The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-05-07
! am your obedient Servant,
HENRY BANKS,

WE accePt Of Mr.. Banks's apology, for
the letter to which he here aludcs. That let-
fer was pubiiihed in the Examiner, Of the
18th Of April lar, and was a defence Of
the conduct of Shelton Jones, with rcipeGt 20
the circumstances attending that mott unna
tural and .horrid murder Of Arnned Seiden
We can allure Mr.. Banks, thar with whatever
horror we may look upon the proceedings If
THAT event q attached to Skeiton Tones: rbar
whatever exertions we had made to BRING
this culprit 10 that punlhyuert which thc laws
of Sod and ocieCy demand, we never meant to
BRING Mar. B's name forward uBon rhat fubieEf
ms friendfhIp, to US, has beer of that nature
his information of iuch feIvice; ard his abili-
ties OF fuch aAihance towards promuIcatinp
the variety Of matter containeG III the Recor-
der, that we mutt be the moR ungratefuI Of
mankind, to fall out with fucb friend, only
becauie he lhould once happen to differ with
Us IL opinion.
We are extremely ferry that MIR. Banks
ihould make ufe OF doe following words in rhe
above lescer, viz. ind nos kuS1vfag 70 tvbat
cEff'.f, o., fer 10bat farPg5.s It This name may
M, Banks well knows, that we never ufe
the Language OF dfrepe6t towards any charac-
ter, but 10 ach as have richly deferve. it. We
cannot luppofe, then, that he could feel any an
Prehentlon Of our attacking his name, to his
injury, when he has often declared to
US, that ne ftandS upor- invu,negabie ground.
w c mutt believe thaE he is dubious OF the
Incerity OF the Examiner, who, in the fsry
career OF folly and ingratitudeq may take an
advantage, and bring forward the contents o f
that ie!ter againit its author, although il has
iuc6 ttrong appearance of fcrving their cauie.
re may iGQpote, that IL VIII endeavour TO de-
troy thar fair fame, OF which Mr. B. has 70 re-
Peaiedly aEured as he IS in poGehion But
this, we hope, may not happen. We fhoud
be iory, for his fake, if it was.
Wlth relpett to that part, II, the above let
fer, which adviies as not " to bHrfis TIE ate
cater fRrfber,' what follows VIII f7e,v
whether il was the iafenton OF the editors of
the Recorder, again to fem the torrent Of in
foient ard uDjult power OF what avail can
be the exertion Of Only two individuals, when
lis the win Of a republican majority, that the
lives oi the people Of this country fhould lie
at the mercy Of ! fsw bravados; men who
prat}lc tile ar5 Of firing at Z mark, and which
forms the only real buiiae(s Of their lives
1t is inlpofible, you know, 70 make any fort
~ 4i"P' ~li-OH agdtiil tdFs.5c ucio-. ~ rs 10
ilttle purpofe that memorials arc prefeotcd 80
a6cm5iies, when thofs ahemblies aJe formed
chieti with the counterpart TO (uoh ma:erla!s.
Nor wclld che mott energetic, or mallariy
t dat ever came from the mouth of a
jJsaaathehes, make the leaf penetration on
beings who cosld fuPPort with arrogance and
brutality, Lbole crimes, againa which God
and nature cries aloud for vengeance.
!; was rnaeritocJi by the writer Of this ar
ticje, thar an application had been made to his
par'Hcj, aom pefon in,ereGed in the late
unhappy deel The purport Of this applica-
zion was, to rcqusA us not to fay aov thing
more reipeGting that affair; and he declared
that bis iuJerstt would induce The Exanlirsr
70 do the fame. We were thc more
led 20 give up to tIis tgalf, uafnuch
as Il was rcPgciented to US, that ~ 70 doing,
r. would ameliora-e the paGions and folly Of
iome uad-brajncd individuals, and induce that