The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-06-26
FROM A LATE LONDON PAPER.

.dmcrican dishutc.--When will this have
an end Why, distant as the connection NAV
seem, it will, in my opinion, never end, as
long as the money ofthe old lady in Thread
needle street (thc bank continues to cir
culase. The eldest of My children was un-
born. when this dispute began; and, if
could suppose, that the old lady's money
would last many years, should not be with
out hopes OF being great grand father be-
fore the dispute would end--during the ex-
istence of this dispute, we have employed SIX
ENJOYS, with all their retinues and per-.
manently, THREE and sometimes FIVE COM
MIssIoNERs The expence has been e.
normous q will, one of these days, lay the
amount before the public } it continues to be
enormous and, which is the greatest curse
OF all, there have been volumes innumerabe
written upon the subject. There have been,
including both sides, not less than from six
to ten able bodied writer's, and (what makes
the thing more serious) most of them a7y-
gers. too, hard az work for the last sirieen
years. Mercy on US what bales, what
Wagon. loads of tautology ! reader, would
you not rather be hanged at once, than be
doomed to the perusal of the correspondence,
relating to this never dying dispute.-I be
gan, IN my last number, inserting the Cores
pondence between Mr.. jackson and Mr..
Smith but, really, it appears, taking in its
references, to have no end. Thet have, a.
nongst them, written, upon this aic7v branch
OF the dispute, as much as is contained in one
OF the volumes of DIR. Jehnsoa's works; a
twelfth part of as much as DR.. Johnson
wrote IN his whole life time And, what is
1t about You read for half an hour, before
you come to an idea and, when you have
read the whole letter out, you cannot for
yonr life tell what is, or what is not the sub
ject matter Off This correspondence might
be very useful to man who was courtng,
and who was anxious to try, beforeha nd, the
patience Of his wife; for, if she could keep
her temper to the end of this correspondence,
he need never be afraid of her losing it.
But, the calamity might, perhaps, be beara-
Ole, were 1t to sap at the point it has now
reached. This however, will not be the case.
The matter will be discussed in Parliament
Nights and nights will be wasted upon it.
Papers papers papers about America
will be called for. Motion upon motion will
be made. We shall have the solemn cub :
bling, the puerile trash. which we have now
laid before US, served up again and again, in
all manner of forms. The bare printing ex.
pences, attending this branch only of the dis
pntc, will, l dare say, come to many hun
dreds of pounds in paper money.-Since
wrote the last sentence, l have been deba-
tlag with myself, whether | ought, at once,
to declare, that | never will again cram up
my columns with matter relating to this dis
pute whether ought now to leave it total-
iy out. as being unworthy of notice or, whe-
tber ought, for this once To state, in few
words, what has happened since last made
amy observations upon the. subject MY own
taste and bent are decidedly for the former .
but, as some of my readers may wish to
know a little of the matter, and, at the same
time, may wisely resolve not to waste their
time upon reading the correspondence. /
think It may be as well, for this one time,
TO lay before them the substance of il to
pick the E" two grains of wheat out of this
bushel of chafi," But, this must be post.
ponec to my next number; matter OF much
more importance presents itself, with claim
Irresistible to AL the space that / have left.
--CoBExTT.