The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-04-20

the jury, that this Was a crime o,earlv
enhanced when they reHeaed thar the
Pefionagc rhos attacked, was acknow
legged de )a6fo the frf nagifrage of
France, and, at the time of publication
at profound peace with this country.
Having made theiereunarks, he proceed
cd TO another part Of this parody, where
the tlrit conful is delcribed as lurround-
ed every where he goes by his band Of
Mamelukes, competed Of Maltsfe
CoPts and Egyptians, who, NOT lpeak-
Ing French, are fly calculated 20 be-
come his mNtss, his facilities, and bra
vos, sc. and it concluded with an in
vocation to Frenchmen, if they wilhed
to be valued by poferiry, TO thew pof-
terry that they would aiiert and rcco-
we're their liberty, q by preferrine the
itorns OF liberty 60 deadly tranquility,
and follow the fame of Camille Tour-
don. The character, therefore, which
5he attorney general alcribed to this parr
or the libel charged in the information,
YVES that OF fomenting rebellion in
france, and of exciting its people
agantt the authority they themielves
lmpoied and conferred upon cheir fisft
maglttrate and that which he alcribed
TO the other part contained in the firf
number, was nothing lefS chan an excl
tation TO alf2lIinaze char perloaaee. This
was contained in an ode, wherein all ma
ture wasdetcrided N fate ofconfufloD.
here he then read extracts from ia
1t then went on, iignifying that I Iea
ven as 1t were, arouicd from its apathy
had determined TO avenge the cauic Of
trance but again the poem, faid the
learned gentleman, ieems, like its an
NOR lunk as It were in deipair, COM
plains, .<how Heaven ipares the tyranr,
and depicts B0naparte as the rebel Cor
hcan Veiiel, Drawing omnipotencc
ana oQtiitlin8 the forms - il proceed
ca ehehce 10 draw an analogy, and fiIg
gen comPaFiion between Caiar and
bonaParte, between Rome and France.
tracing OUT the fortunes of the former
through ali bis viciffirudes, till the DAG
ger was plunged in his breaf and how
Rome, from rhatpefiod, was free till the
fata1 battle OF Pharlalia, and COMPARING
them throughout with thofe of Bona
parre, AMI continuing the figure fill.
conciudes with defcribing, what is rern7-
Cd in this part q toe libel, (" the viii, of
the good PARROT" Viz. by returning
ms object, and tracing this diitincuiih.
cd PcrIonagc from victory to victory.
from peril 90 peril, at laf placing HIM
as IN Polieliion Of fovereiqn iwav.
GraiPln8 at a fcepcre, and aiming at a
throne, lignlfies, 5ha1 let him 90 or.
" Roma'os Nuggets that his a2orheGs
VIII be ianctioned tomorrow bv God.
&c. " This, che attorney general con,
tended, was no lels a libei on the 6rf
coniuio than it was libel on the En-
gun Prets, making it the vehicle.
through 5he fae0lum Of its unliyalled IL
berty, Of milchicvous nander and cow
ardly aiia!hnauOn compound Of
fence, which no EHglilh jury could
pals over, and no Ehglilh court Of
IA" could iliten TO with inpunify, when
the guilty. author lhouid be convicred.
and thar was the province Of the iurv r.
decide; Il by any pofl0le impulfe his
learned friend fhould -ndeavor to de-
jcn0e this as nothing but hiitory loo(ely
connected ard dellncaEed with a tinclure
OF modern times, he himielf would,
"hlie, however, he denied that reply,
that ahtory looiely dclnea5ed, or given
as iuch, would DC made by him in no
feipect the fuDjeclo Of public profecu-
ton buc neither would he have it un-
oie'itood, that while he Ind either Office
or authority, ithould ever be laid tbat