The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-09-11

! pSS' I'D "Iiti they nave been presented tina
demands oar serious attention. Another
e'h, (they inform us,) (6J has resulted
from the protracted Continuance If power
Ill the same quarter. The agricultural &,
commercial states are beginning to be ar
! raYed against each other. and to feel as il
they were not connected by common bond
ut interest" In support of this assertion
not fact is produced, nor plausible rea
son assigned. Indeed the absurdity OF such
state OF things is admitted. The Commit
tee cannot but be fully sensible of the essen
tial connection between commerce and agri
culture, mas OF the absolute dependence of
the one upon the other. but the practical
merchants and farmers OF every country
are prone to regard each other as rivals
nor will either party ever patiently submit
to be long and exclusively governed by the
other, or regulated by its peculiar views &
tenets Practical merchants, however, *
practical farmers, though not capable al
wa! OF profound specuations, are not blind
TO their own interest,"; and are taught BY
common sense, quality that profound spe-
cuIators often want, to avoid a course of con-
duct calculated to rot the shipping of the
one at the wharf, and the produce of the
other in the barn. This fancicd hostility is
false creation of the brain, and like the
unreal mockery" Of Virginia influence
conJured up to ef1ectuatc the objects Of 20
iitical jugglers. Let i; not be imagined that
the idea, though suggested perhaps for the
first time, has been uttered ut random
From the language of the Addressers them
selves, we shall be at no loss to conjecture
Its import. The population and resources
or this state, (New York, weare told in the
next breath, place it in The first rank, while
It's local situation makes it one of the FIR
dehoshories f,honer. until The distrust and
snSfiictons alluded TO shall have subsidized,
or the evils they complain of shall be re-
NEEDED. 1t is a middle state, not deeply
tlnged with either northern or southern
preJudices: it is eminently commercial and
most extensively agricultural il zvould be
likely TO hold The 6aiance eUe,, and to CON
clliate the interests and good wishes OF all"
thus then the secret has TRANSFERRED. New
YORK is DESTROYS OF becoming the depository
of power; and with the laudaolc view OF
conciliating the states, will consent to hold
the balance iii her own hands. When the
Macedonian monarch mcaitated the down
tall OF the Grecian Republics, ali iie asked
was the humble privilege OF deciding their
differences. Once establ shed as their arbi-
ter, he foresaw that by an easy transition,
he might become their tyrant. This deX
ferrous continuance Showed him profound
politician. 1t enabled him to accomplish
ms purposes, and effectualy TO undermine
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desire OF conciliating the imaginary feuds
OF the American Republics, is the plausible
PreteXt now urged by the state of New
York. WhIie she affects to sue Tor the OF
nee OF Mediator, she aims at becoming the
depository OF power: end as suitable per-
son to WELD the dominion of the states, points
to De Wltt Clinton than whom nor Philip
ever owned a more intriguing spirit. or was
cursed with more restless ambition. But
:" he enjoys (say the Adtlressers) re cur
utmost conference.-the inherits the blood,
the principles and the firmness of that hero
whom ourselves and our fathers long de
lighted to honor. II We even urged a per-
suasion like this,is there an American heart.
susceptible of. feeling or gratitude, that
would repel our claim? No, surely, This
claim, 1t cannot be denied, is irresistible
Our Republican Country, to crafty this
Committee, will again acknowledge the
dignity OF high birth: and the respect at
tached to long line of ancestry, though
long exploded, shall be again revived -
VINO so opdurate as to refuse so incon>i-
derable favor "a favor solicited. too. by
the great, the important, the commercial &
agricultural state of New YORK Transfer
into her hands the sovereignty Of the Union
she promises to hold the balance eten-
and only wishes to hold it until distrust &
suspicion shall cease 10 exist, or until the
blood OF the Clintons shall become extinct
PELOPIDAS.
Ca y She ceded tie TERRITORY, since cree
ted into tie Stale Of Tennessee.
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