The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-12-28

/ "',@> Dy put tc' SEliUESEt, &C. say. I
would be amusing to observe how men car
believe their own convictions and have Tia,
hardihood tn avow it, were it net, that We
are daily suffering ths evils which have bee,
Drought on the cour.sry by wretches like
these, who aid and encourage foreign ty-
rants IN their aggressions upon US.
| For the consideration of such beings, we
+, will relate a small history.
| lwo gentlemen lived on the opposite sides
OF q public nigh way, which they had bot!
oeen III the habit of using, from time imre-
moral, tor the transfer OF their conmodi.
ties to each other, aud to the city. One OF
them, whom we will call Lupus, of a turbu.
| lent, unruly disposition, delghting in war
and blood shed, and having about him =
band G. dcspcradoes, issues orders TO his
lmyrmidons to place themselves along the
hedges and hills of the road, and to seize
| upon the property ofthc other. goinS TO tie
city, until he pays him tax. The other,
named Aquia, being peaceable man,
Though as strong.and IS courageous, bu; ha
Wing a good deal of the Quaker in him, is
| III principle averse to war, stops for time
passing the road, whereby he disappoints
Lupus ct his toll. and dcprves him OF some
articles which he cannot raise and which
are necessary to the maintenance of his DIES
peradoes. IA
In short time, Lupus finding himself in
~ant OF bread, ammunition. &c f,r his bull
lies, and being able to get only from his
ne!Ghbor Aquila, hethinks himself of some
plan to accomplish This, and still Continue
his piratical practices.
de, therefore, sends IN agent TO Aquiia,
who comes over the road to him, and saws,
my master is willing torestorc things to their
cid state. If you will allow your carts and
Wagons to carry your produce to him, he
r,p,. ,i1cA,,.
| to the city. l have IN hospera TO make
this arrangement: you may send out your
earts' and rely upon my masters honor!
Wen. Aquila trusting TO the. known charac
Ter OF the agent. and believing Lupus to be
sincere, agrees TO the offer, and gives full
liberty to his tenants TO carry out their pro
duce. Large Quantities go 70 Lupus, his
barns and houses are filed will. what he
wants: his buildings are supplied, and he IS
merry and joyful.
NOW, however, his language alters ------
lie reprimands his asent.---He tells a.
qwia, true, my agent had full powers.
sat gave him Srcrss distractions
and he has not acted according to ti,e,n.-
Therefore my orders remain the sar,c. and
Won shall not pass the road without, paving
me tax: Ihave wives and sons. and sons
wives and sons, &c. &c. TO maintain. and
want the money, ray necessity shall be
your law
hqmia is tlunderstruck at this. He had
never heard before. in the whole history Of
the country, that such contract was moi
binding. Particularly, as tho agent himself
tod him, after all this, that those INSTRUCT
ons which Lupus spoke of, were not the only
ones he had, and assured him, that he had
authority from Lupus for what he did.
Lupus, however, having posted his mvr-
mid Il I,.J Al..- 4 4 e
another agent to Aquila to ernploy mis- a,teu-
ton and amusc him, while he hlls his pock-
cts with piunder. The agent is pompousiy
sent out as the messenger Of peace, and is
the healer of all grievances and Aquilla
lmpatientiy expects and politely receives
the new agent
And now a new plan Of the arch contriver
Lupus, is disclosed Nothing less than to
establish, aye and more than that too, to
make Aquilla himself confess, that Lupus
was perfectly innocent, and that Aquia had
cheated him !
Fer this purpose the agent begins by silly
insinuating that Aqsa knew when he made
the contract that the agent exceeded bis
powers and thst he could not complain it was
set aside.* BY which means ii Auuila did
not deny this, he would admit not only that
the contract was rightfully broken by Lupus,
but that he, Aquila, had tried to cheat him
by dupin. his agent
But Aquila was aware ofthe trap intended,
and too stro! ny intrenched in truth and no.
nesty 20 yield to such an Infamous reproach,
particularly the first agent had himself
avowed that he never gave suck information
to Aguia.
Aquiia, therefore. expressly and solemnly
denies what the new agent had insnuatcd +
The agent, however, in the pursuance OF
his plan, does not yield here Tho he has
the solemn denial Of Aguila, supported by the
former agent, with impudenCe unparalleled
he now asserts it in express terms, that
the instructions were at the time (of the
arrangemen.)ma knownto" Aquila ,Sslhcrc
tore no reason n4ed be gwen why the arrange
nient was set aside by Lupus. Nay, still
more insolently ne says That, Aquila him
sell had confessed this, although Asuila had
expressly denied it
Between two individuals srosser insult
eanilot be conceived, than man to tell me
when have denied thing solennly, that
have confessed il and if any thing could
justify an appeal to arms it would be this
l'ut AqUila, having the interests Of many te-
nanis To consider, and being sincerely desi =
rous OF harmony, was not willing to give
way to feeling fle tells the agent that his
allegations we're irrelevant and improper.
and that such c6uddct cannot be allowed,
gently calling direct assertions " insuua-
ions" so shat, if the agent were really de
sjTcus o. harmony, tc might wave the point,
3nd tncg cci'.tion pucecdS
But the agent true 20 the purpo2c for
which only b@pus sent him, and resolved
that Nguila shall whether or no, confess