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iD BH10K P-itd ir il E.N-E Y W l.h LS, Joinp Pmjiti to tm Stati with A.Hodci. i v " -'"" , ii i i i ri" i i Bin ir,-.:Li' V. ' '" " . ; . . T U V R S D--A V, Mat a"6, ,795. Numb. 54t. wtritSji wiKh, i v.aifv r)i)r readers J iM7 ...Airam a pamphlet, of l .Jhiit.(td that ' CWB" f,cm !l?e 'Kb ABwU, w.e fasd every th -.Hiioif . every thmr that ,ca. JJi ill public anx. and command hi I ccuid h.rdly flatter "I.Jj Vfor.y early t the ft sfon, I moM hfcve 1 &e obligations the D,ke ot Ue '.an o the Earl of Lnueferdale. Tkfi soble perfor. Han loft no time in con tauter, rre that fcrt of hor.pur yhich ?s 'Ltuhm iktir competence, and wh.cn it is traillf congenial .to their nature and btflow. i' To be ill fptken of, in whatever language J 'htvfpeat, by the zealots of the new, lea in ii yopn) nd poliiicfyof which thefe ncbJe 4' Ciniihn.k fo charitable, and of which- o- " ... i trstiitrk lo juMy, o me is no rnaner or n ibtlior Imprtfe. To have incurred the dif ,Uof iheDuke of Orleans or the Cuke fcledford i to UU under Hie cenfure or o j ji:s Bi fln " his friend the Earl of if ltoderdal J I ught lo confider as proofs , not .' furl fsiisfactory, lhat I have produced , ( lu fit ot the tffiQ 1 propofed by my tiv- f'l Ititour. 1 have llioured hard to earn, w4m h j!c Noble Lords are geneibus enough to pay. ft tfiftrtlxlTence I have given none. The'pn'M i iyttkesgaitft roe- is from "teal to the caue ! ; hftlll" It it ptifeeily well ! I have lo cK i1 Mje io their iufticc. 1 have; to thank the l.foidl anil the Laudcraaiet ror navmg lo ir firinity. rJviy gnijttide, I.truft, is equal to x hem a nner i ri vv hi c if iht bencht was con fer rtd. It came, to ?, ipdeedj at a time of lite, and in a, ttate of mind and boy in which no circymltanceof fortune can afford roe any real pleasure. But th fit was no fault in the royal uionoi, or in his Mimrters, ho were pleated, in acknowledging the. rnerits of la invalid ftrvar.t of the public, to atTuage the for rows of a delolate old man." " 11 It would ill become to hoaft of anything. It woiild become iaet thus called upon, ti depreciate the value of a long life fpent with urifXimplstTtoil in the feiviceof ' my country. Since the total body of my lervices, on ac rcunt of the indullry which was fliewn in their), and (he taitnefi of my intentions, have obtained the acceptance of my fovereign, it -would he ab'urd in me to "arrange myjtlf on the f:de of theDvike of, Bedford and the cor icfpopding Socitiy, or as far "as in '-"me lies, to p'hmit a difpute on the rate at .which the autho rijy appointed by our conltiiution to eftirnate fuch things, has been plea fed to fct them. Lcofe libels ought to be pa fled by in fi I -.nee and contempt. By one they have been Joaw3)8. I knew, that as long as I iemain. rdin publrc, I fhonJd lie down the calumnies of malice, and the judgements of ignorance. If I happened to be now and then in the wrong, a?, who is not ik e all utter men, I mutt bear tlit? conltquencc of my faults and my miftakes. His, ;.Gracetbinkj-XJliave-.obtaiiKdrt60'' ihfuilyand lo fully acquitted towards n c batever inearof debt -was. left ondifchaigcci Vilit Pfitftlevs and the Painef . I Moe perhaps may thmk them execuicrs k: Wr vn wrotg i A at leatt hav nothing j6 rj stcmpUiivof. - They have gore beyond t he j. :osods of. juflice. They have been (a hule ij jtiiapibtysnd their intention) favourable to jj h, They have been the means of bringing I V fcy ihoir invectives, the handfome .thing. j kliLof4 Orenviilr has bad the good :i pfoadifceoOon to fay, in my behalf. Re M is I am from the world and from ail ii :'( MandslJ us-plealures I confefs it does r iufle f cr my neaily extinguifhtd feelings, a A !f.V,V,t",ac",on lo be fo attacked and fb l ;aitndtd.