The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-05-21
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politician. both meddlesome and uncan,iiG
In 1906. our own confidence in MIN was
shaken by his intercourse with Mr. John
Randolph Could we but distrust poll
ncian who was clothed with the Presi-
q MS confidence. was indeed one of his Ca
onet, and yet could, at he same time, privi-
~ abuse las measures who went to lay
those complaints before Mr.. r. and stated
mere proposal to negotiate for the pur
chase OF the F!oridas, as if it were to
draw so much money from the Treasury,
without any appropriation by law-or, TO
put the best face upon the matter,) who
gave such an ambiguous, jesuiticaI account
OF 1t, as to leave one sense OF it on the ear,
and reserve another for his own excul
patton
The same game was played with MIR.
Erskine.-Why did he o, erstep the thresh
hold OF he reasury--the limits of MS duly
10 dabble III negotiations wIh a foreign
minister? Because he $ a medd esome po-
lidcian--who wishes t. have Il share IN E.
very thing nat is going m ; and who "drest
in a little brief authority" grows FESTIVE
u"der res RANT, and ambitious of more do
minion
bu wren this 1trivy negotiation is made
hu6hc MIR. Gallatin Comes forth with let
ter t :xplauation. He tries to gle anew
Coo ing % the affair-he aff that Mr.
Erskine had misunderstood him that he
had not abused the character OF Mr. Jeffer-
son. by charging him with French partali-
tles hat he never did design to cast him
INTO shade by any invidlous comparisons
with Mr. Mddison. Here we have the End
Gdl'ion OF the affair with Mr. Randolph
and Mr. Gallatin is found TO have made
dir-c& charge upon the administrator Of
Mr. J tferSon, or TO have given AN uncan
did and ambiguous tale 70 Mr.. Erskine. so as
to lead his nearer to take him in one sense
and to reserve another sense for his own
use.
His interposition with the measures OF
Congress, Is not calculated To clear him
from this charge of intrigue. BY what right
does the Secretary of the Treasury inter.
tere with our foreign relalions--~r kept y he n
his opi9i is asked about the qvays and
means E--But the PURPOSES 20 which this
interPosition has been applied, Is sun less
calculated TO reconcile us to It. Gould Mr.
lT have done no beLer, than To have pres
sed the adoption of Macon's bills, Nos.
and 2!
The share which he took in favor of the
Bank of the L. S,--his exertiuns 20 ;orce up
on us an unconstitutional measure, and his
extraordinary extra-ofFical efforts to prove
mat 1T was not so, are perfectly fresh IN the
breasts OF the people. He viii plead THAI
he thought he Bank was essential as an in
stru "ent Of finance; but how will he excuse
himsclt Tor toe attempt to place Mr.. Ma
olson IN one of the mos delicate and en-
barrassing situations in which he could have
been pIaceds
On political questions. Mr. GaIlatin Is
now TOO much of fnareler-To pay fl
the Public de6t. and 20 sweiltue hubhc fca
Snry, are he ca dina pom ; OF his policy.
i these he seems to .SaCr fice every tning
else. He must, otherwise, nave seen that
the Bank of the u. ). infrlnged tic constr :
tution-and to This, was, perhaps, prime,
pally owing that he was IN faUor OF relax
lag the N n-ln, ercourse law, & weakening
our engagement with France.
Mr.. G. has great powers; vet his poll
teal Course is not such as to win our corifi-
d=nce. We should have been pleased, if
MeSsrs. Smith aud Gallatin could at the
same time have bid adieu TO the Cabinet
Sumo of the warmest friends, that the Pre-
sident has in the world--nen, WHO place the
utmost confidence ia his talents and viz
tues--would have been pleased by the
occurrence Of both q csc events
The sale of Bells Weekly Messenger {"
exceeds $4,000 weekiy--92OO are pruted
every Sunday for Lohdon, 400 on Mond y,
for the Country sate---a cuiation, as the
iSuiloI 'H'lkSB unprecedented III the annals
OF printing.
Thomas Hist cry OF Printing +" gives
a list of the newspapers published in the
u. ). in the commencement of the year
1910 OF these N Hampshire has ~, Mas
sachusetts 80, K. Island 7, Connecticut IL,
Vermont IA, New York GO, New Jersey
Pennsylvania II, Delaware 2, Mary and 23
DISTRICT OF Columbia 6, (now ~ Virgin, a
2S, NorJh Catolina 10, South Carorna 10,
Georgia 15, Kentucky II, iernessee 5.
OHIO II or the frs settlemen, ir thi,
state about the year '88 fodiana Terri CRY
/, Mississippi do. T., Orleans do. 10, Lnui-
sana do. In aH $50 of these. 10 are
duplicates (Deing country -papers,) 9 were
published before The revolution 25 are
daily, 10 hrice weekly, SO scmiweekly, 27S
weekly 8 are printed IN German, in
the French, 2 Spanish 157 Federal, 15s
Republican q the rest neuter. We ven
turc o say, that no country IN the word
presents such nuD15er g. 7,ariefg Of public
prints. This is the truil of that free &
icctiVe government, which Distinguishes the
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| Dialogues Of the dead " have been ir
most Countries, an amusing sort Of compo
siti n, in which the dead are brought in &.
! Illustrate characters or events ,ha, have
Ias away. The Roman Ga uol'c rue Of auri
! cuiar CO l5ession attain. the sa,'t point. =,
kiaying oden 70 the Priest tue IeAfts Of lbes,