The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-02-16

irregular and unconititutional. L hey|
we'll knew to what purpoies the money
was TO be applied. But, in this mar
Ter, congreis were to vote not one mls-
lion only, but two; and that without
any preciie knowledge in what manner
ir was co 90. As for bribinS the
mininers Of the firit conful, Sonaparce
is not man to be led or driven by l
circle of Eavourites. Ills niniieers are lit
tie more than his clerks. As for bflb-
ing hintclf, or purchasing che free Ravi-
CATION of the MifHGippi, the icheme
would, ifpoGible, be till wilder. Two
millions OF dollars would he bur as the
bubbiing Of rea-ketrie IN the 9uIph
ftream. II general Smith wanted 10
f:rni!h the Kentuckians with military
itores, the remedy Would be worfe than
the diieafe. 1t would be like the cut
oing oif' : mans head IL cure 4 bleeding
at his noit The Aglantlc faces wouli
muruus at 10 p< iuoiidy- The
French, sirhough beaten by land, would
reveage ra=miciyes at iea by the def
tryGtion Of our commerce, To TIC citi-
zens Of Baltimore a0A Philadelphia,
the cagSur= Of New Orleans, or The de-
icar ot twenty thou;ard Fre0ch troops,
wouiQ afford bur a p.-r compensation
for the blockade OF 5le Delaware, and
the contla5rati0n Of Feil's Point. Theic
truths arc diiagfeesble, bn5 thar does
not icflea the propriety of their being
: tod. A,man cannot receive gceaIer fer
VICE than 70 br ihcwn thai he is walking
On the edge ola precipicc. A nation
oug!1t 70 rhank ehe monitor thar &C
qualnts chem w.ch rllc full extent Of rheir
danger.intt~ad Of rfis,a few people have
been Offended at the Recorder for rbe
publicity ofreua-ks which the acknow-
ledge 60 Dc ,rue. This is very iiily. Is it
no1 better, as the p,ovorb lays, 20 be
Vile before the hani than behind it?
Sura uapalatabie trtlth does nor dilpi-
rlr yad degrade The public mind. Is
terYea on'y- 10 correct AMI iaform it. is
: man, CT is 4 nation, the more unlikely
70 DC fortunate, or happy, oecaute he,
Or they have acquired additional wifi
dom lru5h 10 rhe ground tory of
the temple Of @ifdom. Il is as the root
from which her trunk and branches
fPFing. The ultimate definition OF VIII
dom is only this: elsa, caS itaoia0as
PsrcspfiaR Of 5rafb, 12itb t5s {ae&Lty Of
a'0%ing The: bsf ME 9H. The power OF
perception is uiciefs without the power
q improving by it. The faculty Of
improving upon truth is alike uteteis,
unleis the perception Of that truth is OBJ
talaed. A Tartar may poacfs the ma
tural taicncs of Newton but without
Eaclid, OF an alphabet, he continues a
iavage. A member OF congrels, and
wc have known fuch, may Poteis a
totoii OF political knowledge, without
che Probily, the frmnef, or perhaps
the capacity TO make ule Off, The 4
meFican character does nor fail for want
or energy or acutene1s. Ii is ignorance
that originates our rnisforunes. When
the fate Of facts is candidly told, the
public viii feel and act with fuirable
ipirlr and propriery. Bur unhappily,
political Cruth is often, above all others,
the mott inaccefiible. Each Of the two
oppofte bands of newspapers is, con
family, thriving 20 biacken the adveric
faction , and truth is fInothcred ainida
the fhock Of the mutual confliG. Some
New England FACES have boalted of the
valt number Of newfpapefs printed in
that country. They infer the prodigioA5
22ehfiy Of i1f0ymai;o1, which mult be
dl.ftminated among the people. Be-
iides the lying paragraphs, and forged
extracts of letters, which are copied
from the newspapers Of Europe there
IS q YerV conlLAaralnle r..lr,oher &C &c