The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-02-05
EMQUIRER-oFFIcE. FEB. 5.
My Life upon it, tina, Mau i, Feaerar..,.

| The Federaiists have ailaost as many
shades IN their Graft, as there ere degree $
in Masonry. There is yonr plan Feieralist
your Federoitst of the lpashinyto1 !SchooL
your Federal Republican, your Fcderaiiat
offhe Bostoa .Sfamh. The sect is some.
what camelion-at one moment il borrow :
its colour from Cne object, and ut another
! from another--in s98 and '99. is fun Of
sound and fury, yclept the Friends Of En-
| ergy; IN 1878. it sinks its voice o TIE child
ish treble OF a slippered pantaloon,'' * as
snmes the meek title of the F'1cais NJ f~cdce.
Yet trace 1t through all its variations, the
object OF its leaders is still the same
Po7ver is the Universal Passion And how
to " Dust their opponents of its possession -
by J'u' means or by foul, FER fas or ne/as. is
still the only consideration which impeis vour.
fiansons, youc chickering's, and vour Otis's
bvthis clue, YOU can at once trace them
through the labyrinth of all their ccntredic-
tons. 1t is this which has made Alexander
Hanson Jacobn, Harrison Otis u Rebel and
Timothy Pickering gloomy and infuriated
Monk.
| The best way, we are told, to Judge of a
tree, is to look at its fruit. The safest
course to.iudge of principles. is to test them
| by practice. Now, tho ii is by no means
our intention to say that the wisest and the
best of the Federal Party are actuatee by
! II
comes the honest American, to take caution
by the scenes which are before his eyes :
and beware, less the errors of his party NAV
not hurry him into that "bnurne from which
there is no return''-that last degree into
which he may be betrayed ; a FederaHsk of
The Boston Stamp.
Open the history of the two last years, &
what do you discover?
+! II you hear man, who was a professed
! Friend OF Commerce in 1897, and who call
ed upon the government to resist the Rxle
, Of SO, no9v preaching submission to the
British Orders m Council, my Ute uhon il :
thar man is a Fsderais;i
IL YOU hear him de0recating war
waged in the defence of the Rights Of our
! Seamen, the very snews Of our Commerce
i when he had formerl, bawl-d a iopd a :
any man IN the nation. with Messrs. Pick.
er'ng, and Marshal and King and even OF :
against the impressmeut of orr Seamen-
mn life uhon il, that man is Federal
iSt!'
If you hear him taking sides with our de
ciared enemy against his own country.
giving them aid and crptor', - By wo~ds.
u not overt acts, you may put that man
down as Federaiist-aye, a FederaHst OF
fhe Boston STAMP.
II he disCouragEs enlistments, and by in
sldioas lnsinuatiehs or open opposition, at
temptS to wrest our ciizens from the defence
OF heir country, Ny life on it. thar fel
low is FeGeralist of the Boston stamp"
II he breaches against loans, and avows
that he Will never consent to vote uue Cen,
m MS public character for their reimburse
ment, "My life on it. that man is Fede.
r ralist-ot the Boston Stamp."-For Mr.
Timothy Pickering is that man.
II he attempts To stain his Cuuntrymer
With charges whic, would dishouor them
, with calumnisting charges OF Cruelty against
, the captive enemy, al the very in omen,
when he justifies the barbarities practiseo
against ourselves. beShrew ne, but that II, ar
is Frderefst ofthe Boston Stamk!
II you see man refusing to protect the
very cipzen whom he has nafAr0hzed, you
may set him down as a FederaHss of thl
E Boston SAINT.
II you hear man, who in '98 declaine ed
f against the interposition of the state Leris
. atnres in any respect whatsoever, now seek
ing 70 array IA arms the State against thu
, National authority, Dly life ;i:on IL. mi
man il Frderalist 20
III you hear man who formerly boosted
OF being Friend Of order, now flying int,
every species OF disorder. and tkreatenina
to resist the laws of the Union, and even II
attempt its dissolution, my life on IL fha
IJelloSv rs q Tenier0ElSt of the Boston .Staznh
In fine, il you hear OF any man, Who is ;
discontinued, facfious, eliminating, bully
ing, threatening, vapotrihg politician, "fuI
OF sound and fury signifyng nothing," you
may be sure that he is a FedrraGsf of I'm
true Boston Stunt.
10 The letter from which the folio wing Extract.
are taken, has been mIslaid--nnt the reHections s
facts, which it contains, are too Interesting TO be
withheld.
Extract ofe letter from Afcnrber Of Con.
Sress, 10 The EdRor-dated
WASHINGTON, Jan. is.
,, 1.-The determination is to act with redon.
bled vig"r--to be fully prepared for every
exgency. and TO conquer by force, what
: may De denied to juStiCe.--In a word to have
peace in the far famed, oft repeated sent
, ment of Essex Juntosm peaceably if we
can, forcibiy it we must" You will find a
strong evidence Of this ten per in the vote
, of the House of Representatives upon the
. bill to encourage enlistments, wi n n echoe,
back the sentiment contained in ne Presi
dents message. Notwi hstanding this I'D
vice, these votes aud all predominant reso
, Iuions the minority Came out yes erday in
dsbate upon new tack Mr. Stockton. WIN
is putting in his claims TO be lea Ter O. the
party, boldly asserted that the "J 6. had
resolved o surrender free trade and sailors
rights, and he zvas .giad q H." fie predicat.
ed the assertion upon the terms used ~ ,ore
Castlereagh'' note to Mr.. Monroe, and the