The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-05-26
Fer &C TIE Rttaydsr."
Mr.. ALBERT GALLATIN.

(ongrciS, he food IN the very fronS rank
OF oppoiition, to every thing which was pro
poied or advocated BY the friends OF admlnii-
,ration; Itwas by this means that he obtained
a name and an influence among the party
which now prevails. His conttant iong was
ECONOMY economy 1t was with this view,
that he oppoicd the law which allowed 5000
dollars per annum initcad of $500 TO the ie-
cretary Of the treafury. No arguments no
reafons,were liitened TO- His noie,hiS Glamour
were inceGant. great rev olution has Gnce
taken place, and Alr. Gallatin himielf has be-
come iecrerary of the treaiury, This being
the cafe, it might be expected that this political
eeonomF,- this vi,taou patriot this fr end
g' the Pfopie--tbis republican soitbout taph,
would have rcfufed to accept of more, for his
lervice,th what he had inGtedswas iufhcicnr
for his predeceiIors.
But how will his eulogihs and admirers be
COMPOUNDED, how will his cloven foot be diff
covered, when all the world perceives, that
they think it right to give, and, that be thinks
it right to receive the falary,which he thought
too much for his predeceflors And will not
all the world be aRonilhed at his ehrontery,
when il IS remembered that the oppoiltion TO
this very meafure was among the mgf popular
feathers Of bis political cap
How clearly docs 1t appear that the reaions
aiiedged by this man to depreoiate his prede-
cetiors, did nor proceed from conviction that
they were correct; but that they would lerve
his own purpofes They bays done TO-
1t is irss1ofiible to conceive, how Mr.. JEFF
terton can tolerate or countenance iuch bare
faced and matchlefs contraiiG tions in the fame
man? Or, how he can permit him to come into
his preiences
The truth of the foregoing hatement no
one who has either eyes, ears, or memory,
can doubt; nor can II be denied that the OPP
polite characters which Mir. Gallatin has ilf-
tanned prove that he has dcesi0ed The pfe3A,
and therefore, that he deiSr0es not their can
fdsnce.--
What will Mr.. Samuel H. Smith, the felf-
created ccnior, fay TO this : He, who has 10
boldly and 70 nobly pulhed hipief into the
polt of honor, who has promifed to dstsd and
exP0je taifebQod, and to inf5rm the ign0rantf
If he ihall offer a reply, it will be nnaVailiag,
unlefs it fhall be fupported by iomething more
than temperance and aeeorum. Mr.. Smith
will be under the .necefity of arning himfelf
wifh that all powerful weapon called TRUTH
ON Monday, the roth current, the editors
of the Recorder found it neceilary to attend
the City Court. Lewis Harvie was TO APP
pear upon that day, and if the magittrates
thought it proper, he was to find bail for his
good behaviour. Vid. the Recorder of the sth
current. In coniequence of threats about
6renking Of b9He5, and Infant aeatb, he and
another young man had been appreherded.
The periou who ufed the forr1aer eHprc0ion
ient a meliage announcing that ne was forty
for what had happened; that as young man
utt entering into life, he did not with TO be
brought before Court; and 1hat, if his word
could be taken for his peaceable behaviour,
he WIS ready tC give it. An aniwer was
Initantly returned that hIs 4Uord Paul. be ia
ken; and farther, that no account of his name,
or of his Witt, ihould appear in this paper. In
tact, nothing but peace was wanted; for what
credit or profit is a printer to look for by
lquabbling with light headed boys At the
fame time, however, it was neceliarY to bfgin,
where it was our refolution TO end. In a
word, it Yas our duty to thew all cinbbiRy,
all bRggiHf5, and nlarkmsn, thar threats of
penonal violence did not preient the lhorIeff
method for making an inprefIion upon the
file Of this paper.
The miibehayiour Of this lad, Harvc, had
been highly aggravated. He not only threat
ened i1fant dealt, but in letter, which has
already been printed, he repeated his menace
upon the following day, after be might have
found lei(ure to hear bis fathers advice, and
tobecome aihamed of his condu8, He had,
aiio, upon flbfequcnt day, come down the
fret accompanied by two other Democy0fy,
with profefed purpofe Of paying us vlit;
and, it was in Confcqucnoe Of this parade,
which attracted the notice of feveral people
upon the freer, that he, and one Of his com
Panlons, were taken up. We had been IN
formed, sllo, of WBar thcrc was fnce found
reaton to believe,rhat he is ba0H fde,in the ut
mott want Of perfonal dfcretion5 and that, if