The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany — Richmond, Va., 1802-09-01 00:00:00, page 2

author, and the . note(l »f mankind*
ciifiecd to the wife but fordid coi fidei
perfonul tranquility. It is clear that th
i .ft have pitica o- it"ipileu the tenet
thpfe writers, who expo fed themfelVes
talons of the f.uxrionacb Ht vouldnot
done what the* did. Hence he dif?.ppu>\
u»' th'. ir comlu^. It is tru**, thathc publiihco ,
a refutation of fhe conftitutionalicy of that I
law. B it he aid this in name or the genet- J
*>1 affembly of Virginia. He knew tnat he j
i not juu thfc frrujlext chance of pctfonal .
dp.cg :r- 1 he lenfibiUties of an author cOuid
be gratified without the peril or perfecution.
The pamphlet w - to pave the way to the fu
ture office of Secretary of State, with a iblary
of five tboufand dollars la the catalogutof
his failings Mr. Madifontmnotj withjuftice,
enumerate the weaknef? of defpifir: money
But all this certain acquisition of literary fame*
. nd all this probability of prefidenti \i promo
tion, would have funk under the chance of fix
months of iiuprifonment. The refutation o;
of the fed it ion a cl, like tiie bifhry of the p/o
cetditi s of the federal convention) wouio have
been conTgned t' evcrl.’-’l z drvkntfk Thi?
s that celebrated man, who could aci, viri* fo ,
ouch weaknefs, that man who could write j
what he duiff not publifii. I his ts th..*' mat?,
who fuppreffed his narrative of the foul d- .-cis
cr the convention, tnat man, who eh of, to
hide from his constituents a ir.sfs o* " ••.’.rant
knowledge^ that man w oo fhrurk from '.is
rr.oft faded duty, both as a hiftornn ;:..d a ci
tiacn. Anvl what impeded Madii-m to aa
thus meaniy ? What induced an author *o rr- j
nounce the rewaidot bis labours, to iviirer th j
ripe hurvefl of ins, literary faun to vox cr. th,..
ftalk vmreaped ? This profound ftaiesman, :his ,
intrepid patriot-was fritrlitcd from his pu;
pofe. Our (ccrctarv r emaled, by unite nation,
at the para .magh. .fa newspaper, cr they.. g*-.s
cf a pamphlet. By the why, when tire Bri
tiiTi were ;»i P. .hiuomij when Corrr.valiis was !
’■>' .ni.-g Peterfburg, when Clark conquered
your XorvhYVcflern dtnpire, w! en :he colours
of vjcorge the third were It rue?; at York town,
vhcre then was it poflibic to have di.covered
this m odern mcr npolifi of republican firmnt fsr
V is he ;it His father’s farm in Orange coua- !
ty; was he beyond the blue mountains ; nr,
ivas he, wit it ic many of thofe men that are
now •■.*” ;:d torieS, fighting in the battles of »
\mc.rica? Never, in Lie whole life,did Mr. J
Madifon hr. r a (hot fired in anger. Like the j
iadies of Sparta, he mayboaft that he never j
. . the jmrke cj an enemy'- camp. During J
ne whole eight years . war, he never once
arne • T:«i the range cf an fndiaii tonic- j
awk, or a Britnh n u/kef. I
e conclufion :is, 'ho prefident .nd |
leery tar y.v* * 4;-.* *'
r“- ' • • , '■
nc of Di.v(u • ~ and the fame,
' - ft ff rers under .he fed it to n a.tff, with
Mathew L\ on at their head, fn- uld have re
; ved a ftatutory ccmpenfation tor the f*> ts
t which they were robbed,for the calumny,
t!.L perieeution, and the miprifcnmem, which
■ a yfuffere i. No fuchc mpenfation has been
fuggefted, while Mi. JefFerfo:; was writing a
better of compliment,and con? refs were palling
a vote of thanks to Sterrct, the murderer \
while thin vo thouiand dollars were rak- r
from the tvealury, for the reparation ot the
Berceau rri y.tr; while e.ght dollars per day
bcfsd.s t:av.-iiing expcnces, w< re voted for
cbmmiffi oners to treat With Indians. For
thi. -grateful and atrocio-.: o.v.iifion, as well
a« tor many other reafons, the prtc nt i ;pub
limn leaders, with fefferfon arid Madifon in
th~ front of them, have f ^fei- d the jail con- |
Hdence oftheir adherence, 'Tlicydtferve to be [
deferred and d icha gedto be defpi/ed as |
v/fcak, and to be- detclb.d as worthltfs,
‘To be continued- |
For the R2COKDEK.
