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

| - "'a piS'~1 sllo poke 10 me. MY aitonlih
| Elent at feeling him was 10 great, that, 70
| tome moments, was incapable of maxim,
hlrn an aniwer. In the language of bis bro
/ Tiers favorite hero, Calr6 [pIIliaus, / coul,
! not help iaying to myfslf Sueiy, fbis men IS =
MURDERER He went on TO tell me that, II
ms 6roTher's abiencc, he was editor of the Tx
aminer; and II was partly upon the ground OF
TINS inSirlae;on, that ioon after took lor1e
freedom, as critic, with the contents of that
newspaper. lna tone Of brutality which har
n,oni7ss w'tr the complexion of his amours, ;
| this man refers the editor Of the Recorder
co che knout. If hear much more of his
no.ie, fhall have him apprehended, as have
cone by two of my late viiitors; OF, e appre-
heniion rs found 70 be itnpraetica5le, | {haIl
procure motion to be made in the next
general aaesnbly for enquiring by whole
BREACH OF DUTY it happens, that he has
been uttered 10 walk ii large. The aGemblv
pays thc falarles Of our public officers, and if
they neglect or defpife the execution of their
buiineis, II is fml time for the public to have
done with 'hen..
Peopis ak Of arifacracyi Was there ever
avller nfeance of its worf pirt than this, tbat
a man who is underfood to have killed aro-
ther, under the mott Objectionable circunl-
frances, ihail De endured TO }pt in the face of
puohc luitice, merely becaule he is the
brother of a popular democratical printers
ms s'ltberty and equality with a vengeance
If doubt bad reited in the public mind, as TO
the real features Of his character, Shelton To-
mes sialt produ6tiou would determine the'n,,int
have afrcady lhewn that there was not even
ihadow Of ground for his alledging thar /
wanted 70 refer 10 MS duel with MIR. Seldom
MY readers are mot eafneitly requeited to
iook az TIE patiage over and over again; and
II they can be convinced that The charge is
lutts THEN, let my name be enrolled as TIE
5SaG qrertsrs Of i1famy. But they VIII per
celVe that there IS she fn,al<it twinkling of
probability that the two brothers thern{elves
believed in the juitice Of their own accufation.
Such being the cafe, it follows that the duel
was 70 Ae brought forward, at all rates, as an evi-
dence o. family proves, and as gratifcati-
sa 9t faniiy pride My fellow citizens again,
| reouett, +! conjure you by all that is held
iacred IN this world, or, in the next one, 70
Paute upon The whole paragraph; and if / /!
tta!ld convicted by your judgement of having !
itacted tSch an aiiufon, then, III II % name,
let sIlcs become the focus for concentrating
your contempt! BLAST NE TO ALL ETER- |
NIFTY
Shelton Jones had charged me with venaity. |
His pEaois were demanded. Here they fol- !
low
As to the writer's venaIity, and his tqyeI1s
g ar fifteen tsdsrai Gu6jfribers, received from
g ieverai hands, among others from Mr..
& Henry Banks, that one of his cifays con-
& corning the pot Office, gained him about
& t5at a4,7bsr Of fubfcribers, on tba. tide of
g the political qucftion''
There have been three pieces inherited in
the Recorder concerning the pot Office. The
object Of each of them is TO expo!e the liberal
and fniyeiIing conduit OF Granger. The hrR
of them vas publihed in the Recorder Of
March 5th. 1t complained, with iorne vio-
ience, Of Changers wanting to proIong do
meitic divilions The federal party were
mentioned with ciyiity and reipe6t Mr. |
Jones ffYrinted this Yifcs En- In the very
next Number, however, it was vihble that ne
repented Of what he had done Somebody
had told hin, that the piece W as ironical; ans
that il aProached too clofely to the curtain Of !
the de5ocratical SaH&fnm (aEllorun5. le WIS
ncceiiTy, therefore, to make frefh protefa- !
ton about ehe purity Of his democratien prin-
cpics. He did 70.
rs &C Mr. Banks, that gentleman called al .
this of1e, latt ThuFiday morning, iuh after .
he Examiner appeared. He afured me that /
ne had reyer iaid what was imputed to him BY |
5kelton Jones. He had told both tones and
ny(clf that fome one ofthefe poft Office pieces
would be lure Of bringing number Of fub- .
icriber3. But ne never meant to fav that
twelve or fifteen fede7-Gi names had been rot;
for, at:he time when he fpoke thus, that piece /
in the Recorder had been only iuR publihed /
BY what Mr. Banks laid to Tones, he had no;
more 1efign Of injsring my character than |
have, At this moment, Of wronging his. I !
have seeu acquainted with MIR. Banks for
about three years He is moderate, a well
nformel, and a confident federaliff.
The )sVeyaI sf6fr Petj9a5 is a mere exple- J
tive exgreaion. Who we're tho{e perfonE, OF