The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-05-24

dissolution, by depriving il eonstructfvefss
Oh ts ,egh.mate, necessary and proper powss
ers Ii his Course should be unfortunately
Persevered III, IL requires no spirit of pro-
pnecy To foreSee, that he government win
iall To pieCGs from tue want of due energv
IN the administration OF its legitimate pow.
erS; or that some extraordinary means
must be resorted to for its resuscitation -.<
Whch we cast our eyes abroad, aud St e the
aggresslons committed OH our rights by all
the belligerents, &c Waen we reflect. thar
we Cannot Calculate upon perpetual ex-
eHpuon from wars aud other political Ca.
lamities. the Common lot OF ali ra,tons.-.
When we look at home and see the state
governments interfering with, & controlling,
the proceedings OF the generai government
even inreiatlou TO measures directed tox
wards these aggresslng bellig srents--W
We look around US athome, aud see every
where the inveierate struggles amongst DO
nucal partizans tor poliuCal power-lV hen
we recollect the number OF choice spir.ts
amongst us, not content with the dull bnr-
suits of civil life--When we look at our
extensive detenceless frontier, almost with
out limits, and see almOs; every year ambi-
uous en-erpris,ng individuals with hostile
arms IN their hands raised IN defiance of
the authority at the u. States, &c. &c. it
appears to ne wonderful, tha gentlemen
shonid be delighted with curtailins the con-
stituuond powers OF the government; and
enfeebhng its necessary energies. Ii is the
more wonderful, when we see the same
gentlemen, who seem to consider every curs
taliment as anIndividuat triumph TO them
serves, the most Clamoi Gus against the go
Vernment tor not taking a manly attitude in
reFelIins foreign agrees ons, &c &c Ii spa
pears 10 me, SIR, We often see the same
gentlemen with the best and most patriotic
intentions Indulging IN these irreconcileas
IN &c 81, e..
endeaVoured in solemn and impress
sive manner 20 present this subject
10 ne view OF the party now In p0wer.
hitherto my efforts have been unavaihs
tng.
Let me now indulge hope, that these
reflections will meet with due cons, derat,or,
from those, now entrusted by the people
with me management OF their dearest int.
rests 1t inducements TO these observations
were called tor; surely sufficient could be
found, during the republican administrati4
ons need only cal your ..renuon, sir to
the lessons afforded In the inetiicscy OF our
measures to repei ioreIgn aggressions; 10
assert our rights, and do ourselves ius ice,
&c. and the causes which nave led TO this
inactivity and feebleness OF our government.
Iney viii net be found in any defect of
powers IN the constitution oeCaBse an tnar
respect they are unlimited: It IS oause
gentlemen, rom various weak * giuundie 81
alarms and apprehensions, have been I'M
W ihnS to exert the legitimate energies of
the constitution for those great objec -,
They have theoriscd and criticized them
selves into such LEAFS OF the undue ex.r
cise OF power, that they Will not duly exer-
cise II "hcn 'ndispensabiy necessary 10 me
national Character aud interests Ii is NOT
my wish to ex.end the powers of the con.
stltution beyond he fair and candid inter~
Pretaton OF ITS meaning; because that im
my Judge ent II will be sufficient for all sa.
iusafy purposes l only regret the unwil.
hngness oil gentlemen TO act 40 TO thah
point and the probable consequences re-
s"lt'ng IRON that indispnsi ion / have alsc
70 unite with Ire geotie Han from &c re- a
/ Mr' Sia"ford) Ia expires ing my regres
that IN discussing this subj It, both within
and without the walls OF Congress, & par
ucularly IN various republican news-pa-
pers, an unwise spirit and zeal should have
seen manifested, which, Oeing more repuk-
sve than persuasive, have, / verify be.
leVe, tended 20 defeat their own object, Sc
to put at hazard the rejection of the blli. -
why, on mis- subject particularly, should
we witness such display Of intolerance &c
denunclatlm! Why, the illiberal ascrIpth.
pD OF improper motives t. the republican,
M moers, who support the bill Can any
good result 20 the na'ioc~--tD the republicans
party r 10 the favored SIDE OF the que tim
by this course of conduct : M /, l. nor pros.
duce an injurious influence on all Inc
subject certainly presents fair grounds for
A difference OF opinion am Jngst ndIviduaIeo
and even amongst reprb cans, vi hout
or The cause If thiS difference.
IN corrupt motives Why then, upon this
occasion, stou d the free exercise.
OF oplnlon he hunted down by a spirit OF ina.
tolerance or deuuncia.ion Ii was this spj-.
rit which, more than any other cause, bias.
cd me hopes Of the repUb icau parry ie
France; x it INDUCED in TO excess, viii
destt ~ It IN any other country upon earth.
In The due admins IA ion OF fepubIican
government truth aud rigat alone ought to-
De sought after and hey can only De found
BY leaving The miud o tree iDyestigation-
Jv guaranteeing to all its faculties he most
perfect exemption from all terror = alarm.
hesiiaee mt, to say, that in nv Judgment
-hrs spirit if INDUCED M, viii become morts
dangerous TO the due administration O. tnia
governments more deietetiOus to its pro-
1eedIngs, than the adoption OF any one SIN.
gle measure, however unwise or ifnpolitic.
sven man the renew al tine charter of The,
Bank Of the United States Tor 90 wears.
which now seems t. be the cause, or The Dre..
ext tor exciting and stimulating this ut,-
Tor uns &c spirit ] am ready TO admit too,
hat have never seen his spirit displayeo