The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-09-01
ANSWER TO THE MGIs.


fhis article has hardly obened :, Jingle
ne wsPaper without finding Tome per
ionai attack upon himlelf, The demo
cFats, and ariltocrats, are alike zealous
AT once have been Gait open. an
the Porr-holes Of fcurrility, fslfe-.
hood, and execration. From everv
part OF che continsnc, the artillery IS
che. pres thpriers upon the devoted
F" Recorder" If we had nos, within
the iait three months, got towards Of
three hundred new fu5lrribers If we
had not been aEured, by reipeCtable men
OF all parties, and by Respectable men,
who are of none, THAI VIC are purtilinG
the very belt courie, for The welfare
OF rhe country, it IS poGiblc rii we
mlS1I have been fomewtat far.I
by iach q terrible retnpelt OF paper-nldt
In all other dilputes Of this kind, an edi-
tor was cerrain Of having a po1e Of
editors ro iupporr him Bur we have
got into fuch Gtuduon, thar everv
printer Of both parties las thoughr ir
necedary 10 begin MS performances, bv
deaasing that CaiLe4dsr is a r~Eair
<lchileu, the celebrate Prem / mi
hitter, complained 20 . SpaniGi mini
tier chat the Span,h PRES abouneed
wich iibeis againit MIN. The an wer
was: --'s The afairs Of the king ~
&C France are better corda6ted than ChoG-
&c of any other king in Europe and Won
&C may tell his eninence thar, If / could
&c riana8 sc the bulinels Of my matter a.
&C well as he does the buiiaefs oe b,g
" ihouid be willing to iera whole liEra,v
'Psr day be printed agaialt me-.
On the fame principle. when VIC fee
that the circnllri1H OF ylis paper en-
creates much faitor than that Of any
othef'in It's neighbourAood; unea We
ice thac, amidlJ ali rhcir folding, the
tederaiS think proper 10 quote the r.
corder by columns, and D, pages; wien
W. Zee thar the Democe=a, after alI tb.i,
babbling; a5raciz this paper, withou-
daring 70 quoe 1t; wien we fee, Il.
'Fr@r TWO or three rounds. we iav2r;a'
Pircn t1cin .GcJ tgctlo..- e...l......,,.
ttarl1-naked ab.uTdify, we are reioi1so.
as 5he aging IS ~ jet Il faat 5eayt 10 q
.fcep BIZ. Il Is inpoiitle bur thar anv
man mutt Be ditguited ar an eternal re-
petition OF his name in the newspaners.
Especially when that name is conftanflv
made a Prerext from which both factions
preach al forts OF lies. But Fill, If it
mutt DC 10; We are wiling as lha pro-
verb lays, 10 TAKE t6e biz and The bsJ3st
Is long IS fnbicrib.rs continue to in
create, Ehe primers on each tide are wei
Come TO iay all that they can FAY.
The TWO principal champions upon
the federal file Of the qucitjon, are
Coleman, at New York; and Pronfor ~
Philadelphia. The CoIunoian Cerrf-
nel IS a poor tupid ching. The oniy
shimatloa which it ever had, ooadttrd
II icurrll}Iy; and it |cems Of late to have.
lott eveh thar humble lpecies of nerc
The Baltimore Federal Gazette has TOO
much Of Other bufnrls 60 mind, 20
exert i1ielta grea- deal IN tic rarg- O,
American politics. The Frederick
| own Herald has ie1 fa!l with fair
wind. The Virginia Gazette Has IN
deFgone a wonderful Improvement, Eace
che promotion Of Mr.. Fandcv.l. The
w aIhtngto0 federaiia has found Fr5u,fa
editor. He writes roIcrahly lar ~,
the ifrei. Of ejla oatrie rufns upon Cole
man ana Hroalon. Like the two BE-
theirs IN l3omer's Had, hey f.r open
the gates o. controversy, and c.iall1uar
their enemies 70 an equat combat
Coleman was the fri Of rhofc twe
/ printers wi.o f." the f9Pidf,yo Of fcoid
/ ing at tie Recorder, at the very ame
! time when he WIS referring 70 Us aurlo-
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