The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-03-05
FOR THE ENQUIRER.
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No. XIV.
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Hon. SAT-. l. LIB. v "a.
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FRANcIs.
no Docr. ROBERT CECIL.
Dear Doctor.
When you are done lectur-
ing the quality the top of the hill, /
wish you would step down little and talk
with us folks at the foo. OF it. There is IN
ly one of the Enquirers that comes to our
village, and that, l warrant you, shews the
honorable stains of a dozen trades by the
time 1t has gone the rounds. will be plain
enough to tell you that we are nightly
pleased with you and think ourselves much
che better OF the acquaintance. You have
entirely put the nose of politics and foreign
news out of joint Ounce and Shout no Ion
ger dispute whether England or France have
done us most harm aud Snug and Bottom
have Ceased to qLarrel about the taking pos.
session OF West Florida and the separation
ct the Union. Their wives, too, agree much
better than formerly. Mrs. Ounce is no lon
ger offended by the unreasonable intrusons
OF Mrs. Sn"ut and Mrs Snout seems to
think Mrs. Ounce much less sour than she
osed to be: Mrs. Snug believes that the uni
ON is on a safer bottom than ever and Mrs.
Bottom IS OF opinion, that every thing is
snug. In short, Sir, since The Old Bachelor
appeared and gave us more peaceable and
pleasing subjects to talk of. we are all, as
thsy may say in the play" what call COM
fortable.''
Now, Sir, being myself man OF wit and
reading. as yoa perceive, and one who has
eatV p.,Ie rh ~
manners and learning of my neighbors,
have been appointed, by meeting of the
village, to write TO you; and 10 let you know
that we think you are. like the Rambler,
too often and too long mounted upon stills
Remember, Sir, that to be popular, you must
give US all taste, and give us our share
You must come down from your castle and
POUR Cliff, and mix with US folks in our own
way. How do you reckon Dean Swift learn
ed that style that pleases higf and low so
much Not by keeping the company OF
lords and ladies for ever but by diving,
occasionally, as he tells you, into beef $, lake
cellars, by listening to the rough wit of
chimney-sweeps and oyster-girls, and the
g herse play" as Dryden says. Of jockeys
and porters.
This Sir, is the substance of very good
speeca delivered by me at the village meet
ing; whereupon, was chosen to hand you
the Subjoined resolution, which is OF my
drawing and was agreed 20, unanimously.
his letter l know might SAVIOUR OF self
Sdulation were it not universally known
that make most moderate and modes,
estimate OF my own genius and talen g. and
indeed that l am rather under the mark
than over it. A fact of which you will rot
doubt when / inform you that notwithst nd
ing my humility in making this apology.
might we'll have waved it, since had the
honor at my birth of being diptin the Liffl &
ct being, Dear Doctor, before and ever
Since,
Your obedient servant, to command
ARTHUR O'FLANNEGAN,
I" ResoiUed, unanimously That Doctor
Cecil, the author of The Old Bachelor do
change his style oftener, than usual, on pain
OF being displaced and when he cannot
Instruct, that he do make US laugh, on the
like pain"
This letter, with its accompanying resolu-
:ion :To:;; ny correspondent Mi. G'Fiaiif1e-
gan, is so modest and so reasonable, that
have no inc lination to resist it, And, fortu
nately for me, have some letters l. ing by
me from various correspondents, which /
hope will both amuSe and instruct my vii
iage friends. --.rhat, which I first give, is
from gentleman, who is, perhaps in
the circle of Mr.. O'Flannegan's acquain-
tanCe.
TO DOCTOR CECIL.
SIR,
l am one of the antient and respecta-
bic society of cord waners, and by some good
luck and more good management, have &C
CURED a fortune that enables me to live like
a gentleman. But this is character that /
hhd the world not disposed to allow me for
notwithstanding the boosted repubiIcanism
OF our government, and the supposed equal
atty of our political rights, there does exist
species of priviledged orders among u.s.
How else. let me ask does it happen that
the title of Esquire is refused o me, while it
is uniformly bestowed on others not a whit
my superiorsl 1t may be said perhaps, that
IN this country such additions are merely
marks OF respect attached to office, and no,
3erSOnGk distinctions and that when we
say the honorable Mr.. Yeanay OF the hon
orable Mr.. Heavihead, we mean no more
than that the one is member of Congress-
for example, and the other judge Hltho'
think all such official dist nc ions had bet
ter be laid aside as sayouring more of the
government we have abolished than the one
we have adopted, yetit is not Of these that |
complain, but. coDfess it gals me to the
quick to read through the window of the
post Office, letters addressed to Anthony
Droning, Esq. Attorney at law, Timothy
Drugget. Esquire, Merchant and the Ike.
whilst my own are directed simply to Mr..
Richard Yampcr.
shall be glad TO be told the principles
upon which this distinction is founded. -