A REFRESHMENT FOR THE MEMORT 09 WILLIAM COBBETT. BY SAMUEL F. BRADFORD. =fe rifyf^l \ ^?ava1 iVOO iO K ,:b 71 > ^ A REFRESHMENT, ^cf " ^ *' The gods take pleafure oft, when haughty mortals *• On then- own pride ereft a mighty fabric, " V,y flier htefl meajis, to lay their towering fcheme? '< Low in the duft, to teach them they are nothingJ^ Thomson. j[ OU will, doubtlefs, be furprlfed on finding who at is that now addreffes you ; but, your fuvprife will be of fhort duration, when you recoIIe£l, that it is one, whofe father's tranl;i£lions with you, all your ftore of lies and mifreprefentation have been expended to pre- fent in falfe coloring. I was at New-York when a gentleman firft informed me that the ferpent we had faved from perifhing had endeavoured to fting us. A- mazement rivetted me to the fpot where I flood — I could not believe it was'poflible tliat Cobbett would be guilty of fuch balenefs ; that the man, wh.om I (like an imprudent and unfufpeiling youth) took to my bofom as a friend, and treated with every mark of at- tention and politcncfs a flranger could cxpedl, woul4 thus reward me ; but, however, I found it ivas poflible, and do, here, render you my moft fin cere thanks for; the valuable leflbn of prudence which you have taught C 4 3 I muft coiifefs that I admired your private charafter- for a long time -, but, is it any wonder that a young man, unfkilled In the ways of the world, fhould be de- ceived by fo artful a creature and fo confummate an. hypocrite as yourfelf. It is beneath the dignity of- a man of honor, or of virtue, to be a traitor to his fellow man at all ; but, this turpitude receives additional ag- gravation, when pra£lifed on an unfufpedling and un- hackneyed youth — However, as you confefs yourfelf, in your letter to Mr. Bache, that you " aimed your poifonoiis darts at an innocent ivoman" (Mrs. Rowfon) it ought not to aftonifli me if you fliould even attempt the murder of infancy Itfelf ! ■ Your public writings, it is well known, I approved fo far as they refpedled our juftly celebrated conflitu- tion, and the Great Man whom the unanimous voice of the people of America has appointed their Chief Maglflrate ; but, as to your principles, you yourfelf mu^ acknowledge that I detefted them as much, and even more, than I did thofe of the party againft whom your public attacks were made. What repeated, what num- berlefs arguments have we not had on the fubje£t of Kepubllcan and Monarchical governments — Ahfolute Dtfpotifmy and nothing Icfs, accorded with your pri- i)ate fentiments : even the Britifli Government was not defpotic enough — it favoured tooflrongly of RepuhUcanifm. You weil know how warmly I defended the caufe of Repiiblicajiifm ; and with what ardor I juflified the laws and conilltutlon under which you noiv live, and which ycu have fo frequently abufed and' vilified in my C 5 3 preTence : but, all my arguments were in vain — you ivere " nurfed in the lap of Ariftocracy." Even the very people, who now treat you with fo much atten- tion on account of fome of your public writings, have been, in private, grofly abufed by you. Our moft ref- pedlable characters were (according to your account) a fet of SpeculatorSi Land-jobbers^ &c. feeking to en- trap and deceive every foreigner who landed on our {hores ; our induftrious mechanics, nothing but a vile moby afaElioiis herdy &c. — The courtly flile of Burke wa» ever in your mouth. Call to mind the expreflion of Mob (meaning the citizens of Philadelphia) which you wifhed to intro- duce into the title page of your Plain Englifh, and which my father, with indignation, erafed. Deny this, if you dare : even your friend Beelzebub will ftare with amazement if you attempt it. How grofiy did you frequently abufe the People of America, by repeatedly afferting that they were* for the greater part, good AridocratSy good Royalijts in their hearts, and only wore the malk of hypocrify to anfwer their ov/n purpofes. You even had the va- nity to fay, you had " converted many nvho •werejlaiinch Republicans " and that you wifhed your arguments could have the fame efFedl on me -, but, that you fear- ed I was too much a Sans-culotte (meaning a friend pf liberty I fuppofe) at heart ever to be reformed by you. This you intended as a difparagement to me ; but, I confidered it as the higheft of compliments ; for,. remember your own words, " Men of integrity H C 6 -J arc gcnernlh] pretly objlinate in adhering to an cpinion once adiptcdy'' — This maxim, however, my confcience will not p:n-mit me to apply to you •, for, though <« ftiff in opinion, always in the wrong," I will not offer fach an infult to virtue as to call your obftinacy the offspring of integrity j befides, your rcafons were, like fome of your writings, mere froth •, for, although you can de- claim and fcandalize with the gveatefb hero of Billingf- gate, yet, in fober argument, and chafiity of manner, you are,, as far as my judgment goes, the mereft nicom- poop of the whole group of the defenders of Ariftocra- cy and Royalty — and, in all our numerous converfa- tions, your argumentative powers have proved infufH- cient to convince me that — " to be a citizen of America ivas to be a Slave, and to be a fitbjeB to thekingofXjreat Britain, in comparifon, a Freeman.