The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1802-12-01

feHtGfteE. upon this tublect MI. Pai1c
did mott completely exaiperare the Bril-
'tii}i. As a political gladiators his me
rio is OF the higheit kind. He knows,
beyond mott men, both whenani where
TO frikc. lie deals his blows with force,
coolne3s ana dexterity But, IN che
preien1 cafe, rhe whole weight OF ais al
thority is turned againit. fi.nic!t. 1sic
federal government has not be1ediiatp
king, nor a hoHf, OF peers. The re-
pre!estation Is about as equal rs it can
be; andy yet, Mr.. Paine tells us char the
4yfaeiples Of liberty qosre eNpisiag. We
have neither king, nor peers, npr r"t:en
borouglls. How then couldrhste prin-
clPns be upon their death b>d; and ,cen-
tinue 10 for thirteen years In Englahd,
Mr.. Paine held up America as thc piA-
nacle Of perfection; and he e4vts,
as a reaioh for it, she republican form OF
her government. But, wien lac comes
TO this country, the fairy lcene vaiiihe$;
and republicans are found TO be tut as
corrhpfible rs che RET Of man!lintA
Equal representation is in i;!cil, a mott
VARIABLE and exctlirht thing, and 10 is
pure iPrihs water. Bur the che will ne
more tcrulr government from torrtb
pon jhan the other will give to hun
who jan.>s 1t, immortal life. The cvi-
dofice ofMr. Painc hi1nlrlf, as advanced
IN rhIs icteer, proves that a conli.t,rA-
be pare OF RigbfS IF ALqn Wa, a piece Of
Sf''is deception. Mr. is there any yhins
III the peculiar form OF the federal 90
vernmeDt that makes it more liable thah
others 10 aenies. We have conjii,ut9ns
OF all kinds. Thar OF Virginia is as de-
''7ocrancai as any body can with il E6
be. Yee great part OF irs reven0ae
have been waited in the mott foQ.i:fl
manner imaginable. Laws have p.it,
or have been uttered TO exit, that are
perfectly dellru6tive 70 the welfare OF
the cou3rry. II, two hun r-d years a94,
the Stisilh iiouit OF. commons had au-
thorI2ed debeor to thooe the Alcrih.
tllar attempted TO arreif him; if, when a
mans iervant is hanged for crime, they
had burdened the public with the lour-
chafc of anoeher; if they had iaddied
merchants and itorekeapers with an
enormous TAX to pay for building an ar
moTy that was worie than ufelcfs; IN q
word, if parliament had framed a fylfeni
OF laws for proceeding the property cf
fraudulent bankrupt, they would only
have done, whar has been done fince by
rhe aHen1bly Of Virginia They would
have buried the axe i'll The root OF MAJ
ntsiattures; and this the rottea borouoh
Parilamenrs did not do. They nev,t
patt any law 20 like bedlam, by ten
thouiand degrees, as Madifon's fcheme
OF emancipation, or his gift to Con-
grels Of the North Weltern territory.
PcnIy lvania has conftlcuri IN great
lJ~chferenr from that of Virginia; and.
fourteen years ago, The had another
Contribution quite as different from both
OF Eilclc. Under each ofehen1, corrup.
lions multiplied; becaule, from the vc-
Fy nature OF the thing, perfection is inn
p2iil2le. The rcfult mutt be that Mr..
@ali.c's Rights # 1Ian contains var
t2'nc-r CO talia petitions. The exam
pie OF t!ie long parliament, as veil as o.
1le french revolution, might have
tAu9nr Mr., Paine that an alteration Of
goVcrnmrnt IS, at all times, very ha-
2ardous experiment, ard that, if fife
people OF England could believe all the
itutf which he told them about the
matchlels purity Of republics, they were
900 ignoranr OF human nature 10 be Gf
for making contribution,
1hefe remarks are not pointed againf
the worth and excellence Of an equal
approximation. They only ferve to
thew that Mr.. Paine deceived the Ue,.
pie OF England by over-rating it. We
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