The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-09-29
Mn. M. HOMES.

iAN my letter OF the Stn lnit2nt, proved
tnat you hadSneanly and ungenerophy made an
attack upon me, without the leah provocatioh
for 10 doing. | convinced every perion OF
your entire incapacity as an editor. convict
Cd you OF being man, whole violence for party
aTote from the mean and ayaricious principle
ct irit-inteGeh. | fhcwed that you were void
OF moral and political principles; ard that
your conduit commanded detefation. But
however deipicabie you appear in the eyes
of the public, | did not then fully fee into the
extreme wretchednefss ,i your difpoftion. l
did not then lee, thar ya,i added to yoar vices
crime which ttaaspSsSgopr chara9er with
ten-iold infamy. ESdsIsJot then know that
you wifhed 10 fct hes sganit Neighbours
friend againR frie,,as asaa the father acaintt
the ION. In u word, did not then know,
that YOU could aim to become fccond RobeI--
iplerre. Bit what viii not tie mar attempt,
who, prone TO every degree ofvice and Iuxury
has ruined his credit, and has nothing left
Wherewith 70 iupport his former cxtrapa-
cancer 1t is In this dcplorablc iituation, thar
you are drove &c the mean reiort OF contriying
faiiehood ahd nithief. Ii is from your depend
ance upon the heads OF party for iupport,
that roh row ra,iethc fangs Of yuigatiln and
ct violence. The following extra9 from
tiIe Ezatniner cf the 22d inf will ~ once
deVeope the pure, and unt.,tiared appetite csf
your republican principle. In railing at Mr.
SaleFdef and Inyielf, you there fpea < in theie
wonts =" Is the daily inielts wbith they re-
= ceive frofn their neighbours, no warning
:" " III they pIrluc their Infamous career un-
$ I'll they are cr1fhed into atoms Like other
outlaws, in public opinion, they receive a
protection from party which thap feei Ia be
I" pfecarous, and lhudder at she awful nomeat
" when rhc cloud which their eccentric vices
" have collected ihaIl BURT in confuiion over
their heads
You here an1crt in the fronee& tetu,ss that
we rneee with daily iniults from thole neigh.
bours, who fhoaId happen re think difarcnt
from ouriclves. This, Sir, is as untrue as AND
Their aiictton OF yours, of the fame nature, viz.
y fhaf CIR joajafymsn injIlh rs intbe o5Gice.''
Ian any man for i. moment fuppole, that our
JouFncymen would ri1 the lois OF employment?
that they would behave unbecoming 10 thofc
who import them, merely TO pleaic MIR Tonesi
| he idea is ridiculous. Bat you, Sir. with
1t realized; or why; in this public manner,
DO you artfully found the tocfn for battle
Had iuch actions been really true, as a good
citizen, and republican, yoa fhould have en-.
deavoured 70 fnother harne, Whole banefuI
influence might extend TO unheard-of mifery.
on lhould hs.te InforgneG lisen ciIiEens, TIE
1t IS not by violence, But by moderation thsI
we can ever expect to confirute juf and
equitable government. But why do l iofe
time, in argument with detnasogue who
w'ihes to raile the fnry Of civil diicofd?
am lure, after this, every good republican
mutt detef he man, WHO'S principles
can teach him TO oppole other mems
opinions with iniplt aid violence. They
mutt coniign TO oblivion the creature whole
eonduct IS 70 ininfical 70 the happiness of CT
yili2ed ioeiety. But your Actions fpeak for
fllemieiyes, and 10 he acquainecd with the de-
graded fate of your intellect, nothir,, more
Is needtuI, than TO read the cblunns of the
Examiner. Whether I c0niider the owre(s
OF the files tie nlear5nels Of the faIfehoods.
or she paltry inbtatlugeS, which they cortain,
ma tnst the7 are true copies Of their iNAf-
fr'9NS original. It is no wonder than heaps
OF the Examiners lie at different pofs-oGices.
and that your readers are flrfeited with their
contents