^'' There is one circumflance that I give you credis for ; that is, the love you bore Old England, and e- very man muft allow the amor patriae to be commen- dable. There was no affe6lation then (as now) of love for America * and a Republican form of govern- ment, I mean in private ; for hunger (fince you have now forced me to teir the fecret) made you write in a different llyle from what you fpoke. You knew there was a party licre who were charged with an in- tention to fubvcrt the government, and who were faid to be enemies to it ; you were then teaching a few frenchmen, in this city, to parler Anglois ; (you think proper to make no mention of this in your life ; but if * No noonder — the Jlripcs on l^er jlag bore too great ati- enabgy to a certain part of ^ourbody. [ 7 ] yoa have impudence enough to deny it, remember witnefTes are at hand) but, findhig yourlcif too dog- matical for a teacher, not of" Boys over whom you could exercife your tyranny, but of Alat who would not brook your imperious manner, and fearing to (larve* ■ you thought of becoming an author. My father, when you offered him your firfl produ6lions, fav/ in them fome marks of a ready writer, and hop'mg^ (vain hope indeed !) as you were then extremely anxious for con- cealment, to make you ferviceable to his Country and himfelf, printed them ; but, too much of the colour- ing of your private fentiments would, frequently, ap- pear in your public writings, in fpite of the many al- terations and aiTiendments we made. You fay in your life that you were <' never of an accommodating difpofiticn," in order to prove that we made no alterations in yovir writings. Your me- mory is, i-eally very ba-d " my Lad^^ or you would not affert falflioods with fuch unblufiiing effrontery. Remember what you wifhed inferted in the New Year's Gift ; remember what was erafed frorh the Congrefs Gallery, and remember, too, the many al- terations I made, independently of m.y father — I would infert fome of the erafed paflages here, but they are too blackguard, too low, and too infulting to Ameri- cans, for my pen to v/rite. Yes, Billy, you may thank me for refufnig feveral things which you wilhed inferted, and efpecially the piece I made you era ft; from the manufcript of the New Year's Gift the mo- ment I faw it, and on account of wliich, if it had b'.-en [ 8 3 publifhed you would now be, where it- any a Britifli Corporal has been before you. Excufe my refrefhhig your memory with thefe cir- cumftances ; but, I find it is, really, grown fo trea- cherous (notwithftanding your own aflertion to the contrary) that I could not avoid it. You have already «*■ my Lady' proved yourfelf a Liar and I can prove you to be a poor pitiful Coward ! ' I well know, that you never expe£led to receive an anfwer, or you would not have written what you did. You endeavoured to vihfy my father, and, except, in one inftance, fteered clear of me. You knew my fa- ther — You knew he never would ftoop to anfwer the lies of a Britifti Corporal — You knew his charadter was too well eftablifhed, and, therefore, you expeft- ed your bafe infinuations would not be refuted. You avoided faying any thing to difcredit me ; and, every one, who knows your knack at lying, cannot but be- lieve, your fertile brain could have engendered fome lloryor other to injure me, had you not been witheld by cowardly motives ; yes, I fay cowardly motives j for, you were confcious '' I could a tale unfold *' Wliofe lighteft woes v/ould harrow up the fouls"— of the freemen of our country. You, alfo, knev/ I was a young man, who had a character to eftablifii in the world — that I was jealous of that charaaer, and, that the leafl afperfion from you, v/ould produce an anfwer on my part. This was what you dreaded j and, by facing (as you thought) L 9 ] nothing to afFe6l me, you expected to fave " your ba- con" — But you are miftaken. Remember, ** 7ny Lady* I am not the heart-breaking rafcal to my parents, that you have been to yours. I love my parents — Say you loved yours, if you dare, when you caufed them fo many hours of anguifli. You thought I could read your lies, concerning my father, unmoved, provided I did not come in for a fhare myfelf. You did not know me ; but, remember, from this time, that eve- ry afperfion on his chara6ler, I