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

sory 90 Congrefs? ItluraIY is not too much to
fay hat th;sw the mott ablurd a6t, which
Vir;nian aflenbly ever committed; and that /
MIR. Madifon, by shis blow, did u,tre laitina |
harm 20 the Commonwealth than 1'areton
and CORVALLIS, and all their t0bacco-buruine ]
bndtti, ever did
DR., ~ alter Jones had himfcIf moh wan
tonly and brutally attacked, in the EN-
aminer, one of the editors Of this paper
Wa: II nander 10 remind this inloient purie-
proud ilbeler that he wrote a letter i'll the
Aurora, wherein he reproaChed 'ohn Adams
with the egant If bis teeth IF Meriwether
tla3 denied the cxittenCe OF this letter, We
ihoulde have reprinted it, But, to be lurc, he
9ot hint from the Doctor TO lei TIE matter
drop,
Was it ilander 70 fhew the manner in
which DIR. Read has been 60 fevcrely and I'M
jnftlY pcriecutcd? And the Arange manner
in which public money had been fquaneiered
or this oCcaion? Was it llanderto ihew that
Pickering is NOT delinquen, in public money
to The cxteu1 of ihillng; and that the ign,-
rant laundering Conngttffs of i;IeFtfati5n
did not know the difference between TIC navy
yard where fhips are built, and TIC dry dock
where thips are TO be laid up Was ali this
Handler? Or was il lander To lav that James
iSayari, CT whom we are rot the mott fan
gu'ne admirers, was If SANDER to Eay that he
might have pocketed eighteen thouiaud dol
lars of public money, and that lie did not do
1t ? Ana VIXEN MiiS Smith attempted 70 at
lack US on this head. did we not beat her into
Silence, atthe very frff ftroke.
his writer afirms that the g popularity
OF Mr.. Jeherton is daily fncrcajfag." IF
every other line Of this paragraph had NOT CON
Teyed d notorious and rampant lie, this lah
&tcrrIon might have excited furprifc. There
sath ieidom exiltcd {uch \ reverie of popuIa-
atty, III 10 very ihort time. as whsr thar OF
sc predent has undergone, within the Taft
TX months. Every attempt at vitIication
makes him blacker and blacEcr. As for the
lit ientcnCe, we never pretended 90 be tic
fEtsrs up, ar .pntffrs aoqVn of gat,s,Hsrs, a;-
5refaenfs. This is one OF the reverieS Of
fones. But, If the gentleman muff have . bit
OF our mind, we make no fcrupie of acknow-
le3ging and aiicrtng chat We have dong more
harm to the political importance Of Mr.. Tefer-
ion within che laif f1's m9af6s than all the rett
q his criticks, Collectively, had occn able TO
Sccoynpiih in Ten ysats. The Circulation of
Gngle paper could nor, 10 he lure, have eff
ieGted this, But orr articles have been quo.
ted by both parties. They have produced
7."io q oLfssvst;on, and CONTROVERSY. This
pi@i!i weekly thee; of I,lrs.r was, as ii were,
she trumpet that founded the charge TO battle.
chat 'ee have been mott ably and inaexibly
supported IS true. We claim little ri,ore than
the merit OF making niefal discoveries, which
Il was the lntescit Of ali parties equavto know.
but even that amounts 70 a great deal. I hank
due TO Shoie who hrh cut out the bioh
road q truth; and leave to their EicceITorq
only ire tal& Of fMoothng II, Without in
jutice it. may be iaid that, in the calnpsigr,
about }eifeIion's character, the Recorder l,.-
Fected She n'oit vulnerable points Of attack
and fhe bodY OF afIailants faihcd in triumph
through the breach