The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-01-26

teuasce any other than that which has, rt n, q .
urgeme to thew that you ere nos entitled 70
the confidence of the difsriGt. And have 4
iu'hcient portion of charity to believe that
your own impreifions upon the iabieta, if yo,,
wall extricate yourfelf from the deluGons az
faction, and labyrinehs Of party soirit, vii,
prompt you TO make the acknowledgements.
with as much piainnefs as I have urged nv,
complaints againit you. But If YOU do NOT
think proper 10 defend 20 the humility Of an
acknowledgement, you thould at leaf fubnit
IN iilence and Withdraw. IF, on she other
hand, you feel innocent, or thinkyoCir canduce
luitihaele, you fhould cone boldly forward
and defend yourielf9 YiN ilFen with IA
ucnce, and with oandoar, ana if, IN that de-
sence, you DC able to fatsfg me that haze
been miitaken, / will .ther in MY own proper
perion, and under NY evl Ggnature If Won
require it5 render to YOU that act Of iultics
which will ba due, lIch anact as you arc noy5
bound so perform TO Stoa Ire, and many othcr
Injurious public chargers, 'agan& whem
you have excited public iiicontant and detcf.
rati o,.
+, on the othey bars, you atterp. to evadc
thete chargcs and proce.d 60 obtain the votes
OF your couftituents, ~ other circular lettc rs,
OF Other means, you nefi not h5 furpriied If
you mould be ahailed intcrnls Of much greater
Geyerity
To the frechoi4ers as others, who feel an
,ntoFeit in oar poliric,l PROPERTY and local
hap2ine.5 | now appel. [ Gil Upon theuI
not only to coniiJes I'll. feat;nents which
havc communicated, F1t to combine every
other mater ofinpouance which relates ei
thcr to Dir. Ciopton,oi 70 their own lights,
and then determine whether she deceptions
which have eHpo;e, have proceeded from
lgnoranc; or duplicty, from an incorripihIc
biindacts which has plunged him irrclrieya
bly, INTO the chaos Of pasty--froni the I'M
pulics OF 4 petty ambition or pir;fu! aya.ice
III any of theic cafes. The cvent to you, aly fca~
ders, 70 the community and 10 lnyie.t wilt Sc
the fame. My arra!g nment viii be fipportrd,
Aud you Will not, you cannot fail to pronounce
IN terms equally deciiiyc, thoie awful and I'M
Pretiivc WORDS, whicA we have all read, ana
which are well underifood ~ Mr. Clcpton
AZ KNE, MEME, TEKEE UPaARSIN.~
. he authority from which this is taken.
Mr.. Clopton will nor dare u quettion; not-
Withttapding his fellow iabourers in the ,a-
htical and moral dcitruc on Of this country.
pretend TO treat Jhis and ~ other lctiprare au
thortes with rIdiculs and contempt
es, Mr.. CloptoE, you la &C beer weighed
ana are round waI't,.es I'd : :n,.ie mUInSut OF
candid reflection, IL 10 stt coagzlion will
produce Ar Acknowledgements Your confci-
efsce eelIs you that tie denunciation is appli
e2bl@, that,r exact, a p IS % your CAT and
yoo cash II rcja'Es oar YOU VII efca5s he
penifaineat OF Bells szzar.
! In fine, you muA know, that you DC nor
Po!tets luch talents, aud qualifications as oughs
to be .potleHcd by SIC cyrelepta-iye OF thirty
thouiand p=ople, ana every candid man wi!
unite IN aging that your taien6s, fich as hey
are. hav. been devoted TO he gno'oic purpoies
u Interpretation, faction, ambition, and
avarice; and thag you have not only broken
that commandment which fays, tbou ha!t mr.
be4r ta4s 1itrsf qgaizf fby aeisb5a,, but
that, ajlo, .shic6 lays, t5on y6q!t net co0st my
thing 1o5izb Ssloags t. Thy aeigbb2y.
Under theGs in1;5t@lIiya circ,. rlitaaces, viii
It rot be more prudent 20 Withdraw in quiet
nets than 80 urge an iajuf-d and deceived PEG
pie 10 pronounce N terms Of dcteitatiou an&
vengeance, that awful 60 HENCE, whicE
iaouVr Of i4tcr you ma muf (ureig cxpecf.
FEDERALIST
Daniel 8, IS.