HA VING -aken n- • pen to e.e, Torn no
moth oi intereft, but from • Heliitg heart,
that f!*e i it- count wv/i 11 ,.usd being inform
’ that, on Wedruf'Jav morning, tlv- i Sth
indent, a young man by the name >F Ge >rgv !
Proffer, wan f; and dead in tlu- houli. and bc.i ]
of r. mullato woman, culled hy forr.e bn’cey ,
Prior, and by ofiu>t Sukey AndcrtSn, and j
kti wing the oanefo! exes which re-fuit from !
fuffering thele mulattos being r.vut nvnjr 1
.,v number, to pVj the flreets of Richmond I
in great pomp and fplendor, and pouring forth j
f/.eTr h.mgnty reproach to every heueft .ad \
duftrious labourer they rn' ct, uiiCidutoc.i by 1
our judges, anu uphoJdcd by out moti v' d j
mil creams, they carry, with gaiety, the pica- j
fora! day before them, as e?«c fvve'iing wave
carries its foaming 1>» -W'i, nttr?.,r> *ng *-n .»i
bjr:n^ the greater pan of young tiien f<>»; v
by their draft * for their features are not ami (
able,xnd their coin not m b 'lh -units to excite
the a; mi ration o * 1nar.1t ii id 1 whi.y ^nianyof
out married men goto bed wit- tin fc ifricaus,
With ns much plealure as a new made bride
rr -,or, would his lovely fpemfes on fuch men,
?k? Oun as thele, I Jay, v eil may fortune
frov- ivd ,ve.i jW-aVen poilf down its
wit vviii.eanrc, and WrV. *rt»y J, if I may file
t re I’xprclRov., hr'V «»h inch <U r. : cable beings j
v.-.v in ndignant ey ■ I conclude by flit- I
. :rir. my n\i-.d that the cht/ ns of »! is place I
w,ll take into confide r 1 and prohibit the j
•ijfr-r ourfe betwixt A'/.-- -1 v<vuc, by j c - I
•’ Duane fees t' is account, he will not nratc |
’■ y n o.'e Ut'O’ the treaty bet* »n Air. i
/1 dan.j and !. .n>/Taint- B-hcid the favorite,
t ' ! l°°,n repubhcanifni! thi pinnacle
-t aii that is good anil great! in the open con
i'mniationof ar ad which feodS to fubvext
‘he policy, the happinefs, and even tHe exis
tence of thr- ccuntn 1
’Tis fuppofed fn .r, af the time /hen Mr.
Jetteriuii wrote toirnai tly eoncernin; nt .,roes
when he endeavoured fo much to h iiitU the 1
• A Mean u-.ee, nc h .-J no expcdUfior that the 5
chid mi.dfr.rtc t i the United f> ate: was '
I fo be th ringleader m /hetvir.g tlv.-: his 0pi- j
i "ion vis erroneous; or, that be flti uid cl.ufe I
a-i Africa 11focb whereupon lie Was :o engrafi
liis own defeendants.
Duane and Cheetham arc not Wcth a/kin?
whether this is a lie or not ? But cei,for Smith
is retju ft. ? to declare whether the fiatrment
is a FEDERAL MlaREP'lESX * TAT Tv' N ? Mute1
iVlute! Mute! Yt.> very mufti v/,|j a]j
thofe republican printers of political hogra- |
phical information be uno.n .'bis pub f \y e
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RICHMOND. .
SEP7EME£k \;i.
^*t* R I C tJ Ajt L> W ATKINS MF ».. . r I' j? I *
fikj. d is requeued to obfcrvc t.aa: hit. naive,
as a lubfeuber, is i.ot upon ur ft. Of cot
icq u cnee, it »s not in o.u power to gratify Its
withes by (trilcing Ivri oui. if fit iu.< form .• -
ly paid money to any p- rlbn wiu: d • <9.ionn>
i fubferibe to the Recorder, and t» > v c\p cr
i to be the cate, he has been nnpofe upon. VY
| never h&Afdofhim till lait week*
THE PRESIDENT
I JGMN. |
T ? s well known that the rr.m, ivbetn f? i
r.-l:£’jte*r :/>. people to be 'tt\ kci >s, and tot
nisny yea path his kept, his concubine,
oxe of his own (laves. Het name is Sally.
j 1 ht name of her eh’ieft fon is ' xm. H;$
i ;-.s!ures are f ci »r> bear a finikin* although
j fi'blc rcfeintlanto 16 thofe cf the president
j htmfelf. Vhe boy is ton or tw Ivc years
i of ago. His mother ‘vent uu Fra ice in the j
: fan--: v.-Tel with Mr. Jeffcrfon an. his rvm i
daughters. The delicacy cf this at i mgemcht j
fi.’ih f rdee ev r per' in of comma \ fenfibili- |
‘j • HVhar a fubiime pattern for ar American !
o-.rbafiadc' to place tMurc the er-'S of tv7t>
vot og lidibs !
