The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-01-11
lis pleased 70 express Itself il the following

lis pleased 20 express itself il the following
itcrms 49, 49,
80 To this paragraph, although we have
no doubt that III il much =. more is meant
than meets the car" we shall reply, in the
true yankee style, by asking questions in
return.
Will Mr.. ki.chic tell us. on what au-
thority Mr.. Jefferson ever mentioned, or
lMr. Gallatin made report On the subject
Oh con0ls, or internal navigation Is the
canal itself. or the state which is to be prin-
cipaily benefited by it, the object Of his lea
lousy Is iI feared that O.!io is to become
a northern state!
:" On the second question, we would ask
Mr.. X what relation the late Bank OF the
| United States has to the object Of the mis-
sion OF Messrs. Clinton and Morris to Wash-
inyson! We mean the object which 10 is
said," and which, iron, the documents pub
iished OH the business, would really appear,
notwithstanding Mr.. Ritchie's iaSiMuased
douDt, to be the purpose or their VISIT
And II Mr.. Clinton's sentiments Gu Banks
arc important in Virginia, can they not be
gathered from his speech in the senate OF
this state last spri G.?
30 beware OF the green-eyed monster"
In our turn we reply--when did Mr.. JEFF
fcrson " ever mention " canals as coming
4
In his last message, lie speaks Of g roads.
canals, rivers &c. as worthy of improve
ment, "uuder the powers which Congress
may already possess, or such amendment os
the constitution as may be approved by the
States. M. Gatiatin may have made a
refort on canals but this is not the only re-
fort of his which we deem contrary to the
Observation-Disclosures his report Oh the bank
| of the us.
AS to "the Canal itself or the State To
be benefited by it. we can truly say, we wish
the canal dug, but in the proper avQy. We
wish prosperity to every state in the union
we wish 1T to Virginia--but We would not ac
cept canal even here, if it were to run
through the bowels of the constitutional
hir. h0H will be good enough to say, why he.
rails into the old federal cant about nor
them and southern states The idea Of
ONO did not once enter our brain, when we
penned the paragraph he alludcs to.
Mr.. II. does not see what the Bank of the
y. .. mas to say to the trip to Washing
ton. he relation is clear enough to our
| view The trip to the City is to get the aid
| OF Congress to dig canal-which they have
no more right to do than to put up a bank
and tor the selt-samc reasons. The consti-
tuition is silent both as to banks and canals
they can neither of them then be done as
endS-and as means, the Vice President has
| told US last winter " they must be suited & SUI
coordinate to the end-and he adds that 20
vernment is MOTTO be strengthened bv an as
| sumption of doubtful power.''
/ The Columbian is displeased with our
phrase T" it's said"-Why ? We did not take
upon ourselves to say, why these gentlemen
had comet Washington. At that time, W e had
not seen the Presidents message to Con
gress. We saw it said in the. Baltimore n
uerican, nearly i'll the same terms that w,
haVeuscd-we did not know i. ourselves
and we chose merely to echo the SAYING a.
II lad come to US.
On beyuGre ye f tie greeneyed monster.
| 30 much for the Columbian--as to the
Federal Republican,. it is false, that our
opposition to the petition of the state OF n.
| y. mas no real connection with the uncon-
stitutionality of canals, but springs from To-
cat preJudices." The ground which we
: nozo take we have always taken-we are
Watchtul OF the rights Of the States-we ex-
pre0.Sd tho ~ory oa,ne continents Ge to the.
canal between the Delaware and Chesa-
peak. Let us once lose sight of this dis
tinction between the powers given and NOT
| gwen, and we are plunged into the gulf of
| consolidation.
DlED-On Saturday the 18th instant after a long.
and during the latter period OF it, most paint,I ill.,
ness, Ihon,as Vdt<tns, sen of Chesterfield, for
more than thirty years clerk of that county. Never
was man more respected and beloved while lyng M.
whose death y oiore deeply, sincerely and uni yerss
~ iamented, by all to whom lac was known for ne
YER one more inhexibIy ius, mr. NOR. .,,,:LI
| good.
| % JOHN o'LYNCH, Printer, oS this city. hs,
IN fress Pamphlet, embracing the facts state
ments, Nc relative to the late fatal CONFEDERATION
OF the Thestre-lt will he out in few days.
| January IL.
| Q-T The Sale of S. Il J. Jacobs Stock ofGOODS.
paper, will positively take place on Wednesday next.
the 18th inst '
! k'Oh HENf-The house formerly occupied by
4 MI. Neil McCoull, and last by Mrs. Southgate,
next door below Capt Robert Candles, main street.
IL Is well calculated for Dry Good or (rocerv to,c