The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-07-28

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periits in his accufation. It is impoiible TO
conceive more hupcndo,,s example of irnn,,-
dence and Of yillany, than what, In the preiene
inisance, has been exhibited By Duane.
he tide OF evidence has been turned COM
piesely agairht him. The committee of in
veitigation have, in fact and fubitante, de-
Giareo thas the Charge of POPULATION asainft
Fickerlng is a9foiately .fdJe. Duane, with
sne mott indexibie ehrontery, Continues to-
affirm that II IS true. The republicans are
welsoule TO take their choice between the re-
port OF the committee on the one hand, and
the report of the pubifhcr of Rolefi lcstets
upon the otherhand. The Recorder adhercs
TO the report of the committee; and for this
adherence, Callender is loaded with every on
probrious epither,wl,ich can be devited BY the
malice OF a ielf-conveted ieeundrel.
In the paiiage laft quoted from the Aurora.
Duane charges Pickering with keeping in his
hands, the fun OF fcven hundred thouian3
dollars. But, in the Aurora of June q. Du-
ane makes the whole fun uaaccou,,ted for.
extend only to three hundred and forty-eif,t
theuiand dollars. Thus you obierYe, thai.
even by his own account, ne meG have been
tying without rneafurey when he frff cha-oee
a man with having ,.piifted feyeu hundred
thoutand dollars, and then fhrvels uo his detail
TO three hundred and forty-eight thoufal,d
IS not all this I conGimmatc f,ecimen az
'mpoiture and OF infanyi What docs il 40
n'iy to Prattc about republican PRINCIPLES. if
Il IS neceiiarY TO iupport the faid b,ineibEss bv
tie circulation Of notorious lies PYinc;nlec
which require the fupport of faliehood. ara
only 1T Tor being hiGed from the FACE Of jnyeE-
LEGATION.
1t IS Of fome confequence to the peace
ana lnteref of this country, to afcerta;,-
and 70 eXpofe the genuine chasa6}er -
William Duane. The people OF AnerIc,
derive their political information chiefly fror,
newspapers. Duane upon one Gde. and
Coieman upon the other, dictate at this RIO
menf, the fentiments Of perhaps fifty tboufag5
American citizens. In fact, the election Of,
prehdenr depends very much upon the abil;-
ties OF the political editors upon each 6da oe
the queition. Now, if it can be proved tbst
Duane IS man abiolutely diveted of probitv
and veracity, his confequence as an edifoi!
can no Longer exit ewould coft hin, a frrong,
er effort than he is capable of making.to fur
Nth Reasonable anfwer to theGe 9sray,cs
As far as the circulation of the Recorder
extends, indeed with every candid and ferfbi~
man,who reads the Taft and prefcnt run1bers "a
this paper, we mutt cenfder, that his ebarac-.
ter as an honeit writer, has Been forever e..
einguifhcd.
we mutt once more take leave to expreR
our iurprize that Mr.. Jeferfon iboulF
thing it proper to employ in ms fervice, a
mai circle OF the mott notorious, and cye,Y
ola1fed characters on the continent. fuch a,
jones, Cheetham and Duane.
concerning the prcfideRr, and his pre(.rt
race OF editors, the Recorder has more to fay
caah what Can be Comprised within this and
Tome lacceeding papers. Perhaps it may be
alHrmed without preiumption, that the bubble
nave It'll much 20 learn both dbout him and
them. IN the feventh letter TO Tones, if was
ltated, that Mr.. }efferfon had, uuioficited.
lent an hundred dollars TO afiif in PRINTING the.
two volumes Of the Profpe6t. The Money
was paid AT two different times BY MS reIa.,
ton, Mr. George Jeferfon, who IS reQdy to
affeH thg fra. This anccdote has made an
UNREASONABLE noife. Much cenfure has been
chtsuPon Mr.. leGerfon, as briaiia nerfor.
az libel John Adams. This inpaachmenthas
been reIounded in every form, through fhe
Wilmington FedeEaIiit, the Baltimore F ede-
raj Gazette, Paulfon's PHILADELPHIA Advert.
Ter, the New York Herald. the Ncw-York
Evening Pof, and one or two Baltimore
nuilroom hbels shat are not worth nanliner.e
beildes whole battalonof other newfnaners
here fhoud not have been any furprize
at the remittance of thefe hundred dollars
1 here was one reaton, and that bus frsraIl
one, for being iurPrized about IT, MIR. lei
l lS. ls a rigid econorif. lie iho!ds with
Dr' swift, that a ybiI,ing IS a Eri9q5 t5iag.
one OF his acquaintances has witneded the
hail iuppreifed pang of forrow, and tae half
affected fmile of oltentation, with which he
could part with petty fun. He locked for
applauie. He could fcarce avoid peroeivinr
chat ne did nut Gateeed But with Nh TefeT2
ion, the defruftion Of John Adams's eharac-
ter nna have been favourife objea. Tohn
itood betwixt BIN and twentY-fye thn,.iard