The gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1798-1799, 1798-09-10

To lNrfrs. B. PgssELL, Y. RUsSELE. and YoUSe
q MruSs, edifors Of fbe Bsl7os Csntinel, Con.
rusreiai 81. Gazette, and Msrrsry.
cESrLAMENs
A REMARK has occurred to feveral of ny
acquaintance which has evidently efcaped your
notice: II Is, that forty nine in 6.ty Of yoaf
readers, oaf of Be4oa, would never hear Jingle
fYllabe Of the les and lcurrility OF the Chroni.
Gle, were they not in fome mcclure retaled out
70 US through the medium Of your papers. NY
meaning IS, that many pieces in that forty paper
are anfgered BY your correspondents and
thefc anfwers filrnifh Us with the .fubaance Of
the trafh they are meant to annihilate. Hence,
and hence only do we hear any thing Of the
lies and tcurrility Of the Chronicle. Your in
tentions gentlemen, and tho1e Of your corref
pondents, are undoubtedly good, but we think
they have effects which you Do not defgn- One
or two Of them will mention Men of waver-
ing diipoitions and fearful tempers, as allo
fome late converts, not fully acquainted with
the tartarean cat Of that paper, are apt TO think
there may be fome truth in what occalions 60
much trouble to confute, and inipea that all Isl
not as It fhould be and 70 continue to be wa
ycing and undecided, not 10 FAY 4uorf. In a
way lomething ike this, Franklin became A.
deiR. Another thing is, there are many Jaco.
bins who cannot afford 20 take any paper, bur
having great Thrift for news, and not living
10 the neighbourhood Of the Chronicle, borrow
fach papers as they an-often yours where
reading fuch anfwers as have mentioned, are
thereby furnifhed with frtlh fuppy of J4co.
binical arguments. Having taken lnme pains
to make inquiries at number Of the poR- ofices 4
in Maine, can allure you that very few Of /
thoie papers find their way into this diaria \
and thole few are read only by the moit nicer
rigible Iacobins. Other parts of the country,it /
is prelumed, are not inundated With a greater
proportion. Do you not then, by FULFILLING
iuch anfwers, give that feather OF a paper
weight which il would not otherwife have dol
you not thereby obliquely afia the JacobinI
caufe ? and dc you not, in the fame propoItionsf
injure your own Il IS well known that IN
Bottom, fuch anfwers from your preTes, are q
leatt unneceaary every body there is perfectly
acquainted with the Chronicle and nobodyI
Except Honec and vsry few more) pays thsI
lsalt attention 70 i but in many othsr paces,I
where The fame advantages Of information arc
not 20 be had, the cafe is different and you and
your correipondents thereby really irjure ths
cauic you are aiming to tupport. In this quar-
ter, we cannot help thinking that you overaiaI
the influence Of the Chronicle AZ leaa you III
parently do not fccm.to have a clear concspI
ton how very wretched, in6gni6cant and cor
temptblea thingits. We are decided In thiaI
that it only wrinkles by tie refra6tions Of tssI
rays Of your papers "Trip i Of theie and i vii |
inaa0tly fink into utter darkness. AS to RI
fuhng any corrupted matter which rots IN lhh
putrefying paper, II i now totally unneceHArJ II
whatever it bas done, it cannot no7v make con
verts, unlefs people can be hired TO read
and not even then, unlefs their opinions can y
hired ALTO.
What is here faidis far from being meant
a reHection upon either you or your corrsiPP
dents. You, gentlemen, it swell kaown ~
jealous in the cauf. Of your country, and yoa.'l
correspondents are believed 10 Be equally gear
Gus lit is DOLLY thought, as was Il fat msol
toned, that this lemark has elcaped your ~
tice; and that hint given and believed W
prevent fuch answtrs beng any more 2ubliin'S
Or written.
] am, with much eteem gentlemen,
Your hncerc friend and well whher,