The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-04-03


hected on the election, if proper c3nd;d54-
fhould be repuIfei on accoant of hjs being
born on rhe other iide of the herring pond.
In the LATE itrueelc, the victorious osrtv
fhouid rcmennEer the vigorous exertionS
wfiics, were made to fervc Then, Ivy pcrIDns
or Sorcien birth Only. offenders were
triedtunder ehe iedition ACTS and of tbcfa.
fotr we're foreigners. Lyon was an Iriff,man;
'Acopcr ~ Engifhn,an; Duane Canadian
OF rsnch and Iriih extraction; and The per
ION at Ricbmond was Scotchman.
II IS ionctiuies remarked bv Americans
though bur few of them, that il would be
Inuch oSeter for the Country il no toreigne-
- ere fatterec &c reiidein It. Although fucl1 po
ltilcisls are too ignorant, rs well Is tooilhbcr-
a., 10 deierve formal aniwer, yet we cannot
heip informing them that great part OF the
tconnsrce Of the United States is carried on
iby the weight of foreign capitals. For III
itanoe, look AZ Richmond, or Peteriblrp.
bc-iarmers IA great part of this & ate would
ipc ienholy affected. by their ahfence This
ioDiervatioft implies nc want ofrefpea for the
people Of AIgzerica. The latter cannnt d,
Ievsrg thing, At the falpe tiine> in a continent
? s'f1 r. 5ssfiisd miles wide, and which has ,n,
Iacqdlrsd even 4 foTticth part OF It's adeo,,a,s
population. The merchants and ,us;,utar-
ltuFers OF England, all England a. fhe is. are
never aihamed OF publifhing the ADVANTAGES
which they draw from the cotnrncrce of tbis
country. An American aftif of emine,c.
N his protection, Mr.. Wet the painter E,r
'nttance, is fure of meeting with p brart,,
welcome III England DR.. Franklin's d;E
coverIes III electricity were not defoifd bv
the Roya! Society Of London, becaufe they
came rom the ton OF a allow chandler in
Bottom. -
he French rePubiicl owes much of her
military greatness to the talents of other ma
tons. Macdonald, NIahena, Moreau. and The
hnt confal, and e!pecially the three Int of
thetc, are the nloh celebrated officers IN the.
French fervice. Of thofe four, one was the
ion OF Scots Highlander, the fccond was 4
Flednlontefe Eaiign; and Buonaparte himielf
a Coriican Cadet.
: Hiitory is full of iirnflar examples PRINCE
Eugene, French able, was refufed a en-
eain' eomniaion by the king OF France. He
went INTO The iervice OF the emperor of Ter
many. ne became the mott famous general
that the houfe of Auftria ever had. He re-
aucea fhat very king OF France TO the Elft cx.
uemttv. And, as Frsdesi6k ice. orsa. s,,,r
m ms Nfnai'-s, he was in fact emperor II
the neZr 2ge7 count SAKE, native Of (Iour-
Hand, commanded the French at Fantenuy,
where his tstents gained great victory. BIZ
it ncVcro Car1e INTO the BEADS OF the French
nation TO ditparage or defpiic count SAGE.
becauie nc chanccd 10 be born an diGant
'countrv.
Incur days, Ncckar, Swifs and aprotef-
tant, was Tad@ prime rniniiter OF France
ne people did not yepfoa Oh him, as our fedefa
al wis repfoach Albert GaIlatin, tccauic he
was not, by birth, Frcnchlnan. On the
.onfrary, he grew very popular. And it was
oy ms Plans OF ECONOMY, that France was
en2bled TO aitilt this country during the re-
vol,itioa.
It's, BY the WY, with the wort grace I'M
aSinablc thaethc. federal party1ipbraid Cal
tat . .wth ms being foreigner, when it is
fecoiie6ted that multitude OF the mott indie.
iPendent and respectable of their oyy. partizans
are merchants of foreign blIth, and rradino
I'nAmerioan lea ports upon the BATS of forciqI,
capitals. -
Even the great Alexander Hamilton him.
tel, the mott active man of rhe whole nart,y
is native of the Wee Indies. This AZ
not hinder former proficient from maxim
him iceretaryo Of the trea6iry; and whyfhoulS
the f4us1 peIions condemns IL. NJ. feF.-f,r
Ithe 3y fame Kind Of choice which el,ey ap-
proved Of in one of his predictions Igh,t
makes it 4 greater crime TO DC born in Gene.
"a, or indeed IN Caffararia, than. inthe bland
of St, Croix f? Prejudice apart, we cannot Zee
where the preference lies.
If theie obferVations have rot ALREADY flref.
ched too far, We beg leave to fnbioin ter1e re-
marks extracted from Z" heAmerican Annual
F" Regifter for I7o6," book publiGled az
Philadelphia, fone years ago. They bear
connection to the Preient fubje0, ard ars
as follows
in this debate, on the I'd Of January.
1875, Mr.. IIilihoafe iaid, thar if Mr..
LalIeS g womb 90 modify IL a.-.I