The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-11-24

i IT. may be for your interest to mediate on thos
lchsrges. fhsve still some hopes of you. an,euc.
nent win confess that, on this point, The geo.
-rsl opinion is opposite to mine Your friend
attribute your past conduct to persevering fol
lly-your enemies to an obstinate vice--Roth A.
gree that, as your errors were the work Of W.
ture, it is absurd to hope for their reformation
that, rs you rushed into crime without reHec-
ton, you will continue in it without remorse
| But, in my intercourse with YOU, I have observ
ed certain principle which has been termed the
beginning of wisdom. The most degra ding
stain on other characters, is probably the paving
! OF virtue in yours Fyour feelings are not to be
| touched by the wrongs of the people, let YOUR
fears be reused by their resentment-'rhe wrath
OF British men is slow, but ii is progressive e.
the effect ofheavy injury, embittered by continu
al insult ;-not easily reused, but, once rOused
not to be lad without substantial Justice at
viii not be satisfied with cutting otfthc conteup.
tlble minionr that cling round and prev npon vo,,
1T Will be neither in your here tary rank n ~
your remembered services to protect you The
conilagratien which has hitherto sumberel, ~.
only thrown ont its casual blaze, all awake -
1t shall not be content with feeding on The lrv
and worthless weeds that lie a, YOUR feet, it ghai
rise to the Mighty of the Fhrest, and, IN their
parched and blasted verl,i;- leave erly the ,,ore
striking monuments OF it's unspa- ~ drso'.t,.,n
Public forbearance has been esha,is,-a; Ia
people cannot snbni t. further Insult they yv,il
fot SonpitteIu INe honest >lOIiCS Dt rcdse nltig
your Character at the eXpsNs u ytrnr country :.
and, by the appointment % such men as Cha.
nam and Dundss. proving so Tho nation that
yours are not the only hands by fni5h 1t NAV he
ruined.
Is my lord Chatham a man Gt to be put IT The
head OF British eSps dt,on l--Whst are nj,
merits Where are the exploits nj succcs.iui IN.
trepidity practscd III 81 l. il far his polite
virtues OF his martial Drowcss lis j; hat your
love ofJusticc has been enrapturcd by ne 90
natured impartiality which has m de i'm
piiant instrument OFFS many administrators
or Is 1t that you reason from his civil t. MS NH
tary accomplishments, not unjns'l, inlerriGg tina,
tse man who has spent his who'll life in the bar.
Ter 81 oince, VIII be peculiarly de ytrous at a con
vention, and, in spite of Hondscootc and The Hell
DER, obhterate even your .yn in the art of
ctp,tuatnng with the enemy
You are not yet totally ruined dare not bird
the vIlest criminal despair-Your duty is p,ain
dismiss those miserable substitutes ofvour's !;
send old Dundas TO Chelsea and his pension
send Chatham TO his cheap indulgences, his
reverslons. and MS half pay tell him that The
psopie VIII not suiier him 10 them tina,
they are beginning to know and to depise such
men that their service is not the private sine
cure 1T used to be- and that, If they have pun
iShed the tripping honor of prince, they
VIII not De more lenient to the stately peridy OF
Il peer
Then, SIR, instantly retire misfortune has bu,
yet done half her work she has brought you
to shame, let her now bring you to repentance
Ii would oe useless to disguise from you that the
period must be long and the remorse sincere, be
fore the empire can consider you as the son of its
sovereign
But once more warn you to beware of re.
t'eving your character by any sudden experiment
ON popular applause If it be true that from
Chatham's incdpacify you look to his az uccess
and from that to your assuming the command
! with some comparative eclds, no language can b
strong enough for your reprobation Hut tie
plan has too much oflabored trcachery for your
| Incidence. This would not be the spirit of the
soldier struggling fairly in the great cause which
would ennoble his tall-There i, another cha
racter it has probably suggested itself to your
royal highness 1t is the cowardly marauder.
lingering behind till the danger is over, and Il, n
stealing forth in darkness and security, to insul,
the bodies Of the dead, and bring home an
unresstng spoil from the desolation OF the field.
JUNIUS.
ca ie insert the above letter literally as II
reached our hands. 1t remains }or the aNthor :,