The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1802-12-22
A1a. LAREIN SMITH
c,nclsded lroa, or ar.

ditrctceSs desiSNed bv thei: Beng a2dyciiSc TO
him, in parcicuiar. OF rhe gentleman we !
know ver9 f'sie more ,nan, his nape. But
We lu(pe4 fhat his know ledge OF hsmanhte,
ard his iphere Of political observation, niat
have been extremely contraGsad BY adopt
ing reioution of i nature 90 uncommon, and
Fl very far removed from the plain hist road
Of their functions, the ailenthlv Il could excitea
!ufpicion that there was foaiething in the con
duct of iar. Teher(ol, which required a de-
fence. Fhc leading points of accuiation are
numerically believed, and can be jncontcitibiy
aicertased~ In the Recorder of the 9Th
current, al Offer was made of proving fome
Or them, if deGred'to DO 10, in court ofjufice.
i'hcie, which were not fpecihed 10 that paper,
are very much in the fame iituation. AS
man of honolr and coniittency, the exiting
hand writing and iubfcription of the PRECEDENT
are tuihcient TO hniih him. Compare ALTO,
his fpcech to Congress with the letters of
Mr. Paine, as printed in Mis- Smiths paper.
1 he former is checked UP with encomiums
upon Adams andW Arlington; the latter with
accuiationS and reoroacheS agaii f them Mr.
Paine was invited, o. IT leaf, he wac en-
couragcd 10 yitit America BY the Battery OF
Mr. Jc:fcrfon. Smiths newspaper is mulh-
room, which has vegatcd into notice, upon the
bog, or the dunehiil of pfelidential patronage.
TIE tSvfler IF 3efrs Cbrif Is tbe fable coS,-
R@Ai0s ef the pysGdsnt Ibe Pyia!f, ojF mr.,
Pdi"s'5 ffftsrs IS fbe rrfatnre of 3lr. TtFtr-
Jenl While fuch facts are blazoncd in the
focus OF demonffration, while they are cram
nee down the throat OF Virgiujan Conviction,
with what Tort Of feelings would ~ aigcnbiy
q Virginia prefets 10 adopt MIR. Smiths re-
ioluuonf When man 5 conddSf is iuconGl-
tear with ittelf, when the fcron1 page of the
record gives battle to the hFit enc, it IS not
within the compass Of itupjdity TO belfow
tar. omleh's zRsqHiVoeo3 and drcidfa abbro-
ration to every Part ef his coudaE7 Ii is
ioiheient!y common to call bior& 7obife. But
an appreciation Of MIR Jeherfon is infinitely
"or'c' You muf affirm thar Shing is 5iack
and S15'fe at tie fame time. You sy2Vif affirm
that MIR Adams and general w Arlington
were, at once, among tie mott Venerable, and
mott dcipicablepf mankind. This would be
degree Of a5iurdity " with which the world
+" IS yet unacquainted. and which can only
p" be the latt refuge of deiperate guilt II
herc is in mankind natural and mex
pngaifhable fpirit OF contradiction. nay be
LED, 6"f b0A moi be DRIVEN, fays the pro-
verb.---NItimaf' III q'etitnm,t lays fecond.
< Stolen waters are iwcet," lays the wileman,
+" and bread eaten II Jfrret, is plealant.' One
hall the ardor of purfuit is often cxtineuift-
ed oy the certainty Of attainment. Denial
OF enjoyment does always, and mott infallibly;
double Impotence to pofIefs it. A Paris
bookseller Once complained to a writer that
his work did aot FIJI. g Never mind" (avs
the authors &" ! win give YOU a Ef4.'' He
made application TO Gone friends; and .he par
lament of Paris granted him tie FAyoUs of
J5rbi3diAg The fals. This interdia produced
the p'irctlaie Of three editicns.& Every BODY
wanted 10 know what it was, which the par-
lament conEdered as worth a prohibition.
On the very far1ac principle, Mr.. Smiths re-
fslution has tendency to rcyerfe its nrof,f5
purpoie nc bare adoption OF it bv the
majority Of the aAembly would, with thou
lands, be iufICicnt rcafon for dilDuti1g and
diioeiiey,Hg IT, Every body knows that the
federal tyrants broke their neck OF fbeiy i'm
Portance by attempting to domlnecr, and 10
NoTEs
We have jui' learned that Mr.. Gabriel
Jones, OF Rockingham, is hieiiiy fafisfed
with the reference which we fri mad, tcye,al
weeks ago, TO hlmielf and Mr.. Jefferfon and
Which has been reprinted in the Frederick
own Herald, the Gazctte Of the Tlr;tad
States, the Baltimore Federal C2azette f5c
Anti democrat and 4 perhaps twenty other
newspapers, The article was vsrv lon-.
one; which we mcntion for tho fake Of -
marking that for lome o(he- piece. vb;cb
"efe5in that 7rt,cle, promiled and referred :,
We b'Ye not yet been able to find room:
Mr. Jones has one or NOR. iatta-s f,o-,
Nj Jcttericn, Upon this edifyine tranc,a;on
re IS fond Of lhewing them. W. brys ~
this from gentleman, who WIS Win M
Johes, ne" weeks age, and who mas raai the
correfPOndence.
II issms tina, the fun fent was f,nevb. =
i lelS thaa hge hundred pounds. Bur, if it had