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// people, by withholding the public Communica
tions, nearly throughout a whole feflion of con
gress, and then alter fume of your tergiverfations
put the bofiuefs of negotiation in facli a train, as
has kept this country more than two years lon
ger in a date of half war, which has destroyed
form of the molt valuable branches of her com
merce, and left the Staple and essential article of
tobacco in the hand of the planter, or obliged him
to fell it at one third of its real value to British
/peculators who have five folded the price to the
French.
. You came to, the administration, Sir, under the
most favourable auspices, at the time when it
there were parties in this country, they were by
no means hostile to each other, when theencreaf
ing revenue was linking the public debt, wben the
federal judiciary held a Share of popularity in
this country, and were regarded with respect ;
when the contributions toward the public ex
pence fat tolerably easy on the people, when this
Country was considered as an affylum for the op
pressed of all nations, and there was a great in
flux of foreign riches, industry and ingenuity ;
when this country was happy in the freedom ot
• Speech and of the press ; when the constitution Was
'confidered a barrier against legiflative,executive &
judicial encroachments, & the people were divided
into calls of gentlemen & Simplemen ; before of
fices, places, and contrasts, were considered as
the exclusive right of the favorite call. Reflect a
little Sir, and fee this awful change made in four
Short years—l tfiH give you a flight view ot it.
foil commenced your career. Sir, by prose ffions,
which promised to unite all boneftmen to you,
but they were mere profeffions; your mad zeal
for monarchy a,nd Britain, your hatred of ration
al liberty, your love of pomp, your unhappy Se
lection of favorites, your regardlessness of the
public treasury,the hard earnings of your fellow
citizens, has divided the people into parties and
foftered /among then), envy, malice, and the ran
corous hatred towards each other f father has
has been set against son, and foil against father—
brother, against brother—neighbors and friends
have loft their former relish for the fecial enjoy-
ments.
Under your administration; Sir, a fyftrtn of ap
pointments has been established, by which impli
cit, faith in your infallibility, and a nack at
ditcolopng the truth, became the only qualifica
tion to office, or to entitle a person to a contract.
' Under your administration, Sir, useless and ex-,
pensive embassies have prevailed to an alarming de
gree. Offices & officers almost numberless have
been created and appointed, all out of the favored
cast; while merit and abilities have been disre
garded :—Capable difcerniog and popular men,
have by you and your minions, been discharged
from the Service of their country, without being
vouchsafed a reason for their degradation. Your
administration, 'Sir, has been fanrous for contracts
Qpre is not a doubt, but in future, the secret re
tards of your navy office will be Studied by Wm.
Pitt, and those he wiOies to give favorite contracts
to ; there the oldest, and the wickedest British
peculators may learn new modes of managing ad
vanrageonfty, about contrasts.
The judiciary, Sir, under your untoward ad
ministration, have made alarming encroachments
on the rights of man ; the, have adopted the
British maxim of non expatriation, in the face of
every principle heretofore held dear in this coun
try, and in contradiction to many of the date
constitutions. They have been endeavoring to*
introduce the crude, cruel, undigested, inapt, and
obsolete fyftehi of the common law into our na
tional jurisprudence ; and they have in defiance of
the express prohibition in the constitution, made
fyafs for treason, a crime, defined in laws by a
nother name, and there decreed to be punished by
fine and imprif^ment. Your confeience recoiled
It this ; it Seems you were not prepared for every
thing. Your old friend Hamilton, abuses you for
the only good thing you ever did in your life : he
'ought to have excused you, and, recollected how
four imagination had been tortured by the ghost
of Jonathan Robbins. Your confederate in that
Use, Judge Bee,lt seems you have provided well
for in thi£world, but there is another world, to
which yon have sent poor Jonathan, where you
must both meet him ; may you by sincere repen
tance, be prepared for that awful meeting.
Under your administration, Sir, and with your
consent, your fellow citizens have had a heavy
addition to the tax bn fait ; their houses and lands
have been Subjected to an unprecedented tax ; a
tax on licences for felling the liquor but just be
- fore taxed; as well as an odious tax on paper,
'parchment, and vellum has teen inflituted, and
the taxes on some other articles have been raised.
These heavy & additional contributions have not
Sufficed you to have the command & disposition of ;
No, many millions have been borrowed at an enor
mous interest, to Satiate the appetites of the gree
^dy courtiers, for which the future earnings ofyour^
fellow citizens Stand pledged.
