The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-03-18

may be to the inperfecticn incident 20 every
thing human, is preferable to every o,iler
form OF government, is better suited 10 the
Character and circumstances of che .irueti-
cam people, and n,ore cong; NAL TO their feel
inys and taste. The course os events in Eu-
rope, where every attempt &c introduce re-
pu5licanisin he's proved a5ortive, has furnish
cd the enemies of popular government with
so many plausible arguments against it, cam
not but fear, If the federaiists we're again TO
obtain the asccDdancy, that some vital priiI-
ciples OF civil liberty would become antigua
ted and UNREASONABLE. And thoue!l it il pos
sibic that YOU have not carried your theoreti-
Cal principles quite so tar is those master spi-'
riss who now direct the storm, uoc such are
not the ordinary sentiments of the Southern
feeleraists,) yet it is probable that you would.
ii elected, gradually fall into the view. cf your
party md though you finally abandoned
them, you would give them an iinn.e-
diaie support which wouI,i make your ult:-
mate opp sition Intellectual.
Thirdly. Because do not wish to diminish
the name AID character, which these States
n We so dearly earned abroad aud az home,
by bestowing public pretermenfon men who
would have sacrificed that name ard cha
tacter tn the interests of their party, or
at most to their own timii oounsels.--
After submitting with uneXsmplcd patience
tn the agsressons of Great Britain, when
majority OF the nation were at last in
duccd, at a favorable jnnct,r'eS to rcturu
the blow OF the assalant, after bens left,
by one OF the most surp1Eing turns of
fortune, to Contend with our euen1y single
handed, when we have achieved memorable
victor' by sea and land, and finally, when
we have made an honorable peace, even be-
fore our wonderful SUCCESSES at Ne Orleans
were thrown into the scale-aftcr all this
surely 1t would be dt .nding from the hgl,
ground we row occupy, To choose orr coun-
seiiors from those VINO. hitherto in every
stage OF the controversy, have been ciamor-
Gus advocates for submission.
What happy contrast does the situation
OF our country now afford to that in which it
would have stood,.i we had not resisted the
Orders in Council. out had owed our peace
to the specification in Europe--As this was an
event unlocked tor every where, our fcrpear-
ance would Rave been ascribed to cur pusiI-
lanim,ty, . cur relief from European aEgTes-
sion, not to the wisdom of the government. but
III its good fortune. world would have been
confirmed IN the opinion, aireasiy become We
ry preyaien, either that the American people.
were devoid OF that nDble sentiment which
" feels stain as a wound" or that thel- go
vernnent was inadequate to the purposes OF
etdeiencc. Besides, Il G. It Britain had
been tempted 10 assa! our rights when she
va no assurance of our submissive temper,
ard when she certainly did not wish to add
us % th- list OF her enemies, can il De snp-
posed that she would have shewn more mo-
derat on, stimulated as she is by individual.
by political andby commercial enmty, when
her Who'll" force could he turned aginst Us
Creda: .fud Gus 4ht,eAla Doctor ftice ana
Gov. Scrons may believe this---l Certainly sin
not. But we have now shcwn TO the world
that we can be proyoiSee to active ne sistance,
and that as soon rs we have overcome the
first difficulties incident to an industrious and
commercial nation, unused to war, our free
born hardy yeomanry can make the stoutess
of their enemies fec theis recruitment
Fuirthiy. Because you are attached to a
party which adds local to political lea
lousy, which hates Virginia for the high
place she holds in the esteem and confidence
OF many or her sister statcs--and which would
avail itself = every opportunity TO deprive
her OF her legitimate weight and influence
Filthy aud iastiy. am opposed to you be-
cause as You have always fireGicfed nothing
bat evil OF eile present ma orits fear YOU
would, like most other prsphcts, do ell III
your power to verify your predictions. so as
to counteract that majority even when YOU
saw them doing good.
Though politically opposed to you,
am, personally, sir.
With great respect,
Your obcdient servant,
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