The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-03-24
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n Federal paper from, Baltimore states as
coming from its correspondent in Washing
ton g 1t is reported that Henry also re.
ceived large sum from SerrurIer.''-I beg
leave to move to amend the ,.ehorf by strik-
ing out the word also, aud then this report
will run ; 6 1t is reported that Henry re.
ceNed large sum from Serrurer.'-May
1t net be so! May not this report express
the true state of the transaction ?-Suppose
case
A foreigner of distraction (say the C.. de
CO. becomes partially acquainted with the
views of H. He knows that this man had
been engaged in mission to the u S.; but
what is the precise import of it, he knows
not whether 1t bears upon France or the
United States, or both.-Suppose, no matter
from what motive, that CHS anxious to stand
we'll with the minister of his nation, and that
he imparts to him what he has heard and
that this minister, willing to retaliate upon
Great Britain, Gas this is the age of reta!ia-
tion,) the same trick which Mr.. Hammond
served M. Fauchet in the wear 1I95, LAYS
hold OF this information, to lay it betore the
United States-The case, which l suppose.
may be an imaginary one it may be fancy q
nor fact /; but il it sh 1ws that the French
minister may have acted in this transac-
lion, and paid large sum" towards
1t, 1T shows too that the suppositions OF the
Sums being paid by our own government, as
made by the Federal prints, may be false.
II M. Serrurier has offered to Law these
things open to our government, (mark Z |
pat 1t IS G siTf1sosifioH,1 why, our govern
ment would have acted very silly part, if
they had shut their eyes against it because
it had come fron him. -
They should have looked at the thing AS
il really was weighed it we'll !; and if tf,ey
tCunG If NJ to he
going to show the real policy of Co. Britain
and to put ms on our guard against spies &
emissaries who were plotting our disunion,
they would not have scrupied to lay it be-
fore the nation, without the least regard 10
the motives Of the Minister who caused its
communication. We must take our own
course, and not his. We shall do what we
think best for us, and not what is good for
him.--And it tile President, having these pa
pers before him, had determined to suppress
them, let them have come from whatever
quarter they might, he certainly would have
been guilty of species of misprisinn If trea-
son which never could have been iustifed.-
There is only another link in Ills chain of
superstition wanting but any one of the
least discemmcnt can easily supply it. lea,
rr, let inc make another supposition---
Suppose that orr government had given John
Henry q fer thousand dolls, In consideration
of the estates which he would lose in Cana
ia &c. &C.; is mo- the d coyery OF ! lot,
striking at the very vitals of our country
worth SHeA a sun?
SCPPOSITIONS.
pireinia Dicfafion This State votes
Tor Electors by "a General Ticket to pro-
doce concurrence of exertior, this ticket
must lac formed by persons drawn from DIFF
ierent parts Of the state in whom the people
can conhde the Legislature is a BODY
of this description they have uniformIo
framed this ticket !; and as thew were not to
meet again previous 70 the election, they I'M.
dertook to dOit at their last session a few
days before the end of it i; they postponedi;
As long as possible /; until they found that
rom the number OF members departing fo,
heir homes, there was some risk Of havin
oit thin meeting this nomination too
place at a later period, than ever it has bee.
before 1.-The members Of the Legisl ,tnrc
we're under anecessity of recon- mending the
candidates whom they named by some DO
iitical predictions, they we're sttached &c