The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-07-21

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Two Judges of Weitmoreland coun-
~ waieedi OF Hamilton and Judge Pc
rers,to enquire in what way they oughs to
proceed againit offenders. lniteai of a
iuitable aniwev, they were urged to &C
cute Mr.. GaIlatin, as having e ex-
+" pseied hiInielf,in treaionablc 1nan4
ner at the firtt Parkinion meeting.
And when theT denied having heard
any iuch expeditions, the iecrerary
ai'erted, chat be bad jafeisnt proofs
qfiS&na ALREADY. They however, per-
" lifted IN Altering that he uted no luch
exprei1ions.@'' They further fubjoin-
ed, that his efforts had tended more than
perhaps thote any other perion, TO THE
rettoFation of order. They were fitted
alto, regarding Mr.. John Smile, but
10 no effect. At tiis inquiGrion, Mr..
Haniltoa 1aid, that nc never would
forgive Findiey, who & had told or
wrote lies about him. II
One John Baldwin wds treated vet
worie. he refufed to give. evidence,
againf iherilf Ifar1l!ror. For this he
was inluited, told chat the evaded fwear-
ing truth, and 5hat the mad forfeited the
benefitof the amne1y by not giving
the tcfimony demanded. Somebody,
Vaughan, 4 light horiettlan from Phila-
deiPhia, al,iited the itcreta-y az this
fcene.
Such behaviour was only fuitable 70
an EngliIh ltar chamber, or a Scots
COURT OF judiciary. lfjudge Ferefs ha,
alumed the command of a wing OF the
army, or if general Morgan, Or any other
military officer, had placed himieif on
the bench with Mr.. Peters, the gronnels
OF the fact would have beer initanrly
qltcerned, and tt1e continents have re-
founded with oltteries of ine.ignation.
Bur the tecretary had no Office, either
civil or military he was, In every
ifiape, and in every fen{e of the word,
an intruder and an ufurper, and he exer-
cIied his authority is might have been
expected from, thc way in which he o.
talhed It. Behold him attending the
bench, aiiilfed by difrict attorney, an
lnipettor Of excite, and d lght-hore
man This knor Of {elf-ereated ma
glltFafes atrenp1 &C dictate the depot
iiols OF wlrneis; and, in tire cafe of
Baldwin, then threaten his life on the
event OF his refuial. Obieryc, alfo, the
tre1nulous Judge, lhrinEinginro the back
ground OF che picture, while the laws
and ioerties Of rhe people are trodden
under foor. MIR. Hamilton, g BY his
own authority, wrote fevere reprf-
nand TO the commander in chief of
" fhe right wing Of fbe army, in COME
quencc OF which, he was trcased in a
''manner not becoming his raokg." This
waA deftroying dilcipline, the back bone
OF an army. 1t was a felf-created 10 ~
ef, by far more dangerous, than any
contemplated by democratic focieties
:.fiere IS another ample of Mr.. fIa-
mllfon's difcrerion. Ic exprsl]ed much
iafprlic at the wehern people for re-
poilng 70 much confidence in FOREIGNERS
He fad, thar Gallatin and Firdley
" were both foreigners, and therefore
g n0F t2 be trafe6g," Mr.. Findley has
been longer by many years, in the
country, than our tecretary himiclf, whole
father vas from Scotland, ard his mo-
ther from Ireland. Their ION was
born at tea5 or ii an inand of the Wet
indies. He bad no right to cohre17n
foreigners. This is the general cant of
MS party. Above al, they deteA IriG,-
men, becauie che latter, Coming from a
mott oPprefied country; have a nartral
bias TO political inycfigation. AgYear
part OF the people in the four WeHern
counties are natives Of that iflard, 70 that
'h's language held out an infult upon