The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1802-11-03
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All rbcfc matters are 70 very plain in !
themfeivcs, and 10 well knowa 20 every
body, rhac this littie piece cara hardly !
fill OF t,eing ,ireiome. But what can
We 90 ; When you refuie 70 apply
tho'e principles to the adventurers in
the politiia al world, when like the Jews
OF old, you arc determined, in {pite of
your own ludgelnens and conviction, 70
Gait idols, and then to cry out, tbsis be
fbT gedS, @ lGnerica the only thing
which Can he done is TO call your attcn~
ion back to the common principles of
private life; as the boy, who blunders
IN Florts, or the Rule Of Three, mutt
DC remirted TO CorllenGs, and .he Mul-
tiphcation Table.
i-yrurgus was afked bY 4 friend, why
be did nor make Sparta a dtYgocracy ? Go
bomc md t,Y Il III YOUR own FAMILY,
was the anfwcr. shc {errirncnt was
corret. Go home, and prefent your
relations with iuch f,-eacie d romplfmsnt,e
as we have Teen offered to IN American
pref1denr, and 10 fifty other public cha
ra6ccrs. Your family will very ioon
be IN an uproar, and i!mfrate, With en-
phailS, the ldfnonrion OF t.vc,;re;fs.
Why does : man acr right L IS be
eaufe he IS afrsid OF aching wrong. And
It you ter him that he never can do 70,
you deltroy isif- ciiitrut, thar eouipon-
derancc oflr'atl, which is 70 the man.
what ballait is Co the veiTcl.
But lfyour family, or YOUR li.tlc knot
OF companions, would be eliipoicd TO
cake advantage OF your weaknefs, thc
man holding high and Important Office
IS always much more ditpofcd 20 do Ia.
In = mans own family, he mu:t he very
unfortunate, or very worthless, il there
IS nat one pcrloa in his houle. VIM likes
him finccrcly, one with whom his heart
can divide Its pleahncs, ana its iorrows.
Your acqnaintances, alto, feel thcmiclqes
very much upon your own level; and
pFu icrce, as wel IS k.nanciS, viii pro-
ducc 4 degree Of cifcumfpeGtion. Blu.
THE 6nile II Il c04afier has been proverbial
for centuries. ! he ftatesmau is acoii,
felilh. iniolared being, who but teleloln
has any lynpathieS in uni!on with yours.
10 borrow the bou,bait of Duane, he
ftands, or AZ leaf nc willc5 70 itand upon
groaHa toe sie0aisd fary6sr approach. II
The reiult is that they are The very
laft Kind Ct peoPle who dcfcrvc, what
they are ali perpetuaily demanding, f5e
hrl'@"tsd c0afdencs Of Their soani,yu.n.
Ihar nobody may confider thctc re-
marks as written 10 ierve temporary
farn, attention IS rcqueIted TO rhe fol-
lowing extract from book rhat was
wrote and printed, fome years ago, III
The very rnidlt Of hurricane of poll
teal violence,
&c We have Gill rhe lives Of fifty an
81 cient generals and itateincn, as con-,
''poied by plutarch. OF theie, at leaft
81 forty afford q faithful refecrion of the
{" Pariiian depict. tAfgcr Phociorr, Aria
sc tiitrs, and the tecoud Cato, PencIes
&C was enc Of the heit Of the whole COZ
& icction. His accouars with the pub
&c lie sreafiiry fell into confnGon. iiif-
& tory lays that, 20 avoid invefication,
g he entsnoleci his country in rhe war
sc OF twenty, fcvcn years; and at the dis
90 tance II twerty~two centuries, Greece
&c has NOT recovered from lis fatal cOnic-
"quenccS,
q This comprehensive review difco-
'Svers chat, v3fh fou,e exceptions, all
AGES, al parties, and all itatcsmen, are
e not very eftngially wont or better
g than each other, Thus, the repul3h
& cans Of England were highly to be
q commended FOR oppoGag Charles the
g FRI. Bur IN Ireland thcfc PARROTS
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