The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-01-21
GVOL. tt.---NO. IS.

| liberty aninCependence. The progress OF
asricuiturSSas stimulated b. the certainty
| oi Vaiue inne harvest, and commerce, at
/ uef VraVersi+ every sea, returned with. ehe
riCheS Oh evy cline A revenue, secured
!, oy sense or onoi. collected without oppres-
SON. ana pale without murmurs, melted 81
! way the natloal debt and the chief concern
oi Puohc credltCs arose from ITS too RAPID oi-
mnuton.-Theva vars aud connections OF the
4 european nation, and the interruptions CT
| their commercial Intercourse afforded 10 those
VINO had not pronoted, but who would re-
| lolce TO alleviate ter calamities, fair and
soisen opportunlty,sy combining themselves,
I CO iay abroad f0unoation Tor national wealth
Although occasional yexations 70 commerce,
arose from the furioss collisions Cf the pow
ers at war, yet the greas and good men ct that
time conformsd to the ttrce VI circumstances
i WITCH they could not c,ntroul, and preseTv-
cd thel country securely from the teIapeots
! whici.-oyecwheliped the old world and .hucw
the wreck eft their fortunes on these srcres.
respect abroad, prosperity at home. wise
laws made by honoured legisl@tcrs, and
prompt obedience, yielded by a contented
people, had Slienced the enemies Ct repuOli-
can institutions. Tie arts iiuurishe3 the
sciences were cultiyated--the COMFORTS aud
convenienCies OF life were upive1 sally diifR-
Sec-and nothing remained for succeeding
administrations, but TO reap the want grs
and Cherish the resources, flowing from the
policy of their predecessors.
hut no sooner was d new adslfh i3tr 7tio:l
established IN the hands of the party opposed
tn the " Washington policy, than GXed ceter-
mnatlon was perceived and ayowed of chan
sing system which had already prodnced
these substantial traits. The consequence IF
tins Change, tor q few years after ITS conl-
mencement, were not sufficient to countoruct
the prodSous impulse towards prosp rity,
which had been given to the natioa. But =
~.
ministration, at length developed their wea6-
| ness and deformity, bat not Iutil al nv
OF the people had Ell deceived by ilattery,
Aad iniiaued by passion into blindness TO ne =
defects. Under TIN ring irfle. f
| tins new system, the declension of the nation
has been uniform and rapid. The ric est
advantages for securing the greet objects cf
the Constitution have been Wsntony rlieDt--
ed. While Europe reposes from the con-
WILSON'S that had shaken down her ancient
! institutions, she behoids with Inazemcnt tti-
remote Country, once so happy and SO "a
wed, involved in ruinous war, and ~
Guided iroil intercourse with the rest Of the
world.
To investigate and explain tile means
whereby this fatal reverse has been effected,
would requirc luminous discussion. No.
| thing more be attcInI TED p tins repur
than general allusivn to the primo PAL OK
INES of the policy which has produced ths
vicssitude. Among them may Ice enutne,a-
| ted,
| Frs. A deliberate and extensive system
| tor efecung combination aniJr. CERTAIN
| States, by exciting Local jealousles ana anlDi-
ton, so as to secure to popular leaders in one
| section OF the union, the Controul Of pubic 81
fairs III perpetual succession. To which ~
mary object most other characteristics o. nc
system may be reconcled.
! Secondly. That political intolerance dis
~ lg.Trs4 Inv.
men OF unexceptionablc merit, fol want oi ID
hcrence to the executive creed.
| IhHdly. The infraction of the iadicia-
ry authority and rights. by depriving dt.,-
es their Offices in violation OF the collsti-
! ton.
Fou,tAiy. The abolition of existing tax
es, requisite to prepare the country for these
| Changes, to Which nations are always, ex-
| posed, with view to the acquisition OF pcpu-
| lar favor.
F'Jthiy. The influence Of patronage in tle
distribution OF Offices, which in these states
| has been almost invariably made 4ncrg men
the least entitled to such distinction, < who
have sold themselves ready Instruments
| Tor disracting pubic opinion & encouragioc
| administration to hold in contempt cIe wishes
| and remonstranccs Of people thus apraren
| ly divided.
| Sirtbiv. The admission ofnew states into
| the union, formed at pleasure ~ the western
region. has destroyed the balance of powec
| which existed among the original states, aul
| deeply affected their interesl.
SeUrnthIy. The easy admission Of natural
| lied foreigners, to places Of trust, honor an3
profit, operating as an inducement to tnc
mal-content subjects Of the old world TO coma
to these states in quest OF executive patron
age, and to repay it by an abject deycdor e.
| executive measures
Gjghfhly. Hostility to Great Britain. and
partially 20 the government Of France, ldot-
ted as coincident with popular prejudice, nd
subservient to the main object, party po.s e..
| Connected with these must be ranked ecre-
neous and distorted estimates oil the 2ovcc
and resources Of those nations, Of the probekh
suits Of their controversies, and Of oDr DO
! hucal relations 10 them respectively.
Lasfig and frjacihaily a visionary and
superficial theory in regard TO commerce., &C.
companied by real hatred but a ieIgaed 10 =
gard to IT. interests and ruinrus perza ven b.
ance in efforts TO render it "a iustramcnt D.
coercion and war
But it is not conceivable, that tie Obi ~,,;.-
OF any administration could, in so sno.t n IL.
rod, have so nearly consummated the wtr'.
of rational ruin, unless favored by deicrts 10
the constitutions
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