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

prelent unbounded liceniiousnels Of the
picls lie laid il was advanced by the
council Of Mr. Callsnd:r, s;,at the .tep
which had been railea With regard 10
the editors OF the Recoraar, .&as an in,
yalion OF the liberty OF th4 inreis; bu, Nc
truitedhc ihould prove to the G..issac-
ton OF the court, that 10 protect che
freedom OF the. ptets, and not 81 lay
any check upon it, was borh his Jealous
eiclire and molt anxious with. He was
aetuated upon the pretenE location, by
motives the mot natural and honorable
70 the human mind, the protection ef
his own feelings and thoie ofhis family.
Some people he remarked, were iuch
philosophers, Or could conceal, their
thoughts 70 we'll, as To bear, with every
,YInphom ol indifference, all rhe attacks
which malice or calGnny could attempe
againR chem. lie owned this was not
his iirnasica; that AZ both felt aud WAS
wounded by the flanders Of the Recor-
der. Fiat lie was reprelented by the
unprincipled editor OF that paper, as a
murderer and an anailin. 1t publijhed
TO the world, that he watched FOR eight
days fucc"ilively, an opportunity for
depriving Calender Of cx:ltence; and
it threatened in the future numbers TO
Zip open, and tear aiundcr both his pro-
feilcnal, his public, and his private
character. So far from this being cor
rect, he protected his meeting with Cal
lender was entirely the efeSt of acci-
dent; and that he was foley rehrained
from purifying him as he delerved,
with the apprehension thar ne ihoald
have given him fatal blow. He ar
gued that if ever the ftarutc under
which Calender was bound over, Dloulci
be a9ed upon that there co I'D be no
cafe more proper than the the preien;
Calender, Mr.. Hay taid; was the mct
unprincipled man in exiltchce that lie
was known to the court; known co the
numerous audience there pfeient,
known, in lhort, not only TO the
city Of Richmond, but in every corner
of the Union where party prevailed, TO
be an infamous and notorious Ebeller.
That MS whole pieaiure conliitcd, and
all his days had been devoted for The
lole purpoie ofdefroyjng the good re-
puration of thofc againft whom he con-
ceived the imalieit diilike. This was
well known TO the court. Three years
had not elapied Gnce he was publicly
convicted by Jury, of mott nande-
rous libel. 1t was frelh in the memo
rics of mott prclent, the disturbances
and tfilconten1 ehar this fare Gbeller
had occalioned in Richmond. Callcn-
der had then very nearly brought upon
ele inhabitants of this town a difgrace
that would have plunged into mifery,
many an inoffenGve citizen; he had
IN lhort excited the inhabitants TO i CT
vii war. What the good fortune ofthe
country had then warded off, might yer
happen, if he were permitted TO purlue
without reftrainr the abandoned courfc
he was lately following. Were the cours
20 pronounce the ilIegality ofthc COM
mitrrnent, MIR. Hay predicted thar the
vengeance of the community would
iooner or later overtake the editors of
the Recorder and that they would Bit
terly lament that their hands had NOT
been tied up from committing thofe
deeds, which would teraninate in their
perional deRruStion. He made ufe Of
that well known and forciblc exprelIion
of Cato's fon.
None, be laid, detained more loudly
abUur This fuppofed inyaliou of the Ii
berty of the prei5 than the li5siler Cal
lender, TO make thar imprefion aill
Hronger upon the public he himdrlfwenr
10 jail, and the Recorder came forth clad
in deep mourning May that mourning