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*.ri:i clergy—as your lordship shall
judge.
I here is not a clergyman oF anv de
scription in ISew-York, nor, as far as I
can iearn, in all America, that can lead
a concert, or play upon the fiddle,or that
dances, or manages an assemble, or gets
citunk, 01 rides in at the death ol a fox,
o!'that v. ears buckskin breeches, or a
vufiled shirt, or sings a bauds* song, or
kei ]'5 a mistress All they do is, to
1 the young people, ch
chddien, visit the sick, comfort tin- ai
r:; *.cd, go to church, preach twice or
i.n'ue on a Sunday, teach the living how
to live, and the dying- how to die ; they
are pure in their lives, uncorruptible in
their morals, and preach universal love
and toleration ; and what is more unac
countable, tliet have no t\ dies, and they
live in t!ie vc r\ midst of their congrega
tions. li i might be bold to suggest any
i.ur.g, anti it would not be counted over
..ealous, I could wish there was a good
b )f-k written against thisr/Zw.veof tvthes;
” 1 1 tc.mk, my lord, that Anacreon
.ho mv would he a very jirojier person:
it v t dd lie a good means ci j rcvcJiiin:'
ir.iigrulhn.
As to the government: at tin head of
it is an old country phil sopher. i wish
' our lordship could ge t a sight ol one of
lii; .toes, and quarters up to his ancles,
L with leather thongs. 1 { has
*' chamberlain nor vice-chasnber
] ’in, groom of the stole nor of the bed
* . u.: - r, mast< r of th • ceremonies, nor
gentleman usher of the privy chamber,
i’.oi page oi the !>a< k st iirs, nor mes; ti
ger to hi- robes—lie has no robes—no
thing but nd breeches, which are n >w
a jest, and a thread-hare one. No laun
dress for liis body linen, nor statelier,
1 ' ' <' y woman. Hi will talk with
any h icly, like the good Vicar of Wakc
fi< Id. 11 the stranger talks better than
him, he is willing to learn ; if /:<• talks
belt r, he is willing the strung, r should
) e• 11*. J (i is a simple gentleman < v r\
•v.’y, and keeps his own consch nee
his ov. n account1—pays his own debts,
* ud tlu n itif.;/s dibts, and has hoar led
< , 1 ight mill, an. 1 a half of dollars in
th tr ■ n ; . \ our lordship will sini 1
at -ah a i o i'll «..
^ e do .oi we can to shake him—we
d } nil w tan to \ e\ him—we do all we
* ; n to remove him. lit is like a wise
old 1), -vise. Me w ill not be shalo n—
in will not he t .xol—he will not be
nn ved. If 1 u] is too
tali. II he s. o. down, v, e sa) he too
short. Ti wo think he will go to war,
wc say he is bloody. It we think he is
for peace, we say he is a coward. If he
makes a purchase, we sav he ought to
take it i y force. If he will not perse
cute. we say he has no energy. If he
e\ cutes the law, we say he is a tyrant.
I think, my lord, with great deference,
that a good London cjuarto might be
written and thrown at bis head. He
has no guards nor battle-axes, Ik dodges
i'll alone upon bis old horse, from the
] resident’s house to the capitol. There
might be an engraving, to shew him
hitching his bridle to a peg. The stran
Ly r in America might write the book ;
but he need not call himself the stranger;
it appears clear enough from his works*
Ii it could be possible to confine those
works against emigration,to home circu
lation, it would he better. They appear
rather ridiculous in this country ; for
they know here, as well as vour lordship,
teat people arc the riches ot a nation. 1
'•vould humbly recommend a prohibition
ot tin ircN] ortation. I! Mr. Parkinson
writes am more, would your lord hip
have the goodness to let hint know that
ill re has been no veil nv fever since I
came to America—but that in return,
the catneiiels have created great distur
bance . A goo l work against the cata
dids, might : ■ ■■ • \ ti T< 11
him, ii your lordship please s, that the
nutter is id better than wlu.11 lie was
here- ; and the pigs remain unreconciled
to : . peaches. The timothy grass
grows straight up, and so does th duck
gra.-s—apropos—the ducks here goon
the water like those in 1*1 ngland ; but
th > swim hardest against the stream.
1 wi lve harts Is of plaister t o as far in
Massachusetts, as a dozen in anv otln r
stall ; and there is hut one head on a
stalk of wheat, and th? grass grows rank
est in the wet ground. A work of this
na* ire tna\ sei \ e to prevent the lo\ 11 s ol
good hvitter and jiotk from coming to
America, and prevent rniK;r!ti;/i_
1 hey boil their t ibbage in flesh water,
! and throw the wall r out.
All the otlu i di partinents are as t idi
culous as the executive ; and one of his
majesty’s cream-coloured Hanov rian
horses, has more *• rvants than their se
• rt tan of stati. 1 h< re are no lords nor
; beggars. We must try to h iv - b , urs.
A little work upon that might put things
in a strong light.
Ih ir judges arc* without wigs, and
their law) rs with ut mis. This might
j be < died buUjmike Ik itinted ilcymnce.
There is no energy in the execution
of the law. One constable, with a staff,
will march twenty prisoners. Your
lordship knows a country, where tverv
man has a soldier to watch him with a
musket.
The government lure makes no sen
sation. It is round about you like the
air, and you cannot even feel it. A good
w<irk might be v. ritten upon that to pre
vent emigration, by shewing that the
are not known.
I lure are very few shewmen or
mountebanks—a proof of a dull, plod
ding people, all being about their ow n
affair1 his might be stated to prevent
idlers lrom coming. Hut as there is lit
tle temptation for that class to come, it
is not worthy a book.
i hr\ lv.ivc no decaved nor potwoliop
i11I )• Toughs, which render their parlia
imntastdi machine. 'I heir candidates
are n< >t chaired, and throw no sixpences
imoi;;; the mol . 'J'his might he used
to pr. \ u tit the i migration of the mob.
I don't like their little one-gun ships
( ! the line. If thev are so wicked when
thea are little, v. hat will they he when
they grow big ?
1 Ik 1 iev( liecatur to he a dangerous
m ii,—i had it from the ex-bashaw of
Tripoli; and Preble, I IV-ar, is as hail;
though the bashaw did not tell me so.
However, if we don’t come near them,
they can do us no harm. I hope your
lordship will not count me over zealous
in in\ re mark s, and that they may not be
ons, k red altogether unwnrihvof vour
lordship's wisdom. Vour lordship hav
ing been first lord of tlu admiralty, is
the best judge of gunboats.
1 he inventions of this people are be
coming every day mi re alarming. They
sold their card making machine to the
knglish f >r tr.-cnti/ thousand pounds ster
ling! and n .\v tlu v suv thtv can make
um lov jifitj gain is. Alight not some
addresses be adviseablo from the Alan*
chester fustian weavers?
1 hi \ hav e made a steam boat, to go
again t w ind and tide, seven miles in
the hour— m alarming crc tun stance to
the ( oai h-m iking trade. A work might
he written against the emigration oi
< oie h-makers, and entitled, Xo Steam
Ho at.
Hie burning of Patterson mills was
v cry fortunate ; but the eastern & south
ern manufactories would require to he
burnt il.
It is time the country was taken out
of the it hands, i hey are committing sadl