The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1802-12-22

n!m, i1>y bad, at that time, blusgeon ia
ms hand. The readers Ct this papsr have fe,,o
the publication. L was temperate and eaarti-
ed. It was aE conception, that &c naaa,
( beg ths readers pardon fos o,tgra4ing this
relpectSuls appe'lation) the mar, I lav, had a
Ve:y prompt cpportunitp Of exhibiting his
courage ard of exerting his vangee2co. The
daitayd Fntaked of, beoauie he Jaw thai was
feadyto meet him, face TO face. He watched,
as II ieens, for eight days, ill he had lefure
ttos'vc NE, q 5!0gv behind s4y 5aek I he well
snew, that FACE to face did not value BIN
lnIii'ng ne, therefore, came behind uly back.
~ re itFuck me through itrone coarte hat
through thae hat, he cut my forehead There
can De no doubt but thar George Haydefgn-
cd to commit murder. The potroor was
aware, thar it was beyond his power to CON
tradict the detail whIoh has been printed CON
cerning him in laiE weeks paper {ie fears,
alIo, thai an in potlefiiou of tic iaof in
aniwsr@,e'e, OF che mof blaiting, of he mott
darnnatcfy documents concerning his behavi
oar IN Or Reads hufneis. Tie .retched,
tAeoretFcai, and aluloft practical, afaAip, con-
celted, that, By Knocking out nv brains, he
wonid o&tlngulth tbs fource of illforr1taion
re has anott crippled my left hand. George
hay Dad the rneahneis TO aim his hudgeon at
2 hngeh which, two days ago, had been ACCT
dcnfaiiy cat 1 he democratic bludgeon was
AIMED at lame nnger, and the citizens of
!r9'nia are extremely welcome 10 repofe
Whatever confidence they may think proper
IN TINS pTertoaS m&f!6cS oftbs sxfcnti5s loascil.
ne citizens OF Virginia will contemplate,
Wlth peculiar complaccnCY, this admirable
ipecUnln OF democratic brutality. One for
al, ny ouc2tlonaily cen6irng republican cha
rottcr we do not win to injure, IN the In}.I-
leg Degree. the prcdomnancy OF republican
principles. Notwithitanaing the dictionaries
OF lal'ehood that have been psbliihed againR
ihe writer OF this paragraph, he has Gever
trimmed, or equ'Yocated, FOR moment
he Perion who attacked the writer OF
ta'a paragraph, was cholen, Ian week, 5y
Ms Aiienbly,a as member of the executive
council 1t is peculiar feature ia the DOL
tlcal character, or at leaf in the police ria
ra6ter Of the commonwealth Of Virginia, chat
nan may get himie)f hanged for almof anv
ctiine but thar OF murder. BY the inetima-
Die contribution OF this fate, rerfo1 may
Cut the threats of his father and mother. lie
may procure a perlonal pardon from the 90
vernon, IN court OF iufice; he may srodgce
this pardon; and, liz confequence OF she nar-
don, he may laugh, as Skelton Jones at ofe-
tent laughs, at the very name and cyihe2ce
OF Vlrginlan jurifpruderce.
If the citizens cf Richmond; If rbe f;,b-
icribers to the Recorder; If the citizens Of rEe
United States, are entirely. convinced thai
the truth, or talfehood OF paragraph, are 70
be decided by the bIudgeon; if thew are con-
WINGED, that all forts Of pcrlonai and politicsl
frta!s are but farce, we ihould BE clad 20
afk tbcrb as long Is reaion can be fIpso5ed
20 ne III the queftion, whether fuch COM
mon biackguard, whether fuch PRrMrpI-
I A"Ec aiai!in, as George Hay, was proner
to a21s been feletted BY the yJe8;gj5n MAORI
y of the AGemby, as a n,en7ber Of fhs exe.
cutlVe council.
~ pl7in EngliA, the democrats are is en-
ufe1y dhPoicd TO tyFannize, and to tranple.
rs their federal prsdecchors were before
then'. ne writer Of this article is cxtrerne
~ ready to acknowledge, that he was com
P.stsiY deceived, IN his conception q the prju
GiPieS OF that party, lis .fkull, cut 10 the
Done, MS eyes almoft extingpilhed ia AN ef
it'ilo1 OF blood ; his left arm, whefeon cur
nhscf was attempted to be mutilated; ali
tneie catualtlcs announce what fort Of trest.
Hent ne was to nave expected from The re-
PaoiicAn party. George Hay was afraid
fnai had the mott irnprcfTve, the moiiioe.,oz
ia0ls. tie NOT e&tinguif1ng fadts, concern
l'g ms Protefflonaf Character. lie wefl kncw
that Mr., Wiekham had repeatedly, and in The
face OF he whole court, compelled him 70
acknowledge his extreme unacqaaintsnce
with the lays and cCuagcs of chancer1
George Hay, as an hohcit man, and IS 4 nr6.
tea'onal character, foall be completov over
haaied N the ProgreGion of Ibis paDr,
George Ray was aware Of all this, But, IN
fead OF acting fertility, and ofmakinpa b4G
about tbe matter he wanted to determine i
by budgcon. At the fame tir1e, he ve+y
well knew, as fofne Of his prcdecefors u
Challenges and dcfiances Id knn,.,. -