The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1802-11-17


which leads them 70 believe thar th,v are {. m
letters tap and putterS down of governors f,,
/ Virginia, and prefiden,s for America"
ANSWER TO THE ABoYE.
THE multitude OF editors OF ali D ,rties. yyh :,
have declared var againitthis paper is 70 end
lcis, 5hat We find it in vain 60 atfenof =,
Aniwer 10 each of them. 1T the fame time
the frequency and violence of their attac.
evinces very clearly that our ftrokcs are full,
felt.
To the lift of combatanes who have entered
inc fleid againft US, FhuridayNoy. 4, has adj :
ded the Pefsr6urg republican. rhis was
one OF the quarters from which PROCLAIM
son OF war would Leaf have t,ccn cxpacteJ.
Ii Is bat few weeks ago, fince Mr.. Field
announced his retolution 70 pubiiih news
paper ndependent of either patty. We were
'oFry TO lee, iometme after, BY an advertiie
h'cnt from hlTictf, that be had been compelled
20 alter his ceioiution. We arc tat;sf;ed tia,
im'ar motives OF conpulton produced tn.
Aamiltion into his paper of tho above para.
| graph.
As for the charge Of ypYeyigy, againt gen,
teral Mzrihal, the friends Of Mr.. JeFerlon
before they advance farther in that Inc o.
march, will do we'll 10 Compare his inauy,,ra
ipeeoh wIeb bis two letters from Moaticcuo
| that were printed in ti,s paeer. We are nex,
! .oio 'hSt me Recorder IS not employed e ir
moving the tutility OF any meaGsre of IN.
admln'itration" The wriCcc Of this niece
might as well have affirmed that this paD,..
IS printed without the afliitance of an aIDba-
net. Every number OF the Recorder contains
ms retutstion. We appeal, upu this point.
TO our thirsy three fubtcribers in Pescriburo :.
an extent OF circulation which is rot much e2-
ceeded by that of rho Republican isielf. In the
fame place. = '''~
We are next told thar &c the editors are never
I" even engaged in the attempt'' ITO VIZ
OF attacking the msajursy Of tac preiert adj
mnittFation.l SANDER is their conaa1t
" theme When the writer of dis nice
contults MS dictionary, be VIII fad thar RI
word implies Ja2ffbooa, ara he viii find that
this paper has very fe A1tf wa'it.cred int. even
y trlRing unrriith- When this has happened,
we are always the hrlt 70 acknowledges and
correct our errors. ;On rhe oshsy hand, we have
EcxPoted iwarnl Of the mia4kes OF our
brethren, of which they never had the fnrti-
tudc 70 confcls the Juice.
6iHnde! The cItzeus ofVirg;nia, As well
as OF other faces, lluit indeed be serv mach
corrupted, if they can endure themfelyes e..
encourage paper, whereof nander is the cor,
lfaAt thsnle. Bur pray, Sir, IS il aander 20
fay that his excslieacy, che oracle ct Amelia,
rs perju9td man, Whan evidence has been
produced, and when, month after month. ne
pockets the charge in liience? Would Ciiles
Dear all this. If he could have made better
lot Il : And wouldit rot have been the low Ell
abyis OF tntany, if Virginia had accepted as
ncE governor, Il nal loaded with the ri DE and
nnaniwerabie charge of coxardice, ilgrati-
tude and falfehood
Again. Was it iandcr to inform the citi-
zens Of ehls fate that their money has beer,
cgregiou!iy waite thst the penitenriary is one,
bubble, and that the arnloTy is another? Does
rot the voice of the continuity rebound our
abortion! AS for the penitentiary, would nor
the money nave been mach better expended
IN building a few we'll contributed county
pTtons, for the confinement of debtors and
OF criminals Was there ever, upon the fac,.
of this earth, fet Of buildings, "a notorioufy,
! 60 pyoYerbialy* incompetent to the fiilhln,e I
/ of the purpolcs for which they were built, rs
the pritons Of Virginia. / haa # Peterfburg.
not 20 go farther, IS 5;Ggracc to the com
menwcalth III Summer 1907, boy died il
it, who had beer inprioncd for theft; anc
the current belief was that he died oe the henci
which imPrcgnarcS this wretched hole Wher,
would have been the mighty harm, if tfrc fat.
had been without peuitentiary, and ha
continued TO hang houfe breakers and hort
itealers for twenty ycaes longer
Was itGandcr TO lay that the pub
ter is overpaid by three, four ard Eve nun
per cent? Has not the man himiclf con dr-
as much Ard DC not tbe public accompt
confirm what this paper, and this paper alone
I dared to cate upon that head Is not tn
commonwealth infinitely obliged to editvr
VINO give fuoh ulef,ll Information in deianc
OF numerous, inyIaeable and powerful ene