The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-02-16

1eht'ng 10000 people % S3Vc tecome the
crnlging deputy Of Gideon Granger. For
THIS he .deterS IS public nd goation and fcorn
WaeH AR. C!opton pretends to bc a yea
ious supporter and preacher of chri!tianity, and
astt1e fame time geeommends aud reiniccs with
3Fdrg<f qualification af tbe brSyaicHcs tf
principles ard n.tai;tres which have tendency
towe1ken rabIic confdenca ia theFe dottrincs.
c"ntider himto be ,ot only dangerous man,
bot anineorrgihle hypocyite, all which have
demonstrated
In vain havs aaed, urged, and repeated,
that Mr.. Clopton hsou!d declare whether he
thinks chat the uleatures Of Co.sgct5 c-ch.
to have tendency to the pagpeng, Petpetoa-
ton, or extinction Of the public debt Ele
dare not aniwer, becaufe any anwer will ex-
pole either his weakness, OF his dup'ic;tv
Among the terms of deception which Mr.
IioPIon. and his fellow iahoure.s ute. thers is
none which operates with moe dcIuiive Ger
talnty shan their pretended l0Ue IF the eeable:
this is f,'anifefted very contpicuouav in his laG
Circular letter; i moments confederation
wal fhew that it thou!d be termed jfif loys
or, :be i9Vs Ct psputari;y, That this deiiqi-
ion as to the irh applies exatny to MI.
Clopton's cafe, is fully Entertained and ex-
planned III all the foregoing letters With
reipect to the iecond, i is no rarely ipc.
\
men are more OF lels addicted. A man with
out education, and With limited nsans of in
formation, might be periuaded that the love
OF the people, and the love of popularity were
thetame thing. But when Mr.. CIaofon is
the author OF the deceprion, OF pretends that
theie things are fys1aniInous, he offers 2 yio-
ration to decency and common fsuie, and cx-
hloitS degree of tu-p;tude which his wurff
enemy would hefsare in aicrbjns 70 him.
How sit, that this igve 81; The bepbL, which
bresthes through the whole of the circular
letter, and IS the pretended garb in which Mr.,
C'opton always appears, is 70 be found only
IN his declarations And how is it that ever;
Inc points with unerrng ccrtalnt;, to The
advancement and perpetIation of MS own
popularity, and by means too the mott decep-
rious and unmaniy: That is By milrcprelcn-
taton,hy exciting prejudice where none ought
TO exit; and by taking the credit FOR icryices
Which neither have been, or ever will be rem
dafld?
Il, after ali thcfc things have been &, clear
~ tated, and are univerialiy admitted 70 be
tue, The majority OF the freeh,Iders ihaif Fill
chaie Mr.. CloPton as their reprcie.ILatiye.
they will iurely dcerve no better eflinati<,a IN
lociety, than that in which Cloptoa hmisif
tsenss TO have conhdered them Bnt even if
this ihQuld be the cafe yet there will remain
lone who viii not fail to admit that fruit,
ANGRY ffatb has broken 10 piscss the E!fgys
q Deception, cad that anfpe,yai iafice ongbtt to
JS@l TIE stsrH3I jsutsars ofAis boi;ficaI d5crr.
2 aiipming ehe fgnalure o. & FcdsraLlF''
1 dRi not 2ropofe to inpreis UPON he ninas
q agy readers, preference tor thar narty
wa.ch IS 70 called My deiig was, 70 have
explained ny own opinion 20 90 the zeal
meaning 81 the words :: fsaer75:{q. pad rsb,6-
fcgn!}ia' in Capitalization TO the dg.rscc,,I
arc taeteus ues to which they are ayp!ied.
i'nr my letters to Mr. Clopton rave extended
much further than expected. T-bev l,.,e
occupied ah objectionable flare of this pape~,
9ad have employed moro of my time than airs
my own private concerns. T,er- are many
perlons VINO have read theic letters. 70 who-o
tome iuhjects which have been alluded TO are
more familiar, ard who have it a their power 10
muffin with better abilities, what FIsge only
gialced at For nlyiel5h bet little more remains,
md that viii be rsfcrved, until more time
mail mature fone things which ! do not a
preient we'll underfand
We hear it from a thoufan tongues. and
we read lffn all the newspapers, thar the peace
and harmony OF toclety are djtufbed ~ two
oPpokte contendng political parties. One
or fhele Iscallcd the " ffdefaf barty." shs other
IS called the" republican barfy'' Ofthc Grf
# IS alledged, that their plan is TO introduce
hereditary monarchy and mobility; Of the
other, hat shey Parfue their own agrandir.-
snenr and fsf interef, by Ratt2rins the taites
and patton. Of the licentous, the ienorant
me @nblt!ous, and wicked, b. means which
WI lsad to owe, Wheir The Land With i,u,Jor-
airy, 'Hhdelity, and lgil end in ANARCHY. How
sh's 5 IN general view, fall not here de-
cia'e. Ny io!1 object was, to untold 70 his
CORN iien5s, She political character Of John
Ciopton, and without laying that be has corr
ClHed with Others for 4,trb ds+ea,tI, H.; =