Portland gazette., 1805-07-16
From the Kentucky Farmers Library
II. Ly3n to nm. Duane.

III Lyon to Nm. D.lare.
In an addrefs intended for you lait fun
mer, gave you reaion to exDed to hs.,
rom me again Whenever you did me r.,
honorot an attack. You remained f;lent 70
/, ward me f,r f:veral months after that ror
'ect'on it's 70 long lince you broke on,
agatn and have been honoring me with The
iaihes OF your poiionous and lying pen WIKI.
our my notice, tha. BY this time you NAV
peIhsp inpPote have either become cal.
'.s'' or that | an afraid 10 encou !, : voyr
s'9antic b'ackEOardiln. - sir, neirher is ,h-
cate | mutt have been deaf ard Blind j
vel as Ca'ious' not . notice yoar vile an.
temPts to deitroy my character nothing
out cToud Of buiinets has oCcaEoaed tbi9
delay. : ''''
ne animals called funEt are extroneIv
pie0ty andtame in the barrens IF Keatuakv
! Ea'c frequently icen them GtrinL in The
road before NE after making nolf: 70 eart
them out or the path withoat fuccef
Not chooi-nE toeon1e within The re "a Of
the "dor focus liquid with which they CON
'aHlnate tie atmciphere, have reiuGtant,v
gwen them the path and road round
Il ien6th lone time lalt (unmer, having
net an iniolent fellow Of that I've n de
no other COurIc Duc 10 TIIf1 rtrC UuvrrIvfvtla
charge, and pu!h ough. This accord
ingly did to the deitFuaion Of ny adverlary,
without any o'her injury than having my
horfe little befprinklcd which was prinCi-
\ -oll,, mall 81 DT IL ,.x,r.lDt
| ! ak your pardon for this digr5Gi II, Sir5
but the analogy between my itulton then
and now is 70 very ftriking, could not get
the thing out Of my mind until put it on
paper.
You may recollett your old friend Mat
thew Lyon, on his departure for the weIt-
ern country in March :8oI, wrote q vale
d6tory letter 10 the fallen John Adams.
he fame Matthew on his departure from
the Atlantic Ratcs in '8OS, honours the
would be tyrant, William Duane, with a
vaedi6tory letter which he concludes will De
fluff lent on his part until his return in
December next. Having made sp my
mind to Publifh this letter, your good na-
ture fir, will, preiume, excufe my fen.
ding it to YOU in print, and as | would no,
like to fend you a letter deititute of amulc-
rnent, it lhal contain a fhort aory ; al.
though lome parts Of it is no moe than ;
dream, other parts may be faid to be taker
from real EtS,
a WRETCH, hunted FOR his crime
from Aiia to Africa, from Afrrca 70 Eu.
rope, and from Europe TO merica, Ian
ded on the Atlantic fhore Of the UnteC
States feven or eight years ago, Incapable
Of earning his bread by conalon honeit la
borious indultry, poor ard pennylets, driver
for his 9etulrnoe from the ftation which
> frf offered hin fubGitence in America
when ragged vagabond. with downcait
guilty lock ike Cain, expecting every man
han 4 RATED againtt him bemired IN iilt
and fhunncd as fpeGre, with no othlr diff
inguilhing prope ty than ar ability TO writ
with fcvirity ogive fihood and lies n
fenblarce e truth, and 10 give truth th
appearance offalhood The democrats 9
: this country were taken in by him by thel
countenance and indulgence he becane tn
conductor Of prefs which had beeu dii
: tinguihed BY IFS correct cour.c; they CT
abled bin to Put OIL clean ihITt, 70 fiji hi
belly, 60 look little lcek. and 10 hold L
| his head The democratic republican
were at that time III conhicf for the rrir
j, CT government with party oPp9ied
their prirc;, rs, eouE!iing Of few me-