The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-03-22

fhe consultation, - would be a gross assrn> ~
ton Of posrcy nor delt ySnicd 6u fhe heohIe :"
although it would, iii fact. involve the coni-
mission OF perjury, yon do not say but there
are cases in which such a consultation would
he froher: not merely ercuSabke, but fro
lfer! his is Your stern republicanism which
is TO bend To no circumstances. But let us see
what Is Your notion Us the ertraordii0ru
CRISIS, which is to sanctify an, infraction OF
the constitution and render even perjury
proper: eth. Fetleralists presented Il strong
phalanX, ant, either to succeed at all OF TO
r. prevent them from placing the candidate
Tor the Nioe-Presidcrcy in the Presidential
Cnairr II was necessary to exert the COM
oined efforts Of the whole republican par
~. Very well then, whenever we wish
a triumph over an obnoxious par,v. it is per.
fectly proper to infringe the constitution,
nay, TO commit perjury in order to carry our
Poiht ms is the puritan creed, on which
YOU nave acted; the beautiful system of no.
liticai morality bv which YOU profess to he
governed and which YOU publicly preach to
the people OF the u. States Is this intelioc
tual blindness, or moral depravltv 1t isl,otb :.
Tor depravity only could have given birth to
such principles, and blindness only would
nave piazoned them to the wcrld Are ym
the men to vapour about Yazoo spceulations
ana dishonorable compacts with fraud and
corruption! In what do Won differ from the
Georgia legislature which passed that abo-
mlnable law? They violated their oaths. for
money; and you, it seems, have done it, for
power.
oue why are you not in Caucus, gentlemen !?
LOT theiVcry crisis has arrived which, accord
ing TO your principles, would render it pro-
Per. There is party which is lust as Oh
hoSlous 10 you as ever the federal party was,
ana which we believe you wish, most fer
Vently wish to annihiiate. Ii is the republi
can party, at the head of which is the pre-
sent administration. 1t will be III vain for
you 70 oehy TINS. It's not in your protest on
~ that we look for the evidence OF It: il &c
IN your conduct on the floor of CONGRESS-
FROM an occasional difference with the mea-
surcs OF the administration, we should NOT
nave drawn this conclusion, because such .
result might have been expected from the
unereht structures and HABITS Of different
n'ihos. But WREN we find you organized into
corps against the administration, and p,ir
suing your opposition with as much sustrn
Inyeatofhty and, will add, rQacouy as ever
you manifested towards The federal admi
hlstratlons, we can have no doubt that yor
wish tneir humiliation as devoutly as ever
you wished that of the federalists.-Yes. u
Is not Mr. Madison only, il is the admins
trat.on which offends YOU 1t is their ,tnited
| eftulgence which produces all this agitation
| ana screaming among the birtss of NIGHT -
ney long tor the day-fall, which better
| suits the dimness of their sight: for ,bc sea
fsoh OF darkness, when the peculiar contor-
| NATION OF their organs may give them an
advantage, and their fierce and predatory
spirit may. have full scope for indulgence
and safety.
But before we tss}sga final leave of the
SUBJECT OF caucusing, permit us to reoi,ite the
confession OF faith, which has done SO much
.lonor to your heads and your hearts. bv civ
iHS you our sentiments on the same subject.
we nave before said, that we see no DANCER
III caucus we will now say that we see
| iiuCh advantage III 1T. The constitution No
"here prohibits such conference either
eXpressly or by implication; ON the contra
ry'we think the principles of the constitu-
tioh promoted by such conference, if it be
! managed with that honor and good faith
winch was, heretofore, to have been expect-
ca from every member Of CONGRESS-. II &c
the OBJECT OF the constitution. that the pres;-
cent ana Vice-Presdent of the u. states
silouio De chosen In the manner first po;nted
Out In the second article of that instrum emf
-. .ia' Ia ny electors chosen by the people in
INC several states, expressly for that. pur-
post IL is only in the event of a faiIure IN
nave an election decided in this first and f..
v'rite manner, that Congress is permitted
10 htertere at all. But unless there he st,,,,.
previous understanding among the peonIc
.here Is great danger that this orderwili be
disappointed, and that nine times ont of ton
the election will be cast on CONGRESS- For
without this concert and mutual Understand
inS' each state Will probably present ;ts own
taVoilte citizens for those appointments and
thus no one will have majority of the Who'll
number OF electoral votes. What dissentione
ana heaft.ournnGs such mode of proceed
ing would be likely to kindle among the states.
ana what intriguing and corruption amono
members OF Congress, Gf that BODY. be as
you represent them, tangible by corruption, J
we need no ghost to tell u.s." 1t is to nrel
vent these effects, by comparing the senti-
hents OF the people of the union, and ascer-
tanning the majority, that a conference a.
monS the members d Congress. is advanta-
6eous. hat conference is a medium of corr
mumcauon oe-wecn the states. l. sheye r.
one state the opinions of another. and to tbe
Ohlted otates the result of the whole. Those
VINO, Oh the comparison, find themselves in
the minority, i they be The genuine fJe1ds
~ reh"6Hcant8m, IF hQImonv, and of tbf
H"ton, VIII sacrifice their private predi-
iecNon 10 those great public objects and
thuS' ny reciprocal concession, feuds between
the states viii be prevented, congressional
intrigue viii be avoided, and these election
VIII Continue to fall, where the constitution
intended them to fall, On the d. ,Dle. bv tbei,
electors. Such will always be the resuI,
Whlle the people continue fratcrnaI. united