The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-02-18

ts'ea;iiness and constituency are evidences OF
correct orh3pns; and that apost:,cv or a
chs,nging or SIDES imply either that ehe juds.
fneut is haSty aud weak, on. the motives sci
! fiSh and interested which, with very little
assistance otthe hearers imagination, may
ASSUME the form OF regular sylogism:
inconsistency ie evidence ofwcak Judgment or dis
honest motives.
John (meanins John .4da,as) has been inconss,en
Therefore John gives signs Of weak Judgment Sc
And the conc.ns,on is just trie of any oil John
jefloss-cftiSsHs. t
TAR. X. givesus many other instances of this
elegant species of syllogism, in which like
the shape OF fashionable belle) tho the
Different members arc not distinctly exhl-
bited, enough is seen to make the rest east.
~ imagined For example, he saws that
because orr most common lanes are of Ar
glo-Saxon origin, such as Smith, Adams.
Burr. Blount, &c. the British have a right to
our seaincn Because the Spani
ards crossed our lines in 1905, we ought not 20
Invade Canada and because Bonaparte aims
at universal dominion, we ought to trade
with him without British Ice2ces.
There is no one of the distinguishing
marks OF Mr.. RS inimitabie oratory, which
has so often extortcr admiration as his fell
citous and apt application of those compen-
dious preccpts Of antient wisdom, commonly
that certain gentlemen Concur with the i,ede,
raiists, in spite of their formal declarations
to the contrary, he brings up the pcetical
aphorism OF birds Of a feather, flock toge-
cher" If any charge him with inconsistent
cy, he meets them full butt with g the pot
calls the kettle &c. He teaches that the
lmischiefs of war are greater than those of
submission by out of the frying pan into
the fire. 49,
met ,t-Aa I. 81,
Iof Mr.. RS reasons against going to war
are unanswerable. 1. Wehave no generals,
he being superior to the vulgar prejudices
that men and money are all that is neces-
sary to constitute an army. 2. Though our
army OF democrats could not overcome their
enemies, they would very probably turn
romd and conquer their conference.-the
what is SAID OF other ratS, who after they
have eaten every thing else, fall to devour
Ing one another. MIR. r. makes beautiful
allusion to this piece of natural history when
he speaks of poisoning the rats. 8. In case
OF war, our countrymen would be in the
habit OF going TO France where they would
forget the trial by jury habeas corpus, and
voting tor supplies in the popular branch -
and catch the French distemper in the bar
gam confess there is one passage in MIR.
RS speech which l did not clearly compre-
mend: L mean where he says :" we are about
to sell our birth right for a pot of French
broth. But it has since occurred to me,
mat twas meantas. sly hit at some of the
members who are Influenced by the French
| minister's dinners, where souh is probably
IN great perfection This however is one of
those many passages which make MIR. r s
| speeches dark with excessive brightness
In noting the characteristic cxcellencies of
this inimitable orator, it would be unpardon-
able to pretermit his singularly happy quota
tons from the classics-We find no less than
three In his speech ofIOth December, to wit
fiar noodle. fratrunl--uude deriuanttlr mic
tails niutandis. have heard that Mr.. r
would be more sparing of his classical lore
which few OF the members understand, but
tits intended chiefly for three or four school
masters III the house whose attention he can
| hx iii no other way.
| Mr. Randolph is said to have made the
Earl of Chatham his model in vindicatine
the insulted rights of his country. If it be
SAID that Chatham was distinguished fer his
quick sense of national wrong-his indigna-
ton against his country's enemies abroad,
and their apoiogists at home, so also is MIR
Randolph. But Chatham wss against the
ministry when they opposed America, be-
cause he thought his own country wrong,
precisely as MIR. II. does now. And it is
worthy OF remark that the cause of com
plant In both countries is nearly the same,
Tor we took the British tea in the harbour OF
Boston, and now they take our coffee and
sugar Surely Mr.. X. is more Unsuitable in
being opposed to war than lord Chatham
was, lnasmuch as a pound of tea is worth
several pounds of any thing the British take
from us Nor does Mr.. RS present oppo-
sition to war arise from pusillanimity any
more than did his lordship's tor in 1907 he
was not only for Invading Canada, but even
tor attacking Jamaica. But there is time
and season for all things. Then was the
time Tor war, and now is the time forpeace
There are certainly many striking points
OF resemblance between these two grea,
statesmen. Lord Chatham had the govt
so has Mr. r., or the rheumatism. Chatham
abused old Walpolc; Mr.. r. abuses old Smi-
lie and Sloane. They were both hated BIZ
the scoundrels (; though upon reflection, Won,
true scoundrel is apt to love nobody but him
sell. Chatham had q nephew to whom he
wrote letters, the same thing is imputed t.
Mr. X. And if lie has not like Chatham. :
wife and children, it is believed to be be.
| cause he never tried toget any.
shall now conclude these critical re-
| marks with the satisfaction OF thinking that
what | have here said, may be instrumen
| tai III bringing back our Sterling orator &c
the high estate from which he has strangely
fallen, and am not without hopes that wher
ms mer,torious efforts shall be hereafter
duly appreciated, too shall gain some Gre
dit tor being one of tie few who discersed
MS real WORTH through the mists of public
prejudice, and for having thus boldly raised
my voice to call back = besotted nation from