The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1802-12-08

a thouiand others. nc iccont part IS
more generally indecent than the frtt;
and as Mr.. Paine lays in this letter tha1
&c he had ionc nanulcripr works TO
g publilh," the natural inference IS that
she third part will be Gill more indecent
than the lecond He had promiied TO
write All anfwcr to Biihop Walton, and
another TO Mr. Erllline who pied againlt
the London Boollitilcr, that was proft-
cuted for printing the Age of Reafon
There is much rea(on TO believe that
thelc two pieces form Il parc of MIR.
Paine's budget, Here follow the ex-
tracts.
Speaking Of I(aiah' prophecy of the incar-
nation OF our Savior, " Behold a virgin
g iba'l conceive and bear (on,' 81. Mr. Paine
remarks.
1T certainly was rot difficult thing in any
time of the wotld to find girl with child, or
to make her io and perhaps Iaiah knew Of
one beforehand; for Go rot iuppoie that the
prophets OF that day were any more TO be
| truited than the pricfs ofshs.'
aThe fable Of Jefas Chria, taking it as il
'' is told, Is slap @emoiiy 9lytsae. Il lives an
account NI q Nouilg WOMAN Ii4Ss.is7Si' -
g married, and while under this engagement,
" lne is, to lPsak plain language, af6.7asb4d
's5r gbsf.'
! Speaking Of the resurrection OF iants at
! thc cruc.dvion, Paine tays:
/ Mathew {l1ould have told us whether
s. ,lcy carnc DOT naked and ali iii natural buff,
& he-!aints and fhc-ia!nts, or whether they
J III Il
" dScics; whether they went rs their form
g Ct habitationS and reciainled their wives,
< their hufhands and their property, and how
e they were received, whether they entered
e eiccttnent for the recovery of their poilff-
| GJnS, or brought actions of Trim. s5n acajnf
| " the rival intcr!o7crS; whether they remain
x ed or earth, and followed their former oc-
" equations Of preaching or working, or whe-
(" thet they died again, OF went back to their
"gravcs and buried ,hcnlfllves.''
Such is the literary file Of the COM
| panion Of Madiicn, and Jeferfon, OF the
| man upon whom, at his arrival IN Wa.h-
ington, general Mafon Immediately
waited. Claudian, one Of the lait and
bett Of Roman poets, was convinced Of
the agency ola iuprcnc being by the
fail of the tyrant Rufinus.* The invita-
NOTES
Left f1ou!d forget to mention it
IN fome other place, n1,Gi here take
! notice ofone OF the numerous and lplen
| did excelienCies Of Duane, the euao!iG
and afiocatc OF Paine, and that other
crutch, upon whole nbiAiis5, the pref
dents character may be laid to lean
| The bagpipe is fond Of making reference
to hifory, and lome OF bis admirers
imagine chat his itrength lies in this
quarter. In one OF his laec Anroras,
we find the following deep and iuf OBJ
| lervations upon Greek and Roman
hiftorys
& Gratitude IS not Republican virtu.
Ancient and modern h;!tory will bear wit
" nels in nv favour. Athens rewarded So
crates for his fervices With doe 81 potion.
{" Rome too, was 4 genuine republic, AID Eel
I" lilarius, after having faycd his country, was
"depriVed OF his eye igat,and lubfiAed by bcr
"ging hrs bread IN. the itreets Of their
"capitaI." This cf1ar on o-afi.aJe &c
inherited, both 10 the National H$oiz, and
the Aurorai and it Is intended as Tatire
upon the t1deral!as for their ineratituIe 10
Mr., Paine
II mas already been proved thar Mr..
Paine was very amply rewarded for his
iervjces 10 America. Some years AGO,
Duane's party upbraidcd Cob6er a.
criminal for laying that gr]I,tde was
not the virtue OF repubIicans 7 he truth
is that, Of ali mankind, kings are the
mott generally ungrotehj. It is alnri-
ing TO near Duane Prarng abour Bell
iarius. Rome had ccafcd 20 be a re-
public at lealt fUc b2ndred gears bsfl,c