The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-11-22
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rally appealing TO the dead"
IS Par, Mobile Fratres''
me i9onoru5le James Elliot OK Vermont,
indulging his usual iateus 81, r,er.sasiiifv. is
aoeut 20 step forth en- the public stare in q
neS2 character. He has associated himself
with a cefs'ti,i, William McCorkle of PhilA-
deiphia, tor some time the Editor of a pub
hc PRINT IN that city, entitled" Tie free
naaA's Jousnai /; aud Philadelphia Daily AL
yer;'scr;" aud their ioiEt labours ARE 10 is
sue on the Ist OF December, a mornire, pa
per, unterthe title of :. The Freeman's jonr-
nal, and Philadelphia. Mercantile A,ivert:-
ser.--Clie OF the Editors is TO g attend at
washington Curing the session. 10 furnish
congressional information "At lis close,
pan the editors wall be established at phila-
delphia, and thsir papers will then assume
Their prolesSed Character Of gcncrek ofisi-
nGHfy and UNIFERs-fL INb3kgA4IeN''
|, Few public prints have ever been usher
cd into being undermore nauspicious CT, cum
stances. Mr.. Elliot has not only his oven
want of political reputation 10 encounter, but
even the mach greater want Of it in his cell
league. The print of which he has taken
the helm, has sunk to the lowest batios Of
contempt. 1t has no Is charucic,.,'' as the
French call it, no expression, no principles.
1t is complete feather in the poiiticat scale
1t has not only no weight of itself, but is so
hight and versatile as to be. blown about by
every breeze.--In some respects, its past
and present conductors are alike. They
have, neither OF them, any fixed principles
| to guide their course. Both of them are a.
lhostates t'fnimrrs, and gitids. They are
perfect memberships even in the ouiddical
world; they are bats to one set of ,rimmers,
& birds to another. Each of them has passed
tprougn all the signs of the political zodiac
and has now stopped at Libra Their shift
lngs, doubings, equivocations and Vibrations.
are objects OF the most supreme contempt.
McCorkie has supported Mexican against
foss, Mexican against Snyder, and Ross "a
gainst Snyder. Elliot was once friend of
the administration (; then a dubious and e.
quivocal advocate and now a political mon
ster, which defies description. +" Neither
fish, flesh, nor fowl" Neither of them has
been guided by high and generous principles.
One has been led by the love of pelf a lit
tie grovelhng vanity and low love of distinc-
ton have been the wandering lights Of the
other.-In point of great talents, there is not
much to choose between them. Elliot has a
little more experience, a little more histo-
rical reading, a few more Latin scraps than
his coileague-of these things indeed he
could scarcely have iess-But to all that
constitutes the great and comprehensive
mind, neither Elliot nor McCorkle has apv
| pretensions.
Their PROSPECTUS is medley of pedan-
try without genius & Egotism without merit.
It does not contain, what is certainly the great
requisite in such things, frank and open
confession of political faith. The only trait
IN 1t which breathes the air of principle,
seems strongly to smack of Burr's famous
maxim OF a. an union of all honest meh." II
unfurls its bread banner for all" those mi
norities OF both the old political parties of the
republic, which embrace with now and then
a solitary exception the whole mass of genius
wisdom and patriotism in this new world of
the vest
And gathers in its shade this living
world .
Among other objects, this paper is to take
up a regular series OF essays calculated "to
explain and illustrate the universal couue5,-
ION between the Agricultural and CONNER
cial Interests to explore, deyelope and
depict the canses of that mysterious secrecy
winch so long time concealed from the peo-
pie, the true state of our relations with To-
reign powers" to investigate "the con
stitutionality and policy of renewing the seat
OF government from the wilderness of Wash
lngton Ito that "most beautiful and spien-
DID city, Philadelphia, the natural metro
polls OF this great nation.'-We sincerely
congratulate our brethren ON the acquisition
OF so enlightened and honourable a member
to our fraternity-and we seriously trust
that the hon. James Elliot of Vermont, win
as well for his own fame as for the good of his
country, prove himself Just as harmless and
ho7velJhi in the ranks Of an Editor, as he has
uniformly been on the floor of the House of
Representatives.
It appears by the last accounts from the West
iheiies, that the British proceedilg in their
| usual encroachments on the Laws of Nations
Ihey have now virtually extended their infa
nous Orders OF Council to the West-Indies .
Rear Admiral Cochran having adveytised block
ade OF all the " French Leewarl Caribbean ISL
ands." 1t is thus that the British government
warns us ct the mighty benefits which we are to
expect IRON a submission u its encroachments
4 These islands cannot be less than or hun
dred miles g on their outline,'' exclusive of in-
iets. 1t rs therefore impossible for the British
toTce inthe w. |. to carry into effect any block,
ade, :. within the true definition" of the term
biockades can only exist, when pieces are so
invested that no serious attempt can be made to
approach them without exposing the parties ma
KING them to imminent danger" The procIama-
ton OF Cochran is therefore manifest violation
OF those !" musty and worm eaten volumes" cal.
led the Laws of Nations. But what saws Mr.
Sawyer to this innovation Il comes inst in
time to bow his famous resolution to pieces Mr.
> viii not assert that the " Orders of Council
do not affect our West India trade ,fb;s f,,,,,I