The reader does not feel nimfcl difpofcd
* paujt wc beg leave to proceed. Seme years
ago, (his ftory had once or twice been hmred
at in RiruPs Fnleraltft. At that rime, we be
lieved thefurmife to be an abfolute cclurrnv. j
One reafoi; for thinking fo was this, A vaft j
body of people w i fried to debar Mr "efterfon ]
from the prrfidtncy. 1 be efablij,;ncnt of 1
tl:ii siN’ttE fact would have ten/ red his i
election impoffiblei We reafoned d us; that
;f the allegatio; Had been true, it vr . mre to
have been afcertrJned and advet tifeu by his en
cnue«; in even corner of the continent The
fupprfefiion of fo decifive an enquhy f rves
to ihew that the common ftnfc of che federal
party was overruled by divine providence,
i: v. as the pie.cleftinatioii of the fupre ic ncing j
t! at they (hould be turned out; t'Mt .‘xy ,
ifcould tc expelled from oiHce by v. t tabula- 1
t.l a character, which, at that im.ant, wai ;
iymg fa: ctea and gagged, cojifum* 1 a;.u c-c- \
*• ^ vi.i * *
. - *- u/rV. ,l- t, ' • ' l. .. ».C ,
to ir.sny very good kind of people. Conet.n- !
ing a certain fort of cor.ne&ions, ve have
already hated that, “ of boys and batchelors, j
.ve b. ve faid nothing, and zve bnv* *iotbjng j
“ tofay.** Thc-y v. ll be pleafedi tKvefeve, !
to ftand out of the way. When .the kinc of 1
Prufita tvas upon t ie po’nt cf fighting the
great end decifive battle of Li flip he a; Tern bled j
bis principal officers, and, under the* ptnaftvof j
fits utmoft contempt.exported them to hfkvery. i
In :Hc iniuf. of this addrefs, an old veteran l
dilfolved into tears. “ My dear general,” faid j
b redciuc, a 7 did not refer to Yotn” Some !
of our acquaintances arc, upon the fame rr:n- !
c:plc, requeited to heiieve that we dc nor, in \
this allufion, refer to them. VVe have for- ;
nicrly il.itcu that [nper eminent pretin/ions to j
ifn/'ry are always fufpieious. This lint was J
jurt.caently { lain to fhew that the Recorder
"'cs not tltfire to fet up a manufacture of wry
» he w riter of this eflay do; not oear
the ft-.irnp ot a Scots prefbyter lan purfon of
r';c -*t century. But ft ill, we all ictiov; that
feme things maybe overlooked, winch can
hard'y be excufedj and which iris imua&ica
bie euher to prsife*, or even to 'indicate.
Such is human nature, and Inch is human life.
f hie of our correfpondents vcjy jc.fljy ob
fexves that 4‘ there is nobody,of whem ibme
6 thing d-agre* able* may not be faith”
f*y this wench Sally, our prefidew has had
fevera? children. There is t;ot an individual
> he neighbourhood of Charlottef olle who
’<not believe the ifory; and not v f: w who j
know it.
V feel tlvnafcDc* {
hey will plunge i
iftance can lave
The vriter of th is piece hrs been arraign.
ed as capa U* of felling hitrfilf to 2 Britili)
ambafihc’oi. Thc impeachment was inhoc
by a printer, who is in the confidence ot Mr* ,
lefFeiTon. The prefideut had be utmoft rea
fon to relieve that th charg* was an utter
fief ion. I'his charge* was met n,» dccifivr
ftile. We, at once,% letted and appealed to
the teftimonv, or belief, ot five f>trjc "ho
tvere intimately acquainted with the irtua. on
'i Callender, .he period of the prete; o. d
nrojeM of ib.T* Thefe were Mr lbaelUi.* 1,
Dr |;iines Reynolds, Air. John ITckley, Air.
