope to cheer the spirits of your
friends. Virginia is decidedly against you !;
the north is not for you.-Ardent must be
that zeal, which still perseveres in the midst
of SO much opposition
PANURGE.
EXTRACT OF LETTER FROM WASHING
TON, DATED MARCH 20.