The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-09-22
FERDINANDo FAIRFAX

AANi1S rEhlArtAA.
SoMh days ago, we received from
Ne. pot ofhce 4 tremendous packet,
@iaeh was charged at no leis than NJ
sy-ssgesaSss &sswe didne,. cslei;. te
incur fpci, : penalty without being ac-
qualn5ed with the cobs,ya-s, this dl(-
patch was retufaed co Mr.. Davis, with
q Iequcft thar he, would openit. This
he Gid; and It fcefns that it came from
fz&pINAapo FArRrAx. Of this gen
tieSnan We know notkiug, but that he
has wantoniy attempted 70 dehaud us
of foar }bitItngs. His name had been
paced upon our lift, at fhe defire OF a
gentleman, with whom this Mr., Fair
fax IS Intimately acquainted. We with
that Ferdinando had aligned his provo
carton for making this nniuceesfnl EBAY
of robbery. 1.-The did not like the Re.
eorder,he might have announced his re.
ilEiation, poit paid, in a civil letter
Does Eefdinando feel that any Of the,
moral l. Cures which abound in this pa
per, apply with peculiar propricly 70
h.51lseHf 3oes he keep a negro girl /?
EIaS ne Ave children, as brown as ma
hogany, or as black IS ebony Did
our observations upon Mrs. Examiner
excite tie lea1ouiy of MRS. Fairfax !?
orjH FeFdinando isa widower, did the
reference to Sally JEfyEEsoH exafpe-
tate the dolneftic ienfibilities of fomc
yellow SALLY FAfGYAx? When cited to
arti'e.sF hrfayr 8 court of inIfice, WIEN
Sflte.a 20 saEgaast b3oa DATA wat he had
atlerted IN conYertation, does Ferdinando
ike Giles refJie 10 attend is he, like
J eHcrion, in the habit of parronizing a
ssttes-ttedlegs and Of iatfering houie
a--ea!zer % dine with him Upon the
Other tide Of The quc{tion, does Ferdi-
nande admire the fcdision act Does
ne think il proper chat a man lhould be
fried before he can compel the attend
ahce of bis wirnefes Does he think il
1T tiiat Virginia ihould be rrode, as
IN thar jnftance ale has been, under the
eleven foot Of federal deipotitJn ? Does
Mr.. Fairfax feel hinielf farisfed, be-
cauie two hundred forekeepers pay a
tax o. flfteen dollars a piece TO make I'D
ehe ffnecure5 and defray the African
debaucheeies of puzzle priater If
iuch are his political tcncrs, we, can &C
count for his averlsor 70 "Thc Recor-
g der" Bur we CAR fad no Bottom for
his intended piIlage Of four
ihiilings The prefs OF Virginia has
oeen Too iong under the respective
brides Of two political parties. We
thall endeavour 70 iliufr4re, 10 af1ert,
and 70 confirm it's importance, lis indie
Pendence, and its dignity.
We arc forty at beng obliged 10
4peak in this title 10 any peMon. Bur
MIR. Fairfax attacked and he mutt per-
zait ustc defend. He cannot fail Of
bring dlfgifted, and 70 are we, at many
fcenes Of deprayity, which have beer
deicribe5 N this paper. But whether
does The voice Of public cenlure exert
Itfcit upon tie feion, who comnoits a
crime, Or the attorney general, who ar
raigns him ? If William Duane entered
at the dead ofnight, into the Office Of
the national tpeaflry; ifhe printed par-
,lal ard nutilared extracts from che
official records; if he filed the whole
continent with tumult and irnpoRure,
IS it culpable to drag his deeds Of
darkness into day? Is the guilt OF
Nero's crimes transferred to che bilto-