The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-05-01
TO TIE PUBLIC.
LETTER |.


Fellow citizens viii perhaps afford an apollo
gy for the freedom which is now TO be taken
OF ipeaking upon my own private concerns.
my farther encouragement for thar boldnefs
is that thefe concerns are, IN fome rneafure.
sPe interviewer with the perfona welfare Of
every citizen of Virginia, rs we'll as of every
one who fhsM take the trouble 10 perufe this
paper.
heprehdential revolution has paR. The
friends of Mr.. JefFetlon have feared him Ia
the federal chair. The congregational patrons
OF the fedition aGt have been transferred to the
ranks Of dininutiye oppofition. Every rea-
ionabc man had hoped that the liberty of the
Prefs was now TO be efabliihed for ever. He had
hoped that the days of brotbsrly a05eiatian,.
and OF perjecation for pretendeA fedition were
expired; that thole who 70 loudly demanded
ehis typographical liberty would G1fFer others
70 ENJOY ii as well as themielves; IN fhort.
that every publifher of newspaper rnight
PRINT What he thought proper without having
any consequences to fear, but from the laws Of
MS country.
6ue the world abounds with diappoint
,nentS; and the Examiner of Wedneiday lat
mas afforded uc one Of them, Never, Gnce II
can rerolie6t the fri period of my reading,
dId feel more iurpriie than at the contents oil
TINS Performance. Before hazarding an
opinion OF rs nature and tendency, thoie who
chuie 20 follow the writer will attend 70 the.
lubiequent explanation.
ne Examiner Of the IAth ult contained a
lsfics OF itrittUrcs upon MIR. James Rind.
hey were conildcrcd as an improper attack.
Dome reaions for thinking 10 were fated in
the keeorder Of the 18th current. BUT, in
J DONG this, Il was not, even in one fyllabie,
! forgor that Mar. Jones was not merely entitled
| TO every Tort of Tenderness confident with
! candouT, but tilat, if he ihould commit an
error, ! vas one of the lat perlons tllaf ought
to treat hi'n with diircfpeG Hence, there
was itudious guard upon the file OF thofe
remarks Cne halt was nos fad Of what, in
! point os cs..f1.l, a!ould have iaiCs Of motf
other people. * was not forgoc that had
received DOL cations sroIn Mi, Jones. Neither
was 1t forgot that h. HAD received credit for
obligations which bad never exiitcd Il was
&aown that the hjitory Of thole ;7rag:aa,-y
| obligations hal been circulated, although moi
likely not by mir, with view 10 the ehabiilh
nent of future bin of ingratifuas, in cafe
that ! ihould have the hardinaGs to differ in
political fsnriment, from Mr.. Tones, or from
his little circle of monitors. | reflected that
he was native Of Virginia thar he pofeHed
an income Of teven ihouiand dollars wear
that he was . mater Of popular address ard
manners; in word reflected that, in q con-
teit with MIR. Zones, had not even chance
for fuccefS. He was a native of America.
He was man of an immenfe income. In
both Of thele refpeGts, was as nothing. was,
therefore, aware and certain of having dead
majority agantt me. All thefe dangers were
fogeicen; but a reloution was formed to
avert OF to reiif them.
The attack IN queition divides into two
different ie6tlons. The frh comes from Mr..
wether Zones, the {econd from Skelton|
Jones. 1t is my purPo(e to give REGULAR
aniwer to every ineligible part Of the publ
cation Of the Two brothers. But before pro
cccdng to this taf&,i leens proper to IKE iomci
notice Of paragraph, which is, in every fenfeE
of the word, LITTLE; and which they hayeI
jattened, like cracker, at the poitcriors of
OF their fraternai production. Here tits.
Why mas (they meant TO fay bavs) three
" numbers Vi the Recorder been thruf for
three lucceH e Saturdays under the door
8 Of Mr.. John Warden Of this City? Nj.
" Warden is aJelpe6tabe and well informed
g. Citizen heis d decided FedCtalih, ard
" efficiently acquainted with all tbs fubietas
& of which tn, Recorder treats He will
" not therefore ,ay for the paper; and as the
q" Editor has obtained this information, he
thinks it tficrdly 10 make this communica-
" ton to his id coadutor Mr.. Calender.
" Is 5hs the way the Recorder has BovSd it..
g felt into cjrcuation1
with 70 knoy what concern Mr.. Tones
has with the fuhcribers to the Recorder? IF
we chute 20 1hove this newspaper under the
door of every mar in Richmond, IS it the buff
neis d Mr.. jones to take notice of fuch
oAicioufnels1 Would not every mar have
condemned iuch paragraph, as ungentlcman-
ly, as ingidious, as mean, IS it had come from