The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-02-27
ItNraonucToRr REMARss.l

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
For at leaf Fix weeks paa, the newfpapers
of America have been We Y much crouded win,
ihs debates upon this pil. Hence, a perion
who flhfcriLes "a pc. aaps FIVE dilsreiss ea-
pcrs, very oftea finds them bet little more.
than fneceiliye sditicns of each other, This
becomes very 7ireforne ard that was one OF
the reaions, Why we long fince determined TO
adopt different courfe, both concerning the
debates OF Congrefs, and the other departments
of our little publication. We fhali not har-
RATS our readers, or ourleives, by thFuhinp,
head and fhouiders, into g ne Recorder ali
the commodities that are imported from Eu-
rope, or the NVeit-lndes, under the title of
Fdreign {ats!fgencf. We ihalI here and
there find an article of authenticity and ~
portancc; and it will meet with all the attcn-
ton which it deierves. We ihal, upon ma,
my occafions, meet with fabricated extracts or
3etters, or with fabulous paragraphs, by which
2 terrible Of Paris, or of London, HIS been en-.
powered 20 eat his breakfast in q garreg. Of
thefe we fha!l explain few, as fpecimens of
abe reit. OF the remaining uiedleyo news we
lhall Civ: an impartial, and as far as the cafe
admits Gift, . complete lummary.
With regard to the proceedings of Con
l5reis, il the reporters found irfu;tape for them
80 abr 1ge their debates within one fourth
part Of the prefent room, we fhouid be happy
10 iniect the whole. Thefe gentlemen I'M
aoubtedly unde itand their bu{inefs, and it
would be very improper in US TO ceniure them
tor tbe length, OF even, If we fhouid think it
iuca, for rhe proIx.ty Of their productions.
he! have title 10 aGt rs they pleaie and
tse as:on az 'arge is highly iaaet.s.e tc s.44
iage ,uity and the dIigencs Of theirctForts
We make theie previous observations, 10
prevent our being fufpe6ted Of any diipcftion
TO cavil at the preicnt Reporters; ditpoii
tion which would very III become us in as
mich IS we fpent the greater part OF Ave fef-
iions OF Congrets, from December, 1898 to
J'ly, 1887, III tbat very line OF bufnels.
After this candid explanation, we muA A.
glin beg leave TO hint that we ihouId like the
debates of Congress much better, that We
4aould fad them much more inteflIgibl and
manageable, if ,hey could be contracted with
N a fourth part Of their prclent expanfon.
We tread upon tender ground; and NOT once
more allure the reader that this remark arifcs
s' want Of refpe& for Congrefs, and far
rom any picque at an individual Repor-
Ler. But, to 1peaE our minds frankly, what
mortal can read without vawning, or indeed
H.hat mortal can read at eli, through the
truth aud fiction, the lenle and the folly, of
forty, fifty, CT Gxty columns of Senatorial De-
5ates upon Judiciary bill It is eafy 70 har-
angue for hours upon any fubjeGt; but flrelv
all that can be worth perufal upon the pre-
ient point might be conprefied within much
Acts room than a wilderness OF {i7tty columns.
= izlan mutt have ftong eyes, ain uncommon
Share OF leiiure, md an admirable (pirit per
teVSranoe, he cen accompIifh this talk. We
Save never thought OF attempting it for, after
acvcrai dips into the Rrcanl OF Senatorial elo-
quersc, we were bold enough TO fancg that
the current was olten muddy, aud, with fever
ence b. it fpokca, that ii was folu@tin1es very
4ilailG-y.
For inf%ance, we have T. LEVIED that when
MI Breckenridge adycrted to the laws of En-
gland, that when he rcprefented them as fully
conPetcnt to redrels tie wrongs Of the people
OF England, he dogmatized upon a topic.
which &c did NOT entirely underfand, or of
which he did not choofe to tell what almoR
every well informed lawyer in America .nuA
Lnow 20 be truc,* In fecond infance, r we
referred to his inconfftency in defending and
celebrating the Judiciary tyaem Of the United
States, and the iadeteadc0re of her Judges.
w itated il as the opinion of Mir Brecken-
tfdge, znd Of every one Of bis political friends,
land rSere IS not fnele man in the country
who val deny our a1ertion) that they conf
oered Chiaf Juftice Elifwortb as 90 the laa