The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-04-17

upon merchants, which, aceordi;lg 20 MIR.
Hay, was neither c3stf9ati5aGs, nor ira.
Such is the opinion Of MIR, Hay, 10, that
ipcn this mertkant TAX, we Find kim not only
at war with Mr. Madifon, and his friends,
but as acting in oppohtson even 80 hitnlelf
Page /, & TITS law paiied IN 1897; hes
g been renewed every year iince; 1t ia neither
g conftitutional nor juit, the amountis con
g Gsierahie; the collceaion is eaiy., and tbeje
5, tVta feel patuey torget righi-''
Page IL. &C The virtlouS fervanbs of a
g free people viii not perform . Jingle aGt of
C power, unlefs they are ahiolutely fure that
e they are ausborJtd 10 ps,3srm ii, by that
g facrel charter, Whole precepts they have
s. pledged thernfelyes to God and to their
s. country 20 ohierve."
Such was once the Language of Rfpabf-
s:anaS
The reader is repueRed TO notice, that the
lait is 2 quotation from the Resolutions OF the
iscgiGatdee Of 1903, which were Confirmed
and applsaded by every iuerscdtng aaernbly;
that the fame patriots who paiIed this Refo-
luton, PAT ALTO the law which inpofed a tax
on merchants. This law, then, which sAr.
Hav Eays is neither constitutional rot jult, was
paGeG by AfadiEon, Eayior, GILES, and the
ref, Il the very time when they declared that
they would not exerciic Jingle 8 of power,
unleis they were fuys thas Il toos PtQpsr to
40 f.,
as ge cannon believe, thas iuch ardent and
intelligent patriots would have FILTERED this
law to PATS, without q thorough examination,
te it is reasonable 20 eoacais:e i.Rt they did es
anime IL; aad Gid moreover think that IL was
nQt only confitutoaat and juh, bu, expedient
aifo. If this be denied b. MG. HaF, sc @5H
follow, that they were eithc. very negligent,
or very incapable 70 jHdge OK TIE eSAh'i!a-
sieBa!ity, OF the jufics OF the l:.w and IN
ritheg eafe, that they do rot deicfve the ap-
plaufs whieh appears IN the foregoing extratf.
If, on tFse otssg hand, TIE lav is cola !tatioaal
and iuit, Mr. Hsy has RATED. as the lawyers
express Il, Z" a f4lfc GLAMOUR and for doing
70, ne cannot be entitled to the aPplauie which
his esiogiaS hes thought proper to 5ettow on
hiu,
tfie was nos IA my power 70 oppofe tie eifay
On this fubject by lach authority, and by fuch
odds; it would be duty to ihew, by argu-
5nens, that ii Is extremely fallacioGss and /
however il nav deicrye credit for ingenuity, |
ar zeal, it iarefy has no intriniic merit It
may azis for al advocate, ioeician, or parti- |
XII 6as IL will NOT PATS FOR Judge, a politi~ |
clan, OF q lsg;lator,
Having thus aryisd nyieif with tAe high
authority OF tuch characters &n6tihed hy
the continued appreciation of great portion
OF the community, and by nobody n orc than
BY Mar. TIA himfelf, 1 VIII leave him TO ex-
tricate hinlclf, as he Def can.
: bis IS evident, that if MIR Hay IS right, Ma
dilon, Taylor, Giles, and The re!t,are wrong;
and do rot deicryz that apPiaefe and conf
dence which are beaowcd upon them.
s, -, iI,,,{ l.
down to Swo defariP,ions ofc!laEa6fers. whole
cpnions upon the fanc qucitiops are IN dire6t
oppoGsion to each other and we ere g-avcly
FOLD, liat is,ch IS the pre- eminent taieIg5 ard
unriVafied H1erit of lbels political ccippee-
tors, that even to hin, al, or doubt, VIII be 20
ans
We all know, tIlaf II IS ost1eh eater to d.
aroy than 70 create 20 pul down thall 10
erect IL il not 4rfTicue 10 erydown any pub
liz rDeafare, or to aiI2fe sbar Jaw oagfs to
be repealed
When, as IN tbs cale, a law Prod,,ees wiet,
cafe and certainty q great deal Of money;
when il acts as 2 corner 9onc 10 our political
cdlfee, tie ichcuicr, who recommends ii TO be
Withdrawn, fhould either prove that the build
ing will 10 without it, 81 that another can be
ku6lsiaate3 which via a1<.ver better Until
one Of shcfc ihail b. done, NAKED recon
niendation 70 dcfroy tbat Which exits aftd
glrict IS admitted 70 be Of great Importance,
is ridiculous Jar IS a71ch 70, as C expe6t
ehat tnas, in MS feBfss 'yoislj diyek hiirfdf
Of c5st which was rcceiiary 60 bis prefer
yti3D, before ne eicheT knew 'iheTes or by
t7hat means, hc cotyld obtain another.
p-eGuney that Mr.tIay has jnteitdSd has
( ~ on f5c fIcrfbarf Tax, az ar exempt
fcar'oa Of his ingenuity, and Z teEthroajal Of
ha talents II 70, 1t oagh3 noS g Re relied
on as The fret grcEor to iceurc ms. popsla~
rHy, 40 recommend fo5 that whiEf1 IS nor