The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-02-20
(pAErNT cARpEN,en.l

submitting in detached pieces, the various compo-
nent parts.
In his Jacksonian harangue of Dec. 90, he
says, Sc This republic, notwithstanding all doubts
to the contrary, can, in my opinion, exist to the
end of time-unles it be put down by foreign inva-
sion, or bya military force collected within Its
own limits
This wretch, in whom hypocricy and efironie-
ry contend for presidency, is an enemy to repub
hcan government-he has. as gentleman OF
Kingston assures me, expressed his decided
preference FOR monarchy, to respectable re-
publicans Of that town, who can testify TO the
fact"
Bad as GARDENER is. 1 am doubtful, Mr., Prn-
ter, whether he who exerts SO much zeal in
base cause, be not less censurable than the milk
and water drone, who displays no ardour in .
good one, A tory may be the object Of my ha-
tired and resentment; a quid can never win my
esteem. I throw out this suggestion tor the ben
eft Of the majority, or portion OF the nsjocity
in congress, who content themselves with yaw-
ming, backgammon, counting their money,
changing -potcs, and little iniriguS, and talking
occasionally. Sc, SC. to exc out six months ses-
sion at six dollars day, and make a fortune be-
eides by------ However, Mr.. Ga rdenier
is still sitting-I must proceed. Sit steady, pre-
your features IN stata quo, until lay on the
following -
EXTRACTS
FROM an essay in the Plebeian of October, -,
1905.
CAitri5utei 10 Cen. 1rn1strong.)
" The lovers oftragrance and fan, VIII not be
dispieaseti, If in this paper, resume the chGce
of the Skaas The late efforts of thi vile and
contemplate ANIMAL TO escape from Justice,
are not more ridiculous, than eitectua, and
we venture to predict, without the smallest pre-
tension to the spirit OF prophecy, that after this
days huet, our sole business (With him) wall De to
write an eptaph, or chaunt a requiem.
Not knOyv,nr when We can better notice the
labors OF 20 Friend and Subscriber" we do it
here. This gentleman has been obllgng e.
nougli TO Offer us his advice gratis-which is the
more extraordinary, rs we suspect that lie sell
dom gives II without fee. a sufficient reason,
however for its being thus cheap is, that 1T is re-
ally worth nothing. The admonitons of a friend
we respective revere, but the menaces OF an
enemy, whether secret or open, we despise. Cur
argument for 8! continuing the chacc" may be
brought within narrow limits. When in ordina-
~ business meet with counterfeit dollar,
what is our conduct What is our duty why
surely to nail it to a counteF-or otherwise TO de-
face it. so as to prevent its farther circulation.
And if such be our duty with respect to false
dollar, why not with respect to a false man p
Shall we spare imposture in flesh and blood, and
hunt it down in mere metal Certainly not.
To prevent imposition and loss to the community,
is the object in both cases--and in proportion
bad mar, may be more mischIevous than i bad
dollar, so it is more incumbent upon every good
citizen to stay the career of the mortal, than 10
stop the circulation of the metal. With this
apology to out real or pretended frienc, we pro-
coed to
The death Of the Shank.
"The gentleman who writes for the Gazette"
has on the 1st instant assumed, for the first time,
the signature 3. c.. whether to intimate, that
these are the initial letters OF his real name, or
that hereafter, lie has chosen to avail himself of
/" counsel learned in the law IS not for us to de
eide, or even TO conjecture. Leaving therefore
the man and his signature where we found them,
we hasten TO examine the defence that in his
condsscension or his pTide-his fully bis wis
dom, he has thought proper 10 offer 10 the public.
Nor is this tas; II: y TO embarrass us by either
its l.ngth its difficulty for, to display at once
the strength of his cause aud the bbcraiity OF his
temper, he has passed over tSvo OF the most I'M
portant charges which we had exhibited against
him, and IN doing this warrants the conclusion
that, in his scale of morals, einbeZ2icment and
fraud are pair of psccadilioes which ne may
or may not have committed, without any degree
ofinjury to his reputation. Seldom as we have
the honor Of thinking with the gentleman, aud
little as we pride ourselves upon conformity now
we cannot refuse TO this opinion, our assent and
appreciation for as there fnay be description
OF character too pure and excited TO be raised,
there may be another, too vile and degraded to
be depressed. When, therefore, Coleman's gen
tleman Announces himself unhurt by imputations
Of" Gduf and e5r5es element" he can mean only,
that on the score OF character, he has already
thing to lose -" But ii this were the fact" il
may be asked, how happens ii that he should
have made any defence against charges Of less
weight and diminished manGtude % TO this we
reDlV, that ii is an intricacy of character which
can only be explained on the suppostion, that he
is as inconsistent with his principles, his prin
ciplcs are with common sense and common hon
esty Chartgc, who TO day would have given ten
thousond pounds for a character, would have
rsked it to morrow, by the practice Of those very
vices by which he originally lost it!--But in our
turn--we ask, what defeace has he offered? And
that we may conduct this enquiry IS to
do him ample justice, let us hear his own story.
''in the case OF Fowler VS. Carpenter, the plain
tiff meets him al BOgardus's inn, and gives him
returning fee but from want Of r0emory, and
excess Of BUSINESS, the gentleman altogether " o.
Tnits entering the cause in his regfstcr."- When
CARPENTER, the defendant in the suit, was taken,
every trace Of poor Fowler--bis cause and his
Money, had so completely escaped him, tina. he
does DOT hesitate single moment TO take sc.
caEl retainer, and from the adversary ofbis orr.
piial client--nor is hc at all apprzeI ofils prior
engagement, tili Mg w. Bog 4rdus, OF pough.
keepsie, puts him in mind Of IT, Even then, it
sectns so lsitJiess was his memory that lac stI
doubtcd--aud the sig't, nay probably tie feeling
at Fowler became necessary to % satisfy this
coHd Thomas Attl,is indeed the thing in all il.
circumstances, bursts upon him like a bomb, and
rs if ,>..k,ng rom dream, he recoilected all
bout it.
"Such is Gie defence he sets up, and lit be
lad one, he whIG,nsmber, that he Is LIS own ad-