The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-04-24

IN February, 1901, his Honor, Eu5ge DANA,
afte, giving charge to tho Grand Jury III his
uiual manher, obicrved 70 them S'that he had
&c ~ his hand, a paper Called the C5HEisa-
" sioaai itAtggGb5e, in which was contained
" tls following piece under the head OF com
@ tiunicasions,h
. IA i0ie dirty piece appeared in the chaae
Palladium, Of Tueldayj 9th nit. dated NJ
WaIhiegton, but lriftso,ihtedly fabricated here
either by the illutninasi Dottor, one of the
pious Editors, or the Lord Chief Tuitice OF
the Common Law of England. The author
OF the paragr 9ph ehdeavodrs TO blacken The
character OF thse great and benevolent man
Thomas Jefe-ion, efa. whoui the people dc.
bght to homo, It hketpilc attempts to de-
grade Governor NJ kean, and Judge Breck
enfidgc--Now, know We, that Governor
M'Keari, when chief Juitice of the flprcrne
Court in Penhfylyania, nor Judge Brecken-
ridge, now Chief fudge Of that State, never
ietaiae thew erdite Of . Eury OF twelve honeh
men, Hren ,sfcpiifc OF receiving ore thou
land acres of land IN the province Of MUM
and endeavoiircd 10 obtain an Impeachment
of an attorney general for iifcloiing !uufi cor
fupt conduit. Knol% yc therefore, that the
very lengthy piece in the firG PAGE oi fad inn
niacuiaec r5rcr, containing as much matter
ass loo ,1on-!aw@ JUDGES change Is grand
jury on libels, is ar5fl;llY defined TO recon
ellie the mind of the citiaens, 70 that cxecrabIe
engine of tyrants, tie common lazy of Eng
land, If, crimiral prdfecut;uns and that theY
may Eeit oaiy ttrIder il, and embrace it a.
sheir birtliright.
But know ye, that wheueveia republican
iehate ard houie OF Representatives. convene,
purged from taofe locpfs to 5ciety, afil}o-
= I, AZ z, a. n n
will ne ilain, and IT'S remains iaik in the am
,athornable gulph OF everlafii,g forgetfuineis;
nd tyrant Judges will weep hid wall, and
--nalh their teeth, eecaufe thcir pie1i of tcrior
IS at al end fucf1 tyrauts c;yckiru; F" 6sC IL
mel babst!''
Here bis honor, ii is laid, exclaimed very
tmobQttc@LLy (at the fame time pointing to
kimie!E &c thar means NE Gentlemen. -
Tie editor preiurries wit, as r,uch Fropric.Y
as tire Rev. Doctors Dwight Morf@, Tap
pan, OF IN faff. any othcg DOCTOR in n. +:
wouio,h they been in coart at chat r10tnent,
They might joinly ana taycrally, have like
vie gocifcraceds thai the illuminate doctor
gtieant them, CT chat means ME- tIJat means
NE gentlemen, [ his iibei, IS it was cal.
led, was handed 10 The Grand Tury, wh5,
after long and agtiuous hruggie5 foiint a
Bill 3yiicf vficn tie cfi:ror. had fioticc q &c
1bientcd himclf, rcr knowing pqho the a,i-
ehor was, and being unpfepared at that time,
20 anfwer TO MS Responsibility, ana meet the
vengeance Of the Judiciary, It being in tire
height OF the reign OF terror He, however,
took this Rep, more BY the advice of his
friends, than from his own inclination; JcinG-
tontclous e his own rs3titude % hart, ac
Was ready 70 INJECT any thing that ia.6ays;Gi
jnElcs could inHict, fcr his own inadJfytenty
IN giving publicity to the ttppoYcd Iibel. Al
2hc opening Of the Slpreri7e Court laH kucun,
the edtcr was iumnloned 10 appear, and was
3rra,sncd before the bar, to%anfyycr co Al! in
ii6tnent for the above libel, rs il is called
He applied 80 [Tf5rEe Biak5, cf1. as his cosr5!-
hJl5ing, and coniegae6t'y, thew himleif upon
the ionity of The courf. A few days previous
20 tie riiing OF the couyt, lie was arraicne8
before the bar, IS he then thought, to receive
fiIe judgement of their honors; Wien hi,
Honor; Judge Brad54ry, after making his re-
marks on The heinoufnefS Of tic crime, 6bferYct
that the court would indul &c ne til next term,
in order that might have al. Opportunity 70
difcovef the authors. In the mean timc tho
original rnanufcript was banded round to dif-
ferent pcrfons, who faii they couid recognize
II as the hand writing Of JOHN EJNAL,
etquire. Accordingly at the meeting Of the
Grand Jury a complaint was cncefed agaih1
him as the author cftffe fuppofad libel: Tho
Grand Jury, after comparjion Of hands; were
fully latished Of Mr. Vnal Being the author,
and were nearly unaninous ia finding a b,n
5gainR bin This gentleman, was there
fore afgaigned, md plead not guilty, he was
stied, and from 4 co,npsrion ct hands not
oeirp lesat eyiderca Wa acquitted The
editor and his irieals sisen expected that the
honor as well as iuGicc - tic court would be
faGshcd with fcgcre rcff.Har,d {or his irad-