The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-03-14

'"'T-y neither injured YOU or deceived u
thcrS. Much stronger might be found for
turni3g the bayonet loose upon Suffrage
But the fact is that I did not go to the elccti-
on. because / had for sometime thought thai
Col. Monroe's friends ought to yied, and
ecause had no idea of voting for myself.
winch lhad never done on similar occasions.
iou hrst c~alu!nniate me for adherirg 10 Col.
Monroe, ana then for not aGhering TO MIN /;
representing the same act as both right and
wrong. You falsely insinuate that my neigh
boris said something dis,cspectful OF NE;
and allow that YOU afterwards obtained letter
Information. Truly as you say l believe
,hat 10 man has made greater sacrifices OF
ieciNs tor party ; bat iiis does net make
You Il republican. At least | have never
supposed that 4 sacrifice of feeling by utter
ing cainmny contradictions, low iates, aad
ttiSe insinuations cOn5li>a'.,l IL publicanism,
however 1t might excite sensations recurring
no snail stock of pride to assuage.
*. But Sir,
Horess came in al! his blls,ering fury,
And vou came not 60 serve on Aa.on's iurv.
Z. All! tins is indeed Il bad story of the
worlds. 1t is however confoncs.ed hard
ehat the prince of the air, having assai!ed
me so numerically through one medium,
S!sor!d assail me again ON account Of the We
ny INJURY he committed himself, through ~
mother, which boasts OF its e" cntiasia 4. ,.
Tor republican union" His majesty is PIC
serving tie republican union, by this enlhu-
siastn. as he preserved the uuion Of NV houses
and Carriages by the enthusiasm ofthe wind,
and VIII l lear soon cut cut no little work.
de overture I'd my fruit trees, demolished
iricparabiy one house, took OF The roof of a.
mother, and threw down a third which
lcrushed my carriages. Mark what fellow
Ca. The workmen called IN, were as ana
o'e To repair the mischief Of this species Of
enthusiasm, as political wo-kn,cn will pro
!oably be 20 repair the mischief OF that, of
which you are made the vehicle and the
Old union being destroyed, l Was forced to
bnild up anew one. The morning after the
visit from this sable king, Who has left the
wind quiet since he has found another nc.
dunn ior playing his pranks, was tina for my
,ettlng out as a JnryInan i'll Burr's case, and
hhad prepared TO go. with 4 knee so swell
led by long fit of the rheumatism. hat !
could nor ride on horse. back However my
II. health, and the ruins lying around me,
did actually keep the idea Of borrowing i
carriage out of my head.
n. Aha John, have ! brought Won to con
less . charge te he true. You tall. u Lagick
TX you ought to be acquitted Of my other
charges, because they are false, ought you
not tob De convicted OF this, because it be true.
tnere's conclusive ;osick for you. But John
l nave given q very pretty history of my
SELF, and | demand yours in return, that the
iPuolc may compare my splepdor with your
ooscur'y. Think of my bounding from,a doc
tor, n? to a schoolmas,er /! All the new lights
OF Godwin. To be useful and a patriot was
my c'Ject, but MY leaith wasted, and
sought a new mode of subsistence, my new
lights Notwithstanding; now is it not nard
tiae yon write Ill Il style " requiring Il mind
Jus1a penetrating as your own to dlsenran-
Sie the 'involution OF its sentences and to
ieduce the elements of Chaos into sor.e
" species OF order" q fear John you ma;
be unable to disentang,e the words and the
sense OF this passage cfmy letter, anu there
fore l stop to tell you it raeans, that yeur
MIND, a~tterhaving made Chaos ont of order,
Can make order out o. Chaos, I say, is it
not iard that such a mind should attempt
TO ROD me OF the fame OF having soai ed above
tle narrow ~prejudicesof The world, over
lcsped the opportunities of friends. and
buoyed myselfup to the summit OF perfection
ior Tour whole years, by the force OF a light.
"hlch though divine was near killing me
L. History for history is fair. You shall
thereto'e have mine. An old light induced
me III l176 to sell all M property-5OO acres
OF lahe & 10 slaves-ona credit Carving in
terest, to enable me to live in the arm to
Jo'h it ara neVerto be absent for about three
years; to be present at every action in which
my regin1ent was engaged, about half OF which
was Killed Or wounded in the time To per
severe until my purse was exhausted by
expenses and depreciation, and until /
became indebted to seek a new mode O,
subsistence, and to serve about fourteen
years IN legislative bodies, without havius
ever asked a vote, solicited an Office. or ~.
Sc" any immoral energy to exalt myself or
ae"aSc others. VIII this egotism balance
yours II not, being placed by age hors du
COMBAT, may in my next make up the de-
iiciency. Now is it not as hard that vou
siiouid, withou. proyocation, attempt to ROT
ne OF the simple character of having done
my duty Tor these seventeen years i, fbs
pubic service, by r~evivirg one tale. every
part, modification and aspect of which is ~.
teriy false and by iuycntiag sundrv others
as tnat i should cal! you schoolmaster, and
thereby revive the expiring honors Won
gained ia that capacity
IS. You struck the frst blow John-tkrew
down the gaun.iet-iirst used hard .anyuap pc
and descended from the Conduct of . dr.
nifcd mind. 40
|. I. Ilc duce1 did. This is sailing pIun7
IN the Winds eye. Wa the charrs Of me
oetraying a pubi:5Huty from private ariefs
heitlcrb'Uw nor rlotlet! AS TO d%'.-nity. /
reai'r did rot think myself one Of those Kind
OF people made invu ncra1le by it, nor YOU
SO co'iietnptible, according to your ~insinua-
ton, as to be worthy only Of silent conteu,Dt