The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany — Richmond, Va., 1802-04-24 00:00:00, page 1

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ECORDER."
.L 24th.
oirc,
, UPON Tour inti-nation
this morning, ‘ that we had made it up
pear in * I'he Recorder,* “ that die
" mention of Mr. Mudifon had been
defigned to be reprefented as coming
" from You,’* Mr. Callender dilated
an explanation for the Paper; which
explanation I wrote down, and tv# which
I did not then, nor do I now differ, be
caufe I thought it proper that the public
fliould be fee right, if they had miffook
our meaning. Mr. C. afterwards took
up the pen, and wrote fome lines, which
you dictated, refpefting Col. Harvie.
I then made fome objections; but dro >t
them, not being thoroughly acquainted
with the nature and circumftances of the
cafe, the piece being Mr. Callender’s*.
I now, therefore, muff take leave to in
form you, that upon confederation, this
lalt paragraph cannot be admitced into
the paper.
1 am Sir,
Your very humble Servant,
H. PACE.
Lewis Harvie, efq.
April lid.
SIR,
I RECEIVED with fur
prize your letter, informing me that the
lad paragraph of the piece You agreed
to inlert yefterday would be omitted.
As an honed Man you ought to make
reparation for an aflertion which was un
true. If any gentleman has informed
you that the paragraph I dictated is not
correct, you will be lo goo'd as to fend ■
me his name. I fhall only further ob
serve that if any attack is ever made on my
Father., you have been informed what
the writer has to expect.
I am, Yours,
L. HARVIE.
SIR
I NOTE the contents
of your piece of paper before me. My
character for honcity is too well efta
blifhed in the opinion of tv try one with
whom I have been acquainted, to be
in the leaft injured by your affertions.
With refpect to Col. Harvie, l am
lorry Mr. Calender thought his poll
cical character worth his attend >n; and
as to your threats, you may put them
into your pocket.
I am, yovi^t,
H. PACE.
Letvis hlarvity efq.
April Tt^d.
ON T hurfday lad, Mr. Lewis Har
vie, in this olfice, employed the follow
ing words: “ I lhall injiantly put to
“ death anyperfon who attacks the name
“ of-my father.” Hence it refults that
every man, who has a ion to bully for
him, is above truth. We had been
difpofed tc give the young man every
gratification that could be given, con
fidently with facts.
On Friday morning, Mr. Hary.ie lias
repeated his menace of being inflantly
put to death. See the conclufion of the
fecond of the three foregoing letters.
They are here printed in Italicks.
inns Kicnmond is lent back to the
lituation of the aboriginal Indiana,among
whom every difpute run the chance of
being decided by the hardeft club, or
the iharpefl arrow. We had, in the
nrld indance, a mod unfavorable impref
lion of the fpirit of cictatorifin, and of
profcription, exhibited at the capit )i.
But the fluff about being injiantly put to
death exceeds, by ten chouiand degrees,
even our word fufpicions.
An active and worthy magi ft rate ob
iervcJ to us, fome days ago, as his deci
ded opinion, that it was much better to
have no laws at all, than to have laws
which were executed only occasionally.
It figniiies nothing, to fpeak either
oi' the enacting or the repeal of Judiciary
eftabliihmcnts, if perfonal differences
are to be decided by perfunal violence.
This, no doubt, is a valuable specimen
o( political principles ; if indeed, any
realonabie man, of any party, could he
found difpofed to vindicate fuch dange
rous eccentricity.
The laws o( Virginia are fome what
lax with regard to breaches of the peace.
What the law cannot, or will not do
for us, we fhall endeavour to do for our
fclvesj and we fhall not flinch from me
conlequences.