confider as a detraction from my own. Were you to write ten thoufand lies, concerning me, I could eafier forgive you, than for one concerning him. Let fly your whole ftore of enve- nomed Quills againft me — I am prepared — Armed with the fhield of truth, I fear you not. Methinks I now behold you, fwearing vengeance on my head, and biting your under lip 'till the blood almoft iflues from it. Yes, methinks I fee all this ; for, though you pretend to have no feeling, I muft confefs, that when (in our ftOre) you read the Rub from Snuby poorly written as it was, you knit your eye brows, flirugged up your Ihoulders, and *' grinned horribly o ghajtly fmile " but, recolledling yourfelf, you threw it down, and, with an afFeCled laugh of contempt, faid " He's a poorfcur' r'llous dog, dnd not ivorih minding^ Yet, fpare me for this time, Billy, and keep your temper a little longer for I have more in ftore for you — If you dojiaver a little, only be careful that it does nor come in contadl with any of your neighbours ! ! ! If any perfon ftill doubts your being a Coiuardy he may have further proof in the manner of your attack- C 10 ] lug Mr. Carey and my father. In order to avoid Mr. Care y's anger, you endeavour to make up with him, by commending his fecrecy. My father, you well knew, gloried fo much in the name of Whig (or Re- bel, as you generally ftiled him) that you thought to curry favour with him, and make him forgive and for- get your abufe by laying open his principles to the put)Hc. He has forgiven you j and, has difdained (as you, naturally, fuppofed would be the cafe) to anfwer your infinuations. Nor fnould I (a boy) have honor- ed you fo much had it not been for the opportunity which the -preceeding pamphlet offered me of annex- ing a refreihment for your excellent memory. I fhall content m.yfelf, at prefent, with making fome remarks on your half-told life and your mifreprefentations and reticence of your tranfatlions with my father. But, to your life — " Set a beggar on horfeback and he will ride to the Devil." Here we fee you, Mr. Corporal^ mounted on your prickly beaft, cutting and flafhing as you go ; friend or foe, it is all one to you, fo that you can belch forth your acrimony and dif- charge your rancour. V/hether you were drummed out of your regiment or regularly difcharged (though, by tlie bye, it is not common to difcharge a good foldier, as you would make us believe) or whether you arrived at New York or "Wilmington ; whether you remained, in obfcurity, fceaching a few Frenchmen io parley Angkis in the lat- ter place and afterwards here, or whether you Vi^ere fKulking in our fuburbs, 'till you fuppofed it was time C " ] to flafli upon the aftonlflied world, and difplay your fuperioi" abilities, by telling us, that William Cobbett was the writer of certain pieces under the title of Peter Porcupine, I fay, thefe things are matters of little con- fequence to me. Your infinuations, mifreprefenta- tions and reticences are what concern me. Whether the expveffion " that my father found you a coat," was really told to you, or whether it was your own confcioufnefs, I will not pretend to fay. But this much I will declare, that neither he, or any of the family, ever did make uie of the exprefTion ; how- ever, on recoMe6lion and perufal of your life, the view of your regimentals, which, no doubt, were the beft in your wardrobe when you attempted to difpofe of your writings, when I view thefe tilings, the chai:gc in your drefs, tlie addition to your houfnold furniture your living down ftairs inflcad of the Garret you were firft found in, I make no doubt he contributed to pvrt better cloaths on your back, and better furniture in your houfe. Had not my father rificed his property in order to print your effays and convince you that his prefs was free, you might, ere now, have enlifted as a foldier, indulged your love of rambling, or have been rnaliitaincd at the public expsucc. You wifli to infinuate, psge 38, that my fatlicr^s prefs is not a free prefs. This is fo falfr; as not to me- rit an anfwer. You and your eilays prove the contra- ry, and the people of America well know, that !ie, as well as his father and f^xQzt grandfather, have all Iwif C '2 ] the honor of being profecuted for maintaining Its liber* ty in fplte of the frowns and menaces of a Britifli Min- iftry. And, while I am its condu£lor, it fliall be open and free to any and every party, whether in politics or literature j it fhall roll as a free and independent (not licentious) prefs ought to, in fpitc of the clamours cf faBion, the Jlatider of hirelings^ or the frowns of Pow- er. Nay, were the Prefldent of the United Sts-tes, that firft, that greateft of men, to make an attack on its freedom, it flaould repel hirn v/lth its native