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


assudd he title of her station. Such quaims
of rudSy never impose upon any one.
\ isthe air, which accompanies these de-
nhls-it s>tile principles, which men APP
Rove and proisss-which stamp the words
Ct the offender with their principal force
] A woman, who is SO lost to the charities OF
Pier sex as openly to vindicate prostitution,
may fairly be set down among those who
| have practised her precepts 1t is from the
vicious heart alone that all the vices issue
That man. who vindicates an act of disho-
nor, which has been brought home to him
| strongly by the light of his own actions,
may deny it. it he pleases. His denial will
be regarded as a mere sa6crice to the fear
otpunshment--b it is the appreciation of the
act, which is received as the virtual confess
sion OF the crime. 1t is not unfrequent for
the tongue TO lapse from the cause of truth,
long after the heart has lapsed from the cause
of virtue.
The man who has not stamped the charac.
ter OF British Emissary with all the e2,-
ecration which it deserves, when he has oc-
casion to speak of it-but who has pronoun-
ced it to be 90 legal'' vocation, and boas-
ted OF his LOYALTY to a foreign king, needs
NOT Pronounce any other vintlication of
British Emissary. Let there be certain acts of
his life, which concur in fixing the SUSPECT
on upon him. the argument is satisfactory
at least to common sense. Those principles
which he has avowed, will amount to vir-
tual confession of his guilt. But are such
acts wanting in the life of the being, whom
am addressing. a5s
Were you NOT the pay-master ofhis males
tvs forces in Gueruseys
For what reason have you disgraced your.
self by change of your name, The alias
affixed to a mans character is. equally suit
! able to the Gr'andee, who changes his title,
| and the wretch, who shifts his name for the
purposes of evasion, The world is at no
loss to know to which of those classes you
must belong. ..
Why that peculiar style in which you have
conducted the columns of the " Courier and
4" The Peoples Friend - why their oppo-
stion to the cause of Liberty and of our CON
stitution-why their obsequous defence of
the arts and the wrongs OF the British gov
ernment
1t is, because that man was British E.
| missary.
But there is no offence. it seems, in all
this loyalty to the king and country Of Great
Britain. Nav, this very modest gentlem an
denounces me for the want of morality
in not having enrolled il in the highest ca
| talcsue of the virtues. These are his words.
For what does the Enquirer say, Tirtu-
| ally and positively toos Why this-S. G..
Carpenter has confessed himself to be 10y
al to his king and faithful to his native coun-
try, and for being so he deserves exposure
and chastisenent ?" Here then is the com.
| mon Jacobn creed. Here is the creed of
the Richmond Enquirer sc Fidelity to
mans native country and loyalty to its chief
| magistrate deserves exposure and chastise-
ment."
Poor and pi,ifui sophist Who is it now,
hot ,.i,l q
original words were q British SIN and
an En1issary--loyal to his king, & faithful to
his native country SSc."-Let this however
pass
| If your quotation had been correct
| the pitiful sophistry with which you dis.
| g,lise its truth is worthy OF your vocation.
The BIiton who chooses to breathe his ma
tive air, may be loyal to his king and faith
tul to his native country. But was 1t of such
case, that the proposition was maintained?
No. 1t was of a Briton, such as S. G. &. who
has visited the shores of the United States,
who feels the protection of its laws, is cheer.
ed by the light and liberty of the country,
AND owes a temporary allegiance to its gov
eminent for the blessings which he enjoys.
! If in all the great collisions which exist be.
tween Great Britain and the u. States, a
man OF this description were to employ all
his arts to immediate the rights of the u
nited States, on the altar of British in
justice; he may be loyal to his king and
faithful to his native country che may
serve his king and country" but he i" de-
serves exposure and chastisement" from
the people of the United States. Such
man would be hailed, in the language of our
forefathers as Tory. Such man is 7rai-
tor to that temporary allegiance, which he
has contracted. The creed of such man
/ is this
Il believe in his most sacred majesty
! king George the Sd. in all the Princes and
Peers of the British Empire. l believe in
his right to destroy all the pretensions of
other powers on the high seas, and to sub
due these United States, if so it please his
sovereign will, into tributary colonies. be
lieve it to be my duty te consult his sove-
reign pleasure in all the steps which NAV
pursue---to thwart all the interests of
| the United States--to despise their Consti
tuition, liberty and laws and in every thing
which may do; to trample down the rights
OF America, and support the encroachments
OF q. b So heLh me God 90
! Such man art thou a man, into whose
bosom all the blessings. which he enjoys can
not inspire one touch of gratitude or respect
"a man, whom not even the impunity fpub-
| fishing the most atrocious libels upon our
| country and our people, can inspire with
one sentiment OF respect Tor those mild in
stitutions. which create your privileges -
| But thank God that even in this country
such men as S. E. G.. can vent their calum-
! MES with impunty----and that if there be
/ IL.