The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-08-22
WILLIAM Copnerr.


Hy,iiarn Coo6ett, 9iiGs Peter Porcupne, 8 now
the warm advocate OF Psrii,,nc"tlry kaiorm-
of Sir Francis Burdett and Warde-.nd the Cd.
ponent of political corruption viii miracles ne
Yer cease.
On this subject he has addressed a series of
letters to the People of Hampshre--of which the
Isl presents 4 most serious and monitory lesson
| to the p opl. %, he U. Sc Some ofyou, SAWS
he, vii! have heard, perhaps, that wEie was in
America, wrote severa! pamphlets, some upder
trigsed name, ard some under no name at all
From one Of these pamphlets, the London min
sieriai newspaper have extracted these words
y cor my part, am 10 jiicad 2t th- English l
wish Their island sods sunk to The bottom the
Having taken this sentence, q e. tel; thei.' read
ers, that It is quite natural "Such 6e-son" SHOULD
wish for Reform that would lead to Reyolu,i-
on-Gentlemen, do not recollcct any thing So
bad as this, ever done or attempted to be gone,
by any writer III The world.
f'Thc pamphlet from which the extracts made.
rrns written for the purpose and tke soe Purpose of
serving my kins and cou.try, and that too at q
time ami IN place, when and where no man but
my Sell had the zeal to write liue for such ptir
pose In order to give effect to what was
writing, 1t was necessary for me to say some
thing, 10 disguise the fac that it proceeded from
an EMgiish,nia's pen and that this was the case,
there needs no proof but this, that the Govern.
7ent at home caused this pam bhiet to be re bu5
kshed in England. Further, for having written
this and other pamphlets III America, the Cow
eminent here made Inc offers of their support,
which never accepted of. Upon my return
from America, those offers were renewed, but
again rejected. received marks of approba ton,
for these writings, from all the men then in pow
er- dined at Mr.. Windham's with Pitt, which
then thought very great homer and really
when Mr.. Canning looks back to the time, when
dined at his house at Putney, and when he paid
me-. so many just compliments for my cseytious,
coX,frv's / can hardly hot he
must not view with some degree of shame these
attempts on the part of persons, who pub
hcly said to write und his particular patronage
As to MIR. Windham, he has dc ciared, in opel
Parliament, that for my srritiRgS in A,lerica,
deserveda statue OF :old"
And now let the FederaIists # the u. s. Law
tins eAtract--ths Hattering I'm on" to their
souls. Who JraS WIN. CobDGit! The man who,
IN times OF yore, was their oraclc-the maj whom
they CHERISHED, fed and encourag, d. whose pa
per they subscribed and wrote for-,nd whose
writings they al tnrel with the same spirit which
warmed the gratitude OF Pitt, of Windham and
Canning. Ofthe hypocrtical morality Of Mr..
Goblet, we shall say n@tiiing--he was spy,
pensoner and slave--& he had at least as much
morality, as belongs to his vocation. Bot OF the
1ederalists, what shall we say Whilst he was Ia
boring Tor the sole purpose of serving !is f!rC G.
country, tAeV SEEMED TO be with him--the same IN
OPINIONS and fee. 'ags--'' bone of one bone, and
iiNS' vi HSsii --lnG 2UncrentS OF a creature,
to whom the British government had g made OF.
ters of support"
There writers in the u s. at this very
moment, who ply the same trade in the same dis
guise-who profess an attachment to the u S &
"a hatred for England, the better to mask their
vicws-and WHO cannot SINK THE RaGLIsH.
MAN IN their hearts. They are devoted TO the in
terests of Britain, and many of them are apos-
tatcs Ia this, their native c0uDtry-Cobbetts OF
the present day, whom MIR Canning may reward
for their exertions in lis country's cause. When
will the honest men OF the oppostion-when will
the native-born true hearted American Federal
lists, awaken from their deusion
There are lights enough before the public to
satisfy us, that Messrs. Erskine and Canning are
directly at issue. The" very satifactory" letter
whic', Mr. E. has addressed to the S of State, IN
contestbly proves it. :
% Read the 9th No. of John o. Adams, in
the last page. Every republican print in the U.
s. should re-publsh it.
az We are authorised to state, that the
RICHMOND THEATRE, under the man
agement of Messrs. GREEN & PLAcIDE,
VIII be opened early in next month.
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