The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1802-12-08
MIR. THOMAS PAINE.
Concluded from our laa.

" accePe any place, or Office, in the go
" vernmenr." The public have no
thing 60 do with all this" | have an
'' e{laoliihr d fame in che literary world."
l4as Mr. Palne buried his ,rumpctcr,
10 thathc finds IL reccliary 70 blow the
horn himiclt p? :" ihall continuc theic
" letters, as | fee occalion" after iuch
iample, tlr, as the present, the world
can, without Impotence, await your
lecture !; " and as % the low party prints
that chute TO ablic NC. they arc wei
come. ihsIl not defend TO aniwcr
g eheEn.( have been too much accutofu-
ed 10 iuch common full' 10 t.,!lc any
&c notice OF thcr1.
Ii is hardto Tee what greater abuie any
printer can give MIR, Fame chan what hs
has himicif bettowed upon one halt, CT
at leaf one third part Of the people OF
this country. HIS important approach
has truck them, it :ccns, with a kind of
kydr9pbs5ia. The Enaddctt OF Dusnc's
'eVcrles, when he ptaEes abouJ MS slsvas-
ri GRAND, is de1rncy and moderation
when compared with iiich matchleis
intolence. Evcn Ajax, lIomer's flyo-
rite model OF arrogance and terocity,
when he IS 10 sccenr the challenge Of
Hector, delivers hsmfclfin ltile which
contracted ( ioI it CANNOT be compared)
with that ofk!r Paine is the itile of
G, n-lenar. If Nj, Paine iancies that
this is the way TO gain PROPHECIES, ne is
& an old man, without the benefit OF
"experience." + Ifhc conceits that his
arrival has truck any party, or any man
wiki terror, Cruit the fpirit of the coun-
try will convince nirn he is niitaker,
Powerful and formidable as Mr.. Paine
IS, he lhould NOT expect thar Ave mill
ons o. people are prepared 70 fall on
chclr knees before him. He ihould
not expect that men. who, in every
thing but abilities are at icaf his equals,
viii be the more dil,polcd TO adopt
his opinion, bcCaute he tells them thar
his approach has feared then, out of
their icnles; bccauie he tells them
that they arc gnafhing their teeth; be
oauie he compares them 70 the mott
fiitcous and horrible obieS IN the whole
range illuminated naeure If you With
10 convince perlon OF the purity OF
syour principles, and the corrcctncls O!
your arg' mcn-s, YOU do not begin by
5~eakiag his nolc, and lipiCting IN his
face. And yet he would regard even
7baf treatment as Felpc6ttul, in compa-
Iilon vita the metaphor, which Mr.
Paine has caft in the faces Of the people
vi America. | do nos exaggcra,c 7 uu
nave his language at fall length There
IS 70 garbl,d or crippled quotation
Mr., Paine h. ; LETT no motive no rcoru,ro
polIbl'icY 70 eyaggerafe the infolrnce OF
tis conduit. And 70 every man, who
docs cot approve If the whole meaiurcs
Of Mr.. Jefrrlon, is to be compared
with a MAD DEC One is ATTAINED to
reprint 5uCh depicabic infu!ts, or to
employ fuch eplthets of adherence, as
they would be found to juRify. As
Ford Jays in the play, &c lHasaia10a Pounds
" we'll BarbG/oh Pounds well; yet they
3" are devils additions. But Cvc-
" KcLD! CgcxoLD CUcEoLD! The
" devil himtelf has not luch nick
" name. his nickname is infinitely
more relPe6tfl than t5ei which Mr..
Paine has beltowcd upon 4 very hume
rous portia Of people g t Leaf as good
as h'm'@K Such is the eb1jw qs6sI of
cur beloved prcGdcnt! lie tends
t"e'ec hundred leagues for an auxiliary
"uref, to tell his advcrtaries thar they
a.c mad aegJ. Al the ~rerched Jeff
'erion newspapers republiGh this prcci-
ons letter and iome ofthcm preface it
nth fhapjodlcs Of admiration.
} he letcr concludes in tacfe words.
IS T he yg1,ryg,,e,,I -. t1t