The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-04-26

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mendment to the constitution had been A.
dopsed by a sufficient number of states ia
MAKE 1t apart of the constitution II was not
until some time after the adjournment of con
gresS, that the sanction of the necessary num-
Der OF states was obtained to this amend
ment. and without it, suppose you nc ed not
be told, that 1t formed no part Of the consti-
tuition. AT the time, therefore, of the above
caucus, it could not possibly be predicted.
without more intuition than even YOU possess.
whether the states would accept the amend
mcnt or not. The difference then, (and it
would IN the opinion of most people, be
thought by no means a small ope,) between
You' statement and the fact, is, that the a
mehofnent was Suo8eqnent instead of hreUi-
oHS 20 the caucus. Whether like the Sena-
tor VINO summoned the Washington caucus,
you nave nsurped a power never vested in
you, shall not undertake to saw. but I con-
Iess' Should ike to know the authority bv
which you undertake to address us in the
plural number, and sometimes as if Won were
the mouth-piece Of the nation, threaten ms
with Lhe'r resentment. From the applause
OF : One OF the People" we have nothing to
cesire and be assured, sir, still less to dread
Iron ms menaced indignation. Falstaff tur
heo DULY, is new character. and one which
you are very lily qualified to sustain.
Our accusations against the members of
tue caucus for attempting to produce :. a,
undue bias on the presidential election Inv
lne sanction OF congressional Names" am
prepared to support. Their meeting was
frofeSsedty one consisting of members Of CON
efsSs, ana the publication of the meeting as
wen as Mr.. Bradley's summons will prove
L. we mad no meeting, but such republi
cans as chose to sign the Protest after read
ing H. oio So Nor is there any part of it,
from which any one will be authorised to as
ser'' that we designed, or wished to be I'M
derStood, that we were acting in our official
characters. If any Editor who published
that Protest, has described it as the act OF
members OF Congress, using their names as
such' with view to give it any additional
innuence, he had no authority from us for SO
dong. The National Intelligencer, in which
1t hrst appeared, has certainly not mention
ed 1t as a Congressional Protest. The mem
oers OF the Washington caucus, undertook
20 recommenda President and Vice P,esi
dent Vt the United States, at the same
time taking care to make it known that the
recommendation came from members o.
congress and If this circumstance was not
intended and expected to produce some bias,
1t would be difficult to shew any possible
purpose Tor which the caucus could be held
nc froteSters had no caucus, neither did
they undertake to recommend any person,
whatever.
Inc Pueiic are certainly very much in.
debted to you for your minute detail of al
the preliminary occurrences to a PRESIDENT
al election. 1t is as novel as it's interesting
Tor without you Ipresume no man in the ma
ton would have had sagacity enough to dis
cover that q presidential election IS q ire
OailInS tome of conOerSation in eUerv quar-
yer Of tie Orion, for considerable nine
0goTe IL taxes Ilace---the hretensions Of
me canG9dateS are every 7Vhere hubLciu
and freely disclosed" This is news in
deed, Mr.. Attorney! AS to the object OF
a caucus, according to your description, il
may indeed be of no little Importance. To
ascertain zpho has the best chance of being
made Professionalism chance by the way
may be made good or tad, as 6est suits fie
Ofe'0s gf ms caucu8, may be very convent
ent to the individuals composing such meet
ing; but how the nation is to be benefited bv
calculations over which they have no con
trout, and into the fairness OF which, thew can
never examine, am yet to learn. In reply
to somebody's note whether YOURS or the
EDITORS, do not know relative to the con-
test or the Nicc-PreSidency, at the caucus
before the last, | must inform you, that Mr.
Breckenridge disclaimed all pretensions to
1t, by publication in the newspapers, and
that the particular danger against which it
was attempted to guard, was the reelection
OF Aaron Burr to the Vice-Presdencv. This
fact Is notorious. In answer to the other
note on Mr.. Bradley's card I can only say.
that not having the same taste for what Mr..
Bradley friend calls fun, nor similar ia
Guilty with his annotator of discerning it in
others, cannot for the life of me, see where
the Joke lies. But that this new species of
wit may not be lost to the world, | must a.
gain beg leave topublish this Card.
In pursuance of the power vested in me
" as President OF the late convention of the
" Republican members of both Houses of
" Congress, deem it expedient, for the
" purpose OF nominating suitable and pro-
per characters, for President and Vice
" President of the United States, for the
y next Presidential election, to call con-
" vention OF the said Republican members
" to meet at the Senate Chamber, on Satur-
" day the 23d inst at 6 o'clock, p. NJ. at
" which time and place your personal at
" tendance is requested, to aid the meeting
" with your influence, information and ta2
" Tents. S.R. BRADLEY
Dated at Washington, 10Th Jan. A. ID. 1908
Admitting the above text to warrant the
comment in your note, l cannot easily per-
ceive, how on so solemn an occasion, either
Mr.. Bradley could be justified in practising
stroke on bufiooDery upon the members of
the national legislature, or the members
themselves in suffering it TO be pracfised on
them. Such an excuse is worse. IF possible
than any accusation which has been, or can
be made against the summons. For If the
Electors of our Presidents and Vice-Presi-
dents are To effect their objects ~, +lo ,.-,s.