The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-03-11

tile 70 them at heart, but will become a good
friend whenever they have better times You
should, however, use a good deal of caution
IN your intercourse with this suspected par
ty, and upon the whole, the less ycu come
INTO any sort o. contact with them the better
L. II. M. L. X,
Whena man Of influence is engaged in a
lawsuit or squabbic of any sort, silly adj
vance such principles and opinions as will
SUIT his case, without seeming to perceive
their application. He.viH infalliBly think
you man of discernments or what is still
better, he will think you his friend But in
TINS indirect attack, deal as much as possible
In generals, lest you should make an enemy
of his opponent L. S. L.
when there are several candidates for a
pubic office, as soon as you have ascertained
who will be successful, take occasiort' to re-
marx III all companies, that although most
people expect MIR. Such-a-One will be cleo
ted, you cannot but think otherwise-Each
man VIII interpret these ambiguous speeche,
IN his own favor, and they will both unite
in praising your judgement and sagacity
When the election is over, contrive to fall i'm
with both candidates, and with opposite ex-
Presslons OF countenanCe, squeeze them
warmly by the hand. One will receive it as
corolal congratulation, and the other as con-
uolence, and it is a thing they will never
mention. L. N
sometimes very serious and bitter alterca-
tons take place between conflicting partizans
lido you show the utmost solicitude to eff
fect reconciliation. AS quarrelling and
hgnting is business which, to say the least
OF 1t, all men would wish honorabiy to avoid,
both parties will thank you for your interpo-
'sieion, and II YOU are cautious and reserved,
each will persuade himself il was out of
friendship for him. T. F. p RIM.
:. Attend religious meeting occasionally
L lie profane will not think the worse OF you
Tor paying prudent respect to popular pre-
juice, and the devout will ascribe Your con-
duct to promising saRctity 1t will be a
great POINT gained ifyou can secure these last
I'D your favor as there are not, throughout the
whole community, such Jealous blazoners of
your merits, or such ingenious apoloeists
OF your defects This SAME black man
tie, my Callidus, is of so curious a tex
lure as to let all the virtue of the body
WHICH 1t covers escape, and to keep the gros-
ser particles of vice behind-S. F. E. y.
when you are accidentally thrown into
circle OF gamesters, join them with hearty
good will. These are commonly fellows of
spirit, who despise as well as distrust the So
per and phlegmatic, but are pretty Cordial in
support OF those who occasionally Join them
HIS class otpersons are thought to send a.
oout hfteen or twenty members to our Gene
raj Assembly and nearly half that number to
Congress. Z. r. o. S. ,.
Become free-mason as soon as you can.
and get elected into all the iockey-clubs with
in fifty miles of you. BY so doing you will
nave an opportunity of cultivatiug the friend
ship OF several, with whom you could be no
where else seen without some loss of charac-
ter tor descency and honesty.-R. Y. ID. Y.
NfltS Ilp ttl1 dot la,.
elected to the Legislature, and you must pro-
fit very little by the foregoing rules TO fail,
you will then have a;wide field for the exer-
else OF your talents and address. Here YOU
VIII md your difficulties INCREASED, as YOU
VIII have to contend against rivals, who, ha-
wing cultivated the same arts as Yourself to
attain the same end, viii be more likely to
detect and defeat YOU. Lose no time in in
forming yourself of every local object, the
several members have in view. Learn what
counties they will attempt to divide---what
court-houses are to be NOV ed---what sheriffS
TO be exonerated from repaying the public
money they have spent---and do not forget
the vacant Offices that are to be filled that ses
sion. Upon summing up all these cases in
which your vote will be of Importance, YOU
VIII lind there is scarcely any member who
VIII not have reason To court and to fear Won.
DO not commit yourself by hasty or explicit
declarations OF how you intend to vote, but
keep yourself III state of tremulous euui-
Poise, so that every one may hope to incline
the balance in the way he wishes Some
knowing one, by way of securing your favor,
will probably ask you if you would 8erve in
a certain place that is about to be filed ha-
wing put the question to dozen others. Tell
hlm the thing has been mentioned to YOU be-
fore, thS YOU hardly think you could be cho-
sen, Out take care to repeat his offer to seve-
raj, ana express modest surprize at it. it
is thus in every body's mouth that you are
the candidate most frequently spoken of, and
1t often happens that man is chosen for no
other reason than because it has been often
SAID he would be. For every vacancy doyou
whisper to fifteen or twenty of the Young
members, that you have no doubt they could
be easily elected, from which, while they will
as certainly count upon your vote as if you
mad formally promised it, you run no risaue
of being charged with inconsistency. F. CD.
HY.
Donot neglect the business of hot suppers.
and glass OF good wine 1t disposes the
numerous class OF epicures insensiblv in Your
favor, and they nationally calculate, more
over, that little as they get, from you, it is
probably more than thew will ever Get from
your adversares. This, the humblest and
coarsest engine of political cauvassing, is
that Chiefly relied on by the people of Rich
mond Simple souls so awKwardly do thew
manage it, that they are often outwitted
and laughed at by these whom they suppose
their dupes, & even when their Claret & Ma
deIra haAb succeeded in warming the hearts
OF some raw unpraCtIsed clodhoppers, thev
excite ten times as much resentment among