ener- gy- Apropos, Billy ; I faw at the end of your Scare Crow, " From the Free Prefs of William Cohheity* What ! you have fet up a Free Prefs, have you ? — A Free Prefs of your own too, I fuppofe ! ! Pray, how long is It fince you bought a prefs? You have been ve- ry fecret about the bufinefs, indeed: you never let a fnigle brother Typo know a word about it, 'till you flafned upon us with " From the Free Prefs^ &c." None of the prefs-makers, here, had even the leall know- ledge of it, no not one. But, I fuppofe you imported It ; and your workmen too, eh ! for, I have never yet heard of any American journeyman having worked in Billy Cobbett's printing office. At the end of your " Life and Adventures" I do not fee any more men- tion of the Free Prefs ; the plain imprint " Printed for end fold by Williain Cobbett" is fufficient now ! What ! fold it already ! — Shame on you Billy. — Sell a Free Prefs a month after its eftablilhment ! Oh tempora ! Oh mo- res ! But, to be ferious, as I fee you have repented, if you Vr'ill promife to continue your good behaviour, I C '3 3 V'ill not tell your friends how you employed anothef printer, and, plagiarlft like, called his prefs your own 5 but, mind, this is on condition that I fee nothing more of " William Cobbett's Free press." You fay, page 40, your pamphlets were not " ho- nored with the bookfeller's name." I fee you will be at your old trade of lying ftill. The books, as they now Hand in the (lore will give you the lie. The imprint of *' La Nomenclature Angloife^'* fays ** Imp rime che% Thomas Bradford" — but, you forget to place this book in your very accurate account; you forget that you ever wrote it, and got paid for it. However, that is no great matter of furprize ; it was written for the ufe of Frenchmen, and you know, that a man, who cannot remember having been a teacher de la langue Angloife might, eafily, forget receiving payment for a Nomen- clature, purpofely written to facilitate its acquirement. He might alfo, with the fame eafe, forget that he ever wrote a grammar, entitled " Le Tuteur Anglois ■ Imprime chez Thomas Bradford," and that he receiv- ed a confiderable fum of money for it, together with two hundred copies of the work, which he gave his word never to difpofe of here (as he had an intention to leave this *' damned country" and feek his fortune elfewhere) but, which he did difpofe of to his fcholars, and others, at an under price, and thereby injured our fale fo much that the chief part of the edition is now on hand, and, if he chufes to purchafe, will be fold to him again for half its value. I [ 14 ] In the fame page you fay, (fpeaking of the Obferva- tions on Dodlor Prieftley's emigration) that my father did not put his name at " the bottom of the title page." Fray, Billy, have you grown blind lately. If you have, get fome one of your " numerous and reJpeElable friends^* to look at the « bottom of the title page" or imprint, (properly fpeaking) of the very firft edition, that edition w^hich he and you publiflied together, and they will there behold " Philadelphia : printed by Thomas Brad- ford, No 8, South Front Sreet." The firft part of tlie Bone to Gnaw, I confefs was not fo much honored ; but, my father had nothing to do in the affair. If there is any blame, let it fall on me ; for, I am the fuperintendant of his prefs, and certain reafons (not; very flattering to you) reftrained my inferting his name It was afterwards inferted you fay ! True ; but, re- member "w^ lady'' I am not a run-away — a father^s wifh is a command with me. Again, page 41, you affert that your " writings got into better paper." Oh ! Billy, your memory is exceedingly treacherous, or you are no judge of paper> and that is a terrible thing for a Bookfelier. However^ fliould the latter be the cafe, I befeech you to get fome papermaker, and let him compare the paper in the firft editions of the Obfervations and Bone to Gnaw with that contained \xi their fucceeding editions, and he will report to you that it is far fuperior. The different edi- tions may be feen, by any of your " numerous and ref- pectable friaids'^ at No. 8, South Front Street. C 15 ] You mention, in the fame page, that my father and you publlflied the firfl edition of the " Obfcivations on Doctor Prieftley's emigration" together, and that you received twenty one cents for your Ihare of the profits ; but, you forget to tell your readers, that when fo fmall an edition (as was) is printed there can be no more profits than will barely pay for the printing, binding* Sec. of the edition. Though, now I think of it, this could be no fault of your memory ; it was a bafe re- ticence, and intended tc> give your readers and idea that my father did not do you juftice. That this was your intention, looks