Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-06-23

Infectious FLY sf.tba kind lermsat, and 10
Zee il froth IS aof Jay9r5fxg baf tbat It
Jg0xld 6eJN9p9jed NOT 70 eteud RE fenfe,
oy to ope,afe 4vitb whoiefomenefs upou any
nan or men Of commsn delnaey, IS 100 much
10 belis'Oe." Euoago efJue6 nGb ~
We were at :. Iofs TO find what was
the particular object Of ali this ciat,er,
and why the creature Aould take hold of
US in his crazy fit; but at lat, when the
convulfons of laughter wocld permit US
TO proceed, We found sha, a paragraph
with which we had s or weeks sgo
prefaeed one of Sher.dan's fpseches, bad
called up oor flare Of this ribaldry. The
following were our remarks:
" The various kinds Of eloquence diff
played by the laie celebrated Britifh ora
tors, have often been the fubjeet of re-
mark, as beirg entirely different in their
manner, yet equally eminent MIR. Fox,
rapid, impretlive, and flowing like tor
rent. Mr.. Pitt, animated, clear, peripi-
cuous and elegant. Burke, Aowery, lofty
and fgurative. Sheridan, difinguilled
for wit, whitn, an1 humorous fatire.''
The editor, If eouyJs, directly contra
diets theie remarks. and is terribly offend
ed at COR NOT eomprehending in thefc con-
cife ffri5tures 09tbe oratorial qualities Of
thxle gentlemen. He isreally 70 Gupid
Is net to Zee that, inaead ofdsawi,g .'cha-
ra6tcrs ofthefe orators" we were giving
their tyaifs IF determination.
He denies the juGice of our remarks on
Mr.. gox, and yer, 10 alaboured paragraph
Of forty lines, he talks Of the !" fsres of
his !tyle," the vehement incerity with
which he grafps and eleyatcs his fubjea, 2
and fays, that he g leaves his hearers
fully poGsaed Of the fentiments he meant
to imprs,li.
He aferts that g the characters Of
Burke and Sheridan are unlike the origi.
nails" yet adds, it is true that Mr..
Burke was lofty, aowery and fgGratiye,
and Sheridan witty, humorous, fasiricaI,
and Astounding with whim."
Let us be permitted TO tell Mr.. Duane,
that though he may write good elettion-
eering fqn;bs, and be very capable Of pen
ming ill-natured or fsurriloas paragraphs,
he may Till bea man dettituse Of either
tate or Literature.
While he confines ilimfeif to the gro
Yelling fubjeas of vulgar abuie 10 which
he excels, the world may attribute to him
depraviiy Of tate, but without dilcoyer
ing his deficiency of knowledge.
Let him remember Midas, and keep the
aGes ears covered.
And now for little notice of the real
caufe Of his thus venting his gall upon US
which is, his not being permitted, un-
checked, TO domineer over the republicans
of Pennsylvania, OF to hector and menace
the officers Of Accumulation.
Alter We had long noticed with ilent
contempt, the grols aod aanderous abuEe
that was frequently thrown our againit Us,
we at length had Our attention excited by
a mott ;mpulent attempt to menace the
governor and leading republicans Of a
ueighboring fate With threats ef de-
nounceu,ent if they Cid not according TO
direction.
We perceived that an afsfal plan hsd
been concerted, and that paper OF this
city had been engaged to aid and abet in
the plot. We were furprifed, to find that |
a man who had been fo!tered and cherilh- /
ed by the republican party; whole Ter
vices had been rewarded far beyond their
merits, by the lupport which bad been
generally given TO his paper, and by the
governmental bnineis in which he had
been prefed;onally employed: That fuch
a man flloulI have the vanity to conGder
himiclf the difpenier Of lie and deash and
fhould endeavor TO eifablilh a delp.cablc
tyranny over the republican party.
We were ai}cniihed to find THAI a re.
gular iyfem had been adopted, and that a