The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-07-12

will not reach the effulgent object of his
hate. but. returning earthw.ard from their
feeble flight. fall on their owners head.
Z. lp the delirium of his desire to show us,
the Presidents opinion Of his talents he lays
| great stress upon The offered mission to
Russia. He would have made a much bet
ter thing of this, if he had adhered to truth
IN his relation of the facts We cannot
know wha, really past in that private inter.
view between Mr. Smith and the President,
since we have only Mr.. Smith to tell us
but we know what afterwards past be-
tween Mr. Smith and other people On
coming out from the Presidents house we
Know he informed the clerks in his Office.
and some other persons too, that he was
going minister to Russia; and he did this
with apparent pride and satisfaction. On
the same day he handed note to the edi-
Tor OF the ational lnteiiigepcer announcing
ms nomination and another note soon after
appeared IN the same paper magnifying
the Importance OF this mission, DECLARE It
TO De 'the most honorable appointment a.
broad that is in the gift Of our government.
mere editorial declaration which is now
rldiculously attributed to Mr.. Madison
lhis article is really too little to lauth at /:
and such childish rattle. box might safely
De left In the hand OF Mr. Smith, if the
same hand did not likewise hold dagger
ana because Mr.. Madison was willing
to send him to Russia, does this prove him
capable OF conducting tho Department Of
state In our apprehension there is no
comparison In the requisite qualifications
Tor these two places. The interests of the
United States at st. Pesersbursh, though
importa mt in their Commercial amount. are
very Simple in their management and this
may be chiefly done by instructions from
home. The President may have had good
reasons tor sending him into the Gulph of
Finland without paying any extraordinary
OF fortune aud can afford to spend more mo-
ney han the amount Of his salary; which
we are informed an American minister at
81. fetersburgh must do, as it is said to be
impossible for family to live there in
the stiie that the usages of that Court
require, On The compensation allowed nv
the American government to it's ministers
abroad
1t isno, cas-. for us to know what the pre-
siaent's motives might be for this offered
nomination. They. might be various; some
of them may have escaped our penetration
-sout our readers and Mr. Smiths readers
TOO. VIII surely ascribe it to any thing else
sather than confidence in his Capacity 81
hdeiity equal to he management of the De
partment OF State
But why should Mr.. Smith in his prin
ted book deny what is known to SO MANY
people, that he at frs, declared his in,en-
tion Oh accepting the Appointment to Russia,
ana was VAIN OF 1t /! Why attempt TO dis
su!se the reasons OF his afterwards decli
ming the mission. 1t was said az the time
but we 40 not guarantee the truth of the
report, that his friends dissuaded him from
Il, on the belief that he would not pass the
senate We do not imagine, however. that
AIS vanity would admit this as a motive -.
the more probable cause may be that he cal
cuiated on joining he enemies OF the present
administration and at the next President;
al election working himself into nipher
station than he did at the last. We needed
not the publication of his pamphlet RI
enable us to understand This pro;ec,
- he parties concerned and the man
ner pm which they have distributed
the characters for the new administrator
are distinctly known; and it is evident
that TINS machinery could not be so wei
put In motion from the bottom of the GnInh
OF Fmand as he thought it could from Bal
timore.
! Mr. smith begins his pamphlet with 4
very Singular mistake. He says he owes to
Tue people an exposition of the circum
stances which produced his resignation of
the Department of State 1t is not imnossi.
bic that man of delicate sense of obliea
oon and not accurate in his accounts should
think ne owes a debt, that he really does not
owe and we are inclined to believe that
this is such Case. We cannot think the
people had any legal claim on that gentle
man for this exposition, even if it had been.
| true one But certainly they had no right
10 such one as thisj aud now, as Dor
ton OF mat same people to whom he has
gwen It, we here undertake 10 restore il
entire to the said Robert Smith. We will
count 1t out in fell tale, piece by piece. inst
| as he paid II III. And after detecting his
false coins, his clipt guineas and sweated
eagles with which he has paid the debt he
ala not owe, we will reverse the account
current. audit The articles and compare his
vouchers We will expose his eachosifi
on & Trough he has signed the account
without the usual reserve of er,ors er-
ceffea, we will grant him the privilege
to take 1t all back ard say nc more about
lit. ""ou'
His great effort is to resolve the Ptes;.
aenfs dissatisfaction with him into other
Causes than his own incapacity. For this
purpose he mentions twelve distinct casrs
III which he says that he and the President
differed in opinion. This is the first fine
we had almost said, we ever heard thar
Robert Smith differed in opinion with anv
body. But we will follow him in his twelve
cases.
(12 be continued J