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

tiDGWih the, eSiitence OF the DreiS
THAT are the perfons The one is the
fon ola SCOTS tobacconift the other is
the ION Of bankrupt Scots carpenter.
The one was taken upon charity. The
ref of his family were taken upon cha
rity. They were educated upon charity.
ne are reftrainted from giving the
details, by motives very different from
any fort of re1peet for an. execrated,
being. The iubtcribcrs TO g The
Recorder" are not anxious to know into
how many charitable families the ions
or daughters of George Hays father
were parcclled. The Recorder has OBJ
jeEts hyperion to detail of dorneltic
beggary and mifery
What We are going to fay is not ex-
a6tly Ineligible. Fyhat we have al,
ready faid is irrecoverably felt.
In the celebrated novel of Caleb
Williams, THE principal character ad-
drehes q iecoRdary Patronage in terrns
like theie:--'s While Mr.. Falkland
&c pretends to accule me of a crime, he
60 is, at this moment thanking my Gle
&c money, and deprecating the poGibi-
&c lity OF my refentnent. While be is
sc pretending to accuie me OF crime,
g he knows, he feels, while I look
&c ftraight In his face, he trembies, at
&c my power of difciofing a icofet,
sc which would damn him ten thouand
&c tathoms beneath the rtleanelt, the molt
&c cowardlv, and the mott isnoninious
/" of mankind"
Thefe are not the express words of
Caleb Williams. The volume is not at
hand; and in richneis of thought, in
energy OF language, the writer OF this
paper is not weak enough to pretend to
place .himfelf upon level With the au-
thor of Caleb Williams. Yet, he mum
be permitted to obfcrve, that there is
not a well-inforred citizen of Rich
mond, thar there is not we'll inform
Cd inhablrant Of Petersburg, who does
net underitand the prefent allaiion.
While George Hay talks about charac-
ter, his heart is kneeling before, and I'M.
ploIlng mercy from the Recorders
rhunderbolc of truth, He would not,
he duff NOT, inaitute ar .attipn OF any
lori, sgainf the writer of this article;
even if fair ground of action had been
given. While this human being is
pratlng about character, he thinks from
the poiilblllty, that the little finger of
the Recorder might overturn and cruffl
him. What we formerly faid of Tho
mas Iefferion, may, with the itriGeft
Juitice, be applied 10 this vulnerable IriyF-
inadon Of democracy, - g Like lbip
" under bare poles, the name Of George
&c Hay IS now driving before the TEN
&c peit.'' He n1all not be infulted.
The writer Of 1his paper fhall not in
falt himielf by an ungenrrous, and .
brutal explanation.
We have been extremely forty at an
accidental word, which chancedto give
pain 70 mott innoccnt, a mott anlisble
and q mott exemplary character. We
have committed many faults. We have
been charged with mary, that never
were committed. But there is one feult
which we never flali conn il; and
(Which the behind the back bludceon
Of George Hay fhall nor beat US into the
cofnmiGion.
The readers Of this article will exclfc
the probable incoherence of fome parts
Of it. The author is not capable offead-
ing over his nanulcript. He is much
lels capable of reading over a proof
fleet. More than half ncrvelcls, and
IN confequence of bis wounds, at lealt
half blind, he addref1cs bis numerous
fubicribers in fituation alnof as crit
cal as any which the human mind can