The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-10-25
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FOR THE ENQUIRER.

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FOR THE ENQUIRER.
In the Baltimore American of the 21st,
there IS commentary on the proceedings
OF the federal Caucus held at the Bell Ia
vern.
1t is the wish of a number Of your friends
tn Z you would republish that piece in your
wide extended paper.-You might by a few
additional remarks of your own, shew that
London has been the hot bed of federal Can
didates, for the Presidential Chair since the
days of Washington. The Adams's, the
Pinckney's, the Kings and the Monroe's, . to
use the expression OF noted federal
list, shave all been drilled at the Court of
st. James's-fIad Christopher Clark been
able to have coerced the president into the
wild plan of sending Mr.. John Randolph as
envoy to Great Britain. he no doubt would
in due time have been coerced into the
Presidential chair, if federal influence and
SUPPORT could have done it,
4 SUBSCRIBER.
EXTRACT from the Baltimore .Hmerican
A federal meeting regularly called and or
Sanized, proceeding deliberately and from
precnncsrt, was held at the Beil-Tavern in
Richmond on the 17th of October, and agreed
TO support, James Menroe, late ambassado,.
to Great Britain, as candidate for the Of
fce of President of the u. States. DIR. James
McClurg ofhciated as Chairman, and DR..
John Adams as secretary. An address was
prepared on the occasion in which the meet
ing deprecate the principle that majority
sh.li govern as tyrannical, exemplified i'll
the law for the general electoral ticket Mr.
Madison in this address is denounced, for
our present ca!amities. and Mr.. Monroe ex-
allied for endeavoring by his superior sagaci-
ty to prevent them whi.e in Europe. A.
committee have been also appointed to car
ry the resolutions into effect
1hisis the consummation'ofa plan long a
go designed to be carried into execution in
the fulfllment Of expected events, and if not
conceived, at lea@. received its sanction in
Europe. 1t was in England where Mr.. Mon
roe was first announced as a Candidate for
Presidential honors, when he was not even
dreamed ofby the citizens of the ". States ~
and it was i'll Europe where Mr.. Monroe was
first suspected of apostacy to his former po-
hical principles. The annunciation of his
candidateship in an English ministerial
print and his being announc as a candidate
by Federalsts, according to preconcerted
arrangement, sanctioned by the federal eau
Gus in n. York and contaminated at Rich
mond, throws new light upon the late reject
cd treaty.
BY these appearances we may judge of
the ho7u and the zuheref3r a sacrifice of natl
onal honor, rights and immunities were suf-
Tered to- be Incorporated into compact be-
tween the two nations, and the ardOr of the
Colone!'S defence, so cXultlngiy read on the
floor of Congress by john Randolph. IfCol.
Monroe is ardently attached to- the prnci-
pies he has heretofore protested, would it
not have been masnanimous and patriotic in
him to nave refused the use OF his name to a
party supported by the agents of foreign
government who would sacrifice every giedm
of the dear-bought independence of our
country for the fuifillment of their wishes ?
One candidate must certainlybe the tiuhhet
of party and whether the Hiaything is to
be James Monroe or G. e. Pinckney, we are
at present unable to determine. Both have
been nominated at public federal meetings
in Virginia for the Presidency. Col. Mon
roe, it would however appear, has been
brought forward at Richmond, in conse-
quencesof the determination of the conclave
at New York, in the failure OF the calcu1a-
tons ON Pennsylvania and New-Jersey, bot
toned on the ifs and ands of conjecture.
If the feds are sincere in their attach
ment to Monroe, we know not how they will
discharge their engagements with PincsIey
and King.
1t is much to be regretted that col Mon
roe could not have Conducted himself so as
to maintain that undiminisned confidence Of
the citizens of America generally, which he
formerly possessed
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