The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-07-14
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aid thee exceptions we prelpme that he is
ready 10 make. he hiitory OF every country
will sttef that it mas received much advan-,
tage, as well as injury, from the am5ifian Of
foreigners. o be Convinced Of this, if ary
man can be fuppoied to hand in want Of
conviction, ne has only 10 turn over a few
pages OF Bayle's Dictionary, the Siegrabbia
6TttaErieG, or any compilation OF the fame
kind, He viii there Zee how universally the
eTnpiTe Of icience has Been extended bv the
ambitious communication of foreigners: and
how frequently even the independence of =
whole people, has been faved from extinction
oy a handful OF foreign hirelines In she
fourteenth century, Henry, the fifth OF Eng
land, had almo{ completed the corqleft Of
France. The progrcfs of Englifh victories
was ftopts the deldge OF blocd was inverted
upon It's authors, Ly the Earl OF Buchan, at
the head of a few tnoufands 6s ScotGnen In
TIE iixtceuth century, the royal family Of
france was iaved from the daggeFs. Of the
Eugonots, {and the lois OF {Vt6 a family to
mankind, could not have been very gjletij
by detachment of Swiis houfeho!d guards.
! he r'oh fortunate and famous of Roman
emperors was Sp2niard. And Rome was
long pre(erted from dei9ruction by fucccf-
lion OF cmperors from Dalrnatia 7 he WOODEN
"Reminiscences OF England were introduced
from Flanders by lare;Fncr5; and the United
otates thenrielyes are tatuolt Immediately in
debted for their exiiter.cs, for cVcry thing
whlch they are, or ean-hope to be &c loaroe
CT TN; ;Iulc kind. What gas il whicltroucbt
Penn to the Delaware, Smieh to lanes River
and Raleigh to the ChefapeakeY Il was the
ncccAiyies, or--the anSIften of fsysignky,f
Lord Bacon has handled this fobject Of adopt-
ing foreigners. e Never any Gate" flaws he.
6 was IN this point 70 open to reesiajS fren,
. gers '"te tbei' b09g, IS were tie Romans:
therefore it iorted with them accordinp!p
. for they grew TO tie -steA motiarchv
hCtr manner was 10 luC naturalization
: which they called jus ef.ifGtis, andto grant
:. It N the higheit degree; that is not only
the rights OF commerce; Of marriage, of in
hcrltdncs, but ALTO the right of f,fFI ace. and
q bearing pablo Offices. And this NOT 10
ngniar ferfoHs alone, but IikewiEe 70
whotc farnfies yea, 70 cities; and foms- |
" tlmcs 10 Whole nations
ne opinion of lord Bacon, and the nrar-
Ece Of the Romans are undoubtedly Of i'm
poIt9ncc IN the fcale of decifon. # Clarie.
.'Ss nae oeeif prefant IN the American arrny,
erevious to the battles of Long ihand, the
poor folders would not have been 70 wretch
ed!y pe0ucd 10 in a corner. Tie previous
arrival, tie abilities, the ambftioa Of tbis
foreigner, were erlincntly fcryiceable a.
Idving the remainder OF the army from de-
ftruction.
On Eals poirt Of adopting foreigners. the
Recordcr,of april 7dcontans mt,it Of what
2Se have 10 FAY. But, after all, il is not won
5erfui, & Americans do iomctimes rnurn1ur At
fheir conduct. Such dilcontcnt has occurred
IN all countries. But furc}y the partizans Of
Hami!torfand Especially the printer of Bfon.
sons Gazette, ihould not profefs a general at
norFenoe 81 foreigners. J That paper could not
nave e2;ltted but Tor the patronage Of flch
people and therefore they are wrong in re-
Proachlng Duane with his imaginary birth in
ireland. We fhall grant, as ne nu}f, that he
mas, for fome time, been i'll the habit Of coeo-
PunG oroud of calunnieS, that he is eter-
7laily addreffing forged extracts Of letters to
5!nyef, that he p,.hliihes copies of ftolen LET.
ters, and, rs the climax of hardinefs, that he
glories III this act Of felony. We haIl ALTO
grant, what Duane himleif will hardly denv.
that THE RECEIVER is as bad as tie tjifE
and that if the act Of congre(s had been out
N eHecutton, he would have received fevcre
purifhment. But furely thefc matters Of re-
cord afford no executive ground for CARING
1t foreigners. The republican preGdent pa
tronlzcs tbs printer; and it is NOT eafg to
Zee that the agent IS Ieis innocent than the
principal. At New York, alto, YOU have
James Cheetham, anoeher berry from tho fame
snih. Mr.. JefFerlon pa5ronizes him likewife.
The republican cauie nsut flrcIy be in A
desperate condition, if we arc to Judge from
'5ebrglaeHtiai illeIfi9no 81 rs defEHaerS. But
al this docs not juttify Bronfon in the pu5Ii
cation Of lies. And when the New York
Herald tells you that general Mafon nlook
hands with Calender at his trial, when Mils
Smith, in her if(s1ai mJrebysjeafafio.5, ar
firms that fix feyenty-four gun ihips can be
suiLe III 81 once In fhe little navy Yard Of