The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-05-06
TIE -ENQUTpE R.
RICHMOND, MAY 6. 1908.
TO ONE OF THE PEOPLE.
Lie on, whilst our Revenge shall be,
To speak the very Truth of thee''


FOR the avowed motive of your second
number, viz g oar good,' we acknowledge
our incapacity to make suitable return.
and cannot refrain from expressing our re-
greet that so much good intention should be-,
lest !; we are Thoroughly persuaded, howe
yer, that your poweg. to eject the object vou
profess to have at heart, is at least equal to
the sincerity of your avowal. We Will do
you the Justice to say, that if singular ar
rogance and boldness Of assertion would en-
title any man to pre-emiBcnce, we believe
few could urge stronger claims to it. than
Gone of the People" But it is not your u
surpation and profanation of the term {. we
the People," and your assam; ton of know
ing them better than we DO, that can either
reclaim US to what you consider the path of
rectitude, or deter us from pursuine. what
we believe to be right. We shall never,
trust, feel Indifferent to what the PeohIe
may think "9f ne cLeGrResS Of o1ty heads.
or The 1iRTTty Of cur hearts - but we must
be excused, if we should fail, as fear we
shall to receive as good AUTHORITY upon these
points, the Ipse dixit of MAJ whose late
publications aif}rd but very equigocal evil
dence OF the latter, whilst 2oD.s IF his habits
Qf we mistake him not) are, 20 say the least
OF them, not very favorable u the former
All that you have said in your second para
graph aboutth inconsistency four precspts.
and practice is already answered By the
fact. that most Of us have never been mem
bers of a caucus. But this fact YOU have
taken special care 20 pretermit, as II would
have cut short many a fair sentence Of tiasel
decoration, and many foul one spread out
with destitution of moral and political prin-
ciple-perjury, and certain other polished G.
plthets adapted to your particular taste and
practice. You have attempted to make the
public believe, that VIC have accused the
members of the Washington Caucus OF per-
jury, because we have said that they acted
" i'll direct hostility with the principles Of
" the constitution, and assumed power ncs
6 delegated by the people" 1t was Won
der, whilst your hand was In, that LOU had
not endeavored to demonstrate STAT we had
also arraigned them for treason. For when
you had gotten as far as yolr " criminal as
sembage," it would have been very easy to
add-that was levying Of war, and levyinr
OF war-was treason. But. sir, we have ac-
cused the Washington Caucus OF nothing
more nor less. than we shall in due time sub
stantiate. We have no where said, that they
did any thing qUhich fheV b.Ijeved. on. SHs-
hected 10 be n pioiafion II heir oaths, nei-
Their have we ever imagined tive leave it,
10 such classical and polished gentlemen IS
One of the People to deal in accusations Of
this sort. His late avoCations have 40 doubt
famiiiarised him to tilcm. and foJ che inve-
tcracy ofhabit we are willing to maxi great
allowances. The Proecg,c's have no wher.
declared, asyou would willingly make them,
that they thought caacuses proper under any
circumstances whatever. Ihea 40 40 fur
fher Tim 81 seg fh@t a f1sss5Ie acceSsity
might fcrhafs EGliQte, 6Vtfhe d5ubf 7p6r-
fher any case couid jnsfiG trim; md fhe
recitat II tie cjrcftni5taHCcq muir 7yHich
So'7e former caHCHSes z0ere h~,d, 7yq8 atere-