Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1803-12-30
TlIrnth non. . Denlocrat...


Democrats relative 10 the Politics Of Eu.
rope, for whichhe received severe rep-
rimands from the leaders Of the jotobin'
partys in his defence he gives the fol-
lowing comprehensive character Of them,
which may Ne considered correct, com.
ing from ons who must be intimately &C.
quainted viii them /" Reproachful and
overbearing, hey demand a tinlid and
ervile.acqaiess ence. Impatient Of cons
trout or contradf ction, they revolt at the
appearance Of restraint or resistance.
Obstinate and uHaccomnodating, they
require Of every allocate Of their cause
20 become Gke atrs lay - he hands ef
the potter" & EIbid
1Esfract Of lettes iossA gentleman IN
% Richmossd, in a,,ssUer his eorres-
pOndsHt ii Baifimpye. . Ss b
DEAR SIN, w
]" ! have 70 acknowledge tgie sreiipt Of
your favor Of the 3oth nlsimo, ffr isicfl
you desire me togive you some acS unit,
ct the prevailing dress Of the ladis lin
Riehmond. Ii gave me . littlesurprfse
that you should expect information on
this head from me, who, you know, am
not fashionable man--.but il happens;
that ! was for. once ii 4 ban in this city
not many evenings ago, and therefore
have Il in my power TO inform Won, that
afew ladies' appeared in the same dress,
" nndress rather, which you seem 50,
much to reprobate in some ofthe fair in
Baltimore. They exposed TO view such
parts Of the body as the old fashioned
writer Of xfegaey tobis daughters, tho't
:. that nature intendedfo Be conaealed, "
andwhich you represented q too indeli-l
cate to be expressed even in writing; sup
posing therefore. that It would offend
your delicacy ID the reading, j shall not
tell you particularly what my eyes be-
helf--Sufice it to say, that these few
were almost naked. ! had not the effron-
terry to examine very exactly, but / think
the greater part Of their sweet persona
was entirely bare and indeed such parts
as they pretended TO cover, could not,
strictly speaking, be said to Be conceal
ed for the covering was certainly much
thinner than the 6gsleayes ofour grand
mother Eve. Being, Is you know, no
great antiquary, FUaly say this on the
presumption, that 6g-leases in Paradise
were as thick as ours. 8 II
Il " / know very well, ST., that you
who was educated in, and surer not yet
70 have discarded the preiudices Of what
we call the Old School, win here take
up a larnentation over the disparity Of
the times, and conclude that these Ia
dies were no better than they should be !;
at least that they did not consider mo-
'desty as an ornament TO beauty, or any
security 10 female virtue. But. though.
IwouEl not be so rude rs 70 contradict
you, l cannot but hope that your calcu-
lation viii deceive yon. The ladies' I
speak ofare the very paragons Of virtue;
and ! cannot but considers this nakedness
as an indication Of transporting inno-
cense. You, who put so much faith In.
Divine revelation, win not hesitate to
acknowledge, that Adam and Eve, be-
lere the fall, were entirely naked, and
that they soughtno covering until their
innocense was gone. Had you been IN
our ball room, then, ! am persuaded,
you would have been led to reflect On the
primeval purity Of the human race i and,
instead of exelaiming ~ YOU do, @ tenn
pora! O mores! tits probable we should
have heard you congratulating these
pretty ereatures. on their having almost
escaped the general contagion. You see
then that We rather improve than dege-
nerate under the new order of things !;
and for my part, Ishould anticipate the
utmost psrfectioninthe offspring Of these
half naked fair ones, but that i is gene
rally supposed they do not intend TO