The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-11-27
fNi)e Gnqalrer.
RICHMOND. NoVEMBER 81, 1910.
GALLO -PHOBIA
n neSv sfecies of Madness.

What is madness /?
we are told by Physicians, that 1T is that
arrangement of the nerves and brain, by
winch particular train of thought engros-
ses our attention and belief, and o.
Their impressions, instead of correcting the
delasion, only take the. color of the FREEDOM
ihant idea, feeding and fastening il more
strongly upon u.s. Thus the mock monarch
mistakes straw for a scep,re. and wreath
OF flowers for a crown. This deception of
the senses takes the name of hoitucination
and is one of the Strongest symptoms Of
the distemper which produces it. Things.
which 10 any other mind appear as The ma
tural effects OF other causes, are traced in
the mind OF the maniac. to its own overrul-
ing idea, Like the rod of Aaron. il swal-
lows up every think else.
BY what other name, shalt we call that
excessive rear OF France which distir snishes
some OF cur federal prints To their iaun
diced eyes, the hand of Napoleon is in every
thing. - his disease is rapidly re aching
It's crisis, in the brain OF Mr. Wagner
l ne visions. which have cleaned in the last
Nos. OF ms a. Fede al Republican prove
nm, to all intents and puip oses, mad mad
mad !
Aaron Burr, and French army, are the
hoOgobiins which haunt his imagination-
he tells US, that he has it from an Ameri.
Can Gentleman. just from England. that
the Marquis Wellesley addressed him thus
there exists in my Office proposals made
to this government by that of France, for
partitioning your country''-He adds, that
Burr is now in Paris, scheming an invasion
OF the United States by France-that the IS
SAIL OF the Line, now in Brest, are to con-
duct it--that Burr had the aid of France in
his former conspiracy in 1906. and that adj
m'rai Wiliaumez would have landed at N.
Orleans If the elements had not dispersed
4 ! Hoaf r.
never entangled the brain of a poor mani
&C
LIST wellesley has in his office the scheme
OF Burr submitted TO Fouche. for his inter
position with which F was disgraced-and
1t is besides tact, says the Aurora, that
when eur minister applied to the marquis
on the subject G. his lordship with mis-
usual frankneSs assured him, that it was
the hrst time he ever heard of such a thing.
that he had never received any such pro-
position. and that if he bad, he entertained
too high degree of consideration foe Mr..
L. not to have communicated il TO him at
once.''
% Mr.Wagner does not state the sliraest
FACT to induce belief that France WISHES
to invade us. This is precisely the case
with madman-he believes without any
reasoh--Can we reconcile this idea 10 any
one circumstance of probability Wnuld
ny from Europe to America; and if 20 A.
would he Curn from he South 70 as WcuId
he attack rs, white G y is w ansubduad>
Where would be the comparative benefs ;
Every thing conspires gainst the idea
But The fleet at Brest-Aye--there is no
aestination sopossible"as our porls-IndeedI
is there nothing 10 do in EuropeI A sober
man NIGH cnt our wc.k enough
Where is Heligoland! Where is SiciIv 3,
where IS South America Where is Qua
"a ,npe and Martnlqne-isles lost to
trace Tor wan OF endorsements. Has
Mr. Wagn-r forgo-ten the ludcrous tales of
inc onion Flee III 98--Harper's clues
ana tub plots--lhe alarm which his party
eHch ed-& how they wasted our money and
raVished our Constitution, for whati To
iePeil Meet winch was BOUND TO EGYPT.
and to disspate the other phantoms of
their disturbed imaginations ?---Is not
THAT sufficient warning to him Or must
ne again expose his party to ridicule. bv
his wild ant cipations
but Burr was the tool of France in
1906! Indeed and what proof is there of
TINS suspicion Is a little of it to be found in
the chain OF evidence adduced He told lies
enough about his accompices-he exagge-
rated MS resources to those whom he wished
to decoy--but not once does The name of
France drop from his lips! Truxson indeed
Whispers something about England but not
+ ance. But Wiiiaumez ! he lowered a.
bout our coast in 1S06-and has this maniac
never seen or Remembered to forget" the
intercepted letters ofW toGen. Turreau--
so eagerly blazoned III the federal prints in
1907 letters uf which they made So much
because "wri'ten without being intended for
public inspection and of Course the senti-
ments OF the writer freely expressed Is
there word in then to back Mr.. Wagner's
susplcions-not one syiiabke Willaumez
speaks This plans against the British con-
Ooys against the Englsh Fisheries at New
fopndland, Of a Trip to Vera Cruz for dollars,
and OF an attack upon jamaica but not
ne word Of N. Orleans, or of A. Burr
Mr. Wagner is certainly deranee-his
friends and his party should look TO bin
instead of allowing him pen and types.
ihey should clap him under the customary
regime OF strait jacket and qVaser gruef,
FOR THE ENQUIRER
BY this time DerhaDs the die is coet in