John Smith, federal mavihal ot Pcnnfylvar.ia, 1
and Mr. Mathew Carey, book feller, whole
name b. be30 heard cf 1:1 every County and
CC -! rr of the United States. "This appeal
hmonoriMcd with -he feelings of ii;u> .e;
and deleave-.*. It the rriendc of Mr- "eitcvVi
a v. conviii' rd ot h innocence, they \\. n
make an nope. I of ti c ! ’.me lort. 11 tfu y
, reft: in filencc, or if :h:*V : On ret t therr.fc’hes
■ with reftine upon a gi-Kerr.l dctiioij they can- |
| not hope for credit. 1 he al'i:g«tiou i< of* a
natur.* too Hock to be fufrered to rem 'n in
i'ufociice. Wo ftiould be* gle.'tl to he*!: of its
I refutation. We give* it to the -v rid Under
I the ormeft belief that fueh a refutation Kt1 r
! car* ie viqdc, 1 he African vf.nus is fa id
to officiate^ as houfekeeper at Monticello.
‘‘/hen Mr jefferfon has read this article,
I he w il find ieifurc to eftimat': how much has
j been loft or sained by'fo many unprovoked
I attacks upon
T. T. CM.LENDER*
SOMETHING Ihall appear iu our next
Recotder, which will convin e our readers
iliaf Mr. Henry Punks is not, nor ever was
dircdViy, or indirectly, comciicd in this pa
per, or ever propofud it; '.nil ‘hat he has not,
upon any occaiion, cauled ci promoted the
cc: wove riv h tween thejoner: 3 ahd ourfclvcs.
On ti.e contrary, he h;'s beJy.ved with a ue
• giee ot delicacy and Incm’iiuefs relpe<5ling
them, which forr>e of their ate'papers fiuw
that thtv have Hen very fa: Pom Jelerviny;.
Fran the Port Fotto.
Our malfa JefTeif. n he fay,
Dat all m? is free alike a c horn :
l Hen tell me, why fhculd Qur.fhee Roy,
lo u .«d de cow and hoe de corn ?
Khz? *, for mafia JefFerfon ;
• * ,3 v v r. „„
Vv i-,j in. -uvmc, im .a. ...» .iouu,
I* H-ib heufe and corn ! f ,.0or Qualhec
No hab de one. no h: ic oder.
Huzzd, Sec.
i And why ! ouid cr.thab de wr be wife,
I And me bab only Quangeroo ?
| Me no fee reafon for me life !
No1 Qaaihee hah de white wife too.
Huzza, See
j Por make an like, h t blaccee nab
Dc white womans....dat He de track.'
Qusunee dc v bite vv fs wi.j hat ,
And malfa Jefirjon Jbali bob dc black.
I Why £ho*dd a judge, (him alway white,)
Pen pickaninny put him paw,
C. i’fe he he;',] little dat no rite ]
No ? Qualhce fay he’ll hab no law.
Huzza, £tc,
'Wr.o care, me wonder, for de jucHe ?
Ouafhce no care?....r ; not a feder ;
Our party roon we make him trudge,
V>Te all be democrat io/idtr.
Huzza. &u.
a j dc hsirti1 io cut c!c*
O hirn tio lik e I or rob a little t
( o fa*;e him hat, or (limr, or coat,
Or wjA*, or boric, or drink, or vlttlc ?
Huzza , <vc.
xfuzZa fq- us vien 1 we He bov"
*
] o rob, and ftca!, and rn, and k;TI:
Huzza * me fay, and make He noife 1
Huzza for Qua/b et ? O lafhee will
Huzza for mafia jctfcrfon *
----
From the Gazette of the l 'rated tectet.
Duane, writing under the fcourge, is
unable any longer to conceal his tor
tures, and to continue that illence in
v/hirh he has fo long and lo prudently
perfevefed, on the fuhjcrr offielen letters.
Ins certatniy Unfortunate for his reptita
tatton that hts reelings fnould thus ncca
‘on.i. / get the better of his underftand
mg and induce him to talk upon a f.;b
ject which is rendt red bhckf i and MflCk
er by every, woid which he inters. In
his add re is to Callender, nubliihcd in
the Aurora of this morning, 1 !im<
fo!'owing aifertions ana remarks.
