The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-02-23
DOMESTIC.
FROM THE AURORA.
II Sc COND d. MEL.

The public have now had ample time &c
digest the various matters of elimination
brought forth against general Wilkinson, by
all who have directly or indirectly aspersed
and accused him. Among his accusers and
calumniators, we find,
All the adherents and associates in Burr's
treason,
All the adhcreAts and hirelings of the Bri
fish government,
Ali the internal enemies of the public Ii
berty,
All the opposers of the present administra-
All the presses under the influence of this
" t0SseLated Pavement"
Were there any prospect of any charge
being brought forth, deserving of any reccp-
ton but that of contempt we should not now
touch the subject; but it is due to the public,
that they should no longer be suffered to re-
main uninformed of the real character, the
real pie7vs, & the motives and Conductof Mr.
Daniel Clarke
That no member of Congress steps forward
to demand an enquiry into this mans conduct
is to US, a most extraordinary circumstance
but it is certainly requisite, that such an en-
quiry should be instituted.
AT this time we shall not touch what relates
Immediately to Burr's Treason.--that we
shall suspend a little longer, to see what
may yet come but we shall go farther
back. :, ~
The public have always been at loss to
account for the spirit of discomfort that was
stirred up in Louisiana, soon after IT'S acqui-
sition--the government was well aware of the
springs by which it was moved, and who mo-
we'd them but they treated the movers with
distance and diSdain, which their insight
fcance,. unless in producing mischief, justly
subjected them to.-That Daniel Clarke has
been, if not the trime moUer, he has,at least
been the most conspicuous and audacious, oi
the piSi6Le movers, in the early seditiens, in
Louisiana. ~
He aspired to be governor of that territory
the government knew the man, and there fore
without spurning him, as government less
moderate might have done, they were willing
to let him, like Chinese water pot, SWIM
upon the tempestuous sea ofliberty," where
if he cracked, it should be by running his
crazy machine against more firm and solid
substance.
! But cold distance, tacit indifference, were
to this man affecting, perhaps more afflict-
ing than specific repulse or rebuke there
was nothing certain to justify open insolence
or aIdacious menace; yet there was, worst OF
all, 'othing to cherish hope Under aSpanisb
monarchy intrigue may supercede talents, 8;
pronigacy may defame and destroy virtue UNI
discovered; but III society where the SoUe-
reign feofte hear all think all, say all, and
exalt or humble all, as in their sovereign
right they may do--what was a man TO dc
| who could not trust to common sense, and
who displayed none of those virtues which
may be denominated popular4
! We could cite multitude of facts on this
part of the topic but our present purpose i;
only to exhibit Mr.. Clarke's character and
mind, as drazon By himseLf-if it is libel il
| is he 7pbo zVrotei t--if there is any depravi-
| ty in tit is all his--if there is any thing
in it that indicates the good citizen, or well
disposed NATIVITY let no man rob him of the
honor of il, for what we give is his own
therefore let no man say that he suffers in
Jury because he sits as Judge upon himself
he unites all the varieties of character that
constitute court--he sits as Judge-.he is
the accuser and he is the accused--heor him
Yer his cause and 50 let him be judged