The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-04-10
lIbe Gmtllllrer.
RICHMOND. APRIL 10, 1910.

RICHMOND, APRIL 10, 1910
90 We haUe received two letters from
.Al6emarie-each Of them 10 anonymous
each furiiorfs 10 glue the substance Of a
sheech If Colone! James Monroe, on the
day Of the election for hnt county--bm
each Of them goes a STEP further and
makes comments on tie matter and man
ner ofthe Speaker. One is zyritter in
shirit Of high commendatiou--she other, in
a Shirt ofseUere censurs, on this exfo s.!ien
| Of his Political creed.
| We shall Publish neither Of them, as
they Svere S0ritten---theiT statements Of
Col. Ms sheech, tally on many material
hoints-these shall be seharafeiy eiuen-
they may, in come degree, serve 10 cheek
each other.
| TIE striefares ofneither 5 hall Re PUBLISH
cd-nntH the sUritcrs shall think hroher.
60 make themselves kno-vn TO rs, and unti
zoe shall haze G clearer GLIMPSE cffhe views,
hrincihkes and flrojctS Of Col NIL
4vouid have Scen far better, il, standiug
as he did, under such Peculiar circum-
stances, he had come forth with frank
and eryslieit disclosure ofhis sentiments
Does he Gf1iroye Of the administration Of
James Hadison, or not--is he q friend to
it-or notP These arc the great, e almost
the only POINTS, on (which he 7vas wished
nothing.
1t isto6c wished. that Col. IT. should
,noUe eJifh the retu5Eeuns-fhat he should
haze q clear and unclouded vic4v Of the
Interests If his country, nnjaundiced by
The Vtezvs and resentmcnfs Of men, zvho
zuoHiG lead him astray aud Thai he,
7vho has fought and bied in HE service Of
his to0s;tfy. should join zvifh!he "rehu5
Hcans IN those measures, 7uhich her rights
| n 0Ju y,~o, rLo
hands Of the bestof her cinzens--in those
hrinEihies, sohich JcScrson, and 11adi-
son and their com-hat7,iots have struck
ont, for her Prosperity and honor Bit
though the republicans sviH cuttivate har-
nlony, 4vhere it can be o6tained--thoueA
they will seek to trescrve tie inferriku Of
their harty, they zuiH knozv at 4vhat fioint
20 sfoh in their Cancellation.
-. ALsEMARLE. April 5th, 1910.
| On the End inst. the election of Represen-
tatives tor this county, to the state legisla-
tnre, took place, ole of which was Colonel
Monroe. His friends had frequently expires
sed disposition to bring him for " ard as a
candidate, but was fearful that any adYan-
ces made TO that effect would not be agree
able to him, IN consideration OF the many
more important trHsts he had enjoyed, and
the uniform prudence, ability and homer.
with which he had discharged them on the
day of the election Colonel Monroe atten-
ded, & the wish Of the people to confer their
sufrages upon him, provided he would serve
them, lot which they were dcu5tiul,) was
communicated to him. After an address
delivered by enc of the candidates, Colonel
Monroe came forward i'll speech.
lie observed, that after an absence SO
long, it was with peculiar diffidence. he
addressed his fellow citizens. He was, how.
IN civ
question, whether he would serve, If his
fellow-citizens should choose him, as their
representative in the Virginia Legislature
lie could not hesitate TO answer III the atlir
native. He asked them to re trace his
life, and say, whether he had ever refused
an Office, on account of its inferior rauk, in
the scale of political importance and they
would find, on the contrary, that he had al
ways been thankful for every station, that
his country had ever bestowed upon him
True it was that he would have to make
some sacrifices on the present occasion, to
serve his fellow citizens, as he knew, that
his domestic affairs would SUI fer in his alb
Bence; but the consideration of obeying the
call OF his fellow citizens, with the hope
OF being useful to his country, had ever been
with him. paramount to every other. Col
Monroe remarked, that at his time of life,
alter the many dangers, priyations and
u,hNo'iOo, WHICH HS Hdu DIdNtu III the ser
vice OF his country, he deemed it scarcely
necessary to declare his political opinions
He had devoted his life to the support Of
free government. He had fought and bled
for his country. lie was not only known in
his own state and in the United States, to
be q friend to liberty but the crowned
heads OF Europe look at him sternly, and
acknowledge him republican.
Now that he was going down the hill Of
life, now that he had grown grey in the ser
vice of his country, it would be unreasonable
to SUPPOSE, that he had deserted the sa
cred cause OF freedom. Ii his fellow. citi
zens thought proper to confer their suffra
ges upon him, that he would receive them
with the warinsst sentiments Of gratitude
and would be guided in every instance by
their wilI.----Should hs differ from the
opinions Of Mr.. Madison. or should he be
compelled to scan aAy part Of the conduct
of .Mr leacrs3n. during his administration,