mere likely, when I confider, that you wifh to make it appear that he gave you 125 Dollars for the firfl part of the Bone to Gnaw ; fo that people, by comparing your profits of the Obferva- tions, and the price he could afFord to give you for the Bone to Gnaw, would draw very unfavourable conclu- fions againft him. This was what you wanted ; this was you defign ; but, your confcience muft tell you, chat there were five times as many of the firfl; edition of the Bone to Gnaw fold, as there were of the Obfer- vatlons. You take efpecial care to forget that there was a fecond and third edition of the Obfervations publihsd, and that you made feveral additions to them; that my father printed them on his own acount, and that he has a Copy-right for the work. Pray, " viy lad" did you make him a prefent of the Copy-right .-* I do not fee any charge of it in your account. You area generous fellow indeed ! But, further,, how came he to give you 125 Dollars for the firll part of the Bone to Gnaw, and and but 40 for the fecond ? Tlicy C "6 ] are both, nearly, of the fame fize. It is true the firft fold better than the fecond ; but, he did not know, at the time of making the bargain, this would be the cafe : the prefumptlon was, that the fecond would have a much quicker fale than the firft, becaufe the writings were more generally circulated and known. Your confcience muft tell you what the 125 Dollars were given for, and, if you have the leaft fpark of honor re- maining, you will undeceive a public, already, too much duped by your artifices. Through your dealings with my father, you cannot fay but that he paid the price you alked for your eflays and fome other works which he hired yon to do ; and, perhaps, it might be made to appear you got fomething more ; but, the principle bufinefs, your confcience (if you have any) told you, fhould be accounted for was that of the Congrefs Gallery. This, in converfa- tion was ftarted by you or my father it matters not which J but, on conclufion, he aiked you what you would have for the work. Your anfwer was, one quar- ter of a dollar per page. This he agreed to give you, and, accordingly, iflued propofals for fubfcription, as it was intended to be a large work, and continued through the feflion ; but, B. Davis, the Bookfeller, who came frequently to our ftore, one day, by popping in, as your were mentioning the Bloody Buoy, dif- covered you j and, my father not being over-anxious to publifh it he contracted with you for it. While writing this, you were feveral times applied to for the fecond number of the Congrefs Gallery — you made tarious excufes to put it ofi^j but, my father, finding L >7 J you meant to publifh the work under another title, called on you, and aflced you for the work ; you denied nvrkifig, tho' it was, then, nearly ready for the prefs> and, being prefled, you faid, that if you did write, no other than he fiiould have it. My father had, as far as the word of a man could go purchafed the copy-right of the Profpetl, and had enter- ed the fame; but you, like an artful villain, finding it had a ready fale, forfeited all ties of contrail (fup- pofing you an honefl man he had taken no more than yo'sc word) and continued the work under another title, as if that would fcreen your villainy. Had the propofals, ifTued by him, by and with your concur- rence, been filled, the lofs to him muft have been very confiderable ; and when the arrangements, made by him, are taken into view, perhaps, had he purfued his ideas (which I am now forry I diffuaded him from) when he wrote the note, dated the 2 2d of March, 1 796, a jury might have given a few pounds damages, to con- vince a Brittjh Corporal thzt he ought to keep his word, with an " American RehcV as well as with any other man ! In page 48, I fee the following fentence ** Mr. 'Bradford once told me, that Mr. Allen, the father-in-lanu ej Mr. Hammond, faid he ivas acquainted ivith inc." Do you really mean that my father told you fo ? If you do, the following exa£l ftatement will prove either your admirable talent of mifreprefentation, or the excellence of your very excellent memory. My brother, Willi:?m Bradford, one day, told you, that Andrew Allen, the [ i8 ] fonotMr. Allen, 6ie father-in-law of Mr. Hammond, had, as they v/ere M^alking together, pointed you out as Peter Porcupine. My father never mentioned the circumftance to you at all •, he did not even know it. I will now proceed to the afli;'rtion you make con- cerning myfelf. You mention that Mr. Bradford's fon (you forgot I fuppofe he has three) offered you a hundred dollars a number for the Profpe61:, in place of eighteen, and that he obferved, that their cuftomers would be much difappointed, for, that his father had promifed a continuation, and that it Jloould