The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-01-12
Mn. GEORGE HAY.
No. I.

Mr. lay Piumes hiinleif on the reference
when DT Read has given &c MIN. as rbo
preceptor OF ms !on-in-law. Elay offers tb,S
as proof that the DR.. could not poGb)v fu.-
pole that ne had been guilty of Glppreaipy
teitlmoily. Without pretendiap tn a.
what mas been The conduct of DR.. Read ~
what were ms motives FOR Il, we declare i,
she lace OF Mr., tiay, OF Dr. Read. and ,ha
Whole world, that shere is ! document n our
poiisiilon winch proves that Mr.. Hay did G,n-
prcts the Deceive tetmony OF William Coils
\ ne tefflmony OF this man afccrtaiped rbot
there was no occalon FOR the idle and ride
lous. parade which he, and his abettors .,,,.5.
about the H9nerfity Hugh Jones. We fnr
tl1er declare that DR.. Read has been renea,~d-
y heard 70 declare, both in Norfolk and -
Richmond, without rcaraint, or re(ervat;or
that HA was ST and that he jar,ert
ed not having committed him to ;aiI &c do
tdrber OF t}fc peace: We are ready r.
prove thefe words, Oh others &c the fame ,ur-
pote, IN court of juitice.
y, We repeat that DR.. Reads mot;vcs ere
Unknown tous, But we prefunne that he Ess
been influenced bY thofe-of p,udsaet Her
IS our explanation. He has been difan,o;nt,d
IN three or four endeavours 10 have his cs;a
tried, by the avertlou, and eyafion Of the nr1-
iecutors. Each ieui-annual attempt cor
hiFu above two. hundred dollars II is iu-
2 onlole TO form an opinion, when this pro
iecutioh will be at an end. DIR. Reads cY.
Pehces are paid ont of bis 04g1 bgckst. Tn
prosecutors carry on their proceedings with
Pa5ic m2HEy. The executive ccu-ci arg th..
Chief englnes OF this profocution. Mr.. Eav has
been lately elected as a fr4ef,bsr Of ,ts4
board, DIR, Read mighr perhaps fee thas II
was much witer 10 pave his way 20 peace bv
the arts or addrefs than 70 brave the form
againit che united heads Of many LAWYERS, and
The uncfahng Feiourees of an a :undart n,.hiie
treainFy. II IS 10 shjs that we ir,oose his
motive OF having delccalel from e,e elevated
ground On whi,.h he FOOD 10 the hnr,ili.v or
befdtng any i0rt IF tntfrteNrEe with George
RAY Nor can wee cfra;n feorn repeating DIR Il
IS Inpoftlhle, # DIR. Read IS MAJ, OF the final
lett ieHholitY, Or retcntulent, If he ijd believe
Fnat ne has often iaid, and whae Coils gfi =
7davtt comPeiis every body TO believe, tfcn il
IS reaionabie TO conhsd- that he mutt detett
Mf. Hay, and that his condu I has been the
conteqaence OF policy, and not of reject
ne community too we'll acquainted with
the reiiicntS OF Richmond, to believe thai any
man OF comnhon fsnfe and prudence, would
fslstt George Hay, as the properef} pcrfon 60
'aHr@A @J7aag maa in The principles of Virfue,
to direct him in Paths Of pte,ulify, to prepare
him for the profeGion 1ftbt Iau 1t has come
to us IN roundabout way, that Dr. Read
did make feversi applications 10 gentlemen
of the bar, in Richmond, 10 receive his ion
in-law, as a ifuieni. before he applied to Hav.
t1eDcc, whateysE were tire motives for me
confluence, they lead naturally to the le5ter.
All this IS idle We return to the affdayit
ard declaration Of Coils. Il is by this tbat the
charge hands Imported, and it would avail
Mr Hay much better 70 prove. thar Coils
was perjureI man, than that DR.. Read was !
polite one. Coils f~ears that Hay has done a
thing which amountsto the Gatbt1I5ion IF teHi-
mony. Hay defends iim'elfby aniwering that
| ~ Read has 70 fac furmouDtcd fenfe of injury
as to write to him with decorum and polite
neis upon another fubje6t. Would fuch a
9uiSble pats with judges, or with juries
Would any other peTfon defend TO f,ch =
P'tital ihift except Georgs Hay No. Nc.