The monitor & Wilmington repository. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1800-1801, 1800-09-20
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good thing"
The title announcef It's falfehood +; for had
il contained word of truth, the Editor OF the
Mirror weuld never have, publi'asd Il under
zach an head. s
know that many who are %he cbjeds OF de-
mScratc flanders, have thought it iaore dlicrsst
BY iilence aud indifference TO manifeH thfr COM
tempt for calumpies, which they iuppqie tb5H
iRfluenre on the fentiments Of thoie whole
good opinionsi is defrable, or creditable to pol
frfs. am not prr'uaded thst this line OF con-
dntf produces an ufeiul eHeef : iet OF dema'
eopuss, whofc ambition i, not below the high
Ell ofGses, nor above the meaneR-whp, from
nature, are reHlels aud difeontented--who con-
fder all means honoarable which are likely to
produce the cad they haven view-fre labeur-
/ g by every fprees Of abufs upon khe mea.
fures of government, and upon the ofticers and
friends Of the govsynment, 10 render it odtcus
to the people, il order to produce changes
which, ia the couhe OF chance, they iuppote
mutt BITTER their ptIlonal lisuations.
To fufFer lhsle men to putfue their courie
without interruption. is yielding "a an evil
which fmsl ef ~ would curb, and friicient
exertion would extingufh. For my osn part,
m determined not to fulfer the falfshoqds,
which perional concern gives me lisht 70,
notice, TO remaia uncontradiGed. The No.
Of the Mirror TO VIII CHI have referred, con-
tsius two charges againlt me, the nn4leEolent
efFufons Of party emily and of unprinaplsd
calumuy.
The fiit ia, that at fore ia Market Rreet,
in congerfation refpcaing he .Tepr:f ntation
in the Monitor Of tn late Red Lion meetings,
upon it's being remarked, that the accouot was
pot true, IrrpIed. thai as 10 is natL or taJt-
bad IL q04s iofsky unnatural, IL eUOad sgfloer
f5s purp2f, aud ,bqt epds eaosgb; ard further,
that obferved, hi Il qVosa good t5ing. TIE
Eesnl is, tbat / dfftnded The publication Of Ggis
f6s Monitor beeagtf ties qUers PptGGedin sbs Mir.
For. i4it 3
Let me anfwer fra to the lat cha &c. Mr..
THOMAS MtNDgNHALL,. WHO was prelent
upon tile occahon and who having been
member of The Red Lion caucus, feemed lobe
flung with the ludicrous account of the meet
iDe-was extremely proiufe il bis abule Of the
Editor ofthe Monitor. Iepdesvqured to tenn
per his aoeet, by bringing to his view the Ii.
hertiea taken by printers or both Gles OF the
queaion, that they claimed the right of pub
llthing wLalever was calculated to advance the
otiett which they had in view that fome
pc pie eemed to rel only what sffseel tEeir
hva pa tv. and ver- :ndiG.r - she .ts-.,-
ner ii which their opPcnehs were tnated.
But exprisly rsmark d, that the licen.
tioulnel; q The prtfs on both fideS ought ~
be c.I d mned.
This Gaeemert 10 fubGan,ialIy correct, and
of coNlequsnce, the taIement, which can stA
tribute to body but Mr.. Mendenhsll declste
to be .fubRattaNy talfs. 1t is absolutely falfe
that drcpt word which couateBanced he idea
that the publication of lies in one p per would
jaaify their being ppbl ihed in another.
1t is talfs, that made any charges agaiDR the
Editor of the Mirror not that a charge of
FULFILLING lies, and ercf, and wilful ooei toe,
might not have been Imported againe him
but that felt no dfpofitiOn at that time to
individualize that Editor. %a
With refpe8 TO the e3prsfiion offs " good
thing" it has ierssd the purpofe Of Mr.. Mep-
dcnhall, totally TO mifapply il; and il is no
difcovery as to Mr. Mendenhalls character,
that bis pvircplss leldom haaa in the way of
his purpofes.
This gestleman aiTerted, that there were no
hara.gues or declamations againa government
at their meeting; all ID conf qlence OF this
sgertion. l obferVed, in humorous mssner,
that Tor forty modern democras to be together
in tavern fer ieyeral hours on the fuhieG of
an election, and not to abafe the government,
was Phenomenon, aud really good hing,
a nan If f.rfc would have taken no ofFtuce at
the cultivation; and it required a maa regard,
lets Of and principle, to give the teprs-
fec.aion cf i, contained in the Mirror.
The fla G argc sl'edged aCaina me, "That
I remarked that the truth or falfshood of the