- . Itis fbothing to my wounded Y H !, be commended Vy an able, vigorous,. I :iweUjnCortued ftatefman, and at the very j Jsutal hen he ftaodn fourth with a ranlin:s fitfitalawni worthy of himfelt and of his p V' m pieiei vation , ot the e4'foB.FSaW nmtntof our fovtrtigq ,andsHhereiri f tor . .'JlKurityof ths law's, the libertiea the mo Q w ihe lives of his people. To be in a i'ir av eonnteted th irh ik . can make Lj .-' u,,lltwtu w"" ucn tninirs, is in f aitiBcb0n.-.N pbilofopby can ma k IDflM it . I i r . a iiu u crnrnn ii raw nanra rvt s 'towake me wholly inftnfible to luch Piioor." ' .; no to ti m " In (!n tkin,, I. ..... .1,. Bedford for hii atfarlr .i f' wuriUIr nr(.. II.. ' . .ii rfCnj l r "" hi (.iiuoi reany com thetranfaawn he, condemns.-What tvU ',med? lhe ttuir of no bargain j P'oouctionof no intrigue , thciefuh of h0 . t ... wi fjiv, mutilation. tdiii.i.. i never came rioos me, r!of h ki T . ,J, ' n' lyvjeny, or (4,lir.ftant It was long known, U7h.; ngarnents would pe,mu L : nvutt of all calamites 1 ad h4tefl?Mn,C t0Qbfcunty and f.iro, ;ihi,y?0n toul rw,ea had ' as tntiielv out of the f or a- rePu, IV. ""r.g any ftateisr, !? LC1",ed ,n, ffa the fponta.i us bkni fr?' Whn I cool tions n vs ve .I .. i ' t iK. . " ii coum no ion lCta,;"';f MD'ttcrs have coppered ia, tt,; jV 1 W no longer hurt I he libels ef the prefent day, a:e joft of the fsmefteff as the libtls of 'the pafl. But they der-ve anir pcrtance ficm the rank of the jr ft)! i ihej c me from, ard the gravity 1 the plac? where they were uttered. In forec way or orfier, 1 ouj- lH to tawe le me notice ot tnem To adcit myltlf thus traduced, is not vanny of airtganct. It is a demand of jultice it is a dtmoi.ff3iion of gratitude. It I am uo worthy, the M rifters are worle than prediga). On that hypothtfis, 1 pfife61yagree with the Dtkeof Bedford. For whatever I nave been (I am now no more,) I put mylclf on my country, I .oughi t-be allow rd f"-1 eaforiable K fee sJorn, btcauie-1 rely on my deliverance j and no culprit ought to plsad in irons. Even in the utmoft latitude of dafenfive liberty, 1 vifh to preferve all pof. fihle dtcofUih. VVkdtever it may. be in ihe e)C6 of thefe noble perfons themfelvei, t6 me, their fituation calls for the molt profound re Iptcl. If I fhould happen lo trelpafs a little, which I truft I flrall not, let it always be fup ' pofedj that a confufion of characters may pro- dnce mifiakes, that in ihe malquerades or tnc grand carnival of cur age, whiitifical adven tures happen odd things are faid and pafs f. It I.lliould fail in a fingle point in the high re fpeci I owe to tbofe. illuftrious pcrfons, I cannot be fuppofed to mean the Duke ot Bedford and the Earl of Laudeidale of thcHoufe of Peers, hut the Duke of Bedford and thettarl of Lauderdale, of Palace-yard. 1 he iukes and ailes : of . BftWtfcm There they are on the pavement there they feem to come nearer to waved their high privilege. ; . " Making this proteflation, I rtfufe all re -voruionary tribunali,' where men have been put to death for no other rcafon,than that they bid obtained favours from the crown. I claim, nouhe letter, but the fpirifof the old Ergl dlaw, that is, tb be tried by my Pters. I decline his Giace's jurifdiclion as a Judge. I challenge te Duke of Btdford as juror to pafsupen the value of iy fervices. What, evti his natural parts may be, I ca.npot re rrarlfp, in his few andiidle years the ccmpe- itucv to judge cf my-lorg.ard laborious life. It 1 can help It, he fhall not be on the mqueft of m quantum mtruxU Poorrich man ! He cr.n h-idly knew any thing of public jndultry in its exfrtiopi, or can eflirhale Ctmpenfav i tin? when its oik U dur e. I have no doii1 of his prace's readintfs in all the calculations cf vulgui arithmetic but I IhrewfJly fulpeft iljat he is ycy Iitle-flld 'n tnc theoiy of rov?" ral prrDonions : and has never icawesi tne ruie rf tlup in the arithmcuc ; of poh mucu. I anUcr, that my exertions, whate ver they have been, ueie ioch as no ho pet of pecuoiary rewaid could yvlDbly excite i