The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-11-17

VIC 'Sia,ity " SANi1iNy vi our own govern
mcnt:
| That either he or his minions will soon
give the cue 10 The NoriheW NtInts:
| That he has gone tour OF electionee--
ing 70 the East---to administer Rose g,a
Ter, to rally his troops, md draw u party
aryMnl him to support his steps; ~.
That he will drop many hint, Cor geese
70 fick uh; and mut,er many "a mystic
word about the fine terms and the s-ca@ona.
ole PROPOSITIONS which ne had rendered TO the
u. States.
That the time is near at hantl-when like
other fair and perishable Illusions, the popu-
larity of Mr.. Madison with federal partizaus
will vanish---,hat this oufre spectacle of
civility and encomium is nearly ~ an end
and when The old Chorus ofhatred T. Eng
land and the Influence IF France. will once
more be sounded with all their Uar iotioHs by
full band o. printers and of partizans
And ma. we not hope! when the honest
and magnanimous Federalist, will discard
his pre- udices-will awaken at last to The
insults aud wrongs of the British mimistrv-
and trace in all the steps of the PerceTG's
and the earnings only soac new encreach.
meat upon our rights or some insoent attack
upon the RESPECT zvhich is due to our coun-
try.
M. jackson has been 6i?migqsd--but let
him remember that there arc other sorts of
disgrace VIII ch may pursue the minister who
hiots aga nst thc tranquility If country. He
may be ordercG of'-untortuuateiy ,heie are
not few cases of tfiS sort in che Lasvs of
Nations.
One proposes to discuss the question, whether
mr. RGn!olt al, lay resolution before the next
C"nSres' apo -'Nmg the prombrfgae AND frdaE-
Wit. Z, tlt. he ,I,e,n;sc.I
min'stor IT . b." Asofher protector proposes
I" investigate " from 81. rat quarter the wind
means to ui1w ona given Il v"
Query Would Jackson have dared TO
have charged oug Executive with any con-
niTancs with Mr. Erskine, unless there had
been party in this country. to side svith q
B2 L whom he was TO furnish the mate
rails of invecive aud OF opposition Let
Pickering, and Gore and others answer for
this
F. ]. Jackson, It seems complains of the fai-
lure ct his miss on, because h had no British
fleet with him to back his assertions-no
bombs. & comgreUe rockets TO tohenhageuiac
our cities :" by eVery EosSibie means Of fe-
DaStation "-Surely the ministry oughc to be
tmheaehed for such fragrant omissions.
Some of the New York papers. arc a. this
time exhibiting a Curious military spectacle
The Public Hdvertise7', is IS able in its de
te"ce OF the measures of the characterization,
As hrm III its opposition tn Mr.. De ffisr
Canton and his supporters. The american
Ciftzen, editedby he notorious Cheethani, has
aposta'ised from almost every sound princi
pie which it had cnce professcd Ii nas no
longer the gait or spirit of republican pa
per 1t necessarily abuses the character of
Jefferson, which it once adored-denounced
the embargo which it once deiended-iusti-
iies the encroachments of Great Britain
and nnblushingIy asserts, that zve owe our
safety To England" and then Immediately
demands, hoy England herself could be sa-
we'd, If she relinquished any of those prin-
cIp!es by which her maritime ascendancy is
maintained. Yet does this paper still hro-
feSs itself to be the champion of the Vice.
Pre- ident
Things were in this situation when a new
print took the .feid. 1t was led on by Mr..
{. HcA--who, had previously pointed the
stings Of the " Bee" at Hndson-and
was one of the victims of the infamous Sedi-
ton Act. This new paper "The Columbi-
an processes to aim at cultivating har7lo
ny, healing the wounds that had been iniijc-
ted, and eXhorting to union." Its enemies
say that it is under the Burners IT Mr. De
UtH Clinton, far zvhom it certainly RVS
the ''biCkering blade" on all occasions-.-.
Such was the state Of parties at the outset
OF the campaign--but Cheethdm being CALLED
and harrassed by some light weapons from
the skirmishing troops of the Columbian,
began to mutter vengeance against De Wltr
Chnton--and threaten to involve him in
the hostiites.
Cheetham AYERS that he is "Clntoni
an of the Governor Clinton school and
therefore hates hypocricy and perfdy"
(meanins d. w. G y that it was Gov. G.
who - founded the family that his patrio
tism acquired its fame, his heroism is the
basis of its health, his firmness is the prop
of the house" This, by the way, is 1.ehu6.
Hcanism 6Hricsqued He AYERS, that ID.
w. G. did, 4" first to Federaiists and others,
bitterly inveigh against the ERi6arpO, and
afterwards made Speech Yin the n. Y. Lee
gislature) in its favor--that he first nsinua-
ted the existence of a French Influence in
the Cabinet and afterwards denied its exis.
tence i'll a Sheech--,hat he was vehemently
hostile to the nomination of Mr.. Madison,
but was equally though secretly opposed to
the election of Gov. Clinton THUS in
sinuating that the ncfhe7y had plotted a.
gainst the uHCie, with view to secure the
Pice Presidency for himsef-The r. I'D
perfiSer too. deals its blows at Mr. ID. w.
&. AND in the firm tone Of Justice, exhorts
and calls upon Cheetham to come boldly
forward with his eTHoSureS.-rhe Column
its pcit--he "puts the writer's in both these
papers at utter defiance, and challenges
them to come out with their worst"-and
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