The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-03-10
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OLD virginia TRfUslPHANr.
Both houses OF tho Virginia legislature assem-
bl:, in grand caucus the 18th, 18th and l4tl Inst
and nominated Jas. Madison us tic next p. csiLcn,
ut the L. States.
j, hiss long been n Subject of discussion, whether
there eSstsa hoit,ern or aso,tlern influence brt
the matter seems new to be decided beyond dispute
IL 1t he considered an unaienabe right Of thst scc
ton OF the Union to dictate to her sueriois both IN
point OF population & wealth, as to measures mos.
conducive to the general welfare and Interest," VIII,
so DC it. Our opinion is, that the right may
be Claimed. with the same degree of justice, by the
village OF Coms,tDnprsp."
The Editor of the Columbian appears to
be exceeding wroth that the Republicans in
the Virginia Legislature have thought pro-
Iperto express their opinion on the subject
OF the approaching Presidential Election
There is no one evil which we dread, as
menacing the integrity Of the Union x the
| happiness OF, the natiop,. more than we do
the paltry Jealousy which springs from thirst
for Office, from the most sordid cupidity,
which we have sometimes known permitted
to influence the actions of men in the grea-
test affairs Of life. Shall we say that such
| a spirit has dictated the above paragraph !?
Far be 1t from us TO impsach the motives of
any man /; but if not from such feeling,
whence springs this petulant paragraph p
1t cannot be that the Republican Editor of
that paper, the perseCutcd victim of fede-
! raj sedition law, would Consent to aid the
Federal Party. in their project of disunion,
or even,to coalescc with them ina political
struggle for a - Northern President % IT
cannot be. we repeat; and it's pity. that his
columns should, in a moment of irritable
feeling, have afforded such food for federal
triumph. s- $3.50
But, political consistency out of the ques-
ton. what foundation is there for the sneer
IN this paragraph against the respectable
state OF Virginia, so indecorously compared
with the village of Communipaw % None
not even shadow, A nomination of Elec
tors has been made as usual, by the Repub-
iican members of the Virginia Legislature,
because they elect by a general ticket,wh ich
must be thus formed if any concert exist =
and it has been made thus early because no
similar opportunity. will exist of collecting
the Republican sentiment previous to the e.
lection OF Electors. There is not the least
doubt but New-York will, sooner or later,
pursue the same plan but, as she is the
superior" of Virginia, "both in point Of
population and wealth." she ought, we pre-
sumo, to have led the way, and " dictated''
to her interiors. m 8;
But suppose she had led the way and
dictated first ; would she have =" tlicta-
ted" differently from Virginia Is she SO
dissatisfied with the measures of the general
So' Si"htChe .hat Sic WOulu CndDSe It's siQ-
ADMINISTRATION? 1t is not SO whatever infer.
ence may be drawn from the language of
popular prints the r.k!;c sf tic
great state of New York is not in opposition
to the government. When she stood unmo-
we'd in the trying period of the embargo, is it
to be believed New York will hy the way on
the approach of war! We pledge ourselves
for her stability /; she will not throw her
weight into the scale to make the Republic
can balance kick the beam, and bring in
| Federal President.
1t is poor compliment to the patriotism
and consistency of New-York which is paid
in the PARAGRAPH we have quoted, & some
others in opposition to the government
which have appeared in the same paper, if
they could be considered as speaking the
sentiments of the People. But they do not !;
they are contradicted by the voice of her
delegation in Congress by her governor in
his message; by both houses Of the Legisla-
ture in their replies (; and by the declarati-
ons OF every intelligent Republican in the
state who is not interested, personally or
politically, in encouraging different senti-
ment. And we have thought it but due to
our numerous and respectable subscribers in
that state to attempt to rescue her political
character from the imputations to which
the late publications in the Columbian, lin
the absence Of the Editor Of thar haher at
ALBANY, might otherwise render it liable.
Nat. Int.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb 30.
A work of a singular but very interesting
nature, is spoken Of at New York we find