Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1810-07-27
The GAZETTE.
Martinsburgh, July 81.

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imagery" as "correct and refined in sentiment
were from the pen of the vulgar, the obscene, the
infamous Thomas Painel And y, it is so stated BY
the Rev. Mr.. Abercrombie of Philadelphia in his Lee
tule s on Rhetoric. They are extracted by him from
the Pennsylvania Magazine for March, l775.
"Ah! the tale is told! The scene is en-
ded and the curtain falls AS an emblem of
The vanity of all earthly pomp, let his mo.
nument be a globe; but, be that globe a
bubble let his efigy be a man walking
round in his sleep and let Fame, in the
character Of Shadow, inseribc his houours
on the air.
:" view him but as yesterday on the
burning plains of Plasey, doubtful ct life,
OF health. of victory I; | see him in the in
staut when " to be, or nor to be-" were equal
chances to the human eye. 10 be a lord
or a slave-to return loaded with the spoils,
or remain mingled with the dust of lndia.
Did necessity always justify the severity
Of a conqleror, the rude tongue OF censure
would be silent and however painfully
he might look back on scenes OF horror, the
pensive reflection would not alarm him
Though his feelings suffered his conscience
would be acquitted. The sad remem.
brance would move serenely, and leave the
mind without a wound. But Oh, India
thou loud proclsimer of European cruelties,
thou bloody u of unnecessary
deaths, be tender in the day ct enquiry, and
show a christian world thou canst suffer
and forgive
Departed from India, and loaded with
plumber, l see him doubling the Cape, and
looking wishfully to Europe. | see him
medItating on years of pleasure, and graft
tying his ambition with expected honours.
| see his arrival pompously announced in
every ne wspaper, his eager eye rambling
through the crowd in guest of homage, aud
his ear listening lest an applause should es-
cape him. Happily for MIN he arrived be-
fore his fame; aud the short interval was a
time Of rest. From the crowd | follow
him to the court: | see him enveloped in
The sunshine Of sovereign favor, rivalliog
the great in honours, the proud IN SPLEEN
dour. and the rich in wealth. From the
court | trace him to the country his e.
quipage moves like a camp: every village
oell proclaims his coming: the wondering
peasants admire his pomp, and his heart
'u"o oNSi WIN Jpfs
"But, alas /! not satisfied with uncoun.
table thousands, l accompany him again
TO Indid-I mark the variety of counte.
nances which appear at his landing. Con-
fusion spreads the news: Every passion
seems alarmed. The wailing widow, the
or, ing orphan, and the chlldless parent, re-
member and lament; the rival nabobs court
his favour the rich dread his power, and
the poor his severity. Fear and Terror
march Ike pioneers before his camp MUIR
der and Rapine accompany it; Famine and
Wretchedness follow 10 the rear"
The first paragraph of this eflusion may challenge
a comparison with any representation of he "vanity
of all earthly pomp,' that is to be met with in any
language.-It is almost inconceivable that the feel
ings that produced it could ever be associated with
those that dictated the f" Age of Reason" the "Let-
ter to Gen Washington and the Rights of Man.
or that they should have existed in the same bosom,
even at distant intervals of time.
The "Rights of Man. and its author have still
some ad, O cates in this country. For their sakes we
will violate the precept mi de mo7tuis nisi bonun,, in
stating the folio wing instance of the deep depravity
of the man, VINO could talk SO feelingly ofthe ''com-
ing of the day of enquiry" and invoke SO sweetly the
christian spirit toforgtve and forget.
The Rights of Man arrogated to itself the dignity
of being an answer to Mr.. Burke's reflections on the
French revolution-a work, the object and the effect
of which was TO put down the revolutionary spirits
Of Great Britain. MIR. Burke in commenting upon
the proceedings of the revolution society of London
says
"I aatter myself that I love a manly,
moral, regulated liberty as well as any gen.
tleman OF that society, be he who he will /;
and perhaps have given as good proofs
of my attachment to that cause in the whole
course of my public conduct. | think