The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-04-01

ny celebrated Madisonian orator is reported
to have said of ano less celebrated Virgini,
Man senator) that Think them "the most
perfect masses Of ignorance, unadulterat-
ed by the smallest particle of knowledge,
=" the most shapeless monsters OF folly, un-
auoyed by the least ray of genius, j have
lever seem" Truly, that is not exactly
my opinion. But hope may saw, without
the imputation of presumption, and without
offence to any man (you see how guarded I
have becomc)-that in my opinion, style
does not consist iii words oniy-that thought is
essential to its perfection. But for this he
terodoxy in criticism, l should admit, (now
that PanurSe and have made friends, for
he generously forbore to return my blow. ex-
cept with the smack of whip) that Panurec
Is very, very pithy. should admit One of
me Feofle to be most elegant polemical
WRITER. less perspicuous writer would
tel us what he means to prove and what he
mas proven; information, which, it must be
owned, such a wrfter oniy would find ne
cessaryt to distinct understanding of his ar
Sument Yet it is in reasoning as in all o.
ther human efforts-he that claims credit,
ana he that claims an inference, as matter
OF right, often see those claims rejected
nence only it was, that Judge Chase was
Justiied in stopping counsel at the end of a
sy!logism, with" q non scqui,ur, si,.'' and
oow-As to One Of the Peoples logic-to
what extent, his political ingenuity and mo
rallty maybe stretched, it is hard to divine
he has begun with proving, that republican
Jealousy ought only occasionally to be ex-
tended to erccutiUe fo7oer, and constantly
to its imhotent opponents that caucuses are
fair and proper and that the abon,inable
compromise of the Yazoo Fraud, recon-
mended by Mr.. Madison among others
(Which by the way, l fear, he has not lately
ready was such as might very justifiably be
recommended He will end, I dare saw.
with defence of Gen. Wilkinson, & of Mr..
CHESS treason bill.-As to his metaphors,
perhaps, am too blind to blazon them to
the world" The composition, q mean, the
mrture) OF his tropes, is admirable. Take
tor instance, that which describes the
jealous resentment of a republic" first as a
guardian then as a thing, which in the
course OF personihcation, turns out to be a
puIhc magistrate; then a lion, then popu-
lar storm; and those, who wish to excite it,
nfst :" as being ecGpsed in road 20 next
as nying OFT into an eXCentric track :" re-
semoNng ba.eful meteors, shaking plague
and pestilence ON the earth - till at last
they are banked" like team of Wagon
horses and writhe % with the agonies Of
disappointment; & pant after guilty glory
- axe one other most splendid example =
lie considers the protest of the seventeen
me.nbers as ian offspring of deliberation
and design, sample of their characters, v
which he resolves to keep buoyant,' until
ne can make this ioathsome subject, (for we
md from the context 1t had fioated out of
watery grave) which he suddenly and unex-
Pectedly stretches On his anatomical table
Nfeel how thoroughly it is dissected - so
that 1t shall "stand abashed and confound-
ed, pouring "from i5s self love, over its
own grave, groans of repentance and re-
morse What rich variety Of beautiful
imagery Dir, this luminous author will soon
cause the night of Madisonian despair to
give way-hope will, at first family dawn
upon each cheek, as uncertain of her foot
ing; )" but soon under the inspiring strains
OF his voice" she will assume C deep and
determined glow" and transferring herself
from 1.-the uncertain footing of the check
to the hrmer footing of the eve will SPAR
kle with exultation. This gentleman's f.
cures too have another merit they are all
large enough. They remind me, Gf you will
pardon the homeliness of the aHusion) of a
veal too old, which has been cheated of it's
mothers milk somewhat too earIy. to he
sure (which has been fattened on dough.
and or which consequently the flesh is nei-
Their white nor sweet; but then there is the
more OF 1t, which is the main point, since
good cookery and good sauce will remedy all
detects OF succulency. Yet owe One ofthe
Eeofiie an apology for coupling him with Pa
nnrSe.: confess its injustice. But those Of
your correspondents, who profess to consider
me as savage, will remember, that have
been used to hunting all sorts of game. from
the buffaloe and the stag, to the racoon. the
Squirrel and the musk-rat-I protest Mr..
kitchie, mean no personal reflections on a.
ny body. .., b..
That Il qUhatan'S performance would ex-
cite some little notice., and considerable re-
sentiment, expected but my humble la
Dors aSpired to neither boon. The signature
OF f07ohatan was doubtless .carclesslv and
accidentally adopted, and mine was obvions-
~ suggested. by his Yet. these signatures
nave gwen occasion to many very ingenious
sarcasns; as II any care was ever taken in
publications OF this kind, to adapt the cha
racter OF the work to the. character whose
name is:borrowed. are the themes
that suit little minds.--Panaree the !,
Cfor these folks having usurped despotic
authority in the republic of letters. must
ADDRESS them in. an appropriate style,) tho't
roz0hofq"S style Pretty. Scourge deemed
Dotn MIN and me savages for he advises us
10 lay aside the pen, and resume the toma-
hawk. II Descendant Of Pozvhataf, Is alarm
ed for his patrimony. I'm Observer IA We
ry calm, cool, deliberate fellow too) seems to
rear, we mean to resume sovereign SWAY o.
yer the whole state.-I beg, sir, we NAV not
De suspected of any such reasonable de-
signs (the last prince of my dynastv) do