The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-02-07

and seminsries are tie ti,-cc great pillars, On
which the liberties Of lis country depend. .An
seeing this, he would disda;n todcrorate from the
dignity Of San honest and useful cn.S ,yment.''
Perhaps this vindicauon of the dignity of an in
%siructor may be deemed superAuous. There were
some traits IN my own situation, which would
dislodge the .parrowest prcjudices of the most
besotted wording. My resources would have
enabled me to make my way into some Of tho p,.
iEhcd professions ots0c:ety. My genius, like that
OF poor Dick, the Apothc cary, had for nearly -
months been "cramped oyer a p-stie 4 MORTAR
l had attended one course of lectures on ina,o-
my and Chemistry in the University of phila-
deip'ia-But new lights broke in upon my mind
l believed the pursuits W a school masterto he
more useful than these OF a physician, and my
zeal orerleaped all the Kind importini,ies of my
relations and the narrow prejldices OF the world,
arraycd :ganst me- Fur todr years, MY course
was unaitered. Bot my health heg,n to decay.
My constitution witaered. / sought some new
mode Of sibsis,encc-and J am now the Z. ;,eda-
gogue Editor" at your service.
Gould you have expected. by such pitiful
attacks to wound the feelings of "A man thus
e" cased in adamaut!" lust as irnpotent IS
your insiuatimi, that he has supported the
election of Mr.. Madison from. the mercenary
Inst OF. Office. Examine tie catalogue of
lSpithets, which, you have lav;shcd up-n
me-and yon will there discover the name
OF Calumniator, III broad and repeated Cha
There is nothing too high for your i,gycpu.
ity to misunderstanding too low for your pc
tuiance to abuse. At one time, sir, you have
fconvicted inc OF want IF moral principle"
AND at another, you have descended to a
CRITICISM on my particles AID nouns. 1t would
DC the highest presumption in me to dis
pnte the dictates of the standing Oracle OK
style. You have really written too much
IN indictments, &Ns Of casts, bills Of chan
Gerry, and the other elegant forms of the
iaws--for a poor "pedagasue Editor" 10
protest against your powers Of composition.
but may noebe permitted to whisper, dread
sir, that in the ingenious stsing of words
which you have collected ont OF my para
graphs. some are borrowed from the lines
OF GRAY, and that tie multiplication of i'm
ages IS therefore his and not NV own-somc
we've applied By me, to the author himself,
instead OF his coniposition-that the epithet
OF 'bitter.' which YOU have been polite e
nouSh toiend me, will not exactly tally with
some OF my othe T. expressions as, for in
stance, "bitter gems" ard that it would
nave been quite as easy ior rae to have strung
upgetner Il series of far more elegant cpl
thets from y0nr brilliant c .mpositions Nav
not atsobe permitted to suggest, that there
are some stlles OF writing 80 e%t.eaiei: dc
tective, that they defy the delicacy OF the
critic, like some offensive subjects, which
cannot bear the dissection of the anatcmi-
cal Knife-that this description cannot pos
sihty apply to yon, the literary Oracle OF the
w es,ein Woild-that uour stvle Of compo-
sition wonid have every ACCOMPLISHMENTS,
which could be desired, if it were not for a
lew deiects---it would be simple, If it were
not so confused classic, fnot so vulgar.
witty, II not quite go full of quaint aud un-
meaning conceiss-- and perfectly philosophi-
cal, II 1T did not require a brainiust as pcne-
trating asyour own, to discntangIc the invo
lutioh OF ITS sentences, and to reduce the G.
lements OF Chaos, into some species of order
WIN you pardon my presumption. if l mere
~ enquire, sit, lii what system OF grammar
you discovered the expression Of {" had
shrahR --or what ~youexactly mean by "the
acrid state of my stomach ?"
fcu har; aimed some insinuations az ,oy
political Course. ] forsoath "have skipped
upon the shoulders of a majority,'' And
VINO rs y, that says this ? n man whose re-
cent course is as variable AS the winds.
am not singular, sir, in these .pinions.-
he majority of the -sorid are ready TO ac.
qdIesce III their tru,lt-Thc following is an
extract OF a letter from a friend, written
some months since. II is a mirror IN the
BUSINESS OF whose reflections, YOU may posi-
abiy behold a striking likeness OF The origi-
nal: 1.-The man ices. John Taylor) has e.
yer been a weak and wayering politician
nc had not energy to Continue in the array.
during the American revolution ard to tile
want OF that quality, we must ascribc his late
zig-zaS Course. He is IN the horrors aboui
the French. No old woman is half so tremu-
lous or visionary. l AN persuaded, he seri
ouSly believes that BUnapartc will ere long.
send over the Duke OF Berg OF Dantzic o. t6e
frlnce OF Neutchatel, to lay seiee 70 the ia
nous city OF Port Regal. and devcrr All hi.
pigs and ducks. Hence his dread IF French
influence, andhis disi2proba;ion OF any mea
sure which may strengthen the power oil
france and lessen the resources OF G.. Bri-
f taln-ience too, led on by this itcnis fatu.
Gus he would willingly pocket our rational
Insults lest by resentipg them, we night r
ritate our ''hatutaL allies" and only sure
defenders from French invasion.
" COl. Taylor has certainly beena yea
lous partizan if not an abb. one. 1 Suppose
he mad some ingenuity and yoiubiiity or i.s
never would have been trusted with those IA
nous Hesoiutlo;s which bear hIs name; 1u
II he has the abilities ascribed to him by som,
wouId-be-poiiticians, why do we find his
lap4pred compositions obscure and unintel.
=. liSloic! His treatise on the Banking syS
; teh IS perhaps oohrqfoHnd for common ca.
pac'ties to comprehendit, bat | have better
authority, the authority Vt Mr.. GallatIn. to,
| asserting, that no mai yet was ever urotite,