Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-04-24


Scl-ift Gates, for fear OF accilents--this is |
no, lnV:s than man may do ifhe has bat |
t1e WA. The trouble and expense of sen |
>CSng cat the manuscript, to say nothiag |
or the sending out OF the agents, Or amb as
sailors. VIII certainly be conslde, an,e, anl
VIII compel me to seek compcrs tiOn for
tNese, as wei $ a renuncrato2 tor t,re
and labor, 10y price On the Register, much
higher, in proportion 20 its bulk, thaa that
OF publications in America generally. /
cannot say, exactly, what the price will
be; but. imagae, that it must be- a quGF
Ter ofa dotLar, with an allowance of eight
cents or Of The tgventy .ffUc 70 bookse lers
or Others, who may take any quantity,
however small, to sell again. The paper
aud printing may cost about cents, the
agency in America $50 that there may
remain about cents for authorship aud
sending out manuscript. The az nts or
publishers, at New York, will receive or
ders fIom booksellers, or other retailers,
only, an wi not, OK ept at their own Of
ilcs, sell to individuals, rs il would be to
make their employme4t too confused to
suffer them tn be retailers all over the
country. and thus to hamper themselves
w I'll debts aud credits, when tie whole of
their time will be required to discharge
well the Office of publishers, aud to be
punctdal and full in TN liz correspondence
with me. If, therefore, the publication
should be thought worth the trouble of OBJ
tanning it from distance, the booksellers
III the different cities and towns will have
nothing TO do but To write to the publishers
for the number of copies that they may
want.
The Publishers will, hope, execute
their orders with that regularity and speed
with which sHali enioin them TO execute
every order. whether great or small in a
mount. They will receive all letters
which gentlemen in America may wish TO
be forwarded to me and they will be
strictly charged to be very attentive to eve
ny person who may wish to make to nc
any communication of whatever kind
The names OF the persons, to whom this
business is to he committed, are Mr.. III ZEN
RY COBBETr, my Nephew, and Mr..
G. 5. OLDFIELD. l have wrought my
self ptrsua aston, that ara, by these
means, able to render great services, not
only to the psop.e of America, but to the
Cause of freedom and happiness generally,
not leaving my own native country out IF
View. To make known TO America, and
through her to i great part OF the world,
what is passing in England what the
conduct of her governm, mt really has been
and is !; What have been, and are, the eff
fects whi.h that conduct has produced up
Oh the people here, what is our real situa-
ton ; what is the true character, and what
are the motives and views Of persons in
authority in this country, whose power and
influence have had such weight in the de-
Ciding on the lot of other nations to do
this, and that TOO, through the channel of
such press that of America, appears
to me to be likely to be attended with eff
tects tn cannot possibly be other that
god. And IT an asked why | presume
sary TO this end. answer, that tho / am
As-weu awEe, that America contains many
men, whose wishes are good, aud whose
talents are tar superior to mine, yer, tnat,
from the local CNpeiience which I have
accidentiy acquired, and from that knowl
edge of ali soriS OF affairs in this Country,
viii so many years of observation, con-
vsrsation, and diligent enquiry and appu-
cation have given me, / much doubt whe-
Their any man, tho of ten times the talent,
destitute of these advantages, would be a
be to perform the task with so much eff
feet as myself. Be this as it may, howe
yer, shall certainly do much towards che
accomplishment of nay great object for
either my work will succeed, or it will sink
under the competition Of ADLER pens and
more extensive knowledge. SO that, be
the T.. salt what it may, | shall have the
satisfaction TO reflt ~, that, II have not
been able to accomplish the object myself,
have, in some degree, at any rate, been
the cause of its having been accomplished
by others. To those, who are disposed to
jnSinuate that ] am about to act IN
fuiriy, i'll publishing in another coun
try statements relative to men and things
in this country, aud relative To IS foreign
allies, | observe, that the same hreSs,
which conveys ny publications 10 the word
is always open to those writers who may
choose to become my opponents, with tn S
great disadvantage OH my side, that, If / am
answered, it must nee ssarIly be several
months before Can possibly put forth
reply. America ntains thousands Of fast
friends Of the English system thousands
OF British subjects. not to mention some A
neri5a1s, and thes Sc too, having portions of
the press in their hands. To fng down
the gaunt'et under such circumstances is so
far from beng unfair, tn it is an act a
Yainst which common prudence would cry
aloud, were not her lips sealed by ref ctipy
that truth, il unfcttered, must finally tri-
urph.
Some persons may imagine, taking the
past into view, that am about to resort
TO the American press IS tie means of OBJ
tanning reUehgc-and that ! shall now give
lose to my p II, letting it run on wholly
unrestra ned 10y any ConSit eratlons of de-
corum or of truth. In tie first place, this
would be to def at my own object. for IL
would spe edily * tie disgust IN the whole
Of tn people, TO whom ] shall Immediate
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