An alien law, Sir, bears your Signature, which
unconstitutionally Subjected to your sovereign will
the liberty and banishment of every alien, whatev
er might be his connexions in, and attachment to
this country, and the terms of citizenfllip have
been rendered almost inaccessible, by which the
bed disposed, and the ,molt able and ufefi.il emi
grants, have been deterred from coming to this
country , and many have been obliged to fly from
your vindictive wrath.
Per haps in no one infiance,has our coriflitution,
qur sacred bill of rights, been more Shamefully,
more bare-facedly tramph d on, than in the case
of the passage of the bill called the feditiun law.
This, fir, was your darling hobby horse : By this
law you expected to have all your follies, your
abfiirditieyod your atrocities buried in oblivion :
You thought by its terrors, to shut th^ months of
all but Sycophants and flatterers, and to recure
yourfelf in the presidency at lead ; how happily
have you been disappointed—the truth has i ffued
from tyany a patriot pen and press—and you have,
falien,.never, never to rife again.
Tt'has availed you little Sir <6 have me fined 1000
dollars and imprisoned four months for declaring
truths long before the sedition law was past :to
have Holt and'Hafwell fined goo dollars and im
prisoned two months each, the one for calling the
fate disbanded army a Handing army and the
' othir for publishing the Sentiments of your fecre
° " tary of war 'in his letter to general Dark; to have
' Cooper fined 400 dollars & imprisoned fix months
because he resented your publishing his confiden
tial application to you for an office be was truly
worthy of. You complained of the breach, of con
fidence in the case or Tench Coxe, but you had
0 forgot your perfidy to Cooper.—Those attempts
/ to flifle an invefli«atiori of your contra only ac
cellerated your fall : When you have read thus
fir you cannot bot recolleX the benevolent Mr.
fydeo, and your rujenefs to him ; that man who,
had formerly^pen your panegyric and who pos
sessed as great a share of the milk of human kind
The tirft symptoms of a decline was perceived
lad spring, at the election in New-York—.in a
few days after he voided foipe very nauseous
Pickeronran worms. Altho' from inclination a
martinet and a tyrant, yet his indisposition pro
duced fnch a depression on his spirits, that it caus
ed him to disband his military mercenaries. His
confeffor alarmed at his appearance, exhorted
him to hold to the good faith, and the holy man
put up the most urgent prayers for his recovery ;
they, alas ! proved inefficacious—bis destiny was
6.%ed and immutable. Phyficiaus from all quar
ters were summoned to prescribe for him ; Eflex
pectoral lozenges, pumpkin powders, Connefti
cut injections, the Jersey fpecific, Penn's fehatori
ai lotion, and Pinckney's grand restorative, were,
all admiltered, productive only of evanefeent in
tervals of fallacious health. His affectionate
friend, Robert Liftner, paid the most liberal fees
for good advice & assistance. Could wealth pro
iong his life, he would have yet furvjved.
His disorder was increased by the extreme irri
tation of his mind, and his frame was (battered by
a paralytic stroke on the 3d Dec. lad, but even af
ter that, hopes were entertained of his final re
covery, and many erroneouflv fuppufed he might;
outlive the critical Ides of March. For fix days,
subsequent to the 11th Feb. he was almost hourly
attacked with paryoxifms of desperate madness „
in his lucid intervals, he was dark, fallen and ob
stinate; but on the 17th, he was so much exhaust
ed that his dissolution appeared certain , he be
came somewhat sane ; he remained gentle, but
could enjoy no sleep—conscience would not per
mit it. He often appeared frightened, as if a
ghost Was present to his terrified imagination, for
he would cry out, "Oh Robbins ! Robbins ! thou
wilt be revenged." Linn's confutation for dying
Tenners made ne Impreflion on him ; it was impof
lible to calm his agitated bosom ; black dflp^ir
irefs as everfilled the breast of man, took a journey,
of 400 miles through the northern regions to car
ry the petitions of the Vermonters for their Re
presentative, and to try his powers of perfualion
on Mr. Adams : Mercy for his favorite friend was
to be his theme, I told Mr. Ogden that you were
vindictive and revengeful and .that he would be
disappointed : bis good nature would not Suffer
him to believe me, he tried the experiment, he
failed, but how cruel was it "of you Sir, to add
insult to unkindness, after your refilling to comply
with hisrequett, he said you could not let him go
without niorofely telling him that yon had been
solicited for an office in the cultoms in Connecti
cut, and that his interference in behalf of Col. Ly -
on had put it out of your power to do him any
favor ; cruel indeed, it was enough to disappoint
his expectations of flying to his imprisoned triend
with the joyful hews of his ehlargment ; it was
too much to tell him his own hopes were all blast
ed; it broke his heart Sir, he bad not hoped so
much on his own account as on account of
the aged and unprovided widow of General
Wooster who Would have shared with him the e
moluments. That office I understand was among
the facrifices your old friend the General macle at
the commencement of the revolutionary war ;but
Sir, the good Mr. Ogden wants no plage now
from you or any other earthly potentate, he has
got a place in Abrahams bosom, and he no doubt
looks down from heaven on you with ineffable ;
pity and tender compassion.