A perfon refilling r.r Wafhi: 1
pi duced an open letter to me, incim .
iag that it contained an attack u •<
m: and ue fixing me to publifh it; I v/j.'.
ed to know where the letter came fro: •
bu: was not fad fed I directly return- !
the 'otter as I received it,”—“ Ag. i i 1
repeat, Mr. Callender, that immediate:^
upon periled of the letter as it wa: pb
cn ei to me, lo I returned it, aftcl ef 1 *
line, to ;ave any, tliincr farther lo do with
it. U to* it was AFTERW Aj|bS j u
iiihcd in various newspapers* it con: -
quenrly became, like your production -
too pre vious to efcape publication a
anu udverfion in mine.”
Tha? man mull been a very ir.if',n '
p aric; -nr, Mr. Diane, in the proteli.
[ ut. Jtealijig> who c-iuld no tea as • •
I and i'« .iDtita llory as this. (i -v *».-/_
I :>t IVuJhtng'Gn produced tic letter ." A::.;
1 praV, Mr. Dunne, has that pc.Ton i; '
name r—Is he called Dunn, oi Dimifc
or Chcetharh—or Talj tr Dwipir
here ;s the thief who could not i:
that a potion brought him the Ito
goods ? T wo perf ms as l have * hen t •
once went into a butcher’s fhop ; c..
perlon Hole a piece of meat and p; c
duced ir to the other perfon, who l. i
it under bis cloak—you know the :
of the llory, Mr. Duane.
out to he lcnous with you Mr. Dun •
inairhuch as you have undertaken a
fence oi yourfelf, it is butjuft that y
pica fhould be candidly £nd fairly cm
vailed i I will the he fore join iili.e up
your own ftatemcnr, and will ayr c ti
your innocence or guile foa l’be #1.
blifhed by the truth or faljvbcod of i
repicie.ration, whtch^jdter lb inanv*
months deliberate confederation, y vj. :
have at length thought proper to lay b
tore the public. Upon this ground,
j which you certainly cannot object, le: o
I fee.how your ea:e will ftand.
| Did you in good truth, return the lr •
j ter4“ aftt r rejufmg to ha e auy thing 1.'
tber to do with ii:> ? If y u did redly vc
fufe to have anything further to do wi ».
it, why did you wantonly and initar.t:
violate the veracirv b^'that refufal • v
y • i
i merely perfonal and romp,.
| myfelfinthe letter, and why dm > ~u ae
i dually have jorneiking further to do •with.
j by difpatching that extra# in the vr?n
! ir;’* vwhicn ought to have brought : ;
letter and piiblithing it in your next p*
per after the mail arrived ?—I lay /.
•ftall/py f°r the letter was not it ft ac r.
j Sblic s until evening, and the rn ;
| 1 v 1 - - * * was doled at q o clock that c vc
| mg. bro c the extra#. [s this what y,,
I “uan; l,Y having nothing further co hi »
! V lt:^ ': c‘° y( 11 intend to be nr:
j flo< cl* fimply, that having extracted dn :
, ptmhihed a.! thac you could make u.w . ,
1) ou nad no fuither occafion for the oi
gin-d: that is to fay, as was pertire •
remarked r-y an tditor in Baliimo:•
tKat having pocketed the ftokn jewr .
you refufed to have any thing further h ,
v.ith the empty cafket in which they
; btrn cobtained.
Bur this is not the won't pari; oft’ -
liory. What do you mean, Mr. i •
anc, by laying, that v.hertthe letter \* .
“ Al TER WARDS pubiilhed in ,
'1 UiS Pai rs,” y ou atl, x» i ued i t in to E
owii. Have you the hardihood to . :
m the face of truth, and of the pub.
v-'ho are already better informed,
t!ic If'tfer did not appear in the ^ ' •
Oil Ah .f I*.iv it had.been publifbed
dd.er p-pers. J have aheady fta
and. with <di your impudence/ ant’
your profligacy, yoh dare not dir
ueny ;r, that al) thfc letter which did
miatc personally to myfelf wjE t,>
published in your paper, and that r
piit-difhed at the earlitft moment p / ,l
after the Jetcef* <Vas written. — ,
ought, Duane, to be afliamed of t;;:
tiful falfehood. “ Afterwards p.-dr
in VA R K) LJS newfpapers.5’ Whir •
| tnofe Various papers? Why, introrh. •
papers of that other “perjan” who v.
i the room when the letter was left <:
hotel, namely, Chcetlwoi. It wa
deed, afterwards, that is, after it
appearedt in the Aurora, pubhfhcd :
PaPrr» and from that was pun ;
a3imi at ftill length in your own.
I fhalJ now conclude by b< geir -