Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-04-13
To the Citizens of Bal,;n,ox.

- - 5roN.Aoii nave made ia
De.lm in the Polenie Hall has sof@... :,
my expectations to the full. !, Is.
caaied the chlifiaa, TO doubt, enquire "s .
with high ieafoned lufpicion ak. aca a'
ny go0d zane out efGaLlse s,s O..,L'
| other hand it has capfed tie Omen nv
avowsi delft to reprelcnt m. as one of,hs
mott hateful and abominablc pets =, my
that never was nor never will be aahIs :;
| any caufe but like weather cock. ev..
changing with the haifting breeze. +
fhort, one 10 whom no dependence can h.
placed, in any l!tuation, circamesass
or Fate of life.
Had this ever been my difoos,ioo1
fhould have kept my excellent buGn.l;
in London and at this time been, as then
was, dyer and callenlerer to tue su,r y
9giuee.gsi at England; but my fable and
lnvlncible attachment TO equal rights an.
equal laws forbade me to Unfit with tbe
times, but rather facridce my all and cse
myf:lf, almo& pennylefs upon foreign
lhore. Had net done this (Elou!l have
been a mean dslbiea5le GaV.-a wretch
that did not deisrye exiitence, who fora
little vile communicating train, nicnam.a
wealth. could barter his integrity join
with defpotifm agsint the poor, and
ba!ely betray that cauie for which thou.
fand Sidneys bled.
But my mott formidable enemies ere
amoogt thofe deias who wear the Chrif.
tian ma1S ; for they can vent their acri.
monious fpleen with double the efsa,
becaufe their words are tipped with sp
parenr lants;ty, and come from hearts
that feem TO feel decent and relpeiful
zeal for the Chrifian caule. This cIais
ofmen are sifuredIy tie mott Infamous
that have exiaence. Some Of them were
ickle enough, as well as |, to leave their
native land, and what are they doing
here ! | will tell you. In private,they
are republicans ; in public drinking luccea
to the caufe Of kings in private they
are de;fs; in public, Chrifians-and
frequently at church, humbly watching
for the loaves and hlles, if per adventure,
there mould be few to fpare. From
fuch liability as this, with all the Ga.
certify of my foul, pray God to deliTs
me. 4
They have, however, pu. one truth ia
circulation about me, and in 70 doing haze
Inadvertently paid Chriaianity deiers-
ed compliment, for which I return them
my hearty thanks. Say they, "Wbat-
ever bis bretentioas may be, btjno cbry-
nan." TO this plead guilty. There
is ineled widediference between taking
about ChriGianity and being Chrltlan;
but this is truth they have as YET to
learn, and the time may come, whent'
know il, will only ferve to aggrava!e re-
morfe, feed the fame Of bitter anSuiih,
and blow reflection into an inward Hell.
Though can call God TO wisnels that az
it refpeas hypocrify am guilt'el', yei
my mind, my affections, my every faculty
have been too long buried 10 the ra1ngo
of aejqieal delg6sn, and fed TOO sFeedl,y
in the company Of filthy lwine, upon the
huiks Of pagan darkness, to be eahiy cs
ipeedily reaored, 70 as to allume even .l'
name of Chriaians. lis an cay thlng
to lport and play upon the lmooth iaiiaes
of an ebbing tide, till We have gene De,
yond our depth and alEnoa ont Of lls0' ..
land, bnt how to return with iaiety
always exceedingly difficult, and i0ni''
times alas, impolible.
Others make a necelIay inquiry
How, Jay they, came this ma" 10 /sl e..
y to charge bis briafipies, aSa ff0m SrF,'
asfsader Of dejfm isRanfJ Sfe@me an apr
reat Sealof IN The eesjf Of C6,ifs"y.
To this | anfwer that the change was v
no means 70 fudden as they may hossa.
for | had doubts long before kne" .ps,,
meaning, and when | did ! kept i s,'S-,
within my own breaf; and e.l'', ",;r.
confeis that I was determined not ~ F