The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-04-27

on inc pait events OF his lie, he has the
tagaci1y TO ditcern,and the candour 70 ac-
knowledge, thar if rumour had NOT AZ,
cidently be(towed on him rhe rem
cation OF being the author of the declara-
non OF independence, his peaers could
nor have made it appear, tilat be is this
day the greatef itate(inan In America
natlf BY accident he had not Become
writer of the Notes on Virginia, his
Paraiites and daubcrs, could never have
proclaimed him TO the world with any
degree of plaulibility, as being the mot
accomplished lcholar, the mott fublime
and enlightened philosopher, in it.
That It by mere accident he had not
written an epittle TO a printer in Phi
IadeiPhia, and icnr it with the frf
part OF Tom Paine's Rights of Man :;
and Ii the eplitIe, BY kind of fatality,
not TO be calculated upon, or forciten,
had nor been Publilhed by the printer
and IT the contents of the faid cpifle,
contrary TO ali torelight and expectation,
tor HotbiAg gyas meant by ggoat qyas ind.
mere t5a@ to ssvoid he baIdneJ5 ofa u0ts,
had net rli.ed lhe warwhoop cf demo.
cracy ag4int Mr.. Adams, and his
book written III defence of the Aneri-
can contributions; the tycophants and
Panders OF his appetite for popuar ap-
Pianie, could not have periuaded the
people 70 believe for a moment, that he
IS the mott profound and iagacious DO
ilucian, and mott virtuous patr;or on
earrh: and that be might at This no
ment, have been in the peaceful eniov-
inent of uninterrupted repolc at Mon
ucello, purifying his Philosophical in
CURES, and Mr. Adams would have re-
tanned his place as PRECEDENT OF the lTnis-
cd States and that, if by the fame Kind
OF iln5te and u0miNed accident, which
produced the lat mentioned way,ea-t}
occurrence and ePiitlc he had nor
PAD James lhomplon Calender, one
hundred dollars Tor writing the Prolne6f
Before Us, and for the lait twelve Years
OF ms life Pra6tiied on The cantinu, nv.
PccTlucal and degrading prerence Of :
tender regard anu indulgence for rhe
poor the worthless, the beggarly and
gre lazy, they would never nave placed
MIN, ID pure republican luitre, and
Inning democratic Accomplishments
above all other luxurious dstnocrats ard
republicans, which have Appeared with
IN that anne, either in France or 8nr-
nca. Nor would they have cholsn him
Prelldenr ofthe United STATES. For wirb
all thefe adventurous aids, il was no
Al-l work TO get him elected; and with
ont them what deplorabIe figure
would The numerous writers OF his life
and character have made They won)d
nave been, like the young gentleman
mentioned by Mr.. Lock, who could
dance without the aiIifance of an old
trunk, placed in one corner of his roam
Mr. John Adams, in LOOKING bacl. IN
the pat events OF his hfe, is coolc;ons
that Il II had not been his lot to wrire q
DOCK IN defence the American conf
tuEions, and his fare to aldre(s an. ind;c
Greet Letter to Tench Cox, rhar l..
would it'll have been PRECEDENT ofthe
Onited States, And Tench Cox i
convinced thar If he had nor, bya fawnine
PaTatltlcai attention, wriggied hin(ci}
INTO the confidence Of Mr. Adams he
certainly would NOT have written fucb =
letter to him and if Cox had nor had
the oaienels to Puojifh it, Mr.. Tefer-
ion would never have appointed him G,-
PerYior OF the revenue Of Pennsylvania.
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