Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-03-03
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hopes that its in(er,ion will acqpit him of
tie charge of partiality, and induce its au
thor to favor him with further communi-
cations.
Mr.. PILGRIM, :; = "a
rHoucn wasnot altogether rieafed with your at.
tack IN dres yet would have forgiven YOU had you
not been guilty Of greater offence. This, Sir, the
bomlnabsc partially you dcover for your ez Not
word Of ccnIure have you beloved their foble tho
many of them richly dersrve it, With due Difference
your fuovror judsement, .hnkAAere many things in
their conduct. which full as rcprehenible bare e
bows. You viii perhaps hardly believe NC. when allure
you that there are oEs, even among ,ho who ye them
eves gentlemen, whole language is THANKFULLY indecent,
and hoekngy profane ] appeal to you, Mr.. Pilgrim
whether fuch language is not improper for them TO
to ue, as for Us to hear Pray l inform hse pretended
gentlemen, that though they may he tolerated BY fome
thcushsies creatures they heartily deipifsd by
orily OF ser. and by thar your humble fer
want, M.
In complying With this requea, the
Pilgrim, is acluated rather by with to
crafty its fair writer, than any expectation
Of correcting the evil, of which fhe com.
plains. He can lcarcely hope that his
centuries. will be regarded BY thofe
who with ,nblulhing eHrontery dare
wound the ear Of female delicacy with
with language, fit only for the conference
of fiends, the precincts of brothel, or
the vigils of the gaming table. The max
inns of good breeding and politenels will
avail little with perfons, accuRomed to act
in diree oppoGtion to both. Nor would
the precepts Of religion itlelf, though en-
forced by all the powers Of eloquence,
have much influence on men, who regard
oaths, as mere playthings, imprecate cur
fes on their friends for the mott triaing
proyocation, and ule the name Of their
creator only to give an air of importance
TO the eHuGcns of folly, or the ebull;tions
of patton. ses s..b~, i@.
Equally fruitldswould be every attempt
to make profeiled iwearer aihamed of
his impie,y. ), For, while the votaries Of
other vices, endeayor to lcreen themfelves
from obieryatioh, he with the. nislt con-
illuminate impudence itands forth in open
day, and avows himlelf to every one,
with whom he converles, to be wretch,
devoid of every priciple of politenefs or
morality, and everyprereniion to the char.
aeter Of a gentleman, or chriltian.
The Pilgrim, however, is far from think.
ing that thele remarks are applicable to
all, who are guilty OF the practice here al
luded to; as he is fenGble, that the viva
city natural to youth, the dread Of ridicule,
OF the heat Of patton, often hurry perlons
into exce(s which their cooler judgement
would condemn. And to this in fome de-
gree it is owing, that vice 70 degrading
in itielf, and which offers to its votaries
few allurements either ct profit or pleafure,
70 universally prevails. Others not diff
eliminating with lufficient accuracy be.
tween the character of rake, and that of
a gentleman, and miltaking one for the
other, have taken pains to fwcar with a
grace, as they fagaciouly term It, under
the erroneous idea that it was genteel
accomplishment. How the language Of
the vilef of mankind could be conlidered
charatt erical of a gentleman, would ap-
pear itrange, did we not know, that
drunkenness, debauchery, and every vice,
that debates humanity, have been, and Gill
are by fome, regarded IN the fame light.
# there be any character more odious and
contemplate, than that, which is here de-
fcribed, It is a female, who, infead Of
checEinr NV q froyyn and red,rr:nr ~ n
lencc and intignifcance thoie, who Of
fend in this reiped, liaens to them with
appreciation, and with the powerful incite
ment Of a fmile, encourages their folly.
Sorry lam to fay that fuch females are too
numerous for the honor of their fex, and
the interat of fociety. The Pilgrim, how
ever is happy to learn from the above let
ter, that there is at lealt one lady, who
has virtue to detelt, and fririt to refent the