The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-11-14
ENQUIRER-oFFICE. Nov. IA.
T BY ITSELF I.


ing his own interests. you may set him down
as lost to the peopie.-Such one may be
skilled in the affairs IT state, lie may be sa--
gacious, he may wear Tie laurel of genius,
or fill up the Circle of domestic lie with
prnpre,y but he is an interested politician,
and is not 1T TO be trusted.
There are some men, who think them
selves OF far more consequence than all their
country, with its rights, its interests and
honor The reason is very plain one. A
fly Just before the eye looks larger tn that
eve than a range Of Mountains at d:stnnce.
Every thing dwindles as it is lar from you
every thing magnifies as it Comes nearer
to the point Of vision. A man, who is ac-
-customcd to measure the size and impor-
tance of objects by their relation to him
self, is therefore very apt TO suppose a thing,
because 1t is nearly related to himself. as
far more worthy of his attention than the
rights and honor of his country. place
which he wishes to get, or avotc which he
wishes to justify, Of more weight with
hin than his most solemn duties to the peo-
u lie. A politician must put oil himself; he
M, 1st sep from the narrow sphere of his
own immediate interests, and regard mea-
sures- and men as they relate to the great
jnterc SITS f the public, before he can be wor-
thy a its confidence or its vote. He must do
what A dam Smith tells us every man ought
to do in The discharge of his moral duties
exercise Judgment enough to correct the err
rors of vision, & make allowances for the
distance at which he is placed from an OBJ
ject. that this object (Jhe good OF the whole,
the interests Of the nativn,) may appearin its
natural dimension. But when By Itself I
r.. comes the only ralying point of mans
rea. ctions and hopes, beware OF him.-Lef
on or, III man be trusted.
-; is oftener the key to the poll
,;ca, clio, ges of our politicians, than the
,.o.,a :, -, IRE of. Let a man but think a
I;,,ie 70, l. liz of himself, AID thus think
himself entitled to some post OF honor orpro-
fit /; or set an eve on some particular object
which ne wishes to ASSURE, sue" one Is
apt,to be soured by % 80, e ''i'N
himself neglected an. ".'"l Is LOO oIte''
the rcsultl His milk turn , u sH'.' ne ae-
serts to the standard of an Opposite party
Disappointed makes ALI. 'oSl DIS hahF
Qrcselytes as conviction. have ee" man,
oe y. fine republican to day. bs 'ung ID
favour of strong measure, and eui"t sNihS
Maids IN and his excellent administration. to
the SKIES when. 10 the poor egptist be
comes sourcd by some little private grief /
or oth r, and you find him to- morrow sneak
ing in the ranks of yhe enemy. By h-
self Lis the cause Of these wonderful revo-
lntions. He is the magician that changes |
men in trice, like the wand of a harlequin, |
turns their friendships into antipathies, and |
their antipathies into frindshps. Beware OF |
him Shun the foul fiend, who lays in wait for
you your most unyuarded moments. Shun |
this SCI, and think only OF the interests of
your country The man who suffers him,
selt TO become an interested Politician is in |
fair way of becoming a disgraceful apos-
tate. He who makes 6y Itself the rail- |
lying point of all his wishes, is unfit to be
trusted.
When hear man. seriously defending
Hull, in order TO defend himself, attempting
Circuitously to prove that his own vote IA
gainst the war WAS correct, because we were
not ready for it. thas Gen. Hull acted piu-
deRtiy IN surrendering, that it was no fault
of his that he was exposed to such Gaia
mi,y, that he made use of all the means in
his power, thus insinuating that there was q
want OF means and OF course a want of pro-
vision for the war ; when hear man
of sagacitv hold forth in this strain, Thinks
Ito myself, this man is an Egotist--I6y-if-
self is az the bottom of AL ne says.
When see man, apostatismg from his
principles, because he had An eye to some
flee, perhaps ii judgcship- or the Office Of
= M. General, & was nickel in MS expec-
tations, that man is the slave of 10y ITSELF
Let no such man BE trusted.
When i see man STOPPING to the pileSt
arts OF intrigue against rival candidate.
sTi king from the high ground of reason *
tr.th, and descending to the lowest tricks to
rdcule his competitor when | hear him
advise The people MOTTO trust that man, not
because he is unworthy of their confidence,
b i because he married into the family OF
the greatest man in the nation sneakingiy
misrepresellting lis removal into the district
where that rival had purchased an estate
with AL intention of settling and retiring from
public life. and speaking Of ii as an mhor-
fdion Oi Candidate into the district
when see him forget the high and dig
nEed generosity which distinguishes "a
Virginian, and attempting OIL all occasions TO
tomaEa"h the feelings OF his Competitor, af.
feeling an ahability lac Dies not feel and a
christian Piety which he does not exercise
j am necessarily led to think that I-6y-i-
ssy is 1T the bottom OF the whole and
that no such man is worthy of the sulfrages
of The people
When sec man, at great crisis Ike
the present, when the nation is at aVar aud
wnen our union is our strength, bringing
himself forward as a candidate for the high
est office in the U. y, plying every engine
for his own advances cDt, soliciting or ac
ceptiDg the votes Of party, whom he had
formerly anathematiseh as poll ical Satan
wishing rather " to- rule in He'll than serve
IN Heaven" when see this man at this
moment of public tribulation and trial, stu
dying only his Own promotion, ds'rsctng
the ration, encouraging the foreign 70 by q
prospect of internal division, ard sending