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

IN rejecting the preiidcnt's dry dock.
You fee thar they pitied his IGNORANCE,
that they detpiled and defeated his pre-
tu'aption, that they abhorred his pro i.
gal propofal Cor the waite of million or
perhaps two millions of dollars. You
ice that rhis renowned ptilolopher
knows not half as much about The tin
bers OF q hip, is the negro wehch il your
Kitchen knows about che ltayes Ola pork
barrel. Effrontery ititlf cannot deny
tha1 hc aud Madiion wanted TO have the
(scrsf and djltrstioaa,y management OF
TWO millions ut dollars, lou know
that congrets, thara re publican congreiE,
thar .'efferlon majority OF congrets,
rejected, (Heaven bleis them )this mott
unprecedented propolal with contenps
and indignation. They took up sii,.
iublect. They inCtanrly itilecl this mon
iteT In the pings OF It's birth. They
then opened their doors. Mr.. Bayard
began TO make. "a reference 20 the propo-
iAi. The republicans were afhainrd of
t. he fpeaker warned him 10 keep
at 3 diitance from it. Me. Bayard rher,
laid, "caR genrlemea expect thar ei-
ttier we, or the nation, will, in any
8 cafe, be tatisfed 60 make a large
" grant of money, while no information
Is given oft6e grounds apon ggb;cb tbe
grant IS required ? When money IS
8 atsed for, information oughe never
I" 60 be denied. Mr Bayayd iu5ioiae,t
:" that, for his part, he never would a.
greeto give A CENT, while NOR
&C nation which ouehl to, be conmuni-
Gated, was withheld"
Mr.. Bayard fpokc like arnan. He
fpeke in the fpirit Of The federal conf1i-
tuition FIe ipoEe the unanimous voice
ofmen Of all parties. He fpoke the
paiitiye reprobarion Of Jeferfon, Of
Madiion, and oftheir y5nsakiug trumpet,
general Smith. Citizens Of America
arc theie the men. thar, above all Others,
deicrve to be,trutted ? If congrefs caa
give away two millions in fecFer, they
have the fame rifle TO give twenty. 49,
They may divide the ipoil, flip rllent-
felyes for Europe, and linile at your
cz.ecratlons.
We cannot conclude this article with
out taking notice of a fnrprihng phraie,
which Me-. Gfifwold has quoted, as a..
Dove mentioned, from Mr.. Teferfon's
meiiage 70 congreis. The prefldent
con8Farulares congrefs upon oar being
"6!eBsd with order and re!isio,, al boue.
We lhould be GLAD 70 hear what kind Of
religion Mr.. Jeferon refers to, and
what iett Of religion he belongs to ,
hat lie Is not a chrittian VIZ have ten
tlrnes more evidence than whal would
be tQffieient fer hanging lerccr Realcr,
ar the OLD Bailey, Setting aide the
INVITATION of Thomas Paine, there is
paiiagc In his nores, which has never
been quoted By his enemies, and which
alone wouldeitabliih his being. an atheifl.
9,he words are thefe.
'sThe firf glance of this fcene hur-
g rles air. ySnjsy into xhe opinion that
this world was created IN TIME"
From this pafage, it is evident, that
the writer confidej ed the world as having
exilted from all eternity. In this CAFE,
1t is plain that che fuprcrne being did
nor crcsfe the world. IF he did not,
vie IN have no reafon 10 Zee why he
iaosid govern it, fince it can 90 on
without him. The Engli(h of all this
afdoints to denial Of his exiaence;
Tor an omniposent being; that boS m0-
k9fhg To do, Is a contradiction in terms.
Fhe debate upon MIR Grifwold's re-
iolution Tor fhr production Of papers as
TO Lourfiana, the prelident's letter to
the governor of Keptnc!oy, the expuI-
non Of Arthur St. Clair from his govern