The Potowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1790-1798, 1796-09-22
For THE PoroMAK GUARDIANS.

eGENTLFMLH,
Y,YND Nc ,har three of your Respectable corps
L have come forward with 10 les than t0aT pu)-
hcations Isl paper, cannot IN common polite
Des rgfnte reply 10 10 formidable q mar oeuvre.--
But in ioing Ihls, it perhaps be proper TO re-
IL * HAT, Though You ave ssuecd hIed ieveral
columns with 4o3yGt, ioItary argument Is 10
ne t0und in all this huge mas OF ruDbth. Not
i"pe ray of truth discovered IN all this Walt
chaotic pile Of poiemlc crihollng, TO lleminafe IN
lhe t,naIet degree, the point in queitlon; and
therefore, in innt4tion OF your worthy example,
ihal, for the preicnt, wave al! considerations ON
that head, aud attend TO your manner ooth OF at
tack and defence.
Il leams then, ny worthy Sirs, that when 5oY
write, it is perfectly ut aud proper to Gull tne
rhoiceit bowers Of rheJfic from me on'ary OF
Bilinglgate It is altogether confident with pro-
,,riety for yon Gentlemen, turn icaven9srs. and
rake among the Ellen OF human deprsNity, TOT terms
: ,ch are 10 be found only anoiAii Me Drugs OF
m4nkind, But W hen cvs IN the plain language Of
ruth, prove that you enemies 10 The gus OF
free people. When qes rcpel The charges brought
oy you qeaiott yoNr country , and ""cR we pull
it;e the mantle OF hy Poetny, and discover TO the
word yonr cl.Ue~ fa9t, then indeed, our ears are
,tun'd with charges OF :curr!ity and opprohrcm.
Have vou already forgot, my yrtuous advocates OF
decorur! that it was ron Who lr!l reiuited TO harh
Ianguage--that without any iuit pfovocatlon yM
made uie 0! the following elegant ter'nS lamongd
many others) viz. =" talihood and Viiiany, =
mral1r!t Of ruAi ms -" corrupt ma orlty, -
h4nd. a Of hieai. aH men" &c. And beeauie lone
frIeie @pr,Ni m, have bsen retor'ed-oeeao!ey your
rory principles have been exp1ied-becauie you have
1teu ci.ftied and laughed at, you are iuddeny
,nnstrtr1 mo great litAlefs fnr decency You
re aow willing vocferatc taaas f9:Hsb orafrf
d,cency ! ne bar-y zvarG5 ttA,fifit1 A!thougb
you paid ve,y l,ltle r. gard iuch nlH5, until You
received a prnle check. S,farga thA, d little CAT
,;oation thoul4 be attended wi.h coutt quenccs 70
y adertully iautary shat few 4 4lr II s ihoud
work mraei-, by changing nett Oh Iil1eral t97's',
into band Of chaite defenders of decofum Fer
INIT nle, gentlemen, TO give you JOY OF The metamor-
rlois you have undergone, and TO eXpreis hope
that ii will be of real iervice yon, as II is what
you have long ftood in need of
hat your lhPnl club has indeed long itood
in need Of this reformation, will be iuihcientIy evil
denced by recurring 10 the publications IN tie Pat0
net Guardian, for tome time pat, when 1t VIII be
found, that The iavith ideas which ever predomna-
ted within your pericranums and wh,ci have 70
toulv pc Iuted your paper, Through the nt'Hrf.aE7
~ Of your pens folly my ASSERTIONS, That
The !eld (ream OF Hanter (Which glides through all
our ublitations) aganit the popular branch OF The
government, iuial,,by marks the corruption Of The
iource from whence il flows. And, that the abject
rroittution Of your abilities Ouch as they are TO
action which WOULD lay liberty proitrate in the
duff is an additional proof that you really food
ofeatly in ne@d of the cauftic But to enter into
minnie eypoGtiou otthe Grim 81 intent OF all thoie
pu ,catiois, would require time and paper,
than have pretent either eiiure or inclination
10 devote 10 the tut.ect. 1t is enough that we know
your object diisemnate iupcions OF the nte-
gritty OF the Immediate representative OF he people.
70 etiabish high and arbitrary notions OF govern
ment To Willy aHss the Si>nch. 10 excui-
pate the mofr unjnilihabe conduct of your Bri1ilh
frends-and TO perplex plain conitltudonal quef-
ton, which might have been readily und>ritood by
the meaneit capacity had not iuch uncommon pains
been taken to render it comptx and abitruie
Thee are the Objects for The attainment Of which,
you, gentlemen, have 10 zealorAy laboured ; and
IN order accomplish your laudabls dthgns, you
have not been very icrupuous about the means. I'LL
qva5 fb h0t eame 10 yom net. Truth, taihood, can
dor deception, were TO you equally alike, pro-
vided they would but erve to promote your views.
And if your chemes have lait miicarried-if
your country has not been injured to the extent yon
intended, it IS owing more 10 lack OF talents than
of incii.ation-to the weakness Of your heads,
rather than he zshes and ptpiples your hearts,
for you eminentiy Poiseis the defre of doing mit-
chief without the abiliiy-rne venom of the icorpl-
on without The fling.
The(e remarks. Gentlemen, are intended for
ny member Of your c!ub~-to dicIninate would bt