Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1803-06-24
: From the Chayisston Courisr.l

remote than six years! Canwe forgetthe
affection, the gratitude, the veneration,
bordering on enthusiasm, which every
true American az that time felt for the |
immortal WASHINGTONi Who that
uttered his name but accompanied it with
the most impassioned, rapturous express
sions Of reverence and Of pride I VINO
that ever thought Of him without send
ing up q prayer to Heaven to shower
down blessings on his venerable head
The sacrilegious wretch who should have
but whispered word 70 his depreciation,
would he net have been hooted with ex-
ecration fromsoeiety, hlighted with ge-
neral cortumely, and blasted with the
curses of every honest American Yet
now what do we sect We see that august,
that ever to be revered hame, which, in
whateyernation or language men speak
oft, { America alone excepted) is never
separated from respect and admiration,
daily tradueed by villains, by the scum
and oHscouring Of the earth, by the offal
ola distempered world. And what 10
worse, we see Americans endure it-~nay,
read the foul, atrocious, sacrilegious ca
lumnieS without Tin what lord Bacon calls
Wild justiee1 sxpeiiing from their haunts
the abominable ealumniaeors. Shall we
stop here, or shall We proceed and folio "
up the offenders TO the achme Of their
guilt !? Wesee the monsters who have
thus illuminated, and daily do calumni-
ate him, taken into the highest favor
Rugged with horrid glee and delight to
the iron bosoms Of magistracy -honored
with distinguished attention, applauded,
abetted, encouraged and rewarded, by
those very persons whose duty il 10 to
hold out to the mass Of the people, an ex-
ample Of gratitude to that great founder.
of American independence, and of alb
horrsnce and marked contempt for his
calumniators. We see Paine, the open
and ayowed enemy and calumniator Of
-WksHINcroN, distinguished by the mark
ed regard and friendship Of the president
ofthe q. States-not to mention the pc.
cuniary rewards bestowed on Mr.. Cal
lender for his 6 Prospect Before Us"-
NOT to tarnish our paper by mentioning
the names Of those wretehed subaltern
vihfers Of that great man, whose stupi.:
dity renders malignity innoxious-- and
whose bad fame makes the eensure, so
far Is il goes, an honor. Yes Ameri-
cans your common father, your bene-
factor, the founder ofyour empire, source
of your independence, the hero whom you
once most justly reverenced, idolized,
il daily made the sport OF the very worst
and basest Of mankind. -. -. - Z !
" He whose word might yesterday,
I" Have stood against the world, now
"he's dead, -=ssEi ~ 49,.
90 sand none so poor to dohim reverence"
Eternal shame to those who Islander
! him--eternal shame TO those who foster
and abet the slanderers--and sure, In the
eyes Of q looking-on world, eternal, indie
, lible shame must await that people who
suffer it--for what must the civilized ma
tons of the earth Gin al Of which the
name Of Washington is joined with those,
Of the wisest, best and greatest OF men,
and recorded with the most glorious he
roes, sages and benefartors of mankind)
think Of that people, who, having shared
among them all benefits Of his life and
services, are so lost to all sense of pride,
honour, justice and gratitude, as to nou-s
rishintheir bosoms the open posshumous
enemies who deny to him the sacred in,-
nnnities Of the graye--who, like Hy-
xmas, break into the mansions OF the
dead, ndrake up the peaceful ashes Of
departed worth, to scatter 1t with the
winds Of Heaven in malice and unfounded
revenge. Yes { this work, is now going
on. Look to il Americans ! repress IL,
or sink into that dependent nothingpess
from which the virtues, the yalor and the
wisdom Of Washington originally raised
you! It IS gross, il is unworthy, i j.
abominable, to be enjoying the gifts Of
those whom you misuse, and openly eat
ing the bread of unthankfulness. r.
Parents naturally enquire, in what man