The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-10-20

the twelve tables, libel was 4 eGptsoi
offence. The fame tables authorized a
credit + iii cutting his debtors body 60
pieces, But Pennfytvanian Jury have
no concern with fuch barbarous pre-
cedenrso Tc find all that is iavaee and
i"'amons, the Judge needs not TO travel
farther than the itarutcs of England
The charge goes on with ieycralrc-
marks on the liberty and abuie of the
preis. They are half right aud half
wrong, and having already been re-
Peared over 70 many millions OF times,
thsy ihal NOT occupy room in This place,
Bur The following paRage dcleryes the
clolcit examination.
G If any perion, whether in public
" or private. iIatlon, does injury TO an
individual, or 70 The fociecy, ample
6 redrels can DC had BY having rccouric
g to che laws, and the proper tribunals,
: "here they may be heard perlonally,
o. by good council the truth can be
=" fairly inveaigaved, and iultice fuiiv
" obtained," 10 thar there can be no ne.
ceiliEy nor reaton for accuGng any one
'ot public or private wrongs, in pam
P1IetS or newspapers, or Of appeals 70
" the people under feigned Names
There can Re ne ner55Fty mr. renjas foy
es.TH/'ng any oas efpnbIic or private asyo:gs,
&C. This is an extraordinary and
alarming doStt;ne.
The law TO Which Judge M 'Kean re-
ters tor univcriai redre(s, is in itfeIf roo
often mai5 Of .niquty, and che urea
way to amend 1t, is 10 let every man jav
and print what he Pleatcs about il. For
mulutudeS OF perlonal offences a corr
OF iuitlce can afford no remedy, and yer
people, when angry. VIII complain from
The Preis as well as in other ways.
-e9ai Proiecution can only be fq2Dorfed
oy neavy purie, and the ii}iR- IS l,orb
tedious and uncertain. AS for p0bHc
wrongs, II fellow citizen diiapuroyce
ct the conduct Of Me1rs. Adams If
terloa, OF Pickering, he is nor TO arr,;o,n
Them IN 2 court ofiuhtice, bur il rhe fTi}
PFeis where ne can ind admuIion. Read
inc iait extract over again, and If will h.
found to go fTerjf5' 70 tbe extiyoatiaa If
a.! political lIf4tfop, and the nation ,n,,a
DC In an admirable train when tbev L.
no longer lay whar they shink Of their
regulators, their judges, and rhe ref. If
their own iervants. As for fioneri
names, many productions of f;nsular
merit have Appeared without the nan,r.
oftieir author. ''"'''~
The fudge nexr complains OF the
ifaloefnl tate of the American ore(s
and It Is wonderful rbae, on this head
any oe3Fee Of drlcription can exceed
tr1th; :" Our tatire, 1ays he, g has
been 'fotbi@g but ribbaldry and R;I
l'ngigaEe =" FIc has other phraics sofIaljv
Beyond che mark; bur the faults Of this
charge delerve to be forgotten for rhe
l@Ne o! one naferiy paragraph, which
tor .5aPpnes Of irony, and Ecenrefs #
cShlorc, has not been llrpaacd. gr;s;n
thcle words. ~
" AZ time when NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
prevail between the republics Of r6e
Onlted States and France, and wbeo
0hF general government have appoint
90 puohc miniiters to endeavoln fbr;r
removal and reftore the former bar-
i7ony, iomc Of the Journals, or newt
papers, IN the CITY of PHILADELPHIA
nave .een1cd with the mot irrjtafiny
"VectlVe$, couched in the mott vuN,aT
oPPIooFiouS language, nor ONLY sgainf4
las french nation and her aides bnt
the very men N power, With whom
the nmntcrs ofoor country are lent
10 neSoclate. Ioetc publications have
an evident tendency, not only 70 fnh-
trare a reconciliation, buf TO crea,e q
- rupture, and promote war between the