It is a long time, Sir, since I have intended my
felt the honor of at this time writing you a vale
diftory; I have however put it off from time to ;
time as we are apt to do about things that con
cern others more thah they do ourselves ; inevit
able business has canfedime to neglect this duty
until the lafl moment when I have been obliged
to hurry die thing over much against my inclina
tion, you will be kind enough to pardon the ma-,
ny essential omissions I have necessarily been guil
ty of ; there is no doubt but by the time you read ;
thus far your confeience, feared as it is, will be:
ready to supply many of the defects of my memo
r y- -
I must finifli my letter, Sir, where you finifh
your adminiilration, that is with your late nomi
nations; I' have been told Sir, that you have giv
en one Secret ary(hip and four Judgefllips for lay
ing the ghost of Jonathan Robbins, betides Judge
Bee's appointment ; or in other words yon gave
as a premium,the man, who made the moll learn
ed and perplexing speech in your favor, the Se
cretaryship ; it is a maxim with the lawyers and
popifh prieftsl believe,that the greater villainy to
be exculpated from, the greater fee,the Secretary
(hip became precarious, the service rendered was
great indeed,and not to be forgotten ; the judicia
ry was the only permanent fund to be applied to,
and so long as there was a brother or a filler to
make claim, they it seems have been ordered to
draw upon it until all were Satisfied ; the fame
fund has Served you an excellent purpose for le
gacies tq your poor and distant relatives, as well
as for rewarding the tories who have been the fir
med friends to your adminifiration ; through the
whole of your late nominations you have pro
ceeded Sir, as if you took council from the infer-
nal regions ; (some men who are not thought very
highly of neither) have spurned your nominations
avowedly to avoid the disgrace they confer.
I am told, Sir, that when you was Vice-Presi
dent you boasted that for the calling vote upon 0
Mr. Maddifou's proportions you would not take;
ten thousand pounds ; by your adminiftratfon yon,
hive rendered that vote fatal to your country &
made it cost them millions. You feern now more
than ever bent on Mifchief ; your vindiftivrifpir-;
it prompts you to do every thing in jour power
to. give the succeeding administration trouble,,but
you are as unfortunate in this as in most of your
calculations ; your creatures are generally pliant
reeds, they will bend to and fawn upon any body
that is in power; it wagpower they worshiped 1
in yon, not John Adams.
Come pray Sir, cool yonrfelf a little do not coil ;
around like the rattlesnake and bite yonrfelf ; no,
betake yonrfelf to tailing and prayer, a while, it ;
may be good for both body and foul, that is a
fafer remedy for an old man in your situation,
than the letting of blood.
Suffer me to recommend you that patience and
resignation which is charafteriftic of the holy re- ;
ligion you profefs. T hope and pray that your
fate may be a warning to all ufiirpers and tyrants
and that you may before yot( leave this world be
come a true and sincere penitent and be forgiven
all your manifold fins in the next : I repeat it,this
is the sincere wish and prayer of your fellow citi
zen, M. LYON.
To John Adams, Ex President.
-—<«<sg^^fc> > —t
.MELANCHOLY.
MARCH 4.
