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


his character, for the fake of laving
two hundred dollars. At the fame time,
his committee ofinveitigasion wanted to
quarrel with MFR, M'FIenry, for the rent
ola houle which he had taken at VAN
ington. Thus, you have both Gdes, of
what is called, fspa6iiran economy.
We have diicuGed the Rupenduous
efforts Of MIR. ICheetllam, for defending
the psgfaas:5jliy Of Mr. Jeftrlon. Time
only can determine whether the printer
can drag his patron back again from the
quagmire OF more than iufpicion, il,
which he has involved him. In this ca
talogae Of the pretident's defenders, the
teaderl nig2texpe6t 20 meet With Duane,
whom, n the fall OF rTc7, the wrirer
ofthls article laved from haryine. He
did 10, by getting Duane forty dollars,
Tor correcting an index to Hume
and SmolieTt's FIiftoty of England.
But before the renilIion buiincfs had
broke into notice, Duane had cot him.
ieit completely elnbarat1ed in a feparare
dlipute with Calender. He has, there
tore, been cautious 10 keep of this
ground, unleis in fomc general and Bill.
lihtgate alluiions.
Ofiomc aquatic animals, the head :
aImoit larger than the body, We far
down with deiign Of writing an anfwer
TO rhe Hgis; and the introductory mar
ter, ike the feven heads Of rhe HYDRA.
oVerlhadows the remainder Of the nro-
duttion. Bur, Mr.. Eggs appears 70 be
extremely anxious for . drcFing; and
as far as we can podibly find room, he
thall net be disappointed
We PATS over tome of his fslJ;es &c
verbal criucilm. We conlicIer rhar he
WAS wrong, and that Mr.. Coleman vas
right; but we have nos room 10 give
our reafons. His produGtlon divides
itielt INTO TWO parts; and we hardly can
tell upon which Of chem We arc p,oif
impatient co meer him. One half Of
his lnioient libel astemprs TO prove, thar
Calender 5 Prof pe6t conlifts Of an attacE
upon the memory OF general AValhing-
tcn The tecond biag: i,.ss ,,,.s !. t;.s.:9,
OF aliertoAs, thal 1. {r. efaetic-l "a F,t,r
patronife the pubhcat.5n Of thar wor,,c
AS the latt Of rhefe two aafirior,s s bv
lar the mott important, we HAL 4.9r
an end TO it in the hrit place; and
when thar is done, we promife an
antwer 10 che other lie, which thall tllence
any man that IS nor printing progf.
he cditcr Of the Hgis, in every fen
rence which nc writes, betrays a pro.
found ignorance Of the fate and cha
radter OF the political parties that d..
vide this coungry. AS the reader has
already tecn his performance at full
length, L > u.eleis TO be prolix in ?
quotation. With the utnott birterDeC;
OF inyettlvc ne renounces Mr.. TefFerfon
for ever, f 1t can be proved thar the
prefldenr patronized the publication Of
the ProtPe6t. He fays, that CaIlen-
der can only have rranlmirted to MIR.
Jeferlon L0eciaeN jbesls, and that thelc
lheevs could not have contained any
ceniure upon the political conduit Of
general Wafhington, To addreis DO
iiflcal writer Of fuch grots ignorance.
would be A talk more tirefomc fhan 70
teach an alphabet. Before proccedinr
win the facts thar fhall oyerwheln hiy7
We beg leave 20 ak this novice wherein
the political eniItence of Mr.. JeGeifon
can be traced, unlefs it is as an asIyer{arv
70 the Pfeiidential condu@t Of general
Wa'niagton. rs lecretary Of tate
he ieft his Office, beCaufe he was croaed
III every thing; and, without an idea
Of the rudiments Of Mr.. Jeferfoa's oE-
hcial ndtory, this being undertakes to