Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1803-05-06
From the Washington Federaliss.

p, Ter some Ltnies re hGpe e+tII'se0 d" "ts-
: cretionary boruer lodged with Us, as t. the
ayime ofcommencing them. ThtPa7er and
she tsbL;c attention has been 50 much oceii-
.biei NTH the Congressional Proceedings,
that NC Judged IL best to delay these num-
8srs, Til more Lrisure 1VouH ensure thea"
q more Iueleoms reception. 49, r.
Lagiving these pieces, u the babite, rUe
cannst but sympafhise With rte feelings 81
a uoune man, in thus submitting ms first
literary eforts to the rigid critic and ua-
feeling p5iticiaa. We're zoe to gfDr our
, opinion as "a their merits, there mould Be
those, 1aho might attribute itrather 70 me
jbartialfy Of Friendship, than the candid
deduction Of criticism. This merit IS not
confined to mere diction and argumsnt.--
Wien .pe vielu in them the progress q g
youthfiiland ingenious mind, ardent in
~tHe cause ef freedom and anxious toT the
happiness d his country, they'bsco.1s d'u'
biy interesting and instsstctiue. We per-
ceioe NTH Ipfat care, the upaneaaing ar
insidious professions o disinterssted PAT
riofism, cabfioate the Imagination and b.
Is thejpdgment Of youth and inesperience.
De1oid d guile Itself tie youthful mind
expects 70 find equal sincerity and caad'r
III suery person il nieets. Rain e.pecta-
ton, delusipe hebe; hoIU many have fallen
eictimste thisamiabie Ipeakness. Such IS
not the situation Of our author. He had
the industry and bdldiless to examine into
the foundation Of his political creed and
the ear,6or 10 acknowledge his srrors. In
doing this he must expect to meet Nth cd-
httnsny and abuse, those fruitfuiofsprings
ofpart5 rancour and democratic rage and
persecution. I,T.l..- y - ::
That the present ruling party, Which
has arisen from such small beginnings,
sAouH brand those Nth the -eaithrts IF
sabastute andturncoat,' uoh2 dare to With
Sraru from their mad career, 1Dsnid5e a
su5;ecf Of surprise, Ivere it not Pr the
Contradictions IN conduct and <2bi nia,,s
rphieh they daily exhibit. rs y0as farmtr-
III very apsly .obserped tyZa celebrated
'Recaafator, they might fad in their
e.on conduct and o,biMa'is, a sufficient er-
cuse FIR others, 1pere they actu4ted by
love q truth and cqidor. But ruien to so
many causes Of Interpretation, andso ma
ny grounds efcan,plaint, are AIDED such
Rdgrant DEPARTURES fran professions as
areconstantiy displayed By tie present rul-
ing party, Iue need not 1c1n4er tha. the
honest patriot, The sincere lover of his
country, the candid enquirer after truth,
.shauLd WITHDRAW from them his confidence
and saffort. :"-' .- r--~.-- 49,
An address to the Inhabitants Of
Montgomery County, Maryland, by
thsir fellow citizen, ..
g CHARLES II. ". WHARToN
"a = = NUMBER L. x.
The inference generally drawn from a
change of political sentiments the harsh
and virulent inyectives applied to him,
who from honest convictions abandons
his party, are almost sufficient to deter.
one less timid than myself from an open
av6Wal of principles, against the Predofn-
NANCY ofwhich his talents however feeble
they may be, were once exerted. As
that ayowaI has. been publicly made thro'
the medium ofthe Washington Federal
ist,. it now becomes a duty which owe
to my own character, to assign the rea-
sons which urged me to that step; but be-.
fore entering immediatly on the subject,
! beg leave to make few remarks on that
almost universal custom prevalent among
the democrats, of imPeaching and censur-
ing the motives Of him, who from the We
ry best intentions abandons their parry