DIED] —Yesterday, the 3I inst. of a lingering'
confamptipn, the HYDRA, commonly called
ANGLO-FEDER ALISM.,
The firft symptoms of a decline was perceived
lafl spring, at the election in New-York—in a
few days after he voided some very nauseous
Pickerontan worms. Altho' from inclination a
martinet and a tyrant, yet his indisposition pro
duced such a depression on his spirits, that it caus
ed him to difbsnd his military mercenaries. His
confeffor alarmed at his appearance, exhorted
him to hold tb the good faith, and the holy man
put up the most urgent prayers for bis recovery ;
they, alas ! proved inefficacious—bis destiny was
fixed and immutable. Phyficiaus from all quar
ters were summoned tb prescribe for him ; Eflex
peftoral lozenges, pumpkin powders, Connefti
cut injections, the Jersey fpecific, Penn's fehatori
ai lotion, and Pinckney's grand restorative, were
alt admiltered, productive only of evanefeent in
tervals of fallacious health. His affectionate
friend, Robert Liftner, paid the most liberal fees
for good advice & assistance. Could wealth pro
long his life, he wonld have yet furvjved.
His disorder was increased by the extreme irri
tation of his mind, and his frame was shattered by
a paralytic stroke on the 3d Dec. last, but even af
ter that, hopes were entertained of his final re
covery, and many erroneouflv fupptfed he might
outlive the critical Ides of March. For fix days.'
subsequent to the 11th Feb. he was almost hourly
attacked with paryoxifms of defperafe madness ;
in his lucid intervals, he was dark, fallen and ob
stinate; but on the 1 7th, he was so much exhaust
ed that his dissolution appeared certain , he be
came foinewhat sane ; he remained gentle, but
could enjoy no sleep—conscience would not per
mit it. He often appeared frightened, as if a
ghost Was present to his terrified imagination, for
he would cry put, "Oh Robbins ! Robbins ! thou
wilt be revenged." Linn's consolation for dying
frnners made no Impreftion on him ; it was inipof
fible to calm his agitated bosom ; black delp^ir
rngrqffed his mind, nor did a raydf hope inter
vene to expel thejea.rxof damnation. He gxpir
- ed in convulsive agonies, bellowing forth impre
cations against democratic republicanism. ..
EPITAPH.
De mortuis nil nisi veritas.
~* . Here lie>-'-,- —•
The remains of
ANGLO-FEDERALISM ;
The base born offspring
Os Toryifhrand apottacy.
He was nurtured by leltiflinefs,
Tutored by degeneracy and envy,
And patronized .by bigotted prejudice.
With the cruelty of a Dominitian and a Nero,
He combined the baleful vices of a Cataline.
More bigotted than Bishop Laud §
In hipocriQ he had no equal ;
In canting Cromwell was his mode!f
An unrelentingaud sanguinary fyirit
Rendered him more
Odious than Jeffries,
Os hateful memory.
Corrupt, Vicious,
Unprincipled,
And falfe.
Without morals;
Without any sense of hdnot{
|n Office
A prodigal, a peculator ;
1 : Proud and insolent ; .*
At once,
.Mean and overbearing.
The Church
IHe attempted tb proditute to views the nioft tile.
*Deception was his forte; , T
The credulous he duped ; 1
The weak he seduced ; ' 0
~ The timid he, terrified ;
The virtuous he 0 persecuted.
At length,
Intoxicated with fuc^efs, he forgot all prudence ;
He threw off hid malk.
Good men
.* - Were alarmed;
His friends were ashamed/
, 1 And the
FOX POPULI,
Cut (hort
His infamous career.
Late tJForxign intelligence.
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Change in the British Ministry.
LONDON, FEB. IQ.
Mr. Pitt's adminifiration is dissolved ; but it
hath left “ its wreck behind."—The diffusions in
the Cabinet, Grange 10 tell, rose out of the Union
It was necessary for the carrying of that measure,
that the High Church Party in Ireland should be
admitted to a (hare of power in this country ; and
it was equally necessary that certain promises
should be made the Catholics. Mr. Pitt was the
advocate for the Catholic Emancipation. The
other changes will wear something of Jhe fame
complexion.
The emancipation of the Irifli Catholics has oc
casioned serious disputes in the Cabinet for some
time—Marquis Cornwallis and lord Cafllereagh,
pledged themfehes to obtain it. His Majesty has
however, been advised by a majority of the Privy,
Counsel to refufe it. Mr. Pitt declared the faith of
government pledged to the Catholics, He was .
however, beaten on'the queftiod, and theinfluence
of lord Clark prevailed. On this Mr. Pitt told
the King he could not undertake to carry on .his
affairs any longer. Mr. Addington interposed as
a mediator, and was closeted a long time with his
Majesty ; in the conference it was agreed that Mr."
