The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-07-19

what had Mr.. Smith to do with MIR. Mon
roe Why should the appointment of Mr.
Monroe, as Secretary of State, so much al.
tect the sense Of honor of MIR. Smith, Ill
to induce him TO reject the mission to Rus.
star ~,
Could Mr.. Smith conceive for moment
that the Office from which he was dismiss.
cd, Cor ifitis more pleasing to his tasc
which he resigned, was always 60 remain
vacant, or that there was no one else in the
UGion, OF talents sufficient Go fill it, or that
he. AIR. Smith, ought to have the power OF
naming a successors! If we consider MIR.
Smith, as he wishes US, IN the light of re
signed minister, we must pronounce him
guilty OF the most eXtravagant impudence
to quarrel with the President. about his
appointment OF suecessor.--If we look
upon him rs dismissed minister. we must
look upon his Con duct in still more odious
light, For OF Course, he must have suppos-
ed that Mir Madison had reficc. ed upon the
proper. character to fill the Office. when it
became VACANT Such is the testimony up
on which Mr. Smith grounds the charges of
Intrigue lnd base Transaction. Thus it
seems. felbw Citizens, that Your President
is charged with these foul deeds. merely
because Mr. Smith has gone out of Office.
and MIR. Eonroe has come into il. Both
OF which vents, Ifee we'll assured. you
have Tor along time mcst deyoudy wished.
his Is thtpi.ituf foundation upon which
this poiitica Archimedes would erect his
lever to ovrthrow the administration ---
| And upon It's he seems 10 rely with exclu-
sivc confidece. for he endeavors to forc-
stall the ida o. his incapacity, by the mos,
fantasiisal tarade of oral compIuie .ts, ego
t steal inttences ANA manuscript ,snclo
sures-.s Forsays he, Mr.. .,Madison's offer
To me OF thtMission 10 Russia which he has
| allowed 10 < OF the utmost importance to
| the commete of the !. u. States, and the
most honorbie appointment abroad, that is
IN the gilt h our government, is demon
| seraftve frt OF his confidence in me as 70
Edehfy andls to catchy in public affnirs"
| f1ere MT, Otth would iuSlnuate, that no
DOUBT wnatsFer was ever entertained oi his
taientsand in'rmation: That they are de.
monsfrdoly Ii'ved to be, sufficient for any
| th'nS, Decaushe has been thrown out of
one oihce apGiut into another
Plain sense buld Oe apt to infer from
hence that the tcs;dent had every reason
to rely upon hi6deGty, but none to rely
| upon his fatent In consequence ..of the
first he gave hinanother Office, bet want
ing IN the last htcrned him from the one
he had. Mr.. Srh however has not for
gotten the art otubstil ziug and soPnsti-
! eating; therefore 9TH the grcasest confidence
and most strs&1n ingenuity he wishes to
prove TO the peop that he possesses both,
and oy way OF sIhsers he appeals to MIR.
Jefferson and 1r1iadison, the FIRST for ha-
wing dismissed hiatrom Office. and tile last
| Tor having enclose him manuscripts
Butte crafty thtarity Of Mr. Smith and
TO place the sabietin his favorite point of
view-that IS to sa that it was difference
| OF opiniun betweeDle President and him
self upon various m sures which induces
him 10 determine pop Withdrawing 1t
/ merely resolves itsS into this, that because
be could nor governse President, the Pre-
sident should not gown him. Wherefore
| he would retire 20 .Balmore under tue CON-
solng compromise tolls feelings, that he
would much rather bthe first in village
| than the second at RAe. Ii appears 3eyi-
ldent upon the whole from the WEAKNESS
and temper OF this Hpra-,ike attaci that
the sxasperated pridehnd mortified sani'y
of Nh. Smith have mae him an easy ;Dol Tor
the use of some master w ork men. Ard yet
it seems a little stra9S that ehis .onfede-
racN should suffer thir tioneerinS essay to
be 80 remarkably lane. crippled md dis:or-
ted. But notwithstanding this Mr. Smith
IN the true sGStonde style makes upin
Boosting what he lack in talens-iike Glen
dover, he will cali - vasty, spirits from
ei'C oSCP-Ns nat uoSS tc HNoH W hoiSi"6
a storm , He says that he has, an
eye upon one. From whence is the stor0,
TO come! He says from the PARASITES oj
hszver.--lt there is any meaning in the re-
mark, he must mean the supporters OF the
administer alton and the advocates OF M
MadIson, And who are they ! The po-
pie Of the United States-hud will "ey
raise storm about Mr.. Smiths-A tesPes'
in tea-cup. mo. in this Mr.. smith i'deeP-
ly mistaken. The people regardcdtas ele-
walton as a temporary expedient. re must
have been both deaf and blind H' 10 nave
known it himseif. His mos, prominent
friends will not have the temLlty TO DENY
it-And now that he should AK or raising
storm because he is turn out, may be
c,assed with Swift's Wonde,.iwonder OF won
ders. : ?
:, Tners will be none othose endangering
conf;cling aeitations hich he held up to
the President in terTcn. The admins
/. tration viii move III the same even and
euileless way ti,art has been accustomed
70 do. eehc peo,c will not be disturbed by
,bc IRIS OF a disappointed man
He will De lcrs.onc to ,enjoy the storms Of
!, mis- owo inInation, until he is convinced
that il wISfoily TO nave expected the shock
of thn s4er from the burst of q bubble,
II were worth while TO dignity the at
Of Mir. Smith, so much as to engage
se peoples time i'll examining aud expo
Sing its various destinations, 1 would be
done.
But they are no doubt satisfied 'of theit
nature from the env,nom'd sonrcp from