The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-05-31
OF the session of congress-. to- .tSIerai gentle


Now, as far as this insinuation respect.
ourselves we solemnly aver before this no.
norable court, that our reasons were no;
drawn. in the most indirec, degree, from
Mr.. Gallatin. The court knows our opinion
OF that gentleman too we'll. sot to believe.
tnat we would mos; cautiously scan every
inflammation dra @m from cha. quarter NJ.
lSirs-were the evidence, we possess on this
subject, exhibited before you, the words VI,
the Aurora would pass as the idle winds
which you regard not.
but the counsel for Mr.. Smith, not
contented with this malignant insinsua,ion,
has gone one step further" WHY, (says
the Aurora) has the Enquirer departed
from this form OF investigation. (" &c. the one
which we proposed into the qualifications
OF Messrs. Gallatin, Monroe. &c. "Why
has'he shrunk from the remaining PROPOSE
tons. after he has told us that they were
questions which burst from every lip and
were addressed To every ear! The
Enquirer abanddns the enquiry concerning
Mr.. Gallatin, whose actions are notorious.
6k have already excited general execra,ion
in every part Of the union.'
Must we point out 70 this court the con
temptib!e absurdity of these insinua,ions a.
Can any. man think, that we would so so
lemRly have pledged ourselves to so inter-
h
from our engagement? Is the Aurora silly
enough TO hope that any belief whatever
will be put in such desperate assertions?-
Because we, are not fortunate enough to
write With the grammatical huency OF the Au
rora, we abandon our positions and shrink
from the discussion! :, 80
But we appeal to facts--We have made
no secret of our opinions on these points -
We have not concealed our little taper uh.
der bushel.---We have kept nothign
behind the curtain; and can the Aurora say
as muchs We have published our opini-
ons of Col. Monroe's appointment with that
frankness and prompttude which the occa-
sion required. We have sketched our sen
timents of Mr.. Gallatin; without eraenu-
alton and without malice. IF we have erred
in either, it is our head that is guiltv-for
our heart is innocent May every action of
our lives be regulated by the same consci
entious motives which impelled us to ex.
press our sentiments on these occasions !
But the Aurora ought to be the last adj
vocate at this Bar, who would ascribe to
Others the ignominy of shrinking from dis
cussion. Why has that paper been. silent,
since the 9TH of the month Whv.
does it shrink from an exhibition of the
proofs it has promised! Where, are those
certificates of Mr.. Smiths talents, which
men equal to Mr.. Madison, have given
him 49, The Aurora best knows.
We learn by gentleman from Queen Anne's,
Maryland, that the U. S fr,gate Essex, Capt.
Smith, has srriyed at Annapolis, with Mr. Pink
ney on board.-Spirit of '76.
The engagement, a, sea, has not altogether
endedin saroke-for there also some IRE a
long with it. We Rave An old adage, thatthe 5Rrnt
| child breads the Ere.
"A wag advertises for anu antity of Pern,inn
Bark, to stop S,oui fcation--n certain classes of
folks.
British cruisers, may-hap, may prove little
more Courteous well as cautious for the fu
turt. a t'w uiontbs ago, they naistook the Vix-
en-, FOR Fferch priyateer and gave her a shot.
Now, IL he 1.-the Beft, have been gully of the
same mistaSe,'t has not been with the me i'm.
puni'y.-They have, at last, caughr tartar.
| When ioh,len,da is asked civil question, he
might as well, do you see, give bit of a civil
| dnSuey- for no one can see the accidents which
may happen to him, in the night
Commodore Rodgers say nothing ahoui the
Briton's mistaking him fora Frencnnaa- horeh
the newspapers have been kind enough to fabr
cate for him such an excuse.-Yct If il were
true, he has paid dearly enough for the mistake
John Bull has beer indeed in the habit of calling
us, all Fneneh,nen. May such an insulting ins,-
nuation eternaily meet with the same satistac-
rory refutatio1 !
=" She stoops to conquer ;.or the mistakes Of
the night" has lately been played n is said, with
| some new v7yiafions. The Tragic muse has u
| surped the part other sster-and wnar was CO.
nteay in the days OF Goldsmith, has since be-
come asyd2edy.
Capt. Bingham need not so seriously regret
his misfortunes, If adversely be indeed the school
OF wisdom. Repentance can scarcely be bought
too dear, if it lead to amen4,nenf nsisfoy-
tunes may teach hmihis brethren betrey man.
ners, for the future.
Commodore Rodgers has sent one of the sea
monsters, that prowI on our coast, d-hogviihy to
Hafax. -Our coasters and their crews would
crown him with sea-weed, If In the same man
ncr he would cleat the decks, of every one o
them.
A vs,d TO the .pise tre.-As capt Bingham
csnhst be very well pleased with the recep ion
he has met with on our coast, and may prob ably
| attempt to devise as good story as he can for
his ustihcation,,t is possible that on hie way
to HALIFAX, he may fall in with some Of MS ma
jestys dfockadihg squadron, 10 whom he will dis
play the riddled and crippled state Of his Ship I;
to them, he may point out her wounds, g. tell a
tale of Imaginary wrongs sufficient TO rouse
their resentment Our gallant tars should there
fore be on the ioot.oaf, always equipt and reads
Cor action come &C tbeea IL q;