The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-09-29
From tie FREDERICK I OWN HnRALp
Sept. 10, 9o2.

~ 't'0 if>EDERlCh- OWN TIERALD
SUCH IS tee memoir, which CaIlende
told OF Mr.. Jeferlon fortnight ago
we could not think Of oppoGne an,
longer the curiofity of our readers {,
have peep at what feems licenied b,
Its general re publication in the fedora
papers, and by the lilenr confenion 0
the democratic prints. In Mr.. Tef
ierion's meflage to the Iaft conarers
The multiplication Of the human
race" was the burden Of his fong; and
according TO Calendars account, tn.
great man has lived up 10 his own be.
nevolent precept. Some good fort o
folks will be IN amaze ar this, and ner.
haps inclined to doubr the truth Of tn.
anecdote and indeed at frff fight it doe,
appear fomewhat odd, that e the iolemn
the grave, and the didaetic', MIR. Fef
tetion, philolopher and meta 1hYliciar
whom the world might take to BE
s. a man vho(e blood
Is very tnow- broth one who never feels
! nc wanton ttiags ana motions of the lrnie:
ssat d1ta rebate and bluus his na.ura! el.e
With profits Of tue mind, dudy and fsa.,
chat iuch man flould have lived in che
haoltual violation of the fcvsnth com
mandmehr with one of his own {layes
bnr rhe new lights in philofophy have
PROBABLY ihewn to the iarisfattion OF
Mr. Jefterion's confidence, that every
Tettraint on the g exertion OF the ener.
gles initiates againt g general utility, I,
"a aaasascats # 1 siclnal of the Iact. ;rs
communion will rather be juftifed by
MS oFlciai primer, the punefilious Mr.,
smith, the ftarched and oracular Editor
OF the National lntelligencer. This
being af1unled, We have been led bv =
lnllchievous freak Of fancy 10 confj1jt a
Pahagge in Mr.. Jeferlon's g Notes on
Virginia" upon the iubie6t ofnegroes;
rom which, afiociated with the aGa;r
before Us, much matter OF entertainment,
may be now collected. From page ~
. ~ OF Mr.. JeGerlon's book. the
following quotations are extraEted
treating Of the inferiority of the black.
10 the whites, and the difference br-
tween them, he iays:
g he frlt difference which Hr;ke.
Us Is thar Of colour. Whether the bIack
OF The negro relides in the rericula,
membrane between the kin and tbe
fcarf-ikln, or the fcarf- kin itfelf; whe-
tfleT 1t proceeds from the colour Of The
blood, the colour of the bile, or from
that Of ion1e other iecretion, the DIFF
terence IS fixed in nature, and is as real
as II the ieat and caufe were better known
20 us. And is this difference OF M
importance /? Is it not the foundation Il
a greater Or IelS fhare cf beaury in tbr
TWO races Are not the fine mixtures Of
req and white, the expregions Of every
Paiiion by greater or leS fufiidons o.
colour in the one preferable 70 tha,
eternal monorony, which reigns in tbe
Gountenance, thar immoveable veil Of
PACK which covers all the emotions Of
the other race? Add to theie, 8owjno
hs'r, a more elegant symmetry Of fern
foet' 0leaJHSgnegt IN fag0ur qffBe .0bitsf'
e'sll9rea I) tier prefsfeace Of ibem a,
- - S|S P'SeIeHfe ~ ne CTn e.
"oof@I fd1 tie hIeek qoomon ogey 1k0z
q '@Sir eqoH lPseieS. They have lcfs hair
on 13e face and body they fecrerc lefs
~ enc kldnies, and more By the Glands
% the i<in, gObic6 givss i5em a .cy,
-/sf3ng 9ae aLfagreea5le cd1sr. TBs, oyl
'"2'F 0r9shs .ffer HER fsmaie: 5ae iovs
lSeSa5 F9tf6 Lbeda u he 1o1s M saeey deyl,e
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