The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-05-25

hundred per cenc additional for the ex-
Petted delay, After waiting perhaps a
twelve month for his mouey, he fold
his claim for large dilcount, probably
twenty or thirty per cent. It was in
'his rapldicy of deltruGtion ylile affairs
went on for leveral years, till at lai} a
different fee Of men came into Office.
aiet OF men not different by the purity Of
their principles, but by the foundaefs
and iuPeriority of their Judgment.
1t required a long interval Of dill
Gence and economy TO redeem the Gre
dit or the corporation. This has ar
length been done, and it would IN
doubtedly have been the height of folly.
as we'll as Of ingraritulie, to turn our
thote men who had reftored public Gre
dit, In order to replace them by others.
OF whom part had, although Without
Intention, contributed to deifrov il.
mere was another, ana }ill more
powerful reaion for rejoicing at the ex-
ciuiion of rhe democrats from the ma
entracy. The party in Richmond con-
tam atpretenr b1nd oCfniicreanrs, who
are ut for any lniichief Ofrhe{e the kino
OF ciuoS may be conGdered as the prime
mover and Precep5or, and Mr.. der
1on'sPrlvare lecrerary, who is evidentfT
oe5anged in his brain, may be conGier-
cd as Tub agenr. Whatever brutality
Iuch Fu.nans might have committed, it
: TOO evident tnat, before dem2crati-
cai mayor, nor even she ihadow OF iuC-
uce could have been Obtained acai alf
Them.
The reader has already been too jona
a q rom Mr.. Woods reply to the
Recorder. We cannot agree with him
chat inc fir& coniul is a worle man, Than
any king in Europe. But the d;l,ntc
mutt NOT be prolonged.
{" MI. Calender, in his laf Recorder. has
made iome obf-rvations ON A paraoranb
which lately appeared in the VIRGINIA Ga.
2ette, respecting the conduGf of the America,
executive relative to Louifana. Tr was f,fed
IL The Virginia Gazette, that had our adr3i-
nntratlon acted with frmne(s, New-OrIeans
might have been ieveral months lnce in the
pohellion OF the citizens of the union. and
that they ihouid have hai nothing to dread
slher from France or Spain. Mr.. Calender
conhders that ths would have been the heiehf
or raihneis, for Jays he, " flopofing that three
thouiand kentuckians had been placed thers
as u garriion, would they forfootli, have had
nothing to fear from general Viaor, diem.
barking, ilx weeks after, at the head Of fen o-
hsteen thoufand men - Much as Mr., C,I.
lender opinion in political affairs Is 70 be re-.
ipected, yet he leenls in the Louifiaua bu{inef
A"t Only 20 have taken the unpopular (ide.,5
as nc himfeif confefes, but to defend ues{i,ras
tnat NUT ultimately be ruinous 10 the interrf
ana Commerce Of the United States. The
WflteF Ct TINS article would have cordia,gv
c'incided In opinion with Mr. Calender
d1d 1e regard the frh coniul of France IN the
ia'Hc iignt as he views the rulers of the other
nations If Europe. Could n1adow OF reas
ionihg DC produced that Bonaparte was an
Xloustor The general independence of mani
klnd, then ne would agree thai any other
rnea'ures than pacihc ones on the part oe
this country, woulI be both imprudert and
uryuit But anticipating the future charac-
te. OF the MT con!u, from that which has
pAteu, and ms conduct TO this country. from
his treatment to the nations of EuroDe. we
mutt expect at all events to be embroiled in
war with Frances if Louifiana be podcssed BY
a French army. Under thefe imprenions.
70 have possessed ourfelyes of New Orleans
while we had 1t in our power, appeared to
be the foundeR policy which this country
could have purified. If hoRilities take place
between Britain and France, the United
States exceptionally had nothing to fear
from France and Spains for fupp5Enp that
even thirty thouiand men were landed at preN
ient ~ Louiiiana they could rot reGn the
United force ofAmerica unIefs they received
from time to time fuccours from the mother
country, and this would be irnpoGible on ac.
count Of the Englifh fleets IF hoaiiti-s do
not take place between France aud Pr;+s;,