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

tobbed) aud sore io>n Yui.r interii.y.
T. have oce-~vr" rear asser:i.5 that /
never was inf,rnicl thai Mr.. Madison had
Ndropt any such expression, bu. upon en,lea-
vor".s Ia icccllect, l have a confused idea
that sone such suggestion was nude in your
paISf, by ~kom l never knew. IL il was, I
am positive ,.H.t It was made long after il
was generally hu>nE, that l was in favor of
Coi. iioaToc. D, that .his last of my private
s.ieis, influenced ne, acco-ilg 20 your logic,
(ahd in,ecd the reasoning is aeI,od as any
70. have uaed) a long time before It existed.
Bat tins Charge, ANA the expression t'tvust-
Ell with the resolutions" d:sc!oses to me, /
LINK, your Anonymous correspondent. a
gentleman in whose ~verscity had the high
eSt confidence. uii once tell me, that y SINH
lar opinion had been applied 10 me by ont Of
M friends. but without disclosing his name.
In my mind l pitched upon your CORES
pendent, it 60 not mistake him, because it
was exactly the opinion | believed him to
enter m. This belief was founded OH con-
siderable differences OF political principles,
particularly i'll relation to banking ; and on
a notion that the compliments he paid me,
were a lltt!e too high for one, Of whose TN
derstahd'nS ne had a good opinion. Nothing
IS more common, than for politicians both to
think and call each other shallow and no.
thing can be less offensive. Human nature
abounds IN shadows. Ii was, ! think, a shall
low thing 10 entru.t YOU with the lattei. You
have betrayed. An embargo. I think, is a
shallow thing for c~oeycing nations, however
useful for saving shipping. WAR. to rally
me people round the government" WAS prov
Ell 20 be but a shallow device under Mr.. A.
dams's administration and nothing is more
common IN the history OF politicians, than
to see them laundering CHI the worry shadows.
wherein their predecessors have been wreck
Ell. Your correspondent does not, [ think,
consider Mr.. Jeffet.on himself as free from
inns political inaiady, which may be, c;,,ied
- the shadows" as oEe proof of which, | will
give the history of the pamphlet ne censures.
1t was written and sent to .,ar. Madison.
"'ta an absolute power to use it for the good
old cause, Or To burn It. He approved of il
by a letter, laid it before Mr.. Jefferson, and
1T Was printed, but by whom | know not. |
never saw It after parting with it. The last
letter OF My. Madison to me on the subject,
OF that pamphlet, is transcribed merely to
facc my anonymous friend, As | see no i'm
propriety in 1t.
informed YOU from Albemarle of the
=" step taken with regard to the paper from
YOU. Our otiata:it friend under wiiOse PERT
SAINT past IS quite Ill raptures with it, and
auSuia the best consequences from it, il its
- appearances bewell timed He thinks the
: present III every respect unpropitious, and
" 'hat under any circumstances the critical!
- moment would be about two or three weeks
!" before the first monday in December. He
" thinks also that the effect will be the grea-
" ter, Ii there be no Indication of the quar-
" Ter OF the union producing it, anal in that
= point OF view proposes to strike out the
:" passage relating to the slaves, which how
" everJust Ill Itself would be a signal for raj
lhg the cry OF Virginianism against the
" publication. If yen do not object to these
" c!rcrnstancial alterations, they will be
- made. Be so good as to drop me a line on
- the subject as soon as you have all opportu-
" n.ty." Mr.. Jefferson was the distant friend
spoken OF. Influenced. more l confess by
than talents / wrote often, & sometimes
bad the pleasure of hearing the reputed FL.
ther OF my children admired, Just as Mr..
Madison enjoyed the appreciation OF his reso-
buttons tathered by ME and although | am
conscious that all such applause was enhan-
ced by the partially Of friends, yet the
Partially OF enemies cannot deny, that / con
tentsdly served as an humble round of a lad
der, tor the exaltation OF Il man, who has
rendered his country the most eminent ser
vices.
X. Fiddicfaddle. Now John 1 will bring
you TO the point. / WAS in the heat OF COM
position for the instruction of the good PEG
PIE OF Virginia " my spirit glowcd in my
nerves my impctuous Imagination became
UEsovernab!c," the poetic Juror seized me,
and united with a furor arising from my i'm
pressiohs aforesaid Against YOU; a match was
pug 10 these combuStibles by a neighbour of
yours, and ont Few " what private griefs he
has, alas! | know not" But / did know for
ali that, at least if not then, ! do now. did
and did NOT know. Either prove both false
or allow half to be true. If you make the
concesS,on, our dispute is at an end, for it will
establish my v~cracity "m my vocation up
on a much better foundation, than | ever *
pectcd to place it.
I. Sir, your fervour or vour modesty has
led you into Il mistake. Your crow, the bird
OF Apollo, brought you his high priest, an
effusien from the God, the supposed poetic
Juror was really inspiration. yOur glowing 6.
struggling were Pythian CONFUSION and
the delivery which gave you ease, a genuine
oracle.
X. My dear Taylor. give me your hand,
you are right; | always thought there was
something divine about me. This, and this
only, Of all you have said almost 'sconvinces
my understanding and induces rnr to make
atoleHnent." l know very well tnat what |
sad Oh You was not dictated by all that s;ljv
story OF a Cock and a Bull, in my four CO.
lumns, and therefore it must have been in
spiration. Indeed | told the truth without in
tending 1t, which looks like inspiration too.
Tor say, that I would not have caiumpiatcJ
you, IT ] had known at the time. e Vour non