The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-02-03

nv. [NoIldS HyTCIsc.
january 18th, 1899
CAROLINE, Jan %.
SIR,
Because you have happened to skip
upon tic shoulders OF a majority with these
labels streaming from your mouth
L. CPraiSed rvih conscious worth a5ove the crozrd
Thomas HiteAie .creaap far fame aLoak.
:, CJes CJe$! O,eS! Behold the arJitsr Of
P"6ic dleTlt, and tie 6esonl If syivctc cha.
racfer,
) 1 maae Madison ne.i!en.; Kasza far mi.
EST:
does tbs self-bestowed diploma, give you
the privilege of squirting 9Th, III. e a fIotten.
tot corJurer, upon whomscevcr you please :
Are we liable to suhoolmaster-correcuon.
anc bound to kiss the rod of a pedagoeuc =
ditor without murmuring? because ca.ulnny
deiiShts to manglc innocence, ougnt inno-
lcence 20 be patiently manglcd Forgive nae.
thou seit-conSecrated typographical apostle =,
as your Holiness mas dragged me from a cor
mex, where l thought n yseifsafe in obscure
ty, Tor neekly doubling your supremacy, AN!
hunlbiy questioning the correctness of YOUR
rescripts.
However a habit of high-scasoned diet
may have impaired your relish ior plain truth
ana common sense, / must entreat YOU TO
swallow the following narrative You ac-
cused me by name III your newspaper, ofnut
haVinS transferred my preference OF Mr..
Monroe TO Mr.. Madison, on account of pri-
vate griets. Iremonstrated by letter. Won
suppressed my remonstrance, and suffered
your calumny to retain all it's force. Having
only shewn a copy OF this letter to one or w !
friends, after | found you above doing RIGHT.
1 dismissed the affair from my mind, until
one OF my sons, called to Richmond bv bust
' ness informed rrn An hi rc,.,r -. r
Stanard wished me to give HIM a coDv No,
had one) of this remonStrancc I refused
to do so; observing that Mr.. Richie had the
original, and ihad no objection to MIR. Stan
ard'a publishing It with his consent; and snh.
sequentiy 10 one act has taken place with
my knowledge Until this day, Inevcr hes rI
that my son had Communicated this aos,yeI
to Mir. Stanard and I ain still ignorant ccthe
terms In which he has done il. You del,
We. ed my letter to Mr.. Stanard, and in your
paper Oh the l4th instant, unDlusnineiy en-
ueaNof 10 hidc two OF your own vices, name
~, a calvmniatiDg spirit, ana an inordinate
vanity, by charging them on me vet. yon
say, that you delivered it to one "too con.
temptlJle tor your noJicc, with an exDecta
ticn OF Its being pHbiished, and In meet
ilNestlgatoD."-Who does not discern. ~
these motives for its delivery, a self. civil ~.
piDIon, that your polemieal powers were p.
quail to the VindiCation Of ~falschood. and IN ut
you wished TO excite II controversy. where
you expected victory would be easily won
and laureis certainly gathered! ard wbocan
dlscover a want Of d~elicacy ia me. because
you, from such motives, delivered NV ,et,c,
tor publication, without my knowledpep
And pray. thou exquisite Judge of Geliea-
cy, where was the delicacy of your suffe r,ny
my Supposed silence to be construed int
quit, with the means in your hands Of ~.
moving tie delusiOn. BY writing q lpt,a,
coniid ed to ycuihe duty Of witl,dra wing RI,
injury, or publishing the 4. fence. Such = con.
fdence would have imposed OH a man Of chaxte
mind one or the other altern ttiyes. Your mir
could only discern in it an opportunity of in
crsasing the injury to the individual. and
proppiuS the dclusion you mad foisted ON thu
public.
ny what means Mr.. Stanard heard oftbi.
letter, | am ignorant. am bardjv know
to that gentleman, and never had anv corn.
municatlon with him, his message exceptoJ
Had / shrank from that, no n,an w,ufg
nave soJner assribed il To "A consciousncss =,
deserving your charge, than Yourself; for IN
he bitterness of disappointment. Won bro.
nounce 1t TO be indicate to deprive Won Of q
false inference, because a three months SIM.
preston OF my letter, had entitled your ca.
lamny to rob nc ct character, as the stetnfs