The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-04-24
CHE Gnllulrer.
RICHMOND, IPIn "a, 1910.
FoR IRE E.MOUIRER.


the painful Office Mountaineering ON the
Conduct of some of ouicitizcns, in regard to
tne recent interruptii Of the negotiation
with Mr. Jackson. ne conduct OF the ad
Iministratlon, on that cCasion, has already
been sufficiently caIvsseG. 1t has been vii
lined with the utnosdna Lightly and rancor
by some-by others,t has been indicated
with ability and zeal i
IL is not the objece F-tl!. present ESSAY,
to support the opiniop$of either the one or
the OTHER. or these prties, but to demon
strate, that whateverriay have been the tie
merity OF the sxccuyie, Il CERTAIN class of
the citizens of the Uitates have not acted,
as iScnng OF patriotHn or sense ct poli-
! tical duty, would hav, dictated. Thinking
being mere involnniry operation of III.
mind, and exempt ir'n any control of the
| viii, 1t Is certainly MUST to condemn a
man tor his thoughts q any subject /, but the
expression OF these tbughts, beng entirely
a matter OF choice. ge are, authorised TO
/ disapprove or an Impoiier promule CATION of
them Ii would be npardnnabls to pro
/ scribs q man for srtening his faith to the
most obsolete here sizes or the most un,cna
Bile paradoSes, for he night have impartiailv
followed all the lights of as understanding &c
still be immersed in error. But when those
| Phantoms are let loose iron the easement of
the mind witha " warrant tddestroy" the ma
tionat Onions the authsr OF them is no Ion
ger entitled 10 tolerated..
| IF, therefore, a man unable to discover
in the correspondence OF Mr. Smith and Mr.
jackson, a sufficient casse for iaterdicting
| any farther communications from the latter,
| whatever inferences MAJ be made as to the.
| acuteness OF his disceriment, there can be
no foundation for inpe ichina. his honor or
! his patriotism. But wlhn we see this man.
with all the ensigas of POLITICAL incendiarv,
denouncing his curses atainst the executive
I'D every pubic square, ahd propagatng them
| through the medium bf every, venal and
Prostituted Press, he tsComes an object OF
abhorrencc and indignation To all honest pa
triots. BY these means have 2 Certain par
ty amongst US, struggled to aniiihiate that
ut animity which is the principle Of our ma
tlonal existence. Forgetting their own dig
nifty and the rights of the people they have
been transported by the delirium of their
zeal, into the most eXtratagant absurdities.
/ Their habitual theme ofldeClamation, is the
troubles of our country aud the baseness of
| our rulers.
But let them recollect, that while they
thus upbraid, with Indecent acrimony. the
measures of their own government, they be
come the panegyrists, the champions OF TO-
reign insoience. In the present situation of
our affairs, there is no middle course to be
pursued. We mrst either defend The late
e,tertions Of executive energy, or confound
ourselves in tue igNoble eroupe of British
partizans. ---Solon enacted law, that Ire
who was OF no party, should be decreed in :
famous. I In like manner, a convention OF
neutrality, formed by some who were averse
to participating in the struggles of the En-.
Giish Parliament, with Charles tho hsst " a 3
declared unlawful. The same principle
may be extended - this country, and he,
who refusing to enlist under the banners of
the administration, seeks, the inglorlous re-
pose or neutrality, is not less criminal, than
him who openly espouses the cause OF Great
Britain. .s.
The strength OF every government consti
tuted as ours, is derived from the public o.
pinIon. This is the aliment which cherish
es and invigorates it.the pillar which sup.
ports 1t in the hour ol assault. Il is there
fore the object of every lover of his country
TO preserve to the administration, this sup
port, strong and unsiiminished Although
he may consider its late conduct as preci
plate q indiscreet, yet he does not withhold
from 1t the tribute of his devotion. He is
convinced that an excess of patriotic sensi.
bIlity IL the government is always less
vii, than infuriated dscord in the bosom Of
the nation. While therefore, he secretly
laments the error of the former, beteHdea-
vors to promote unity of opinion aad con
cert Of action amcng the latter. There arc
others, however, who burning with the
schismatfc spirit, necessarily Contribute their
exertions 10 weakening and retreBChing the
influence OF the executive department aud
since there is no maxim more true, than that
what IS subtracted from the weight of one
} government is necessarily added to that of
, its adversary, they may bejustly pronounced
tho friends otthe nation with whom we are
conteDdinS for our rights.
1t is idle and iIrpertinent TO SAP, that in
pursuing this course they Seek no other ob
ject than the good of their country, which
} they think is Identified with the friendship
) of England for If this be correct, they are
wonderfully unsk.lfull in the art of adapting
, means to their end. Nothing Is more iilcon
controVertible than that the mad career of
these gentlemen is the only circumstance
which embarrasses our relations with tina
country.
The dismissal of Mr.. J. however inyili
Ious il may appear TO them. has lost its OBJ
noXlous quality by its yoJage across the Al
llantic. We fiud that his y. Majesty in his
speech to Parliament, far ffoTh remonstrs-
tiDg against this measure, expresses a
determination OF immediately reSIm!ns the
lnegocialion which was terminated by the
insolence Of his LAST minister. But when il
is found that dsSentlons pervaae every por
ton Cf the u. s., that the malignant humors
of detection circulate through every vein OF
the coputry, this pleasing prospect Of recon
ciliation Will hide itself under q veil OF DIRK
ness and Of clouds. 1t IS well known that
~ Britain in her intercourse with othcr aa-