The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-05-01
NICKAJACK,
AND TIE
NORTH WESTERN FRONTIER.

In lat week paper, it had been accidentally
obterved that the citizens on the other iidc of
the mountains had conit5ntlv received afro
cous treatment from the federal governments;
or, at leatf they did 70, till the accenion of
Mr.. tefierior. a correspondent hath iince
cXprefled his apprehension that this atrocious
treatment ccniiited iii the iuppoied prs6ure
q taxes. Upon this ground be afiured ms
that the Wettern States were not oppreGed
with taxes. He was about 70 infer that the
itatement was fne0r,rE7, and that he was 6yry
10 fee IT; &c. sc.
Now, this gentleman totally miMbbreben-
dad the BATS Of the foregoing affirmation. We
we're ientible, as well as nc was, that the
Wefiern States were but very Tightly taxed.
For inftance, The Pr9ibe7 has a long palIage
70 flew thar the famous aRcAed tax of ! zQ8
fell with an unequal and opprefliyc weight
aponthe New England States, while Georgia,
Tenneiiee, ard Kentucky did not pay any
thing like a fuitable proportion:
But 1till it IS true that theie three Gatcs,
as well as the four w etern counties Of Penn
i@lVania, have had much realon to complain
ofthc general government. The three ftates
flrit named have rcmonftrated very loudly to
congfets. The (ubje6ts Of dtgutt have been
numerous, and OF a nature entirely peculiar
TO thote quarters of the union. ! he matter
IS no iecret. 1t has, foi many years, produced
frequent and violent debates, in congrcis.
IN aimoit every particular, the members from
Virginia nave been unanimous. 81 next TO it,
aSto poiEtcdly condemning the federal frontier
fyttem. The writer of this article conilders
that he was perfectly correct in affirming that
ehote fares have been hardly uted by the
general government AS 10 lomc aledgcd
danger Of di1turbing the pabIc mind, by eel
lag this Circumstance, we anfVer that, in
thoie three itates, it is already as we'll known
IS the battle of Bunkcr's bill 1t is no iccrct
any where elfe; and the oper way TO pre-
vent fuch mifcondu6} in future is, NOT 30 con
cea plf errors, but 70 make the affair as
public as poHible in the Atlantic States The
voice Of the nation viii, by degrees, interpofc,
and, Ike the fat Of O:nnpotence, will put All
end to the negligence, or the caprice OF its
matcr--lervante.
Under this ulprel5on, and as fpecimen of
Volumes, we, this dav, pubIfh the hltory of
the Nickalack buinels.M We prefumc that
there is not one hurlar being, in the circle of
cur readers, who viii, in this cafe, approve Of
the C0rdutt Of the late executive. The fqva-
gcs commit 4 multitude OF murders ON the
I snncieo frontier. The aRcmbly of that
ttate remonitratcs in vain TO the federal cabi-
nef, To prevent repetition of this horrid
iaane, FIVE hundred and fifty militia c,ofs the
frontier line. They break UP ihc gang Of
aiiadus. They do1rore real military fcryicc
IN ono hight than St, Clair, Harriar, and
Wayne, with two or three houfand men,
could accomplish III the three fat years Of the
iase Indian war
You certainly know that the la.e North
Wcttcrn var LATED foa' years and ten months,
anJ thst it cot II leaf q m.llio1 Of dollars
81 Gear money, per- DaHqm. A th~ rate,