The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-10-05
From The Frederieksburg Recorder

The memory Of the father of the editor OF the
Richmond Enquirer has heen often s-ssiled m the
datrlbes OF party, that had adopted fr truth tie
calumny which associated las name with ttI,se who
took SIDES against the public liberty lis early slrug
gle W itb the mother country. 10 looking over a yo-
iume OF American archives, published under the aus
Pces Of & ngress by Peter Force, i" was agreeably
1"rnrssd at af""ns page wh rh contains sati.fao
tory reiutaion OF this calumny. |. is Jus, that il
should be gwen TO the public:
Essex CoU.rY (VRGNA) CoNMIrrEE-At a
committee held for be county OF Essex m the town
of sppshannock, 10 Virginia, on Thu sdsy %
day OF March, IT'S, by special summons f,om the
chairman-the committee having been informed that
Capt Joseph Richardson, master Of the bfigsntine
MUIR, since the hrs, day e February last, had i'm.
ported from the island OF Antigua, IN the said brig.
ant ne Muir, four pi OF British osna burgs a.
three pieces OF Irish linen, some OF which he had
sold since hrs ARRIVAL aud the SAID Richardson hay-
ing appeared brio.e the committee, sgreesbly 10
pre,iou, summons for the purpose on examins
non, confessed that, upwards Of two ye.rs ago he
had imported INTO tbs colony a quantity OF British
naburgs from London, which he found himself
unable 10 dispose Of here, aud therefore he had ar
RED some OF 1t to Antsu, and left Il there to be
sold an hayug found upon his last voysg. to that
ISLAND that the saue had not been sold, hr ought
b.tk 10 this colony whe e he arrived since The hrs
day Of February last, and had sold one ptrce OF
It TO Thomas Wood and III Il he has the residue b,
him. he COMMITTEE, taking II INTO consideration
acquainted WIN the Jhtinental association, and that
he d no intention # violating the same, or an,
part thereof but that he wilnl To accrde here
t, and actually did sign the upon the first CD.
pouunty Of dong 50, are Of opinion that the SAID
Richardson deserves ceusure for his conduit bot
that the said os0sburg beng prohibited by The as,,-
citation, be re-expou To the said Island OF Anti qua
winch the SAID RICHARDSON de dared himself willing
to do. And It IS ordered that ARCHIE ,LD RrrcHi.
| and John Brocsenbrough do procure iron the SAT-
IhOma- Wood the piece OF osnsburg by him pur-
chased, and thst the .ad Rich rdson carr, the
same, j, We ! as the o,her before mentioned linen
With him 70 Autgoa upon his next voyage
by order Of the committee.
-. POWER, Clerk"
The continental association was one Of the mea. -
ures Of resistance adopted by Virginia, through her
de egstes, m the city OF W lliimsburg on the Isl
day Of August, IVA, and continued, by several al.
,urnments, to Saturday. the sixth, Of that month,
when eleven resolutions were adopted with u, all
breathing the ,prit OF independence, and asserting
the boldc,t temper Of resis To Great Britain.
Peytun Randolph was moderator al that meeting
and Robert Carter Nicholas, Richard Bland, Richard
I, Henry Lee, George Washington trick Henry,
Thomas Jefferson and about one hundred other.
Of the truest patriots Of the revolution, subscribed
their names 10 that document, and uttered Il to their
countrymon. II proposed 10 every. county, and
especially the committee for every county, g. adopt
and enforce this early and decisive OF re-
stsaUcc, ana II was this measure VA committed The
friends of the cause to the tone Of Independence
whilst II drew the line for distinction against al those
who refused TO become prties TO CAUSE by omit
ting to become portis' 10 ne ASSOCIATION. The pro-
ceedngs at Tappahsnnock IL Essex county Virginia
In March i775, and the proceedi x at Williamsburg
m August m IVA, to rescue our properly, and to
save our ma ional honor from the reproach of the
universe, associate in the deeds Of early PATRIOTISM
and n the FIRST lhros Of the American revolution the
name OF irohiiad Richie, with those Of Pryton
Randolph, Ge rye Washington, Patrick Henry, Tho
Jefferson, and others, now sacred to renown on
the historic pagr The extract iiom the publication
Of Mr.. Force, may be found at the lith ge OF the
second volume OF the American Archives and the
proceedings Of Williamsburg Of Angus, 1774 ls in
part rrpubli-hed the Rich nond Enquirer Of May
l4th, ls0s, and It may be found in the Library of
Congress at full length among the pamphlets Of Mr.
Jefferson
10 the year 1914, John Richie fell at tbs Lead Of
hrs men, ~ the bloody battle Of Lundy's Lane Ar
ohibslo Richie also in command of regiment
Of militia, defending the shores Of Virginia from the
ravsges 4 the enemy and 10 predatory iDcurson
Of he British at the close Of that year they broke
into the family ssnlt Of the Riches and -secrated
the remains OF that father, (bur,d within that vault
whose memory is unjustly reprosched by the
ca umny which is laid upon II.
The public records 10 which | have referred AZ
once rsbute this fas.hood, and render justice L. IN.
ps,riot'sm. ViNDEN