The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-01-13

federal. end the other in reality republican. II
iproport,on these parties respectively prevail
ne liberties osthe people will be jeopardized o,
| .ccure.
II is Point too well established, In be sor
lously questioned, that the founders OF what j,
tca!,ed the federal party, bad imbbet. an earl,
end strong attachment TO mrnarchvs and tina,
The current of their measures was directed &c
that end IL the convention which formed oul
present excellent system, the then chief advocate
and the leader of that party, did propose the
Plan Of n constitution substantially regal. We
! v ere credibly informed that i contempla
ted the president and senate the United States
| should be chosen for life; and chat. To render
the state governments imno.en. and subservi.
ent, rs prelude to their dissolution, it was.in.
tended that the people should he deprived Of =
voice in the election of governors OF states and
that they should be appointed by, and Deepen
dent upon, ,nc great executive OF the union:
| The repubbcar party, on the other hand is
composed of the enlightened advocates and sin.
cere iriends of the existing constitution, tntcn IN
connection sr'th these 0mendsnca,s srhich may BE
Considered justly as charter of The tubic ,;,k.s
| Maintaining the principles, and possessing the
spirit which produced the independence OF orr
ration, they have ever determined that the tolls
OF the revolution, instead Of eilacting mere
charge of masters, should secure and perpcti,-
ate the substantial rights and solid privileges of
! the people.
II: frderalists administered the government
tor tue term of len years. During that period.
the utmost Efforts were made TO accomplish the
cardinal design of that party The revolution
| IN France was opposed because, at that time, its
rrofesscd and apparent object was to cst,blis;, a
republican governments and because, for that
reason only, the sentiments ofthe friends otIber
~ among ourselves, were strongly favorable to-
wards it.
| Hence it became determined, by those who
| bad imbibcd such news, to resist and to bla.,.
/ the FIRST buildings of the revolution IN France.
and to unite the American government in a com
mon crusade against what then believed,
the standard of the liberties Of the world
| 1t was wished that we should place ourselves
| in the same scale with the secret projectors of
the treaties of Pilnitz and of Pavia and by
| way ct Attending suitable return TO n nation
! who had assisted in eHec'pg our independence.
in less than twelve ycars become party to her
| dismemberment.
General Washington, who conducted our ar
mics in tle'fied, at that moment presided IN the
cabinet, though assailed bv federal ministers
and constantly exposed to their seductive mis-
| representations, his was open to the truth.
! and his bosom swellcd at the voice of freedom
Our iliustrious Washington, when president.
on the LIST OF JAM 1896, used these remarkable g.
| stiikingiy expressive words
My sympathetic feelings, and my best wish
es, are irresistibly attracted, whens lever i'm any
country, see an oppressed nation unfu,i the
| banners OF freedom. But, above all, the events
OF the French revolution have produced! the deep.
| est solitude, as we'll as the highest admiration.
| TO call your nation brave, were to pronounce
but common praise. Wonderful people ages
| to come will read with astonishment the historv
of your brilliant exploits. I rejoice that the ne.
rod of your tolls, and of your immense sacrifices
| is approaching"
Mr.. Adams succeeded General Washington,
and the same arts were used to seduce the first
which had been repeatedly exercised 10 dee Give
the latter. Fora while the former was dcludcd.
his suspicious raised, lis prciudices excited 3,
his warmth enkinded against the republicans 81
America. His prominent and confidential coun-
seiiors We're federal, and he was imperceptbly
c'rried TO the full length of federal measures
Yet we are now to trust that his intentions were
not dishonest and, perhaps, he was inconsc;.
ous'y carried into n desperate scheme winch
so far from knowing, he did not COMPREHEND -
The project of French war was then so d.s,o.
rateiy resolved upon, by those vino had deter
mined to- supplsnt the president, if thew could
not absolutely controul him, that Mr.. Picker;np
the secretary, had the hardihood, not to saw the
niidelity. of keeping from Mr. Adams. when
president OF the II. States. the dispatches from
triocr, which contained the overtuies of the set.
| tlemcnt.
! 1t is only our province now, for the COMPASS ~
circular letter Cannot permit to enter into a
more minute detail, TO preserve the memory of ,
| few msteral facts.
The federal party, then, during its ten ycs-s
administration, increased the public debt mn.
wards OF nine millions and ha,f of dollars. The
borrowed nearly twenty-six millions of doy,ars
ana shortly before their leaving the admisistrati.
ton, they pad the interest, or rather the usurv.
| OF eight per cent They introduced excise
| They introduced stamp act. They passed an
alien bill They enacted a setlition law. Re fore
| they adopted the prodigslity of borrowing. thew
han resortsd to the greatest extremity of taxati-
oh.-In additisn to an increasing debt, and prod;.
gal expenditures, they had already proceeded n
every practicable extent of exIctlon. Carr;are
| and house, and land taxes, were introduced and
| 1t was perceived that measures, so stronp,v IA.
sembiug the despotism from which we had
but recently escaped, were intended as nrelude
to more rivetteI System of oppression.
| The dangerous and violent measures or The
ted:rai admins tratioD, excited the lust snnre
tensions OF the people: Mr.. Adams himself a
| banconsd the war party; and, by a signal act ~
| spirited justice, dismissed Mr. Plcker;n., fro,,
/ his councils In the year 1900, we succeeded II
our eiectIon IN this state. The same salutarv in,
preston tervsdcd the greater portion of ne II.
mon. REPUBLIchNIsM, after an artIuo,,s strur
! gle, prevailed and Mr.. Jefferson, Who had SO
nai;z:d himself, not only by his talents, but bv i
ehiy ana mhexibie attachment TO liberty. became
detected to the presidency.
(To be Continued }
Luther Martin, who waa hinsslfa member o
ue FEDERAL convention, in lis official inforr1.,io,
TO the Maryland Legislature, expressly state.
We existence and the efforts ut 4 roonarchica
and 10 IL.