Pitt should continue to conduct the public affairs:
and the emancipation should not make a part of
the speech. ‘
At the opening of the session, Mr. Pitt, however
saw symptoms of defection; which convinced him
his power was gtone. A number of the King's
friends *ere abfeftpand out of thirty Bishops, But
eight voted for tbe"addrefs. He then resolved to
retire, and tendered his resignation to his Majesty ;
but he would not desert the Nation until his ma
jesty could call men to his Councils, who had not
the fame feelings with himfelf on the emancipa-;
tion. On Thursday the diflolntion of the ministry
took place.; by the resignation of Mr.. Pitt,
Mr. Dundas, Earl Spencer lord Greenville and
Mr. Windham ; but with declaration to keep the
feats and keys until their fuCceffors should be ' ap
pointed.
" From the following Lifts of Outs and Inns,
which however we present only as the rought
draft of the Jfr/2 projected arrangement our rea
ders will be able to form some idea of the New
Cabinet :
OUTS. INNS.
Mr. Pitt, succeeded by Mr. Addington.
Mr. Dundas, Lord Hawkefbury.
Earl Spencer, Duke ofClarence.
Mr. Windham, l>ord Auckland.
Earl Chatham, Earl Clare.
Mr. Grenville Lever-fo ord Malmfonry.
son Gower.,
Lord Grenville, Earl Macartney.
Mr. Canning, Lord CadleVeagh.
Mr. Thomas Grenville, Sir Lawrence Parsons
6 Marquis Abercorn,
Marquis Cornwall^ Q , fo eof fane
Lord Loughborough, to be Lord Privy Seal.
Lord Elden to be Lord Chancellor.
Sir John Mitford to be Speaker.
What the final arr mement may be, we cannot
fay with confidence; but we know from good au
thority that the one firfl prft profiofed has under
gone some changes. According to it Mr. Adding
ton was to have been First Lord of the Treafory&
Chancellor of the Exchequer ; —but the Duke of
Portland has been particularly requeued by his
majesty to fill the office of Prime Mioifter; and
Mr. Addington will hereafter be only Chancellor
of the Exchequer. Some reports state that Lord
Camden will be Secretary of State for Home De
partment, the Earl of Wefhnoreland First Admi
ralty, Mr. Pelham Secretary at war, Lord Ma
cartney President of the board of Gontroul, Sir
William Grant Attorney General, Mr. Percival
Coliditor General ;—and that Lord Loughborough
the Duke of Portland, and the Earl of Chatham,
will continue in their several offices. At the rest
remain, and Mr. Pitt declares it to be his with
that his friends may all give their support to the
new adminittration. \
To many it wilt be a consolation, that in all
probability the fame f, flem upon which we have
hitherto gone is to be pursued. A new attempt
however, is to be made, to negotiate wite Buo
naparte, and a passport is to be afl<ed for Lord
St. Helens toga to Paris. It is proper to fbew
a disposition to treat—it may help to conciliate
the neonle to the new arrangements.l
At the commencement of that war, which ter
minated in the acknowledgment of our indepen
dence, by the British King, the inhabitants of these
dates, theircofonfer of Great-Britain, were com
posed of two parties, created by our attempts to
obtain freedom ;—the oppressive laws of our mo
ther country having excited an opposition to them
—These parties were denominated Whig and To
ry—names long before known in England, but
not introduced into this country.
The Tories or 4 Monarchies were tbofe who
were for enforcing by fire and sword every man
dateof the British King, and confided of the§
king's officers and their dependants, and a fmaH
proportion of native citizens—The Whigs or Re
publicans, were those who, unwilling to fubmic ' /
to the oppressive laws of another country, and to
an unlimited taxation, without representation op
posed the tyrannic mdafures of the British Parlia-!
ment=they confided of the great body of the peo- 1
pl,/,
The British king sent fleets and armies to "en
force his laws— the officers of the crown and the
moss aftive tories, went over to the enemy at the j
firi lof the contest, and taking /belter under the►
protection of Gen. Gage and other 'commanders
of the British forces, emigrated to Great-Britain,
and other parts of the British dominions. Others'
more dangerous to our peace, remained among
us, giving advice and assistance to our cruel assail
ants. A bloody, seven years war ensued, but by
the generous abidance of the French nation, we
triumphed over our enemies Independence ^
was secured, and reluctantly acknowledged by
thw British king. The tories were silenced and/
mortified, and put on a hypocritical garb of ac
quiescence.
