Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-09-29

prd' identified TO the same immortality
re equaDy !, possible. sir, that you have a
Bat IS ., ali for the offspring OF your own
bae pI' 10 not say offspring OF your own
pen CIR there is no evidence OF the ex-
Fg ran # any in the production OF this piece
zion u u = - readily with searching eye exa-
I,n'u -. truthful visages OF Maebeth.s
nlns '% f,r b>auty as this ode. All brew.
St'ns a;n ~ 1t has brevity because
81 'Y md. 1t would have possessed
INA, e = brevity. had the ode erded
4Pl ~ I'm. Ithas allthe paint of lead
'hi 1.n Ystif you can discover beauty'
'no.." and point, and the public colnclde
lss = CON il opinion ;.what necessity is there
W" ,. O TO that billiugsgate language
10 o., ,s' YOU exhibit, and that vulgar raving
S nv discovers the ao,hor TO be as deficient
!. war; :" feelings Of gentleman as IN the feel
ngsot apoet! NJ ~ ~
> have made the charge where | am
iaa and hence YOU will not be believed.
w.. often an inclination to laugh: SO
~. he readers of this paper: and my IN
W. non was principally to afford their risl-
~ - Genlries the same pleasurable sensation
'. own received on perusln9 your suppos-
.1ebs,u,y anil point" The amusement
-, harmless we all wish amusement T; &
J,ouchuse to obtrude yourself on the pub
l. a, a laughing stock Can you condemn
:. u, 90, Withholding those smiles which
!, inoossible to repress 1 grant you
r., some children and grave grannles OF
seventy, might read your verses with Sc
,os countrnan,e, bae no Judge OF poetry
Who is capabic ofsmlliog can refrain from
n. rx-rcise of his risibles.
Ano,her object had in view was re-
,pd to the memory of the really amlabie
and excellent man whom your rhym s have
dsracrd. He has b.en an acquaintance OF
mine, once very intimate, these fifteen
years: and tho inclined to democracy ne
was one instance of that paradoxical cha
ra:lsr, IN honest and Intelligent man, yet
friendly TO the present and last admsnistga-
aon. He had moreover, many years since,
rralsred me services; aad was NOW hap
.yir%cing able partially 70 reqaite them,
By d:nyiag that his memory deserved the
disgrace Of your vile RHYMES: or to be, SO
nsaked by a stranger. He has relations
mltcoyer whose feelings will De deeply
sOaalsdi saoald they ever see your litera-
~ marders. What must they suppose "a.
friends iob. whom h4 acquired by Snort
residences here, ii lh:y were all m:telv ca
P'ble Of scrib5ling su-h laughAbl1 lamenta-
IONS G:u. Whiting was ludSe oE po-try
himself; had he seen your verses pcevious
nan dealh yexalioa would have FASTENED
bis end.
Another motive I had in spending ten
minutes to potict your ode, as you call it,
was, to check the violence OF your cac0ettes
%Fi'eaal to save from trouble Mr.. L-akiu
Nd several other editors whom you arr so
U'sn pssterm5 with your political and po-
'a'aI trash. | know several editors, and
'A'e suffered enough MYSELF, from being
E p to PUBLISH your silly productions.
:" matter is ever IN Miserable, and the trou-
- " intending your grammar and your or
~osraphy, OF both of which you arc ex-
u'n'y ignorant, is too much .or persons
ordinary patience. 1t was not malice ;.
"s@ good will, not ill will, that led m7 to
%NlEe your ode. | have refused duins YOU
, by regard TO your age AMI wish
\, %'p''e your feelings, many tins before,
SS s' 0lIlt you will b. SO obstinatcIy fool
- W. you must expect that | shall not re-
~ sp rom utterlug what every one thinks,
H., I'D distinguish a literary hawk from a
:. 4sa"' Besides, sir, you should recol-
wax every one who gives his produc-
|nl s~'as pablic, challenges ,h.ir opinion ;
's' expect To meet censure or COM
~ auaa "a as his labors nav deserve. Il
~; 10 Wl'a OF mine to notice m.re defor-
hss aad weakness; but never vet saw
H.