The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1802-12-08

5p9cii II minis, tuch as thole of Ma
diion, and q Paine, can fnar ab1vc the
coWI,on .oibies OF hn'nanity Bur WE
rHa pE4PLt; yhe mai csyGn.ere fYnges,
.ycI f. much cmptlnois, AMI wrcSchcd-
MI l., dis world.th an rrciitib.e I'M
pale commands Us 70 enjoy che humble
hope of a better. Mr.. Paine favs, and
Madi,un believes that chrli(,lniyy is
founded on an gi6sns 3l.lpbemoaS fable.
II the lyitem be deluhon, if death is
IN eternal Geep, do not deitroy the iweet
anticipation of the pollibi!ity Of happi-
neis. sI am going in quelt Of grea1
g MAY BE-" iaid Radicals, upon his
death-bed When man has bought
ticket in the lottery, it is barbarous 60
allure him char it mutt be drawn a blank;
When Young friend has juit been mar
risd, irwould be the iummi1 OF Incidence
70 ceniure rhe perfon,or the character OF
his wife, When young councillor
allls your opinion Of his frit exhibition
at the bar, when an author, s:juf burlting
q from the ihell, t enquiries, in ire
m's nus accents, what the world has faid
or whether it ia"s any thing, OF his,
paragraph, his poem, or his pamphlet,
the man, who can reptile him with CON
tempt and rudenefs, is himielt I'M
worthy Of kindncfs, or eteem. Why
thould MIR. Paine, q man @! fuperior,
of gigantic, and Herculean intellect,
why fh0uld he with 20 traIupis upon tie
understandings ofus the rank ana file of
the human race? Let US plain people
feat upon our limo ,cnc ignorance, and
our harmless iuperitition, Sufer Us to
believe that there exits aiupfc me being,
whole moral offence is iuiticc and mercy
and without whole permlf!:on, lie feather
IF q Iparrogv canaot fell 10 The grand
If we fupport our families, and pay cur
d-bes, and keep The peace, We may be
, very tolerable fort Of citizens. I'm
der The nandard of propfcty, we fhail
pats mufler, although We are not per
leCtly iure that the hiltory of the birth
Of" the ION of Mary" is an 0biEsae end
SLaIpbsmoaSfable.
II has been Thought Advisable to meet
she 14gs Of Reaf0n in It's own head quar-
ters. Admitting, and that IS admi1tinga
great deal, that one, or two of It's pre-
mites arc correct, the eternal anfwer is
thar It's conciulions car promote no al
vantageous, or virtuous purpoie. An
ample conceGion has been mad with
the deGgn Of forecloiing all conceivable
objections. He thai believes, and he
thar rejects the chrittian religion fhuuid
feel it alike their duty to refltt the circu
iation ofMr Pane S favoritc child Vol
taire, in letter TO the king OF Pruiiia,
tays &c never before }aw as much inow,
4" and as much folly" In peruing the
works of Mr.. Pai2e, candid reader
might perhaps remark that he never
before had ieen 70 much lrnle inier-
mixed with 10 much nonIcne.
Mr.. Paine, and his tirit letter, have
obtained,in thcie remarks, quite as
much attention as they delerve. This
paper cannot be cloted without advert
ing &c the uncommon degree Of delca-
Cy, Of decency, and NJ gratitude, with
which Madifon ana JctTerton have treat
ed their con!tituent,. They well knew
that TO chriftian IN TIE United States
ever pronounced the name of Thomas
P@it1o, bur with an cxecration, or ljgh.
T2ry knew that this delcfiption Of pro
pic conlprehendS nine tenrhs of she
citizens of the Uniged States. BUT they
tancicd, and they vainly fancicd, tina,
the ailantean lemi-omniPotence Of Mr..
Paine would drive every thing before
him; that hi, name alone was fu(icienr
70 confound the hrneH, and overpowcr
the ftronget adverfary. They concei5ed
that the anrho- IL the A orr. &c y IL.