The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-07-16
TO ROBERT SMITH.

Words can scarceiy express the sen
timents. which the hypocricy. & viGdictive-
ness osyonr conduct have excited Your DO
Iitical fate is sealed fer even The yerv
men, who use you asa plant S,ates' evidence.
despise the very Instrument which they en-,
Ploy. 'Ihey like the Treason but they
abhor the Traitor,'
You are now. sir. the fayorite States Evil
deuce OF the Federal Party. The whole
host of Federal printers are Quoting you as
authority tor all the FALSE hoods which they
have told about the administration. M.
Otis, IN his speech On the 4th of Jolly, laws
the utmost stress upon your evidence. And
Timothy Pickering, whose praises are now
echoed by the English prints, enlist You as
his CO. adjutor "Such subserviency. saws
he. to the vices of France, of which l have
Ill the course of these addresses, giren ao,-
pie proofs, is, as il respects NJ. Madison
in particular, now confirmed by Robert
Smith, late secretary of state, in his pam :
phlet just published in vindicatlon of his
resignation" Enjoy this associations, Sir.
as much as you can for I AIN sure, no virtu-
GUS republican will envy you the satisfacti-
OIL.
Cast your eyes for moment, upon the
past. You have attempted TO fitch from
Mr.. VI adison his good ma me"--by malici-
ons insinuation--by pretending to remove
the veil from certain secret transactions -
But where was your nice sence of truth when
you consented to bass off for the author
OF the letters adore ssed to Jackson Did
not your modesty blush at the idea of rob.
bling their resi- author oflhe praises which
they received! No. Sir You were mean e.
nough to hold the pen for another inan & :. ruu
on with his deserts--to smirk and to SIN lie.
when these letters were commended, and
TO revei In the incense which YOU knew be :
longed to another. But the the has come,
when the jaCkdaW shall be robbed of the
peacock feathers-Ybu felt sir, low inca
pabe you were of doing the duties of Sc
cretaty ofState where then was your sense
sof justice! Where your generosity. in loa
dug Nic Madison with a bard>n rom which
delicate mind would has. immediately
relieved him No, Sir--you waited uunl
You were invited TO go to Russia.
AHd where was YOUR nice sense of regard
Tor your Country, when you consented to re-
main in such an administration, as yo, have
portrayed Why retain your seat, after
these bug bear discoveries WHICH you affe ct
To have made SIR, the seat was lost and
then came the discoveries. You we're de
termined to stick by the secretaryship as
long as 1t stuck by you. But the moment
you were dismissed, your eyes were sud
NN'J SP~'Su ~ JUu tucu SdW WHAT you natl
never seen before--,hat Mr.. Madison was
an inlrlguer-.a connIver at public embez-
zlement--as weak ashe was corrupt.
IL you had boldly come forward, like an
nonest man, and told Mr.. Madison, that Won
could no longer lend hand 10 such mea-
surssa as you lad disapproved, aud that there
tore you must lay down your Office, the
world would have given you some credit, tor
integrity, tho not ton disco riiment. Bu. as
you now stand. Sir, you are OF no use, ever
TO the Federalists, as states evidence
| for ia court of law your evidence would
not weigh little :. 1t is v.isted by the
feelings which dictate it--by pique, by ?
spirit Of fevenge, oy animosty towards ti1e
President Why did YOU not come out
tsconer, to warn your countrymem o.
ltheir danger! Because the weight Of VOC,
Office kept your patriotism down. VIM.
come tosxaft as chs dine, Because flss