A treaty of friendship and commerce had been
made with ' the French nation——a general gov
ernment was eflablifhed —-peace and profoerit,
pervade the nation.
The secure and forgiving republicans conceiv
ing the great object of their contefl finifhed 5, a
treaty of peace with the British nation, and an ac
knowledgment of their independence and pre
suming that no event could ever entangle them a
gain in British politicks, admitted their former
enemies, the tories, into their councils—to their
Rate representative bodies—and at length even to
feats in our general Congress.»
About this time the flame of freedom caught 6.
by the French officers and soldiers, during thefr -
abode in America, excited in their generous
breads, a determination to ameliorate their own
government, which they effe&ed by a revolution
in their parliamentary regulation and the adop
tion of a new system of government—without
bloodied— without arms, and with the confine
of their king Happiness and peace would have
reigned in France, had not the despots of Europe,
fearful the example of that nation would excite #
in their own fubjeCls a spirit of freedom interpos
ed—they prevailed on the French king to break
the covenant he had made with his people—a vi
olent and cruel civil war commenced in France—
Revolution succeeded Revolution, attended with,
blood and carnage—and all the powers of Europe
combined against die Freurfrpation, determine!
to dilate to them a commotion of #overnmenr
or to effect their extirpation and divide the terri&|
tory ,mong themselves- CT
lathe mean time the Britiffi (now in arms a-
r r ^ . hr ihe tenet*
Meffrt. Cutting & Whiwlock,
Agreeable to my promile in your las tnumbefy
T have endeavored to recollect the close of ode
conversation which was upon political Arch ten
ure, and, if I do ngt mittake was as follows, viz.
That there has lately been made among us some
very curious and perhaps ufeful difeoveries—as a
specimen a few were mentioned. In common
architecture every body knows that deep and
solid foundations are necessary for ereffing a sub
stantial building ; that tfoe materials should be of
the bed kind, well as may be depended upon for
lading, and the workmen of found fodgment ,and
the belt that could be procured (particularly in
our country ;) that* we should uregood white
oak, good Clones, hewn, squared and put together
by accepted masons, and carpenters. But in po.
litical architecture it has been difcavered that the
cheapest 'and belt way is, to lay the foundation
on the service, that there is no occasion for solid
oak, or solid judgment, but that any Jorry flicks
of may serve quite as well if they be but
loft and pliable, and admit of being bene, and
brought over to any form or purpose the under
taker or chief shall require, and give out in all
parties by faying Mr. is the belt and wisest
man I know of—all he fays is true, and whoever
thinks otherwise is a knave, a fool, an enemy to
his country, and never deserves to be admitted to
any office or tririt of any kind whatever. Bow
concise this! arid must be believed by any man
who intends to rife by the interef lof a certain
party.. But a wife and good ruler will never
knowingly prefer an unworty man : A voluble
tongue, and supple confeience, with some, will be
a more fuccefiful recommendation than the know
ledge of an Angel, or the courage of a Walking
ton. But to proceed, after a little digreffiou—lt
has by long and repeated experience been found
out that there is no need of hewing, squaring
or dressing of done Work ; inequality of furface
will not make them useless, but that all depends
upon the cement, and therefore common dirt duly
prepared, makes the belt, and is easily tempered,
after lying some time in a watm fun. Aline, with
out being moved by any officious pretenders, and
will form a cruft like the walls of Babylon, and
a furface as impenetrable as a miner's heart, or.
the brass front of a Hamilton. Now as the whole
affair lies in packing these flicks, stones, and dirt
together, persons wlio are workmen (corn to be
employed in such dirty work, as the meanest and
most ignorant (it is said by some,) do it not only
quite as well, but much better.
Some further hints occurred, but I would not
be tedious. An Independent Whig.
For the REPUBLICAN LEDGER.
As the progress of toryifm and its transition to
Federalism, a name which the Tories have impru
dently assumed for several %ears past, has been as
tonishingly rapid, and has at length burst out ina
difeovery of their deGgn to bring us into a ruin
ous War—lt may not be amiss to give a (hort hif
tory of the strange event, for the information of
those who have not been long in our country and
of such native citizens as were too. young at the
time of our revolutionary war, to be acquainted
with the origin and progress of the Tory charac
ter.
Errata— ln the lafl number <f the “ Independent
Whig," about the middle of the last paragraph,
for ' unless members" read useless members.