Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-06-05
LETTER no AZ. rANMINc

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tfe follows tRe correspondence Of Mr.. Canning and
hsaGveissi!, DsheG IN the Lpquitr ofIInay lastI
LETTER TO MIR. CANNING.
Several muilia,ed editions have been
gwen to the public we present our rea,i-
ers with faithful copy with which Mr.
Canning cannot possibly be offended,
SINCE be asserts the writer to be liar, a
siandcrer aud an assassin! Lei tie pub
lie Judge between them:
SIR shall address youwil!om ccre-
inony, Tor YOU are deserving Of none.
There Is nCthiEg in Your station, in your
ahiii'ies or in yoUr character, winch enti-
Ties ycU 10 respect. The first is general
~ the reward OF political, and frequently
OF private crime. Your talents, such rs
ibey are, You have abused; ano as for
yeur ctarscier,i Know not an individual
81 any party, or in ANY class Of society,
who does not consider the defence of II a
paradox too outrageous and untenable
eVeii Tor t!'e protiiga ieindiaereuce Of these
Candid, complying times. Between the
slrugS and smiles Of yonr associates, ard
the trowns Of your honest country men.
you fall 10 the ground Low as public
pnnclpie has sunk, yon are Siil justly sp-
prcclated ana 40 one is deceived BY
qualities, which, even in their liappicstex-
ertlon, are not calculated OF employed 10
conclIa'c his esteem.
hlnk you that The good ratnrei greedy
spectators, who suffered Themselves to he
iickied by the tricks, were seduced INTO
one emotion OF regard for the person of
their mOmntcbank Not Il jo(; .. ough
That mounichank was a minister. h s,as
not, confess, sufficiently present to tier
reflections, that the same griiAaceS had
been employed 10 distract their attention.
while the confederate thieves were pick
ing Their pockets; nor did 1hey appear 10
understand, that The same exhibition was
now played oft 10 cheat them of more
man thelr pecunlary property /: lut en-
were SiHi not forgotten for Il moment
your Irngliug, and chattcrlng and la ahJ:-
IBg were al ininiiabIy performed, and
admirably becoming perhaps some of
tie younger senator's, transported !y low
ambition, euvied one instant vourcap
bells; bnt neither young nor old, enyird
yourself. In plain words, there " as nota
member III the house, not a stranger, not
clerk or door keeper, who bad higher
opinion OF Won after than before ycur
speech, or felt more inclined To change
characters with Mr.. George Gaming:
not one. II j.. however, 30 The eternal
dlScredlt Of that assembly, that Won ~ ere
''''B ~ ~ E'iNiiittNS q NINDidN 81 tCNl
lmm0desi parts, by capcrs which disco
vered yOnr hidenus naked~css, pluup-
cd below the depths of year former dis
grace.
! he adveniurcr who mcditaied aroe;a-
cy III hls tsudcr years, and whose virtue
melted away almost before puberty, nm
der the first seductive palm, might. by
tie advantages Of an elevation. however
unmeriled, aud by the external deccncy
oi subsequent liIe, have preserved foe.
rable respec'abllity,a character eq,,i, ocal
perhaps. but not altogether abangoned,
and such as the convenient morality ~
the day might regard withont nnqu ,iifca
disdalp. But it IS not t. lie expected that
ihe unredccmed prohigatr, one thai can
rot boast that his course, even 81 vice.
has been steady, since he has
Obliquel5 waddlcd to III; end in 7jew y
ono whose recorded treaclerios had ia,
qualified hiw for alltrust, until his meat.
ness had rsdpccd him 10 impoirrce. AMI
made bis alilaucc no longer ciau0er.
ou.; one who l'as shown lirsrlf in~cnsi-
bic altc IN I've rfprOaCl cs Of Cpuosrnfs
iuSuiicd. and iho remonefrancee ~ frlpp.i4
betrayed, and las cid do8rg arfe. N,r1'
paths more dirty and devious ,.6r w.r,
eyer yet tried bg seHshncs2, dranri r