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

violng ne could do their york as well as any
ooay ellis and that no honeh man could fet his
race againit iuch a principle. When the
cfoiS-eyed delegate, one Brokenborouoh, pro-
Poieo that Wr PAGES memorial ihould not
pc feao, IN the assembly, it is Ead that Mr
ohshsy oppoled ibis raoit unprecedented, ire
guar and icandalous motion. He did moi.
however, adhere 10 firmly to the reduction
OF me ialary as be might have done. Bv &C.
cePtlns the propofals of Mf5trhomas Nico,fon
or W.T. Pace, the fame buiinef, could have
been done for twelve hundred dollars, which
mas ilnce colt the commonwealth wothoufand
ieven hundred. This affords a can;,aI ey;
dence OF the rconOn1y,and fidelity OF the Tcc-
ferion regiment. s. paving for tbe NH
printing work ,at the common .,tet. ,,.rs II
nave heen two thOuiard Ave hundred doiIa~s,
or mott probably three thoutand dor'sre ,a,
annuH7, iaVcd 20 the public. But when Con,e
of you accept of pint of thinking red hot
"nlikeF ioF your votes, what is to be cx-
pected from luch candidate, OF what lind
.ot ierWce f1aye ;uch cagfifnent5 tide 10 de-
mand When writing upon this head, | feel
.myisif 'mtneised ia on ocean OF ignorance
.of ao!urdIty and corruption, which has mel
ther bounds nor bottom. Even the (a)aries
OF Our JuogeS.are in arrears; although II is cc-
morally underitood that they fulfil ther dGtv
with great diligence and integritv,witb nr;cr
importantly, and with exemplary indepen-
dence. YET, at the fame TING, while men ~
probiry and abilities mutt wait iono- and Io,,r
enough before they receive their fhabbv nir9
tance, an executive council which i M,
worth its room, is pad with the moG r;r;I
punctua!ity. 2 Nobody thinks of oon,-
PARTON between the characters of ;ud,,a
ones, or OF judge Tyler, and that of C1ecr9e
nay. Nobody fancies that Judge Roape bas
any kind of resemblance to that guoadam can.
didate for mad houie, Alexander Macao
VINO IS mentioned in the county cou-r If
aennco, as 4 kind Of MARRIOTT pleader.
There isin this Office, Elliot fxflbt;sn, n
think that is the nane of the paper bywbiCh
itapPears that Alexander Macrac was for 2
whole winter, an associate in club at,LOO
ne coon pay were boverty-fyuck !
Hence It was agreed that thew fho,sld take
each othsr's notes for what miehf ne loh, and
pay SU6sH they t0eye a6h. fpeak from the
records of court. Ard beg leave. to ak the
impartial and Respectable part OF my fellow
citizens, wbether luch a teptilc IS Nfacrae
lis fit TO be entrufed with vote in the dit
poial Of three hundred thouland dollars ner
annum OF your puoifc money Citizens I
When you are 70 teit hQrie, or hogihead Of
tobacco, you invariably b>hav. Ike men of
buiiaels. You wriggle 10 the lat pc INV.
| But when tax is levied, as it fo,netin,es
Happens to be, in the moi} onpre(iive
manner, and when it is applied in the noi9
ahfurd manner, you meyer think of grumbing.
What is the armory, which mas coz, or u ii
cott two hundred thouiand dollars? This il
cludcs twenty thoufand dollars for the removal
lot clay WHICH the adjacent tfricklayer would
have b@cn glad 6tlt 20 purclIafe, ed then %
fremove at,his own expence. More than IF
teen thoufand dollars Of the money have been
PAID OUT. The James River canal company
have fnce been removing additional Civ.
But initead Of thejr paying for The clay, YOU
pay them for the removal Oft.
The Penitentiary, ihc barracks, The tobac-
leo warehoule, would each Of them require
a fambbltl Citizens beyond theBlue-Ridge
this is the way IN which your beloved dol
lars are expended.
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