The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-06-08

NOTlc lays, rhac the tucps OF rile con-
vention were ascoHfifGtiona!, and rhat
they were oppoled by men OF infor-
e Ration, viz. x the officers of Govern
g ment, the clergy, and per{ons of IL
e beEal education" Ir mutt be Grange
kind Of sgaeatiaa that would tempt any
man 70 vindicstc illch iniquity. The
clergyman who defended it, diigraced
his protection. By what kind of mora
lity were congrefs warranted in paving
one tet Of claimants with twelve ihil-
lings in the pound, and the remainder
with half crown ; BUT the nactet was
greatly woric The hyperion wages of
the officers could only be betrayed by a
general taX, Of which the privates,
thus prcvioutly robbed, were of courlc
20 pay their quota, Moric calls the pro-
ceedings Of the convention of Middle
town AneoEfjtNtioacl, that is to fay,
whca I iolaier IS injured by eovernmenv,
he has no right 10 remonitrare. The
truth is, chat this act was much bold
der tfeP towards oppreaion than the
Bntilh tt&mp-duty and mcritcd, III a
tag greater degree, tho adherence and
reiiitance OF honea men. 1t excited
ditturbance ~ Mafachuletts, and other
itarea, as we'll as in Connecticut but
opPoiirion and remembrance gradually
died away. The law remained in force
and, On this principle, the army rcceiv-
cd Their certificates. Thus the arrange
meat even Of the original creditors was
founded Oh fraud, upon . reature, which
il acted in private life. might have tent
its author 10 the pillory. Yer Or.
MORE comes forward to execute If. and
70 condemn all thotc who complained Of
this enormity. No fophil7m can be viler
than thar here advanced by this man of
f9'ormatian. It would icrve as a pgcce-
dens for the robbery OF every future
army and for the chicanery OF every
future bankrupt. Dr. Ran{ay llips
over this dlitin6sion between the com
mutation TO the officers and that of the
ioldiefs, by telling what was ordained for
the former, and laying nothing Of the
lhare granted to the latter. Thus IS :
narrative patched together. DR.. Ram
ley conceais legiG45ive knsvery. DR..
Moric defends it.
he exact amount of the Communication
granted 10 the folders Off continental
army cannot, in ghis place, be aicerrain-
ed. lna Bfitith regimens Of five hun
died .oor, al FIX pence per day, 9he pav
OF the commidioncd officers was, iii rhe
lare war, ioucwherc about equal 60 that.
Of al! The ret Of the corps. Guels;n1
Tor American TcoopS az the fame rare Of
squahcy, the Communication GO the of
GERS ottrs years pay ,woUld be Ave tinles
greater than Of :he rank and file, who
were allowed combination for only
atte year OF their fcrvice. Of the do
metric debt Of forty millions Of dollars
doe in 1890, let alie ten millions for
a-9CatractCrs and ccmnailsasies. The ~
manning thirty million. are cicn % he
s!lvided into EH equal portions. OF
tne1e, tie above con,e clJrai climate
allows FIVE parts, or, twenty five
millions GO the officer, aad tic fxth
part, or the odd five millions TO che FOL
dlers. This calculation makes > IoG Of
twenty millions OF dollars {, the rank and
be Il is given merely as co1je6tura|.
nor IS prcclllon as TO the reflective
shoInt eiicnuaitor the Inference here
IN view. The infinite aumbcr ofintcr-
Vsnlng oaluajlties renders an accurate
computation beyond the power Of the
oeif ih.ormed accomptaot but take
INC above diHerencc OF twenty millions.
as . probable medium OF what ilIgus were
denied TO tbs folders ~ granting them
one 'hltcad OF I've Gears of pay. From
January tit, 51go 20 January 1893,