Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-01-14

they think me bold. Perhaps the government
IS right to temporise. For my part, as cutter
tain no personal III will towards him, so Meth
er do siard in the least fear ofhim,
ALGERNON SIDNEY.
| IWhc we are duly sensible of the libera
and obliging terms IN which the republican
papers that differ with us on the subject OF Tie
Seminole War, have spoken OF this paper, we
shall seize au early opportunity OF replying 10
| the arguments they have urged. They cannot
be more conscientious in supporting the late
acts of Gen. Jackson, than we are in the cen.
| sure we have passed. We ihuh ICE haze done
/! our dufy.-lf they are satisfied, SO are tie. This
isuot the first time G have differed. lis bnt
"a few mohths since We drought that the Spanish
! posts ought To he giv+nup. S",nc oi them said,
! no lei ms Keep wbat We have got. The admit
| nlstraiion however, Thought as we did on that
Orcasion aud the posts are 10 be surrendered.
We yet dare TO hope that oar republican bre-
| threu may think with us on other paints OF the
| Seminole war uot as TO the entrance into Flo
| rI,ia, which under the circumstances of The
case We had right TO do hut as to some of the
subsequent acts of Grn. }. Al all events, il I've
! do err as TO some OF those EoiBtS, we are ia
| clihed TO suspect thai We en- with some OF Tie
| best and greatest men OF tins Land.
| We have freely given vent TO our own opin-
ions--Wc have published the ESSAYS OF AiGcr.
| uon Sidney. On tile other hand, We have
published all the letters of Mr.. Adams that we.
hlve seen ~ the best defence we have seen in
the newspapers from the Maryland Censor
! and We Ibis day rnbiish the two Nos ct Fat
.jnsfja, iu reply to ihc sst No. OF \. Siiinry.--
" give also tie foiluwin. article. being Tie
only NJ. s. defence nj Cen. J. which iaS been
offered TO us for publication
TO THE EDITOR OFTHE ENQUIRER.
SIR: In Your paper OF the Cd lust. an
nonncing the intended publication oi Mr..
Adams's letter of HE :Sih Nov. 10 car
Minister 1T Madrid, you say, viii, feel
ings vet warm from reading it," can
i a A
admiration aud delight with wIlic! !ia,e
peruscd this stale paper'-and you gouu
10 eulogizc il ~ such animated terms, as
must have INSPIRED all your readers with
an eager desire Ia see the fuiiilmuui OF
Your promise 10 lay the letter Iiseii entire
before lhcm as speedily as possible.
among The rest, waited with impaiieucc
for the appearance ui atiocumenl so hight
" app!a,drd for ability and clOqucnce.
Was no, disappointed. Your paper of
the 7il inst. afforded me An hour OF men,
tai endowment which checreh the face OF
winter and gave the fire side new charms.
Newspapers IN The city get Il very curse
nv reading. rs soon ~ they are dropped
al The ,.nor, They are snaiched up, lie
postscript Of news and,,!e new advertise
menis hastily run over, and the papers
,sre then laid aside to be looked over al
leisure, il the conversation OF the day
suggests lila; there is '' any thing IN
them" IN the country, however, il is not
exactly so. Here we tind C;Wpers lively
description of the Folio of four pages"
completely realized. Every column isread
over. The Enquirer, from lis caRacious
size, is ricl, mine Of entertainment; and
when any thing has been previously an
nounced as important and Interesting, ii
In nj
teu,ion. Such at least will venture TO
say, has been tie case with Mr.. Adams's
letter: which, had il extended 10 adozen
columns, would have been perused will
inquisiiivc attention by three tourlhs OF
The country readers III Virginia. Who
that commenced, could quit till lie had
finished ~? And Who thar reads II once,
Will no. ,urn Ia II again, and review III III
visi0n,v aal las 50 interested him inmassf
Ii Is mastery summary al the principal
events nj HE Seminole var-ilc Invasion
of Florida lie horrors of Indian cruelty
the execution of Arbuthnot and Am.
brister and The inculpation and defence
of General Jackson. BY luminous ar
ringcment, these much a9Ilattd ques-
tionS are reduced into one Comprchem-
sIve view, where they all meet, and fully
illustrate and define each other.
What glow Of feeling anin,aies The
whole composition What unanswerabie
argument What sarcastic Inference " hat
diversified power Of cloqucuce displayed
an maintained throughout We arc
made TO feel the propricfv, The neccssity,
of pursuing the savages into F!orida-we
kludie viii rage and Ppgeance as sc pass
the hOrrd scene Of the breeding scaIps
of cur conuirymen-an when ne have
seized the perpetrators, and still more
tie lurking inShedtOrS of these crueliics,
which of us is not willing to see them i'm
pal alive?
What, sir; if boodtl,rsty gang of
handiii had lurked Tor years in Chicka-
hoalny swamp, had often emerged from
thence, during The darkness and solitude
oi might, TO 81, al or cattle, set ire 10
our barns; and hast lately burst into our
dwellings murdered and sca'ped our mives
AM children, daaied Dui lie brains oi in
fanis, aud tnTed anal bnrat aiire one OF our
fellow citizens taken prlsoner-would we,
after The vIcw, or the proof of these hor-
rors, he restrained by any scruples about
the hgaEty OF The step, from pursuing
them OUcr the line into the next district,
whether inhabited by friend or foe And,
Ii We there caught The prime moceFS of
ouch atr0cIiy, would any nice distinction
Of dubious law, any refinement of ca
s'isIry, rescue ticm from our grasp, and
save iiicm irom exemplary vengeance .
: ;, sir; tier fate would he sure no
measure oi retribuiion would be deemed
too severe. With the fill conviction of
their guilt on NY mind, | am sure that.
~ HE first transports Oi fury, could
with pleasure see them tnyed i'll their
lurn. AMI myself apply the torch.
Such is my impression of The case of
the Indian chiefs, liamaIill Mico, &c.
and III Is lurking associates and al, Isers,