The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-04-12

o"' e''e"''oh III tiilS enquiry, IS the Legls,a-
tive caucus would fam ask any mind thae
lis not lost in prejudice, and too deeply fixed
IN ITS own belief. fit can think fora moment
that this Caucus was not duly informed
OF the sentiments of the Washington mem
Ders 1t Is mmatcrial whether thev recoi.-
ed tins information through epistalorc COM
merce or from report? They did receive il,
they ought to have received it, and moreover,
II was their duty to enquire and find il out.
IL would indeed be poor compliment TO shat
body, to say that they wished to dictate to A.
incrica,. which, in fact, would be the case,
were they to act without any previous con-
cert wi th the national members
formy part, never have condemned the
Virginia caucus, because they acted accord
ing to the Intelligence they received, and Ia
dong SO, they acted with true patriotism
because they were promoting the viii of the
people. They were, however, pcriidiously
deceived. The caucus at Washington, at
serwaros acted up to their communications,
win an additional stimulus, inasinuCh as by
hnesse they had seduced Nirg.ni;, Legsla-
tive Caucus 20 back them. This is the scheme
Wmch has been played but not ali their IN
genuity could hide the deformed figure Of
duplcty and intrigue
he sense of the people is awake, and
that thing, WHICH worked in the dark, has f;.-
ded away at the first beam of light.
here is another circumstance, from
Whence the sense of the Virginia people IS in
lerred, and that is from the many resig .ati-
ons upon the Monroe Ticket Doyou no. be-
ieve that the same tone, which intlu need
| the Legislature, also influenced the mind Of
the people! They correctly concluded, that
communication had subsisted between these
two bodies, and that j. would be folly and
want OF virtue on their part, to diso6ey what
seemed tc be the sense of the majority, and
winch, Tor years past, they had received, in
1.-THE same way.
There can be no doubt, but that very many
| from this consideration alone, have receded
from Monroe's ticket. This is the prodigi-
Gus mass OF evidence from whence the tow
erins popularity Of Madison is Inferred, and
perhaps too, from the many friendly essay
lists who. have crowded your paper. g Tie
fteSJ the vEnfage they gather about the
press, and already taste in dcvout expectati-
on, the Inspiring fruit
From this candid view of the subject, it
| IS impossible to form, as vet, any correct con-
cius'on, as to tic wish of the United Safes
every impartial mind, must have perceived
the undue impressions which have been
made upon almost every department of So
ciety, by this astonishing junto of intriguers.
ne people should therefore consider the
subject completely before them, and should
exercise their minds with energy and indie
Pendence, upon subject of such vast impor-
| lance. ANOTHER OF THE PEOPLE.
- We have but one comment TO make
! on the preceding which is, that no one
state has yet declared against Mr. Madison
not one Tor Mr.. Mon. but several, and Vir-
Sihia among the rest, are paipablv and avow-
ediy tor Mr. Madison and therefore abiding
by ills own principle of the viii Of the ma
l%lty; the writer shpuldnot support Mr.. Mon.
New York is yet the only state that we have.
reason to think, will support Mr.. Clinton.
We believe, that some of the expressions
which we used in our last paper in the haste
OF composition, are too general to be cxpli-
CIT, and too unnolihed 10 convey our real o.
Plnlons.-Of the political character of Bona-
Parte, our sentiments are eminentiy unfavor-
Die He.is certainly man of the most
consnmInate ambition & sticks attn means
To- Sratiiy that propensity His interest is
ms God--he is ever friendly. but from self
ISM inducements. He is a despot, and one
OF the most ardent foes Of liberty, that ever
eXlsted.-If such a man ever does good. it s
by the force OF circumstances, conspiring with
the calculations of his interest
III he be . animated by the still lingering
revolutionary spirit of France - it is not
that spirit which animated Frenchmen to
change their tyrannlCal institutions In Bo-
haPaIte, TINS revolutionary spirit has taken
principally new direction. 1t principally
extends into other countries, zvh ,Se "hoary
institutions are SO bad that no change can
scarcely make them worse" This was our
1 meanlng.--We shall frankly admit, that the
word Utrt~e was unwarily used for 7yi8dors
1--we owe this correction to our own feel
lngs and principles. We intended to have,
portrayed his character in the same way.
III which 1t was drawn by the inimitable pen
OF hoicroit. His, we have long since re-
commended, as the best character of Bona
Parte that has ever been drawn--That he
| displays some little wisdom is evident. from
the improvements he has introduced into the
manufactures, roads and public works, and
| some parts of the code of laws The ex,
preston OF generous can be used only in the
common hgurative sense, as SYNONYMOUS with
something strikingly useful
jar readers may be assured that we shall
! never pen the eulogium of such men as b.
naparte--men, who have tvrannized over q
country and wish to extend their power and
fame through the most unprincipied ambiti-
on.--But we shall repeat, that for aught that
we know, Bonaparte' s conduct has been moro.
friendly to us than the conduct of G. Britain
and that the Champaign letter is not prey
nant with those constructions which plepos-
session has put upon it,
Like the thunderbolt which rends the ma
Jestic oak-Dcath levels its triumphant dart