The Potowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1790-1798, 1796-09-22
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ers vita any remarks on productions 10 nlierably
deft1tue of even the iemh.ance Of augmentation,
ewas not periuaded thar the vanity OF tlefe VIII
'rers would induce them to plume themieiVes upon
NV icoce ard therefore hall pay Tome little al
Iention to their productions.
Ii is the chsraotereltic of altehood and erroE Mir.
Willis, when hard prelsed by the lrrelitible pow
CTS of truth, 10 cuik, lhIt and TO preVaricate
TINS oh,rfvatipn IS fniy verified by the conduct OF
a ,yt1-NIn flEtcribes hilnirf, Or q i5e Ptobfs,
and Nv thar Of a,.orhe yvh" yrs hpeii Il trat D:-
,n2tlaf The felt of thefe rot1iss ronndiy aiserts
that our Immediate representatives are fe@ cho-
Zen under tie in.uence d psGioo." The 'ecnnd, in
order TO Iosten as much as poibe this intait1ug de-
caratinn, artfally enGea2ours to give Il different
calf oy fnbititutng the Ruru % Ipmettnes In place
of the word ot6co." Nov there is wide
difference betweer famt'i1:f' dong thing, and sa
doinp ii [ leave it 10 every maG OF candour 10 de-
;eruline in wat light this quibble onGht TO be view
ed But what renders the prevaricat1ons OF this
writer the mere iarng, is, That he has the model
~ anolt at the fame infant in The face OF truth,
10 charge me with Tniiquotation, from a pub Lea
zion iubicrbed frithd 10 peafe Now IT any OF your
readers WHY be at the trouble of cooking over that
piece, they will find that quoted him a'erbaltm.
true it is that did quote the whole ientenee
bot if had even done 10, this man of candour
might with eohal office have blaned me for rot
beating the whole paragraph. ] he inference,
Tcgevcr orawny me, from the teat'Inenr detected,
was iuit and natural becaule although ii may be
true thar lat TIE time of wrrirg that piecei he had
nct ieeI the refoiurion Of the houie Repretenta
rives OF the eth Of April, yet as the attention OF
that body had been, for than a month,
pied with the fubiect and az the temper o! the
'kioufe was every where well known, it nlnit be e
vidept tntt his ii9eral innualinn was leVelisd di
rec,y at the conduct OF The -tloute OF Repretenta
tives which conduer he iay9, was fomething worle
gi.n Al.,eriue peridy, brcauie {accordinEs a
har 81 b;cd if W
The truth however happens TO be, that the treaty
was az chat time sA aid l0S, and forever mott have
remained 70, had the tiouic continued TO carry
it into tifect, conieeuenfy they could not poihbly
break what was in ttatc CT non -eElitence. Ard.
yhouah he may NOW be ATTAINED of the fale and
icandalnus aiser tion, yet he will carcely be able.
with all his cunning, TO eIude the iutt indignation
OF every honeit man, uce ;t,is impojlhle he could
mean any thing eiies but so apply his abne TO the
conduct the ediate Representatives o! the peo
pie.
Bur 10 return TO Org tie ftopis, mutt tell bin
that did enter into confetti with the PRECEDENT
aud Senate bur with iuch WRITER'S as hmlelt, who,
whenunabls 10 maintain 'er ground, By ia:T means,
immediately tcull and ihelter :hemelves behind the
popularity of the Frelidcpt. | entered into TO
trovery with any of the CONTINUED authorities.
did not, dixie ny opponentsi commence wanton
attack upon individual, ard through him, on a
particular hrrnch of the legillature. have only
contended that the mmediaIe representatives OF the
people enjoy the right OF confirming the contribution
FOR them,eoes, as we'll as any other braoch CT the
government.
i nevs. exprefsed any fears that our PRECEDENT
and Senate would turks and devote ibemhilr5
aid tAen t9Hcriy TO arbitrary power, my antago-
nli uncandihy nlnustes. My lnterrogatory
conveyed in thee words, " but if the contribution
was even Doubts! this fubject, what
think Of ,leu vino contend tor that contraction,
and that only, which has direct tendency TO ath'
miate onr government, much as poAble, TO that
which exhibits picnTe of every thing odious and
tetettihle in arbitrary power p This was evident
~ aimed at tuch writers himiclf becaue they
Nave renuotily commended tor that conjunction and
DO aiher.
lexprel'ed nc fears all but have placed
rhe implicit confidence in the virtue of my real
counlrvmen, which | am pcriuaded will ever fiji
muatr them reGir with The energy OF republican,
Tim, ali aacbn,en,s their mott iacred rghtS.
Ny object has been, not TO criminate any one
branch OF government, but refute the lllibe-
ia aiperhons ca:t upon the immediate repreienta-
rves of the people. This Aat,er myfelf have at
tempted With lone little iucceis, and trutt that it
will appear every candid mind, that the Houe of
Representatives. have triciIy done what they deem
ed TO be, ihdifpenhhiy their duty But as they
have nevertheless been publicly charged with hav-
iug aGnme3 nsto P07cer alter THE toututon, and
with being guilty of breach at trAf now call up
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