The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-04-10

He forefaw that day ofreckonina might ar,
rive. To fhelter this criminal from pubiit
vengeance, there was brought forward a
1fa6fas Cdrp4F INDEMNITY BEL. On
! June 5th. Dor, the houie of commons s,.ok
up this inhje6t. Upon that location, Nj,
Grey fpoke as follows: .i<
declare to God, that il were called
e upon this moment TO choole between i'm
mediate death, and fufsring three years
OF impriionment in the peftilential yaDouts
!" Of damp and loathiome dungeon, condepl.
c ned to famine, TO diicafc, 10 iuiut, and tn
! " pcrioAai violence; deprived of pen, ink
+" and paper, and prec!udcd from all inter
| " oourle with friends, or the more tender and
" endearing connections OF my family, exccpt
=" IN the view OF ruf!ian turnkoys, and IN
| 4" feeling guards, ! ihould prefer TO be this
" moment Isdto execution. And yes, all this
/" have mary in9iUiduah !lnFcrea, without
" proof OF their gullr 10 this hour. And now,
+" even the coniolihg hope under all thoi;,
tuheringS, that dag of RECKONING and re-
" paration wouid'come, WAS TO he blated, and
|" their oppyafors Unidentified Grou nil re-
:" iponifbiIify,'eit legal meaitres ofre,,aration
" fhoud be vexatiousto them. He afked be.
|" fore, lUas ibis faRice He would ak now
/" was it bc&iey7 Or whether ft,ch trcarn,su,
g was not likely To pervcrt men into conlni-
" rators - The bill OF indemnity saff bo,f,
houfes; and Mr. Pitt,and MS rang Of ai7oriateS.
may now bid defiance 10 enquiries and ~
ijuftice; unleis Brtiih re,ol,,tion l1all pa
rade their heads, upon as many poles, alone
the itreetS of London.
The above particulars have been copied
from the debates Of parliament, as publiihed
before the face Of government. Much has
been fad in this country, conCernina the arr.
city OF contplring again2 5hat political fyfem.
If thote priioners were guilty. of conlrnittinp
the offences charged againit chem, it was tbe
duty OF MIR. Pitt to have brought The,p =,
trial and If they could have been e,.ayic}ed
therc can be no suction that they would have
been arra'gned, condemned, hanged, drawn
and quartered, without DELAY and without
mercy ne extreme length of their ilnpri-
, Comment is the beit evidence OF th5;r inpo-
cence ne act OF Indemnity proves that
the mlniitlr entertained fuloic:ons as To +h,.
iregulati'y o; his condu&t, and the approba-
! ton Of his counirYIlen. The node OF con.
6nement was 70 wautonlv fayaqe that we dh
not with 70 hear the arguments of AMMAN.
who cat have the hardincfs to defend il. In
the courie of the debates upon this Cubic4
it was well obierved that if the confinement
Of thoie perions was requilite for the n,lIic
iafcty, they could at leaf have been fupDlieeI
with decent lodgings, at rhe petry e&oence
| of three or four hundred pounds Hcrling per
annuE. l~
| three years IF im3riisnmsnt in q RiaE;ng
! 57if, leYcn feet iquarc, would form 4 very
tcaionable poificript 10 she hiftory Of the Ba(-
tIle. In the mdf Of fuch doings, it would
! require An uncommon portion of efFronterv
tor anEngl!th writer to prattle about French
! delpot;n,
| Much has been faid as TO the Eneiia
l7adsa5 Carpn5 at. This goes for nothing,
when governing faction can fulpcnd it viii,
imPunity. As little can be truited t. the
privilege Of impeachment, when the iame
| band OF tyraats that have perpctrated volumes
o opPrcaion, can en1rench thenie.yes behind
an act q indemnity. The farce os liberty,
and ne tragedy Of defpotifrn, are thus COM
pietciy rounded. At 5ls tame time, the news
! printers OF London feel painful fy.npa;hv
with the fate of the French nation. groanln.r
under the letters Of the firH conful.
In our next paper, fhisss3ueAon fhalI he
! canval!ed, g0bet6er arbfffary :m5yiIzahaent
s0itb9At (nffeieai eani6, md ultimate a2lfbqrgs
10ItbaRt trial, ba0eAot exiHsa HUdey the ffas-.-
! al government
! In the mean time, we beg leave to remind
! congrefs OF the poor man mentioned by Mr.
Rutledge, Of whom we have already poke.
and who has been imprjf5ncd five years, for \
! debt which he has incurred 20 the United
States.
Mr.. BAYAFD.
Another important occafian Of honeh for