he made very intereji'mg. The firft part of this, for a wonder, is ftridlly true : I did offer you one hundred dollars, and my father did promife d continuation in the propofals ; for, as he had your word of honor ! for the fulfillment of the contract, he fully expe£led it would be conti- nued during the feflionj but with regard to the expref' fion that it Jfjould he made very interejtingy you have fallen into your old failing. I never did make ufe of it, either to you or any other man, and it is only a fabrica- tion of your own in order to account for your rafcally behaviour. "What a pity it is, Cobbstt, that you did not entrap me in the Geneva affair. Perhaps you don't recoiled this either. I will refrefh your memory. Remember that you came acrofs a copy of the hiftory of the late revolution in Geneva, written in French, and that hav- ing propofed tranllating it you wiflied me to appear as the tranflator by inferting in the title-page, « Tranjlated from the French by Samuel F. Bradford." Remember too, that you mentioned to me that you defigned, alfo. C 19 J to write a preface, which was to appear as if coming from me : your intention in fo doing, yovi hinted, was to make the pubHc (who would compare your ityle of writing with the preface) take me for the author, and this you fuppofed I would be proud of. Your real in- tention was to perplex the public opinion and avoid being difcovered ; for you were at that time cxceffively frightened at the bare idea of fuch a thing. This was the time I began to fee your cloven foot. Do you think you acied as a man of virtue, honor, cr principle in endeavouring to drav/ an inexperienced young man into an affiiir of fuch a nature? Suppofe, for a mo- ment, I liad confentcd, what fweet nuts you would Ixave had to crack ! Tlianks to my pride J did not con- fent. Yes, to my pride, I fay; for it_ was. wounded by fuch an offer. If I had wiflied to become known as a tranflatorof the French lan^uafre or fome other moderu ones, I need only to have affixed my name to,, and pub- lifhed thofe works and mifcellaneous pieces which have hitherto employed my lelfure hom-s. Perhaps, eveft now, you do not remember, why you dropt the publi- cation — I will again refrefh your memory : You be- gan the tranllation and intended to pubiifh it in another name •, but, a few days after, you found it was printed ty Mr. Fenno, and accordingly gave it up. I muft now difmifs the fubjeil, confident I have treated it more fully than it deferved. The time I have been writing the foregoing I confider as loft in- deed; but, I could not behold fo many abominable falfhoods with indifference. " Aiy lad, " you m\j now write agaiijft wc till your « red htad" tur«s blac^> C 2° ] 1 here throw you the gauntlet — take it up, and however poorly writen this firft public anfwer of mine may be, however devoid of all the beauties of ftyle, and the graces of compofition the whole of this Refrefhment may appear', yet, you will feel, on reading it, that it contains more llinging truths than a cat o' nine tails. You may, perhaps, fuppofe, that being a boy, I might forget myfelf and defcend fo far, as to honor you with a criticifm upon your works. No, I difdain it 5 your blunders are fo great that it would be an Herculean la- bour to enumerate therti ; your writings are made up of blackguardifms and grammatical outrages. But, were I to defcend to criticifm, I might tell you that the very page which lays before me (49) and which is next to the one from which I but a little while ago made an extraft, contains the following elegant and grammatical fentence. " This we daily fee verified in the diftribution of certain blafphemous gazettesy which, though kicked from the door with difdain,j/?zVj- in at the window." Had I, while at fchool, written fuch a fentence, my fchool-mates would have hifTed: me from my clafs. Gazettes fies ! ! ! Oh ! Billy, Billy ! ! I will conclude by giving the public your own fen- timents of your own works, which I have in your own liand writing. If you have forgotten this alfo, come and refrefh your memory, or if you are ajhamed to come nigh our houfcy get fome of your friends to look whe- ther or no it is not your own hand-writing. It fhall be open for the infpedion of the public. Here it is — read and « grin horribly a ghaftlyfrn^kP t 2' ] « Mr. Bache, ** A pamphlet has lately made its appeai-ance among us ** — entitled A Second part of' a Bone to Gnaiu,jor the De- ** mocrats^ which is at once perhaps the mod impudent *' and infolcnt performance that ever difgraced a free <' prefs. — I do not cenfure this piece for its being " written againft the Democrats; for I am certain that " every careful periifer will fee that its true obje6l is, « not to combat thofe focieties, but to vilify all Ame-