The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-03-09

thar. the attorney general of New
ork, and his precePEor, the dwindlins
| federal PRECEDENT, either do NOT know
What the common law is, or have vii
fully perverted is meaning. The Elk
aminer Jays rhat ''if the accutcr knew b;
charges TO Be true, he ought, inltesd 0
| hoeii'ng, TO pfoiccute the offender. )
SupPoic thac the tory Of MIR. Gabrie
Jones, and Ola Certain great patronage
IS true. The Examiner will admit rha
Fis very ugly thing, and thar it ough
10 be known, IS awarnlng 60 the admir-.
eFs OF the great man. Bur, at the fam,
s'Tnc, 1t IS nor pofiblc that either Ga
DITCH Jones, or any body elfc, can byine
che offender 90 punilhment nor, if i
were poifblc, would it be iuR. The
deoe mas been fairly paid. The bond
mas been fairly cancelled. Yeeit would
Dc very hard, # Mr.. Tones might mo-
occahonally mensioa the fact. Such q
prohibition would revolt againl com
mon ienfe. Il never could be endured
II ohy conntrys where even the ehoft
OF hocF1y was occaGonally difcernable
again, let US flPpofe that the guef in
PFlyate family lhall endeavour to dc
oauch the innocent wife of his uniufpe6e
Ing trend. 4 5lackcr project can hard
y poiiutc the heart of man. The trescb
cry is dlIcovered. The culpris is ac-
eu'ed' In aIcrrer under his own hand.
he confeiies MS guile. He fays, and fucb
letler has lately been feen inRichpond
nc lays thar be has committed an o62ucc
{'F S'9'eb BE- e@9Dof hope 10 BE- forgivsa. 1t
Is Piain, however, rhas this offender
canhot DC proiecured. He commute i
! ooVing which is a6fionablry, Yet, by
mas common law doctrine, the hutband
mutt e!shsr 2roiecute, or forbcar TO
complain. k mutt NOT give vent 70
inc common feelings of man. He
mutt noe fay, II mee youin my boufe
"2th open arms expanded all my
hearr, aud il was yours. In re-
tIlrn, yon wanted, Ike L.ucifer, 20
g overlap the limits of parable. You
., "aa1ed 10 break down the fences of
my domeltic felicity, and 10 fab nv
=" peace for ever. You wanted 70 rob
. me OF what, abqveall osher cssje,y,i,.er,r.
y makes life The mott cxquifrely delir
: aoie. You wantedto rob nv children al
= sheir mother, and rnylelf of the heart
OF an afcGtionatc and amiabIe woman.
" Compared, thoo king of miicreant.
& with thy cold bloodcd bafcnefs, what
=" hgniFies che crime Of the bankrupt
2" horie ltealeT, Of The ifarving hou(e-
" breaker, or even of the exaiperated
" and perhaps OF rhe in(ulced alfalfa !?
I" begone and if Thy patrid frolted
g" hearG can fill endure the horrors
Of exiitence, ct nor thy prelence
Inock ny dgh: again -
Ii chs Indignant hulband were TO !ay
Oh 60 write thus, he would be liable in
damages for defamation for the tut5
e2a10t be gjve9 III svidencs. Ia fhorr,
chs doctrine leads 70 flch profu1on of
ablurdlties that il never can be carried
INTO regular practice. The Examiner
thinks that, when you condemn rnaa' s
conduct, Il /: your dury 20 proicclee
nm ms doctrine might have done,
perhaps, for rho lare earl Of Lonfdaie,
who les apart ten thoufand pounds teri
ing per annum for law iuirs. Yet even
he could noe have Profecuted tenth
part OF the people, whole conduct he
might occ2lionally di(approve. When
an anPopthar law paHes in congrels,
how are you 70 Profecute them F.? 1t is
wonderful, thar The Examiner hinfclt
has neYer raiftd any fuch projections.
On the contrary, he has acged exactiy
as Croiwcll aud other printers do, and
always have done. he has told his OBJ
MON otmcn and meafures, as they came