Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-02-20
To The Editors of The Enquvcr,

der, and, may add, great admirer of your excel
lent journal, feel thatI have rightto make
one small request Of you'll do make it. Please
publish, with the least possible delay every word
and line of Senator Archer's late report on "an.
nexalion" am sure that your subscribers to a
man expect it, and your journal should perpetuate
this great Stale paper on the greatest question
that has arisen since the Declaration Of Indepen-
dence. The "fragmentary' parts which you and
others have given, and some commentaries have
read, do not, am sure, do justice TO it, will, il
can-,hat is, if can understand il-and think
can do Aat-for having been much confined 10
the house have as mere lalialory, time Kill
ling expcdent, turned my attention very much,
10 The solution Of enigmas, riddles, rebusses,
parallels and puzzles nalhemai-
cal and Chinese think understand the great
Chinese puzzle which England has recently gi-
ven TO the woodland even the still greater one,
as she, John @. Adams, William S. Ar.
cher, w C. Rives, Giddings & Co, are working
out Of this matter OF annexation" Therefore,
lei us have the report, The whole report-and be
done with giving us poor starvlings, such stined
scraps, and indigestbe, insipid bits OF its crust,
which You have been doing TO them. The re-
port if you please, SiTs-for, |, for one, desire 10
Judge for myself the precise number OF digits OF
observation. of this Senatorial inminaru of NIR-
GINrA-tor will not at once give into the idea of
total ec'ipsc! Besdes-l have another reason
personal To myself-savoring OF vanity wish
out otthis said report 10 prorc myself great man
and that will do-it can exractany light from
its tback darkness"-ifI can find the thread that
leads through the dark tortuous mazes of the
labyrinth into which its readers are thrown
or disentansle The double ply-complex web OF its
texture-rcb OF some sort (if only in the tttt)
il must have-eSe how could it swim through
such broad, deep sea OF fog and mist! How,
though, you want 10 know, am 10 prove ninscJ a
great man by solving this literary, or UnlAerafy
puzzle, which is adding and drying the brains
Of 50 many of the lovers Of the rare, wonderful
and difficult? I'll Tell you:-Was not The late I'm.
II. Gics a great man? You cannot deny That stamp,
which The God ofNaturc put upon him. Wei, the
story runs after this fashion, that whilst they Che
and Archer residents Of the same county, Game
lia,) were some years ago competitors Tor a scat
in Congress, Mr.. Archer delivered (Mr. Giles
presently very long speech 10 large meeting oil
the sutlragans When he closed MIR. Giles arose
and told them, iha, as boy al school, and college,
he was credited for tolerabe share understands
ing; that as soon as he entered on the theatre
Of life, his countrymen thought he had ome sense;
that Mcir high opinion OF him, had called him into
situations, where he was compelled often 10 con-
! flici, in argument and debates, with The ables!
men, and the greatest questions OF The age with
out delrimeni; that na, from civiy, dulyan habit
] was an attentive and patient listener, and did not
discover or believe that, though his bodily nfrini-
ties were great, his mental faculties were III inc
slightest degree impaired; ard, finally that ne had
| listened most aten,vclv 10 the long address OF Mr.
Archer, and was compelled, by due regard 10
candor and truth, TO admit, that he did mol under
stand one word of il II don't tell this story
graphically, lei some OF its auditors give IT, Now
sirs as Mr.. Archer is much older, therefore much
wiser-erso, much harder to understand now,
than ne was when he beioggcd Mr.. Giles-will
! not De great mana greater man than lhe Sreai
| IVm B. Giles, if should, BY any process galvanic
magnetic, mesmeric or electric, elicit even lev
@intiHa from this chaotic mass OF jargon2 To be
sue @. Z. D-and who, Sir, might not be littt
proud 10 think himself as great or greater than
w, b. Giles, and gloriously SO, even TO PeatoeA
height, to md that his counlTymen think so! Be
sides, | shall be rendering Mr.. Archer sigma
service, which do not srudgc, if succeed II
translaling into Ineligible English any portion
OF his sibbersh, and, thereby perhaps, establish
his claim to take charge OF the great rights ant
interests OF his NATIVE countrvmcn, as he surely
has not yet learned the force and use of his owl
,lot,re tongue, 10 vito convey IDEAS but may
be they amt there; that's nothing TO nobody. MI
! Archer writes for the public-so do |. know h
does not try 10 o!fuscatc their vision. know tina
Itvy to enishen it. Which best succeeds, he 0
!, let the public decide. He writes from Aie
| place. from very humble one He is ser
want the people, and one Of his mulitu9i,tou
masters, entitled and bound 10 criticse his imper
fecions, and do all lean, TO correct his infrmitie
and improve his capacity to do the good whic
might and oughtto bedispensed from the loftyeleva
lion 10 which he was few years since, in an evil
thoughtless, frantic, rabid moment, strangely lif
ed-and on which he is firmly perched, alike dis
regarding all efforts 10 brighten or allure him fror
The giddy height l declare, that have not a
earthly: personal unkind feeling towards NJ
Archsr-on the contrary, | believe he has som
amiabe traits of character; but repeat, he is
public servant, and one of the people-ths
he writes for the public, and SO do THAT
uses hard lrords, and must not complain
mine are so-that his are unipieligible 10 mo.
people, and he must not complain if mine are ur
derstood-Then say again, and finally give u
do. without delay, give US that report~-I long |
leap 10 the elbows, in its literary algebra, logs
rilhms, comic sections, and fgxions, and if ] ca
make "head or taiE' OF it, you certainly will
and if cannot-you certainly will not--agai
hear from an OLD GROPER
q We are most willing 10 crafty our exec
lent correspondent the first moment we can fin
room for the Report At present. however, OF
columns are loo much crowded with other ma
tiers, 10 allow il the necessary house-room. TIL
Wing press, too, has been singularly chary
laying this learned production before its readers
and, with the exception Of the National Intell