Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-12-13
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Paine, " to aiS and do NOT rieaa TO accept
any place, or Office, in the govern
" meu.. - The public have nothing
20 DO with all this" nave al e!ta5Ilth-
ed tame in tie literary wolld." Has
Mr.. Paine buried III. ;,u': peter, 70 thai
he finds it nccealry 20 blow the horn
himlelt =" | Ihlii continue ihele letters,
as | fee occsilon' after inch a iample,
fir, as m. pretcnt. TIC worl4 Can, wi,hou;
impa,isnce, await your lellure "and as
"to the low rarty Prints tnat chatc to
abufe me, they ale welcome. | .hail not
defend 10 anlwer them. ! have been
TOO much acCudomed to fuch common
fluff TO take auy notice CT them
1t is hard TO fee what greater abute
any printer can give Mr.. PANE than what
he has himlelt bctowed upon one half, or
AT leaa one ,hird part of the people OF this
country. HIS important approach has
truck them, it fcems, with kind OF by-
drosbs5ia. The maddeit OF Daane's re
veries, when he prates about his ele7ate&
,groxxd, is dccency and moderation whe"
compared with iaeh ma:chtefs intolcnce.
Even Ajax, Homer'S tavonte model OF
of arrogance and ierocity, when re IS TO
accept the challenge If Hector, deliver
himirlf in file which contradict (ior 1t
canno, be compsged) with that OF Mr.
Paine is the file OF a gentleman. II MIR.
Paine fancies tina, this Is the way TO gam
profyletc he is an old man. without the
" benefit OF experience. : Ii he conce,ts
{" ,ha, his arrival has Rruck any PARTY, o!
any man with terror, trut the ipirit CT
the country will con'incc hm he is m'lta-
ken. Powerful and formidable as Mr..
Paine is, he ihould no, ex?ect that i've
millions ofpeopic are prepared 10 tall on
their knees before him. lie ihould nor
expect that men, who, in every thing hu'
abilities, arc a lsait his eqnal>, will tie the
rore dilpoied to ADOPT his opmioE, be-
caaie he tells them ,hat his approach has
feared them on; Of their itr!eS bIcsu:c he
tells ,sem that they are Gna!nIng 'hei:
teeth bccaufc he compares them 10 the
mott hideous and hor,ible objett IN the
whole range of animated nature. II yea
win, w ,vnvInce perton CT the purity Of
your principles, and the co,rec,nefs OF
your arguments, YOU 60 not begin by
tweakirg his noic, and ipitting in his face.
And YET he would regard evea TIA! treat
men, as ref,,eatul, in compariion with ire
metaphor. which Mr.. Paine has calf in the
faces OF the people of America. DO "ot
exaeeeratc. You have his language :;
full length. There is TO ga'blea OF CRY
pied quotation. Mir. Paine has lett no
motive, no room, no poi!bllity to exas
cerate the iniclcnce OF his conduit. And
r every maa, who does re; approve OF
the Whole meaiures ct MIR eh-'ion, is 10
&c compared with MAD DIG ! One IS
,,nam d 10 rcp,in, iuch deipicable lnsnts,
or to employ fuch epithets OF adherence,
as theY would be :oand to Jn'ti'y. a,
Fcrd f,ys in the play, " A'7";m0n iuunds
+" well; Snrbcj.n iounds well yet 'h@j
&" are devils alduions. Bu.-Cuc-
&C yo1D Lucxolp ! CuCKoLD lhe
&" devil hirnict mas va; inch nickname"
4" This nickname is infinitely mere re-
fpeitul than that which Mr. Paine has be-
flowed upon very numerous portion OF
people at leaf as good IS hi'1!eit. Such
is the tkzfrr v.31! of Out beloved pref
der, lie fcnds Twelve hundred leagues
Cor an suxiiis.y writer. TO tell his adver-
i.tiss thar thcy ave mai dogs All the
vre,chs., gcGesion nc&fp1pe's rePubiiih
this precioas letter AMI iome OF them
we.ace j, with rhaptod;es of admiration.
Tie letter esnc.udes IN 'hefa words.
" The save:,. sc$t OF England honoEed
I. me ~ th ,hrui,nd matyrdoms, hy nu'n
."ing NJ. in efigy N every ,own IN thar
q" c,ca,rv ara ,heir higl'nes 10 Ame'i-
" q nav 90 tie Zane The govern
rent OF Eosl,ra never burnt Mr.. Pa'ne's
efiev and TREY will never hire any DO
DIV 10 burn lin America. 1t was burnt
n fone p;sces, b. he moh but theic
reople can 20 more he contnunoed with
the Bri,iih government, 'han Mr.. Pa:ne's
q,