The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-02-16

torted app ause ven from his political enc
mics, can he be justly Condemned ior j. -
At Ihls ID reason r common sense, II would be
equally proper to charge an American with
being English, Irish or French in his pred-
Gctions, because he happened tn praise the
orations of MiraOeau, Curran, Fox, or
a Chatham.
You tell Mr.. Randolph "that if leisure
should permit, and his own conduct furnish
cs you with topics, you may again" do what?
resume your pei" and then you ask him.
in what an .,w iul situation do yn,. stand?"
Aw III indeed, il must DC allow ed, when me-
Edced with such terrois as Phocion's pen. For
the sympath, whichyou have been pleased
to express Tor him, he owes YOU more thanks
than l believe either he, or his friends can
easily pay You, and the analogy which you
have drawn between his fate and that Of Lu-
c fer, exhibits so much feeling forthe latter
gentleman, as to induce suspicion at least
that You must either be Inca: descend ant
OF that celebrated parsonage of antiquity
or his twin brother indispositioa and cha
racter. think as highly of irterroEatng
the Tennis" as you can possibly do We
often Cerivc from them as useful lessons of
Caution to ourselves, as Of admonition to c.
theirs. They ':discourse n,ost efoquentiy''
ON variety OF topicks, and / have little
doubt ifyou continne to prosecute your inter
L
perchGncc amongst the .tombs of caumnia-
tors and Sian ierers, pick Ip some warnings
which would answer tuli as well for home
consumpticri as FOR gratuitous donations to
Jcu- friends. 49,. @
You ask ( f Mr.. RS warmest advocates
viii pretend to deny that he has abanGaned
the eau If tae administr alton" IF by
the cause # the administra,io ion, (Which ]
CONFESS Is not very intelilgible phrase to
me- YOU mean he canSe If me nation;
deny it. MIR. X b ieve, sir, has always
been accustomed to consider that there was
very material difference betw cen these
two caues, and although they might Otter
concur-yct, that they were SO far from be
ing always ideEt:tied with each other, that
they might often mean things entirely oppo-
size. But hu;nbly beg pardon, sir, for talk
ing language upon this occasion, which q
man Of your political principles will hardly
understand.
MIR. Randolph considers himself the re-
preventative of the people, who Intended,
when ,hey elected him, that he should exer-
else Whatever Judgment nature had given
him, freely upon every measure of national
concern, whether it happened to be called
a measure Of the administration, or of sim
gle member OF Congress.
Again, you ask, ifhe will please to name
@ particular measure of tho administrati-
on VIII Gil he has supported during the Dire
q sent Congress" How those measures W hich
may properly be called measures Of the ad-
minis,ratiou are TO be distinguished from
those which are the measures only ofindivi-
hualmembers of Congress, i am ignorant
You perhaps like the adopts at detecting
counterfeit bank notes, may be able to point
out some private marks by which they may
he known--butuntil you do, must work in
the dark. r.}
Ihaye been at some pains to make cnoui-
r;es about this charge, and strange as it nay
appear to YOU who have assumed the fact
as = rrooc hostilty to the administration {;
/ will point out Mir Randoiph's conduct in
relation 60 the embargo as an evidence that
ne has supported III least one very import ant
mcasure. OF the administration If you doubt
1t. sir read the proposition which Mr.. r
submitted to the House, and which was laid
aside by avote of the House to consider the
bill from the Senate laying an embargo
This proposition was exactly colformabe to
the message OF the President, related only to
our own vessels, and was an infraction of no
existing treaty, aS the bill from the Senate
virtually is. The bill from the Senate diff
fcred from MIR. RS proposition materially &
ii VS. chs bin which he opposed The
wishes of the administration were never mr.
ged DIT by YOU, in favor of il, and how MIR
Ia. OF any DJCiy else was To know that lt was
just what they desired must be left to YOU tc
point out. Give Yourself the trouble, sir, to
pcruse the neN s-oapers in which the vote
was published, and you will find that this
was rot made party question. You will
perceive that 8epe'a( members, who were
never suspected, much less accused Of hostil-
ity. to the Executive, voted against it, and
how Mr.. K. can be justly accused of syste-
matte opposition for doing so, and they be al
lowed to have acted from pure motives las ]
have no doubt they did) is, l confess, incon-
ceiyable to "a person of my dull apprehension
but you will find more, sir, you will see that
srUerat members who have been suspected
and accused too. of o6Stinacy in driving A.
!e10in8t The current, voted in favor of this
embargo, j beg to be understood as having
no other motive for attempting TO vindicate
Mr. K. from the imputation of voting a.
gainst this measure, because il wasa mea-
sure of TIC Executive, but my inclination "a
prove you, as you most inquest ionablv are
mistaken, in poii.t Of face. The mistake
4nly seem unimportaDt to you, but whilst
The public continue to have an old fashioned
~ ciuttice in favor of facts, they are entitled
a. their communication.
With respect to the offence, which You APP
rear 20 think 90 heinous a one, of voting
EajDst measure Of the administration,
have been always, unfortunately perhaps for
myself, one ot those whonever could for the
lie Of me, perceive how it could, or rather
hO'y il Ot.ghi to q crate either for or against