The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-01-12

fair opportunity having offered, and having
oeen rejected by PericrS OF - a1ucb G,ijaom,
compels me 10 c@nciude, thar YAK ybink pub
nc df6t IS q ta6Ae 6ieBfag, or ellie you have
c2datenanced nneaiures, IN order TO promote
your Fopular't.', which YOU knew would ulri-
oafeiy operate very injutiouGy againft the
public inIereit, and the general wifhcs OF your
conhjtueuts.
have now placed you between two fires,
you NAV take your choice of petitions. Ifyou
were a6tlased by the frlt of theie motives, il
! IS the heighth ofimpudence 70 diiuw1i it,and TO
accuic your political opponents of that as
fault Which you deem TO e,iuf, proper, and
wlie. 1t you were attuared by the lecond,
Yo1 nave been guilty cf an i1lpoiition, which
deierYes 70 DC expofed. In either way, you
90 nor dcierve the credit, which you have al
iae'ed. 'e facts being thus clearly aatcd,
I, TIE poop yhon yoa pretend 10 love, and
aa'Iiate 10 mach, can determine whether your
circular letter Is iuch one as osght to be
Puoiiihed by The representative of 10000
people TO his conaituents
Norsdo intend to con7ne thief. remarks
to you aions, they tuit the cafes of great
many other psrions, ard particularly all the
members Of Congrets and pubic funttiona-
F'eS who have had an agency in the nieafures
which are now under difcunion.
f. II the exIgences Of government were 70
di5nnlihcd, as to afford fair location for re-
! pealinS taXcs,iet me enquire howCongreiS will
aiiiWcr II 60 their conftuents, that the de-
! nands were iuch, that MIR, Gallatin has been
compelled II fell the flares which belonged
to theUnited States in the bank? and how il is
/ that the preiture was 70 great, that the iale
! was nor Only madein the moG fecret manner,
but 10 nluch below the market value, that
! atont 10000 dollars have been lof in this
( way! There are only two anfwers which can
be gwen, The irit is, that you voted for and have
Ila'roled the repeal OF the laxes, oecauic YOU
! foreiaw that i would be yell received by the
community, and would operate 10 cncreaie
and itfengthen your popularity; the iecoud is
that Mr.. Galla.ln has taken upon himfeif &c
tell the took, a. > private lalc, and TO q
forti2ner roo, when there was no >nscefiiy
and when our oWa citizens would have Given
Fmnch more for it DO not know Whist YOU
will do or attempt in this dilemma, or one
hand you are compelled 10 admit your owr
/ ignorance or dupljcity; on the other YOU are
compelied 70 acknowledge, ihat the hi "a
!Prlelt Of party, has not only acted with bac
policy bat with bad faith, by which the publ,
Ilntercit and character have Been very nuct
injured. l am nor, 2t pretent, flFG cientl,
acquainted with tha hittor of this 5unnci5
70 preis this fJbiect as far as it ought to 60
, my Frefent purpofe IS accomplished, in Dlarin,
you ID a petition, from which yoy canao. *
tricafe yourfeIf, without dc}t,oyib-, cith-
yoiT own political character, on that OF Mr.
G4ilacn: the frit, prefume, you Will noe do
the iecond, You dare not attempt
Uncil the whole truth fbaIl be difpiaved i
will be improper 70 fay any more concefninl
Mr.. Gelatin having fold the 9ook. This
preluule, he viii DO, during the pyefent fsf
ilon 81 Congreis. In the mean tif7c YOU nav
path up fofee excule in anothcf solar lex.
tier, for no; letting your conil;iuents know
that in Ccniequence Of the repeal of taxes b,
the la1t Couareis, ihe lcretary Of tn. trealur,
has been obliged, not only to jfl fbr 1srj
6rR perl s0bie6 hcioagcd u The U,uu,
Sfate5, int air to (ac,Ffre Il, at n les D.. 1ue
bnrd,e4 tb14jand G0Iiay;.
With refpec} 70 rha pubic debt t6rce thing,
preicnt thtm'elves. The fgf is the ~
ment, rhc fecood is the psrp4.ad;ipn ,he
,brd Is the abolition or extinction. = gu are
now called upon 70 t"carc in che mott ex-
plcie terms, e. which OF thief three aternq-
natives the meaIurcs 5f Conrrels cueht
to have teni=ney' The qyeGioo IS n ye,v
PLAZA one, and being Ratc5 to you IT, vo8f
oihcial ehaTsttci, yoJr conftituents are en-
titled TO al explicit a1fwcr.
When tuch iu5cEts afe fairly explained "a
your conltituents, they viii pc able to eff
n'ate the credit which is due q you for you
lait circolar letter, and Whether It ouzht &c
no :fc az FINK ytytt ~, th, O.e,r E ,.,..,