The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-09-07
lsssns.e," or /" vh,.her he LIED to tie nou.. CT

I5en'.e." or "wh.ther he LIED to tie House CT
R-prpssnta,ives' -. -
IL thssc accusations were inst, il would be difficult
10 say, whether ought to despise the foiiy
or Getest the villainy Of the transaction Can any
! thing he more absurd than that man ,honid> one
day officially affirm fact, which the documents vo-
unfairly Furnished by himself on the next. should
ns W contradict This consideration sione would
have stsid the tongue Of his aecusers they had not
determined "premeditatediy aud with m alice ytore-
thought" tn chsrge the Secretary.
We do not say, that these men should have felt
any hesitation from regard to the past life OF Col.
mouroe; from his services during and since the re
rolution; from that nice OF honor which dis
hnguishes the man. Il which feels spot as if il were
wound; from that rhexibi. spirit Of integrity
which no gentleman hs. never yet presumed TO ques-
tiontor these the very virtues which nci,e the
sppetite and the rage OF the Csnnbsls of the Fede-
raj Party.
Bot we pray thee, mark how a pls;n tale 70 ~ put
the u, down.
The Statement made 10 the Committee, ard the
uepcrt 10 the H. OF X. perfectly CONSISTENT with
| each o,her.-Now the charge is, that sir NJ. tec,a-
red there was no offc;dl document from Mr.. Rus
sell while the Report exhibits of them is this
| the fact It surely is not. The copy ofSlr RS
'eter to Mr.. Barlow, WAS furnished by MIR. q. and
not Mr. R.and cannot b. considered as Am Official
communication from Mr. u. TO the Sec. of State
1t was only private letter from one pus ic agent
70 another, which that other might or might not
nave communicated IN private letter to the 5. of
us lie thought proper. Mr. B's eorrnunc alton of :,
part OF bat he sand in Mr.. RS letter TO him
does n'i make it official denial" from Mr. T.
10 the s. OF Son this letter, however very little
stress seems tn be lSid.
And rs to the next dociment-Mr NJ inform
the Senate that =" he had private letter from Mr..
R"--wbch in his Report he styles letter TO this
department" Now, say his accusers this is a fiat
contradiction But is clear that these two state
men's woniG 6e consistent with each her If we adj
init the supp ostpn that the letter to the Department
OF Stste was marked "Tsfva,e" Mr. NJ will
scarce produce this letter re,sove the scep,icism
n I'm nsne hrf "a IL
IN the world tn believe th. spnns,.ion -, be correc.
Yet why resort To supros,on We know it from
un1nes'ionsb'e authority that this letter addressed
to the Sec. o. State <Uds marked - Pripat-"
Every minister hen he il abroad. addresses IN
the Sec OF State as sUeh, letters Of b-ivots az
wen 9s OF pubEic description The latter exhibits
history OF his mission. They give an account of his
Official Conversations srd Corresrond.o.e with tie
Ministers OF the Foreign Government an Tn. snhect.
ot his mission But there are other circumstances
which il may b. interesting To dscn,. rs III. dsno
alton OF the Minister with whom he has to treat
the views and the Resources Of the government the
condition and temper of the peoRe his own view,
OF the progress o events his predictions his homes 81
his fears, and his justification against unjust charges
or insinuanons-al these c'rcumstsnces are repre-
sented In his own way The letters containing them
are marked PripGfe." They are addressed tn
the s. of State, whoever he MAY be but they are
marked private; that when the Correspondence IS
,a'a before congress, or is called for, nothing may
be inadvertently mmuncated, which might com.
init or impair the credit of the minister abroad or
affect his purely personal reputation
rs to this last elasa of letters, that Mr. RS COM
nnnicaton to MIR. NJ bsiongs-What then becomes
of all the filth and all the caiurnny whcs have been
vented and invented sgaina, Cot. Mouroe2
Nipers. cease to bite, for you cannot gnaw a file
% IL rs due to ourselves as we'll The Nation
al lntegencer TO state that spritrg the a5opc
we have seen that paper OF last Saturday, which
treats the accusation against Col. NJ. nearly as we
have done This harnlsny of views is one of the
best tests of their truth.
GENERAL TUaREAu's LETrrp.
Nothing but the most extreme folly could
nave induced Federal printer to treat this
production as proof OF the Influence which
France had acquired over our councils.-
The Editors OF the Federal Republican.
must surely have been out Of their senses
to have published it. And nothing can ac-
count tor tins inta,uation, but that despe
rate itch to calumniate their opponents
which has made their paper the bane OF
their own party and Il stain upon their
country.
1st Let US view the contents of this pro-
duction Mhon lis og2n meyifs-ler US see
whether upon the face oru-it bears those
proofs CT French Influence which it has been
brought out to support. Does it breathe
tne spirit OF satisfaction or dlscontent-of
thanks or OF censure---of a minister who is
pleaeed or d'sp,eased with the stand which
is satisfied with every thing. or who il plea
sed with nothing? The oftener YOU read
TINS production. the deeper will you be i'm
pressed with the tone which it expresses ::
but it is impossible to rise from it, after the
most casual inspection, withot being struck
with the air of discomfort and disappoin,.
ment which it conveys. Gen. Turreau is
pleased with nothing-every sentence of his
letter oreathes some complaint; it is big
WITH some wrong inflicted, or some insult di
rected against the sacred person OF the au
Juts representative of France,
In cur great lines of policy, it is oupoced
70 that OF trance-gve consider foreign com
merce as almost every thing, France as al
most nothing.
we have refused "to accede formally to
the principles OF the marit'meconfederation
that object which so dear to the heart of
France. lis this French Influence
y For more than FIVE years past the fede-
eral government has Conducted itself IN .
wards the French government in a manner
to merit !" no advantages from a new con.
vention, no concessions, no favors. Is This
French Influence?
Inc whole letter teens with " the min
RES done by the Federal government. 81 or
with the g unwillingnes" 10 hear his com