The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-04-26
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monio.s good will, which is so essential 20 the
nn'on of the republicans--yet at the same
time. we stand on our defence. Ifthc war
be waged, b. an arm that is worthy TO
weld the sword, we will fight to the last
ditch. When the exterminating war-hoop
has been set up (; when it has not only
been proclaimed from the house tops that
! there IS breach between Mr.. Madison &
MI Smith, but from the tone & reasons as
sumed, there is too much canse TO think
thatthe sword is never to be sheathed on the
one side at least-and when these are
believed not to have been the reasons.
which have really led to this assumed
rupture; will Mr.. Smith complain, that other
clues are given which may not be so aereea-
BILE to his feeiings?
! 1t is with sincere regret. besides, that we
would wocnd his feelings.Se for reasons. which
1t Is unnecessary for us to state. We have
one lobe OF our brain for our own use-&
the other is for the public-All that is
material Tor them to he ar, shall be fairly &
unequlvocally stated---without any other
bounds than those of truth & hrincihye.-
is is neither tit nor honorable for us to trans.
cend those limits
An idea has gone forth, that Albert Gal
latin was the cause Of Mr.. Smiths retire.
ment-We do not believe it. Mr.. S. is him
self the cause of it,
Not, because his frojefs of measures had
been different from those of the President
nor his views of men had been various hut
because. his requirements were not of that
scope and character which qualify man
for a Secretary of STATE.
Next 10 the President, the Secretary of
| otateis the most important officer under the
government. The great breaches of the
laws OF he U, 5. come within the sphere of
his ausy.-The whole range of our Foreign
concerns IS under his eye-the most impor-
tant, which belongto the US -Skthose which
have by far much greater effect than
any other cause on the interests of the Uni
on, as well as on ourin,srnal divisions. Since
the peace of '83, they lave mingled in some
shape or other, in almost all .ur interests
and feelings-@ithin the last four wears.
what has more disturbed our country
than the French and British Edicts : The
Emoarg 1.-The Non-Intercourse-.sheC Com.
mercial restrictive system have sprung out
OF them. Like theLocusts of Egypt, they
have crept TO our hre-sides and into our
bread troughs--They have filled the halls of
Congress with debate, and furnished
every spouting club and social circle with
the most eager topics of discussion--Yc,.
,hese are the Concerns which peculiarly be-
long to the Secretary of State. They are
under his eye-it is his head, which must
embrace the whole.
he must not only have clear head-but
ne must have made these things his study.
he must have Cast his eye over the man of
the world. He must have grasped not on
~ the great rights but the peculiar interests
OF his own country. He must have studied
those rights in the laws and usagcs of nations
--He must be versed in the wiles & subtle
ties OF those diplomatic Spiders. with
whom he may come in Contact; not. that ne
may entrap them, but that he may not be en-
trapped by Their arti6ce 8. He must nor only he
acquainted with the rights of his country
but he must know hosU to maintain Their by
his pen A single phrase in his dispatches
may be big with. consequences. A single
word might put the rights & honor of the
nation at stake.
Is: Mr. R. Smith, man of this descrin-
tions
HIS pursuits had been in different line
from these things-He had been at the bar
--he had been at the head of the Navy
but never, in the diplomatic line. But
there is an aptitude in certain men for GER
tam things, which grasps great deal in
short space OF time, and supplies by it's own
iacifties, the want of experience. Did Mr..
D possess this propensity! Time proves that
be did not.
1t is unnecessary to go back 20 the causes
OF MS appontment-indeed, it is one of those
tissues OF events, which it is not so very easy
70 unravel. But we all of us recoIlect
the doubts, which were at that time ex-
pre- ssed, about the competency of Mr.. S. for |
that affoinsment
The letters 10 Mr. Jackson, however. an
peared-they were written with ability and
they were signed by Mr. Smith Some
thought, that they were from his pen-but
most persons were OF opinion. that they bore |
the stamp of the President.-We suggested
our doubts to an able statesman-he said |
" they were from the pen of MIR Smith"
But was he not mistaken lis it a fact
that all the letters addressed % Jackson &
that all others OF a most important and vital |
character, were written by the then Secre- |
tary OF state flo our best belief, fhev
fuere not--but on the other hand. we have |
The best reasons to believe that thev flowed
from the mind of the President,
And pray, SIT, 7uhence do Won derive |
your information" May it please your
worship. this is one of those matters, which |
we keep in our o7Dn side of the brajn--but |
to wipe CIT all suspicion from those who do |
not deserve IT, we say, from no one who is in |
the government, or is the enemy of Mr.. |
Smith Further than that the Deponent
saith not" |
At this point we stop--eor. if the Presi |
Gent OF tne U D has to discharge not only |,
those duties which belong to himself, bu, |
those wnlch appertain to the Secretary of |
otate-the laboris too great--the relief too |
smaIl-2nd it is time to cast the Cabinet.a.
new.
And why shall we seek for the causes of
this measure, IN the influence of MIR. Gala |
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