The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-12-31


trust) not offended at the receipt CT this letter
OF the motives which dictate it, ! shall for
bear to speak let them be gathered from
It's context. But should YOU sscribe my Sc
lection of ybu as the obiecr of its address to
any other Cause than respect for YOUR char
,aoter and cnfidence for your love Of country,
you will have done much Injustice to nae but
more to Yourself.
At Washington, learned the result of the
dispatches brought by the John Adams, Ca
name of evil omen) and there, rumors were
atioat, which have since gathered strength,
lot disposition in Massachusetts,, and indeed,
throughout ew-Eng!and, to follow the ex
ample OF Nantucket, and declare Tor ncu-
trality in the esent contest with. Great Bri-
tain. will not believe it. What Boston,
the cradle OF American independence, to
whose aid Virginia slept forth unsolicited,
when the whole vengeance oftie British min
istry was wreased on that devoted town Bos-
ten nov to desert Gsin onr utmost need, to
sye up her old ally TO iT,vage, 1T the price of
her own :mpuIity, from the common enemy
lcannot, viii not believe ie. The men, il any
such there 6e among You, Who venture to in
sinuate such an intent b. the darkest inuen-
do, DO they claim to BE- che disciples Of Wash
.ington ?--rhey are Of the school of Arnold.
! anl not insensbe 10 the vexations a d op-
presSio1S, With which YOU have been harras-
sed, WITH little intcrniss.on since ti.e memo
rable embargo OF 1907. These am dispo-
sed, as You well know, neither TO excuse, nor
70 extenuate. Perhaps ! may be remindea
OF an authority, 20 which ! always dc, sht I'd
reter " ScSniHS 7;TitaHt o5iiWcs,. &c" bat let
me tell such gentlemen, that our sutierings
under political quacks Of our own calling in,
are MT matter of heor-say 1t is true, they
arc considered 10y the unhappy, misguided
patient as evidence OF the potency and consc-
quently (accordiilg to his system of logidk)
OF the efficacy OF the medicine, as well as fhe
inveteiacy of the tiiscasc.-it is not less true
that this last has become from preDosterons
treatment, in the highest deg &c alarming
The patient himself gins to suspect some
thing of the sort, aud the doctors trembling
each for his own character, are quaryellme
ami calling hard names among thcnse!ves.--
but they have reduced MS to such a condi-
ton, that nothing Short OF the knife will now
do We must Jfeft, MIR. S.pe2ker I" said,
Patrick Henry, IN l775. when his sagacious
mind saw there was nothing else left but
manly resistance or slavish submission and
his tongue dared TO utter what his heart s,,g.
gested. How much greater the necessity
now, when our country Is regarded not as a
property to DC recovered and therefore spa
red, so far as is Compatible with the c.ni in
view but as an object OF vengeance, of des-
olation.
- lou know my sentiments of the men at the
head OF our affairs and of the general course
q administration during the last eight years
Yon know also that the relation, in which
stand towards them, is one OF my own dclik-
craze choice sanctioned not more by nv
judgement than by my feelings. You, who
have seen men On the ranks, when com
'nanded IN chief m The House Of Representa-
tvcS, and others. at hat time too green to be
rOtIfiC1l rrtfcte 80. ,ph.,es ,,,,,,.,r
had n~N.r'Cecn pronounce o,,t of their own
parlsH) ralsed To- the highest Offices; you
! WHO ate thoroughly acquainted with the
Whole prosle s5 rt ~ separation frCu tie
/ party, with which Wa, once connected in
contact. do not require to be told,
: mat there was a time in which ] stood in
SIth fdvor IA the Closet, that there mus
have Deel something eXtraVa,nntly umeason-
abse IN NY wishes, it they might not ALL
have been gratihcd." Eut must acknowledge
thal ytI have seen instances Of a~ostAcy amui 6.
I your quonaam political associates, as welt as
| ny o~a, that might almost Justify susni-
| Con, uat 1 too, tred ot holding out, may
! wish to make my reace with INC adrinjstra
/ ton, ny ADDING enc more item "to Che long
/ catalogue of vcIaity froj., lLsau To tu, I,res-
! ent day" Shnuld such a shade of suspicion
! pass actoss aur mind, ] can readily excuse
IT ~ fcnsiit alton Of the Common iranty ci
I VUi llttHt, from WINCH Claim 10 peculiar
| exemption, aDd the traDscendant wickednes.
OF the times we live IN but you would have
| gwen me credit for q talent wh,h do not
posscsS- am master IF no such anbi .dex.
ierity sud were ] to attempt this game
which Il IS only for adopts (not novices) tc
play, | ain thoroughly colscious that ike
utber bungnng rogu, 5, ! should at once cy1osC
my kna'ery and miss my oJject--not that
our political church refuses to open her arms
to the vest OF heretjcks and sinners. who
can seal their aljuatiou of their old faith b,
tie persecution OF the brethren with whom
they held and prof, ssod it but know thai
| my nerves are Of too week fibre TO hear tl,c
Question ordinary and extraordinary from
our political inqmstCrs. / can sustain will
composure, and even with Indifference. tn,
rapcorous hatred Of the numerous enemies
whom 1t has been my lot to make in thS
course OF my unprospcrous life--but have
not yet steeled myself to endure the contemp
tdous pity of tho.e noble and high-mindce
men, whom glory to csu my friends. q
am or too bad terms with the world To en-
Counter my o. iSself- disrespect.
ion may, however, very naturally ask. VIII,
have chosen you for the object Of this adj
dress Why nave nor rather selected som,
one Of those political friends, whom I hav.
yet found =" faishf.l among the faithless." q,
iae vehicle ofmy opinionsf it is because IN,
avenue - the pubic ear is slu, against m,