Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-11-11

THERE IS a long winded lacobin writer
In the Amherst paper, who has polluted the
name of g rEDERALIsT" for his signature.
He entities his essays 6 Politics tor Far. |
ners,n thus intending both the mead anu
ta;, as a lure for attention and credit-wltn
how much success, we may judge from the
following merry piece by another farmer
with mere appropriate signature.
From tse Farmers Register. q
Mr.. GUSHING,
THAT last piece in your paper head,
ed Politics fer Farmers, No. IA. and signed
4 Fedsralist, astonished me most coniound- !
edlv. want mere astonished when ! thot
my old grey horse had acalf. ! don't know
much about politics, but wish every man
who pretended to be politician knew as
much about his business as do about my
farm we should not have such giae.ly
work. Twas at first glad this federailsst
man was going to give us farmers some IN
formation, and was willing to believe hna,
but he has now cot as far above my beiiei IS
nv great elm tree i. higher than the house.
] der. believe what he's says no more .nah
that my. black sheep has white wool. NOW
if he aint federalist, he means TO deceive
nv s;ay;np hinaselfso, and if he puts false.
hood at the bottom of his piece, am AFRAID
III abo.e IS false too---if his foundation IS
had. i don't know how his house can stand.
Whether he be federahst or not, don't no
rnore believe what he SAYS about brush
eyn;ssaries, British gold, and British pay
t,,an ] did Tom t'other morning when ne
told me that the white hen which set on tor J,
KEYS eggs had Matched nineteen great Dun
S froos. it cant be true, and I'd just as soon
throw nv chickens into the hogstye, and
ell the old SOW TO feed them, as trust him
lpasAjtss; EHt though asnt
Molly ike him strangely, aud are all the
time making plaguy noise about Mr.. Great
Psitain giving other people SO much money,
when tic don't give them any and they want
/ should SET an article put into the warrant
sor fnu:., a44,tng 10 eeS g sh-7 -, a y. ont
.sree to hang Timothy Pickering because
Aswcn't do as that Mr.. Frcnchman wants
he should. IS.
Esw Z ten them this is all plagny nom
sense. 5,,.. they WONT believe me, as they
have always ,o,~ ed that hr. Freedman ever
since he learnt Mo, to dance; but, POUNDS!
I'D rather see al, my e:stte IN my cornfielc,
than one q those fel.owss skipping about my
house.
New think ont. NJ. CT SIZING, ~ = ask s 7
that Federaiist some questions :, ai -, !, =.
don't answer them l shall thinN he ''o's
know much. -;;.;sh
/. Who of our citizens are in 81 'e's'i
cay and Who are British emissaries y
Nov if he don. name them he has asserted
what he does not know to be true, aid no
body viii believe him hereafter.
z. want to knowif Timothy Pickering
wasn't one of general Washington's Off
GERS in the whole of our war with Great |
Britain!
3. want to know how many Of our yes
sels have beeu condemned in England with
in ten months, and how many in France in
the same time.
4. want TO know if Great Britain pro-
hibits our trade to Spain, or the w. Indies,
or South America.
S. want to know who docs stop our
trade.
6. l want to know whose gold made that
John G. Adams change his politics.
z. Iwant to know whether he means fe-
1eral pamphlets, or those signed and distri-
buted by Mr.. Richard Evans.
s.. l want to know who pays Mr.. Evans
for distributing those pamphlets.
8. want to know if he has read Deci-
us's letter.
10. want to know how many of his
letters it will take to puke wheelbarrow.
Mr.. Federalist says ought to like the
embargo and not murmur or complain 800
bnt know he can't be farmer, or he'd