The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-08-11


laid 5hat, in rhe Gr.t r"ciye years OF tho
FEDERAL government, fifteen hundred thouCand
dollars had been add Id 10 the public debt
BAT il viii be remembered tina. theic were
nst years CT ptacc, but Of a'motf perpetual
Trar. The war with the North Wcfcrn
tribes broke out in 1890, and peace was not
agned until Auguit Sd, 1875. his conteft
lated for five years. It coz Ave or FIX mill
lions. The United State, bougbt j peace
from the Iayagcs, by giving twenty thouiand
dollars worth of goods in hands and By
Piedging themieivcS 70 pay nine thouiand i've
hundred dollars worth Of goojs per annu7a, for
ever. Il is long finec the Algerine bufneis
had cor feyentcen hundred thoufand dollars
as has already bc+u proved in this paper
Preparations for French war colt feycral
millions of dollars. The Weitern expedition
colt thirteen hundred thouand dollars, 0, fofne
iuch fun; and the bot water lniurietlion of
Northampton, e ghty ihouiand. The French
and Britiih piracies deprived this country
of many millions of impoh, that would other
wife have been poured in the federal trcafury.
TWELVE YEARS OF PEACE Smith might
as we'll have faid that we bad twelve years of
inceGant rain, or twelve years Of thunder and
lightning, or twelve years q az carthqa2ici
I his ngle affirmation, this aullcious, this
more than common taIl=hood, mutt, of iticlf,
be iu7hcieut, with every man OF cauiour T.
aicerrain the genuine character of the Ma
tionaS InteiHgencer, thac flvorice organ Of
prelidertiai inPoGure.
FACT sEcoND. This writer has groiIly
caneradi0ed h;.nfelf II his paragraph, Cit
-sn Stu5J1rn FaE:s tells VS. that the national
debt has been djnirifhed by Ire ium OF two
millions two hu1dred and fjz.y thouiand DOL
lars. Bu., IN MS concailon, the Reduction
is r,ounted w. to aczrL three millions; when,
D. his own account, there IS q deficiency of
/tU.n buadrsd orI fsrr2 t55egaaa dsiley5
Whenever Samuel Smith can prove that tojsa-
ty-t5Uo and an hdlf z,sab2 NEARLy tbiriy, thsr,
and not till then, fil4i. we believe th-t he is
an editor Of Independence and veractr-
fAcT THIRD. # Mr.. Jeterton has paid
of two or three millions Of dollars of public
dcbc, he did 70 win me money, which the
byecc4inq aa1ririfrat!ea lad rsA,5fsa IN The
rveaIury To afcrihe the merit or this DIFF
charge to bin, is init as It were % corIoand
~ apsr, who difcevercdL cgarithns, or Coium-
bias, who diicogcrcd America, with the ma
.hefnaticiau, OF the mariner, who, If this lav,
makes u(c OF their dtcoveries. If Adams had
not faved that money Jeferfon could nor
nave paid it of.
Men of Virginia You have been too
much accui}oned to hear only one iide of
uucitjon We are not launching into an
Wholesale defence Of John Adams; nora peII
.ncll reprooation OF }etfeston. We barely ccN
YOU truths, which TO receive credit, &c 4Iire
only to be repeated. Il was not the y. f. 8nd
TrAgalmealures Of Iefferion,wFich put il in his
power todi{chatgc this dcbs. The taxes, ana
the loan Of FIVE millions, had filled the rseaiu-
~.
FACT FouRTg. As 10 the repeal Of aH
24;9ur internal taxati9a, the famp duty ana
excite were bad enough. We are extremely
glad that they have been repealed. But IS for
the repeal Of great part of miiLi0n Of 3o(ay5
of taxes Mr. Ttfferton ihould have rounded the
rYitert by repeating the national debs; to
which mis- Britiih convention has ADDED tha
oetty FUN Of SIX HUNDRED THcua.Sn
PoUNDs STIRLING.
How IS the principal Of shc pubic aebt to
be difcharged when you have repealed taof-
very taxes which we're found nccefuY ior
,avinq the inieyeF Of il? No wildeu.s OF
words can drown the voice Of this dire; d,-
peal to common fenc. Smith ays tba., -
.v.lye years of pcace, only fifteen huaIei
Oh auiand dollars Of debt were paid off l.
the.e Rad really been years Of peace, as mott
sG1.gdjy ehey were nat, then i would hav-
3esl lud 70 much the worie for Smith argue
a3auts. If twelve wears Of peace, and OF taxes,
which were continuity growing more heavy
il ali theie could dnchMge onlyEfceH knHdre1
sagzE.gd aoH7y5, cen any BODY beiic7. that
the remainder, ihat SEVENTY E1GHT NIL
LIONS. vcre ever 70 be cleared Off or TIM.
.hIee millions sud be 5Uahargcd by tie -" f.
5om and economy Of q GngH year! he
thng IS ablard
We are rugprfsd chat the flock holders DO
rot ss<e notice Of the repeal; and adopt Tome
~ flfvs t7-3{r,rys 10 check its conferences.