The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-07-28

AASitSu Oh lin SDoel.
In latt Wednesdays paper, a dehre was
fgnlhed ofdropping the diipute with Jones
This has produced,in laf Fridays Examiner,
g long aniwer from the two brothers. The
advanced guard is conducted by Meriwother
himtclf. lnltcad OF remarking upon his won't
ed elegance OF ityle, we nlaIl ak him a hort
que1lon In the winter CT December, 1900,
Jones printed for the aheulbly, a fnall pat11pf-
let, IL defence of their oppohtion to the alien
and tedition ac2S- he executive council
paid him fIfefN b9ndred dollars for the lob.
Wcafk Jones whether it was true, that Tho
mas Nicholfon offered TO do the WORK for
tbrcs Kindred? We dare him TO fay, whether
he thinks that three hundred dollars were not
al ample compensation, 1T the common price
of printand paper? Weak him, whether fuch
an executive council are worthy TO be trufted
with public money, and whether ne thinks
that the aiieunbly put them into their places,
IN order that public money might be 10 /SaHda-
fouf?Y TOa/fed When the curtain of corrup-
ton has been once torn aiunder, as, by Gods
bleiiing, the Recorder fhall tear it, we ak hin,
whether he faRcies that the nextahembly will
iufFer, o. VIII dare to iuffer, the farther pre-
greis of iuch felonious depredatons on the
treaiury: VIII the afeubly continue to give
BIN THREE THOUSAND DOLLAR per amin,
over and above the common rates Of print
er! Or, If they could be bafe enough to ven
ture upon tuch proRigacy, with what face
would they go home TO meet their conititu-
etIts We af. Jones, whether he GaYpofes
that the next aiIenlbly has chance of con-
tanning FIVE members that will fuppors fuch
1inecurei No 10 They are a quite differ
cnt kind of men. They have both more fcnfe,
and more honeity.
We proceed 10 Shelton Jones. He charges
Calender with having run from BIS bail IN
8e3tlaaa il q meF Algracetul manner He
quotes, as I'D authority, N1argarot's trial,
which began upon January 18th, ninety-fon
Calender landed atPhiladelphia in May, 1903.
hemeeting, Of which, Margaret was a mem
Der; and for which fast be was tried, COM
Enenced at Edinburgh, in October of that
year. In p. 90, of the trial, It appears, that a
Citizen CgiEenday had made motion III this
meeting, upon the 18th of November, 1903,
IN 31ne 1903, tie writer of this article was
afilting Mr.. Dunlap of Philadelphia, in con-
du6ting the American Daily AdvertEer, and
ne was, at the fame time, compiling, for Ma
thew Carey, part OF his American edition
ofGuthrie's Grammar. In December, 7o3,
be was taking debates in congrets for Browns
Philadelphia Gazette.
In Summer, 1903, MIR. Tcnch Coke Dor
rowcd from Calender, the Political P1agreE
of Britain. He aA,ed leave to lend it to MIR.
Jeferfon, then fecretary Of fate, and refding
in Philadelphia. The piece was lent and re-
turned with & complimentary card Mr.. JEFF
ferlon therein afkcd WHY the zOork 1vas noi
rsptinted in Ameriea? lie added that b.
agoGR glad5i become a purcbajtr,a, it confaiH-
ed TIE mgf qlfohiAiag c0Hceufret IN of boliti-
cal 0baies, he bad eVsr bsa,a Of. In the
preface to the American editions, this cafc
has been quoted, as an apology for the repub-
LEGATION. The pcrfon mentioned in the
scots trial was oRe Alexander Calendar
Ontbis fubje6f, Shelton cannot plead 70
norance. The matter was explained in thc
Examiner Of April nth, 1900 It is iuR Xix,
the markfnan's denial ofbii baUiHg bsen adj
r'erhjed, which denial has fince been dsnied by
his Wouby brother
he is Witsr than rs Who can eue6 what
point Skelton has to gain by rubbing into the
Jaws of(uch degrading detection. II BE- en-
giIed II a aaHcieas fa8fb2od, is, in all other
parts OF che world, regarded Is the depth Of
Of infaUy. Richmond forms not an excep-
ton to the common rule.