The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-05-05
TO THE PUBTIC
LETTER III.

hat
nothing had been iaid in the Recorder - 80
0"'o DC tortured INTO reference 20 tie duej
9 u. MT. Seldom, and Shelton Iones.
nc paragraph has been reprinted ar full
iengoa, from which this mott a6furd ami
gr0unoleiS incubation was pretended to be
orawn' 1t is evident, at the fri glance, that
iio,ning IKE inchan allufon could be traced
IN the whole patlage collectively, no. in any
nFanch OF A. You might as well iearch tor
me MAC fingal Of rumbai in the Fingal Of
oman; or,tor the teven Champions of ChriC-
tcndorn n Symptoms Euclid
1t was at firft propofed to take an oath be-
fore nagitrate with regard TO the sbfo.
lutte innocence of the publiihers of this psner.
as to the fa6e charged againA them. Bur >
judicial oath IS always tranfa6tion of fone
weight, not Only with man that is RELIGIONS.
out indeed with any man that is toIerablv &, !.
rious, Upon farther confederation, alf;,. =
was mott firmly believed that the cbaroe i
feit was totally incredible; that . judicial
oath would only tend to give the tale an
air of Importance and finally, that the
brothers themielves, in advancing this i'm.
putatfen, acted in defiance Of their own
judgement and convitti6h
he real canfe of fuch tempef of ovtrar.
appears to haye.been fhortly this. The Nh
tcuber had embarked, about three months
ilncc, IN the conduct Of Richmond newsDa-
per His principles were known 10 Be nor
merely republican,, but to be OF that fort
whichinviteS and challenges tyranny to infi,q
It's utnoit, without finching for a moment
ftom the ground that had been taken On
this account, it was to be fuppoled that news
paper under the direction of fuch a perran.
would, IN the courie of time acquire con-
iiderable fale, and receive Reasonable fhareof
the confidence of Republicans The editor
was man to whom the caufe was corfeGsd-
ly indebtedfor fome part of it's flccels in this
itate. Chancellor yYythe, Governor Mon
roe, Mr.. JefFerfon, MIR. Madifon, and long
train of other diitineuiihed and tried char.c-
ters, had been pronpe in acknowledging the
importance of his lervices. Two &c thc zen
Gemen juit named had paid him wins inI
Richmond Jail. But, Ia above ali, The mark
ed kindneis of THE GOVERNOR fhaii never,
be GRATED from his memory. More upon
tins iuhle6t might be faid; but perhaps ii
would be felt as improper, and indclicatc
Mr. Jones, It would fscul, apprehended
lone danger OF rva.lhip from 5ystber near
the tbr0ne. Such a rivalillp might have pro
duced inconvenient effects. Richmond, and
rs range of fublcription, cannot afford much
encouragement for more than three newspa-
pcrs. he Examiner has twelve hundred
fnbicribess, with an immenfe body Of adyer-
Elements. After making, an extenfive de-
du6tion for outitanding debts, that paper mutt
be worth fur tbQnjand 2gi!Grs per annum.
! his fact may po}fbiy be denied. The
particulars are capable of concentration; as
well as that the Office Of public printer iA0es
IN inecure Of about three tbon{and dollars
per annum.* Upon the extent of Mr. tones 5
income, no lcoond perfon has, in ordinary cafes,
claim to criticize. Candour would likewile
overlook iolitary hyitercal paragraph, which
bad been wrote, perhaps, on rainy day,
But, when affected pOUsrfy has been bauied
forward, as a Pretence for demanding the mott
undelcrved compalIion, the world has tide
to examine the iufice of the complaint
When bypocritical ycipiEg about trrjscnsioHi
is RATED with a view to the defamation and,
the rain OF two honeG men, they rnuG be-
pardoned for pulling this impohor from MS,
lurking place, and for holding him up 10 thel
tcorn of mankind, in all BIS dupiicity, and mi
all his dirt.
The means Of accomplishing this gcncrousI
confpiracy for the extinction Of the Recorded
was to repre(cnt the lubicribcr, as a trimmcr,I
ralcal, and coward; for that is the realI
object ard cilencc OF tboic four columns AS
for any thing which thefe people can fay con-
corning my political character, my trimmings.
my treachery to the cauie Of freedom, the
brothers are welcome, for me, TO blow the
trumpet Of nander from he thirty two points
of the compass to the farthcf extremities of
terreari2l fpace.
ihal, in this part Of M defence, begin
with few words to SECTION Jones; and after
diipatching him, 1lali proceed with his en-
NOTE.
81 mali cioe ny life with as much tran
@ ruilitv as NV declining health vii permit.