The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-02-09

may eSlnk MS CcngTehIoiial dignity attaCt1%0
or invaded, and will make reply | fhall /,
confder myelf ar fail liberty 10 rejofn.
Bur ls. it be undefitood that 60 not think |
any othcI man VINO belopGs 70 thc delegation, |
1eieryes iinilar remarks to thoie which have |
Imputed TO you, knew fome Of them who |
woGid diidain to fell tbsir birtjrigbt fer |
zuef5 Of Pottags, And though their department |
has tended to the political injury Of be coun- |
try, cannot pcriuade rnyfelf that there is d
man among them who would have made to
q dean eraager iuch an application as you
did, OF would have received wages rs a mem /
Der OF council Ill Virginia, within three days
OF the ietting Of conere(s
here IS fuch wide difference between the
pisItut iniignitlcance and irnbecility ofcharac
ter which belongs to you as an individual,
ana the important concerns which grow out
OF your deporuhent and Ration Is i public
iervant and member Of congre(s, the firit is
all ieab!eneis and exeues pity and ridicuic;
she iecond IS Important, becaufe rou are the
public conduit, through which the opin:es,s
ana dehreS or your ecnftituents are to PATS, thai
have at tome times layneated, that In this ar
argument, in the eafy viGtory which have
obtained, there is nothing which can be deem
cd honorable, nothing 70 CRAFTY my vanity,
nothing OF Importance about YOU which could
procare for me flnali fhare of literary credit.
iEdeed there is nothing. You appear 90 help
leis, 10 feeble, 10 ildefeniibie, and 10 nfant,,e
Th&t you are obliged TO hear exactly as much
as | chuie 70 infli6 upon YOU And whether
you are ico*rgsa 1Oifb }eoyp;ens, or gently re-
primanded, you Riil exhibit the fame urvary
ing helplefsneis and fubniiion.
l he only means by which you can be ana
Sc1 =, L. F.,
deeds which have been unfolded. TIE only
means ny whiSn your poiitica influence can
ne dsttroyed, IS to thew that yourpublic cha
FaIter exhibits , riilue Of weakness or wick
edHeiss either, or both of which has diEsuali-
he'd You as public iervant, and ought TO pro-
nonce IN terms far more irreiiitablc than Aow
from my pen, THAI you are az improper parion
to'repreicnt the dif.i6t. IF your conit;.us;.ts
neither adopt this opinion, nor believe what
have written, they would be equally incrc-
duteus, fts4gh onc gOsrs 10 y3j6 }roa Tie ac7d.
In tine, there are fubieGts which have diani-
SYand AZ Importance about thezI1,which expand
andinWgoratethen lind as the writer proceeds.
But your political character and conduct have
preieHted nothing which could route or en-
large iingle thought, the mind finks and Gck-
Gas with the iubieQ as it-advarces. The
writer OF ehele numbers has felt at every fer
: reluctance, and ifrong incitemenes Of hu-
nlsnty to deiiffj be feels a degradation to have
employed his pen againh fuch punyilia and
i6tiSy1ihcancc.
Il mutt not be understood that N thefs IN
veitgatlonS, the writer has defgned TO weaken
your popularity, or prevent your election be-
cauie you adhere 10 the deuocratical party
No, Mr. Clopron, it's becAufe you want can.
dour; you want chat independence Ct cI,a-
racser and action which IS nccefIary TO make
you respectable, and which opght to be pofefs-
ed by man who fills your Aation.
IL IS not expected that the dcIuiiye torre,,t
with which you have contributed to over
Wheim the pubic mind, can be 60 foon checx-
ed, or even if it could, that the temper, of
your continents could be hrou ght to counter
sct theiI own recent determinations bur !,
IS hoped and with fon-e reaion that fon1c othcr
indn"dual will be iele6ted, who poflcGcs flf
hcient independence TO confefs and pron,,i
gate the truth, and who will net, by his CON
duct pug it IN the power OF an anonyT1o,,s
writer 70 "trip him Of his political honors
without itruggIe.
1t will te IN vain for YOU to lhelter Vour-
ieit Under the high toned attitude of your con-
CEREMONIAL Importance. It will be no le(s IN
vain TO lay that thsie writings do not de(.rve
aot'ee, that you viii treat then, with contemDt.
and thus puclue your receptions and feeble
e@feer. My charges have been too dire9.
I hey rave brought you and yoUr conduct G,
immediately before your continuous, fh7t
mono hut the mott ignorant or tie NOR infat,i-
ated, will be found to Gy, soH Aanc tbon
reed anu fgitbfri lsrgazf,'' whiIc thoufards
vii proclaim in terms more ftroi.g than thun-
der hnai GO HENCE.
B1t for moment let II be fupoofed, that
am rnitaken; that there Mould be n7'tiorifv
yAo TlIi again dilgface the,n,elves and the
1iitFitt BY eleeting you; what lays your con-
seI2nce DOGS not that urge fame auctions
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