The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-07-21


viii deierve 20 be as feverely piilaged as they
hitherto have been. The dirt article would
OF itfelf be fufic;ent for deciding the COM
plexion of the job.
The machineryIs iupplicd with water from
the Canal. The draught has already been 10
great as to leflen very frequently the depth Of
toe water, both IN The canal and the baion.
Boats often get along with difficulty, he
lett wing of the a.inory has n6t yet required
auction from the canal. IF that iu6tion ihall
be as great as the body of water exhauited by
the machinery Of the right wing, The canal
company mutt find themielycs at a lois. I hey
| mutt either deepen the canal, dam up the river,
| or deiert their navigation. 1belc things are
@n'foa 60 b. trae. 1t is proper that they
fhould be publiihed.
~ Mr.. Coleman's piece of lah Wednefiay
begins thus.
= | ne tory paper printed in your city,
: called the Recorder, after lagithing columns
OF lander and abufe on the administration
or the federal government; the PRECEDENT
OF the United States; MIR. Madifon; Mr..
Gailatln; Nix Giles, and many others of
our mott worthy PATRIOTS is now Directing
IT'S Efforts Nc.-Yhe Recorder bellows
not abufe; bnt ifurdy facts, that will neither
| pend nor break before the tempcf of defama-
ton. Wherever public character has been
Seelhauicd, tpecifc reaions are advanced for
| pronouncing tie ceniuTe; and, from tender
1eiS to the feelings of the public, the cenfilre
/ oaS often been couchcd in terms OF delicacy,
| wGleh the culprt was very far from dcierving.
| ~ ny does not Mr.. Coleman, or iome other
| Hiehd OF err nisF q0ert5y pafr;ofs, 1and up
.'1a GcTend their iilence upon the Algerine
| ]uGgie, "s1etl, IN tive years only, the country
| was Nil2ged of SEVENTEEN HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS ~ Why were fquint-
| lag equivocal itatutes paft in congreis, by
ene Content OF Ill parties, to cover rhis ferries
Or frauds Why was the Crefcent frieatc
pu'it, as bride to thofe barbarians, without
9le previous combination of ccngrcis and,
&tfeT the vctiei bad been faifhed, why did
INC republicans iubmit to fec their cenititl,
| ehtS fhrAea0Ht at the bonjs, and then lnureie
the price OF this frigate into the tirf clauis Of
abiii OF appropriations Are two hundred aud
eishty thouiand dollarst 60 mere a triRe?
! as iuni would pay five whole years of tie
rginta merchant tax, Samuel Coleman
i&hcies Ehat robberies of this kind ought TO
&c concealed, and that he who gives them TO
ihe world is hottie to his country. This is
the tFue Rias and Ite lyifcmt of official CON
/, mYance. Hence it ari(es that, in ali nations.
government ischiefiy to be regarded as q rozs-
5pxrafy aga72} the packets ttbe peosis.S Can
4r. Coleman tell us for what reaion. the
atSefIne treaty was hgned, ratified By the
iena5e and PRECEDENT, ard finally printed bv
congreis, in its bvejfnt far Of meditation
Never was deliberate perfdy more deenlv
branded upon the face CT tr2nIaction rban
in the congreis record of this treaty. Tn
citizens OF America were rot permitted -
zee more than mere fragment of the buff
neis nc treaty bears on its far. tba,
twenty~four thouiand dollars 4 wear ,rs
70 be paid IN military flores But the fcbel
dpje has been fuppreied that ipcci6es tba
foreS,and by which it proves tia, thev co5}
rot barely twenty-four thouiand dollars: M
that the charge has extended to eighty tbon-
aad per GnnHnr. Why did this p,ftIDle5
foPy OF the Algerine treaty pats over all nc
zee of the SIX HUNDRED AND Rco,,1,
Two THOUSAND DOLLARS, which were NH
Ipr obtaining it, There IS MT in bt,uy,, ,,t,,-.
q 13Nch impotence as to attembt an 1ucrs,
= t'eie qageians, ar an apology joy tblIc grof
Gfecpfi0zs. Why did not Giles endeayo,sr
Is@it, TO bring Hamilton to an account for
tie iiX hundred thoufand dollars. that 49,
tank by Duer and hinlelf upon the AM
Weitern expedition n why did the cornr7,;,
zee OF 'niyeitjgation pats over the thirty thou.
lahd dollars, which had Seen 70 infanou6y
so1ed sor the furniture Of Mr. Adams ?er MANI |
03Sf 10>,,tRy P@t,Taf5 had gored for thee aas
o. y peccuia5ion, wiki a view, mott ltc!v, to !
is'is 1uture repetition Of the fcene If Mr..
Solg'nah 1pPFoyes Of lach proceedings, be |
.ll,l'.' either Dc l!ent altogether, OF he iRouId
Come forward and defend chem. If he i -
j 70 o. the exttence Of fuch matters, what
NShl mas ne to write upon public affairs, or
~'Ia, : coleman more in the front OF zach
l.qu'IieS' than as pilHlire perccptiblc the
bottom Of an Alps
! ne Pfcient ruling party in ronor.rs -