The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-09-22

| any " information komc" The foreipn in
cendiary, who watches for an opportun;t,
to fire public magazine. Certainly need
not transmit his intelligence to his employ
ers. The Emissary, who comes over 10 TIM
country TO infiame and to mislead The pub
lie mind, who watches for every opportuni
ty TODD mischief and to serve his employers
who begins with Changing his name. turks il
| secret, and publishes his works without ever
an imprint to his title page, is to all in,ent.
and purposes q Shy-though he cannot be
tucked up to the Haiberds blythe sentence OF
Court Martial, nor doomed to the Gallows
by the verdict of Jury.
But there are ain England MANY tbo,-
sands of intelligent American citizens
"whose right to give any information they
please is never called in question" Blu,
where are the American citizens, who have
established presses in England Where is
that man, who has observed a statue of
gold tor the secret services which he has
rendered TO the U. States in G.. Britain!
And you are really at loss to know, what
would be the object of spy or an elnissarv {?
MAJ is there, you say, in this country to
employ spy upon?" And then i'm a sneer
Ing and ironical tone you enquire, whether
they are TO take cognizance of our "dock
yards and arsenals"-the private operations
of our Cannon founders"--our secret arma
ments"--our grand expedition" form
"plans of the vast Notifications which cover
the frontiers and the coast Stc.-thines.
Which. you so politely add "are on so large
scale, that every cabin boy who comes in
and goes out of a harbour. can describe the
whole as completely rs could Vauban or CO.
horn themselves. if they were alive We
understand your sneers, sir. and shall trea-
sure them up for future retribution
Miserable sophist for q,hot seryices IN
this country did W. tCobbett "deserve his
statue of gold, Did he "plumb the ditch
es" of our rampsrtsa Did he gage the "oali-
bre of onr artillery" Did he form ".plaHs
of our Notifications" And yet this man
was at 10 loss for employment He stood at
the head of an influential press. He display
ed his calumnies against our best men. He
attempted to " serve his king and country" by
controlling our elections, and vindicating the
aggressions of his country
1t is difficult to know which most to adj
mire. the impudence which dictates your
doubts, or the fimsiness of the sephstrv
which supports them. Is it possible that uou
could be at a loss on such {. subject, when
you had not only this brilliant precedent be-
fore your eyes. but the dull fruits of your
successive labors before you. For what did
you land in this country with parcel of
typese Was tito plumb bitches, or gage ca
iibres? What-when the columns of the
Charleston Courier, and of the People's
Friend-and the pages of your late memoirs,
that noble monument of your ignorance, fol :
ly, and misrepresentation, sent into this
breathing world" without even an imprint
TO tell the place Of its nativity, abandoned by
it's own father, and by all about it, were be
fore you-whati could you have been at a
loss for the means of employment, when these
dull compositions were before yous
/ have done. sir.-I must again repent,
that you are unfit for your business. If w.
Goblet has deserved statue of gold for his
services in America" what will Mr.. Wind
ham award you on your return TO 6. Bri-
tains fear-not even a sfatue ofBrass.
Your letter will at least have one salutary
efect.-You have not denied that you were
the author of the "Memoirs of Thomas JEFF
ferson." Your silence is sure confession
of the fact That work is damned for ever.
The people of this eou:.try are safe from the
misrepresentation of thing, which is not
only fraught with every species of ignorance
and of prejudice-but is the holy composite
on of British Emissary.
1F The following Art is from the Norfolk
Ledger, of the 18th The Editor should
have said more or nothing. Mystery is not
Evidence. The Ledger would oblige every
friend of his country by being a little more
explicit.