The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-03-13
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RICHMOND.
SATURDAY. March, 18TH,

Since our lax, no news rSS arrived from
Europe. A rumour mas, this week, been Ay-
ing about Richmond, that the F~enc!, Repu6-
Tic is going TO cbnfe Z KingY Il is rather odd
that, at ibis time oS day, iuch itory can fund
believers.
The expected icenc OF blood has opened in
the Welt Indies. We may, for a comfortable
time to come, prepare ourlclyes for hearing
the uniform and ditguitingi tale Of laughter
and devaitation. Our readers will find What
ever is hitherto known upon that head iii this
DAVIS " Recorder.
The Judiciary bill pat the boule of repre-
Ecntatives Of congrels or The Sd. current.
Yeas, ffiy-hias Nays thirty re. The
lequel Of our remarks on the fpeech OF Go
yerncur Morris, along with ieverai other ar
'ticlcs, and note TO 4 tsrrgp9n&Snt, have una
voidably been poftpuned.
All change OF compensation for the icizrre
of our merchant yefc's by the French IS now
gone forever. The treaty which has been
Tatifcd between the two countries compre-
hcnds II feems, this NOT iniierabie ard NOR
tifying conceGioif.
we fec: IN imrofhthlity Of giving the De-
bates Of ccnerefs in the full amplitude with
which trey are reported. I his we have se-
marked more than once. I lie cafe is rot
peculiar to The Recorder. Were the
materials appo,coned among ali the four
newspapers OF Richmond, they could not eaE-
ly find room f3r iniertiGn of the srUpENnu-
Gus ,THo,E+ Even the daily prints of Balti-
more and Philadelphia drag on at 2. very tirc-
fone d,itance from the date of difcunion. And
before tl,ey can overtake If, there !on.etines
occurs an Intermediate queG6n in congrcs,
which has, by that rinte, invited and engrodcd
the attention ofthe public.
1t has alto been explained to our readers
That this Impofibility of complete PUBLISH,
ton OF theic debates of concreis ariles from
two caufes; firif. The prodigiou5 prolixitv
with which thefe debates are 1aaei. And,
secondly the recent fuperaddjtoIi of the le.ia-
torai debates; like load above burden;
when thale o. the representatives alone were
already more ehzn efficiently oppref1ive.
j is not our defiGn here TO intimate that
1he proceedings of either houfe are undefer-
wing Of All attentiVe peruial. Nothing was
farther from cur meaning But nc newspa-
pSr in Virginia can accomplish the complete
publication OF them; and even If that r,oint
we're carried; not one perio:l in Two hundred
poHcileS curloity, tine OF patience, TO read
6ne half OF thetc harangueS. What are you
10 make, for lnitance, of the ipeech of Mr..
kayard upon TIE Judiciary bill? He ipoke;
Grf and lat, iiE hours and an halt An equal
proportion OF time would be required to read
thete two ipeeches. And one of tie flbliIuc
editors Of the city of Washington tells us&
that this performance altogether eclipIcs
Chatham Tully, ard Demoithenenes. In a
London quarro edition, two ;peeches Of the
Greek orator, which are by far the iongeit o.
the whole collection, hll two hundred and nine.
ty-fcyeu pages. Mr.. Bayard's remarks or
the Judiciary bill milf nc as long, OF ionge,
Sian bogh of them pus together. Ard vet,
this Chatham Of Delaware is only enc Of Der
haps twenty iucce1ive ipeakcrs in the hou(c Of
fepfcfentat5~ss upon This Gngte Till. Mr
Rurlrdgc fpoke fUe hours Oh the fame I'D,
Of the queition with Mr.. 3ayard. The con.
js6tural average Of ipoeches is three in ruc
days,
Amidf tt,is abyfs Of elocution, we can onl,
promifc that we ihail 10 our utnof for the
4nlulcrnene and information Of the reader
We Giali continue TO feiea what we con-
lider as the moft interesting fcenes ON the fool
OF coagrefs. 1T the end of the Eehiof, we
fhall publifh ftlmmary OF ali tbofe laws pais
in the fefion, which are of general nature.
This viii iucilde obfervations upon their
principles and tendency. A h1torIcal review OF
that Kind has not hitherto been attempted in
any newspaper with which sc ere acquainted.
II the Hyle Of our execution fhaIi bear any
tolcrabe proportions TO the Importance of the
dci;gn, THIS article muG be, in IN eminent de-
gree, interefling and nhru6tive In the ACT
Of appropriation F5r the fcryice Of the current
year, for .auplc, ,rc lhaii meet with wide
teld OF criticiim. As one i9ccfmen we G1aH be
temptedfo enquire from what part Of the copiti-
tuition congress derive authority for expanding
3l5ccen thom1Hd dollars per annur unoh the
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