The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-03-02

methods, or by both, lhould, during
the period OF eighteen months, or per-
! lIaps two years, have had all the ca
lumny and venomous landcr heaped
upon me, which the infamous pcu Of
that iibeiler could have produced. Whag
iltisfAGtion would the fine and inpriion-
inent OF Calender at the lapic Of two
years be to me, after had received all
the lnlury,and borne all the aboic which
! he was capable OF infii6tings lndivi-
duals are not 20 wait the rariy and IN
Certain iiiue Of law iuir, and in the
nnca7 time, have their character and eve
~ action Of their life, public and pri-
'ate, illuminated, perverted, and a
ou!cd. Were Cailender's pen now LEI
looic, would be the object OF his fopl
and invccerate rancour tor months TO
come. This he has declared. do net
ipeak from iuipicion, bul from the
words OF tho Recorder. He has made
no retof his intentions he has pro-
naa'ed that he would expolc my conduct
both pu,''c and private, and go uie his
own viraent eXpreifion, thar he was in
podeiiion ofdocunlefts the mott blaitina.
and aafnnarory 70 my reputation. Thee
documents, by Callendcr's account, re
lated Goa charge Of. iupref1ing evidence,
OF which be has accuicd me, and by
which ait Doctor Read had fatfaiacd rbe
gFeate1f igury- Il happens, however,
cy me ,noit iingutar coincidence OF cir.
cutnitances, thar upon the very day,
tue zoCf 81 December, when Caliender
vas wiring this libel on my charaEter
Doctor Read, rhc gentleman whom
/ aiie nder ai!errs became the viaim of
my aeceitful cond,,6t, was employed in
wr,iiag me = ler-ers requeiting me 10
become the guardian and i9GfuGtor Of
ms wlte's fen. gfr. Hay then read
Doctor Reads l-ttef This gentleman,
therefore, who by Callcnder's ftaye-
lncnr, received the greareIf inutlice
from my hands, had Gngled me ont
rom among all hls acqualnsanccs in
Richmond, who entertain rhc fame fen
t.meiitS with regard 10 politicS with him
ieH, and'they are not a few IN number.
In order 70 take che fatherly charge Of
this young maa; 10 Ter 70 watch over
him curing thar period, rhelc four ia1-
Porrant years which the letter mentions,
IN winch youth are mott apt to Dc n7il.-
led and TO err from the path Of rccri
rude.
Calendars couhfel, the ftcond On NV
left hand, Mr.. Rind, exprcard his
tears, ray he declared thal If the doc
rrlIle advanced {houid be l9und to be
Law, char the liberty Of the orefs was
gone, gone for ever. EIe attempted TO
inrmldate the magiitrates, | trut nor
intentionally, by pictu5ing to rl,etn in
the mott dreadful manner, the conie
qucnces thar would eniue from prevent
lngthe Observation-Disclosures rom propa-
gazing his 1ander he told Them, thar
i n1agiftrate in tlle CRY Of London
dared 10 commit a printer 10 lail for nor
giving iecurity in cafe fuch as This,
that his houfe would IN feW hours be
pulled abour his ears, and caat proba-
bly, hia life would even pay ;0r his tennc-
rlty, But I trut were this ltarern-nt
OF Mr., Rind's even correct that the
court now iiJling would no1 form their
Judgment from the caprice of London
mob. The laws Of England, and the
deciiions Of the courts in that kingdom,
are not 70 be determined BY the Wins
Or the actions Of men heated bv fn~v,
and led or by ignorance.
But the l1agiitrates Of a n1onarchical
country, and thofc under republic are
very differently lituated. rhole OF the
Iatterhave A much greater dilctetionary
Powcr allowed them, then rhol. Of the
former IN q monarchy flch as Britain,
every acfinn re rho ~,,.1 49, IN