Ic no pe cun iary compenfation can poflibly reward them Betweenthtm & money there is no common mei. lure. Such fervices. it done by abler mentban I ni are, quantities incoinmeiurable. NToncy it made for ihe comfort and convenience of annual life. It cannot He a reward for what mere animal life mult indeed fuftain, bat never can inlpirr. With fubmiflion to his Grace I have not bad more than ft ffuient. As to any noble ufe, I truft I know how to employ, as weM as he, V much greater fortune than he poiTerles. In a more confined applieation, 1 certjppjy Hand in need of evriy kind of relief and eatrmtnt much more than he does. ,When I fay I havr noi re ceived more than! deferve, is this the language I hold to Mijefty ?. No I Far, very, tar from iH Before that , purence,' I claim no merit at all. Every thing towards tne is favour and bounty. Oneftyleto aygraciou benefaftor $ anothcra proud anrt inciting foe. Frm tht Gaistte of.tht Uwitbd States, Mr, Ftnno, Itis acemmon irmark, that there it in all fanyilies one black Iheep at leaft. Thif obfer vation -however fallacious rii t generat rule, i ftriclly verified in the great family of the Uni ted SuiesxjcoiJiijing at this time of faiere. -Some f i hem indeed are lefs mode (t in their deportment thanothtri, but there is one of the ladies, lo loft to all Tea fe of, fhame at to pride in her own dilTolute habits. This huffy . care lefs of reputation, fets ro bounds toner ap i elites ih drifcks ptach brandy, fwearr, gambles, rides races, hhts cocks, frequents houfes of ill fame, pays, no debt and domi neers over three of her lifters, "who, to fay -the uuth are not nuch better than herielf. A per fecl Semiramis in difpofition, (he is constantly bumming revolutionary airs in praife of liber ty, which being a blelfirg in her opinion, too great for common people to enjoy, the very prudently wjth held s frorn theVmfjer part of her family. Always in want ot money (he flicks at noih'ng to obtain it. On of the means to which The lately reforitd to ie plerilh her purle is too rcroaikabfe to pais un noticed. John Bull being jn. want of loma horfes to mount Ins dragoons, applied to thia lady for a fupply the propofinqn was accept ed wiih avidity, and all the old hoilea on tht farm, wheihtr lame, blind, or fpayined welf colitdlcd and delivered to hit agents, but tha moment ftie hd pocketed the money, (be af tecled to dikover, jhat thole hurfet might in jure the caufe of libirtv and forbid JJm Buli'a taking them away at his peril. If John Bull bad bcin' as well yerfed aa herfelf in the modern doctrine of anpropriationa he would have avoided his dilemma, -J ways s dupe to fools and knaves at home, it is no wdnder he would be outwitted by a femala tharper abroad. There is a (iriking ftmilarity of character between this lady and the prefent Emprefs of Rulfia. Catharine admires a good Conitif utr on Catharine adores the will of her people ta her ow n benefit. Joft fo it is with our im mor tal filler, who equally in love with a good ?onftitutionr become trsntic fhen it retufea" to vield to her inordinate defirei: and clad in the ri a hi 1 i m e nt s of the GotJ dtft of Li ber I y threatens deft ruction to the oppreflori of maa- kind, at the very moment perhaps that num bers ef her own fa mtly aie selling by the ham mer to the higheft bidder, to fatisfy debts of horoor contracted at the lafl night's debauch. bt jollowitig Utter appear td in te French Jour ' ' tiMeJfagtr d Soir" u Alerter from m"y cotrefpohdent at Bafle in form me, that the marriage of the daughter of the ei de vant French Kng with the Aich Djike Charles, has bcmnally deierrpipfd on. The Emperor gitiei tp hit niece 25 thjllipa which he had tome time ago placed for this put pofe in the hands pf fprne eminent banker Acccrdipe tp 'my correfpondent's letter, tho . carriage Ms prop bef 0 rtdy cf4cbttg4. i r.
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