The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1817-05-14
COaBErT's FAREN ELL.

VIZ have jus, obtained copy Of Cob
bott's farewell 20 his readers The .o.-
lowing are extracts
have reasoned thus with myself =
what is now left to be done We have
urged our claims With SO much truth
we have established them so CLEARLY on
theaground CT boI;l law and reason, ii, I
ibcre Is no answer TO US tc be found o,
Iher than that ot suspension Of our
personal sa!eiy-!l ! still write il sup
port OF those claims, must be blind
mol to see that a dungeon is NY doom
Ii write AZ all, and do not wriie
in support OF those claims, | no.
only degrade myself, but do a grca,
injury to the rights O. the ration, by
appearing 20 abandon them. IF re
main here, ] must, therefore, cease 20
write, either from conpu!s:cn or from
sense OF duty 10 my countfymen /;
therefore II Is imhosaittc TO do any good
to the cause of NY country by remain
lnS IN u bat IT | remove to country
where can write with perfect freed in
1t IL Eos only Possible, but very probable
that shall, sooner or later, be able t.
render that cause ing GRANT and lasting
services.
Upon this conclusion il is thai have
made my determination for though
ii!e would be scarcely worth preserving
with the consciousness thar | walked
about my hslds or slept In my bed
merely at the mercy Of secretary oil
state atili there is something so pow
eriul IN the thought of country and
neighhorhood aud home and friends
sc. that 20 are oneself away nearly
approaches 10 he separating The sou!
from the body"
After exc:ainiins Gas il his abscnse
would be The source of such c,iisD-.
Shall truth never again be uttered |?
shall her voice nLver again be heard,
cvea ircm distant shore p
He proceeds 10 hold forth a promise
OF wIiIag from his pa;mos:--
thus was the balance turned, and
my countrymen, be you well assured.
tina! though shall, if 1 live, be at dis
lance from YOU, thcagh the ocean will
roll between us, not al the barriers that
nature as we'll as ar; can raIsc, Shall be
sufficient 10 prevent YOU from reading
some part, a. least, Of what write and
notwithsIa 1ding all The wrongs OF which
justly complain, n o. withstaEdinp ali the
indigestion that feel Notwithstanding
aiilac p: oyocaiions that / have rcceiyed,
or that may receive, never shall ihcrs
drop from my pen any thing which, ac-
cording to the leiq9 efrhe land, might
not safely "riie and publish in England.
Those who have felt themselves sup
ported b7 power, have practised to-
wards me ioul play without measure
5Gt though l saall have ,he means O, re.
taiiaton IN my hands, never viii | fol-
'ow their case example" He says-
1 remain here, all other means
wiil be .frsf used TO reduce me TO ST
ience ana If all those means fail. then
will come the dungeon. Therefore.
that may be still able 10 write, and 10
write vita Jreed,m, 100, sail wrne,
II i've, from America and, my read,
ers may depend On it, that it viii nor be
more than Jour months from the dare
u ms ddGreSs, bel1ic lhc publication
Oh tue weekly pamphlet will be resumed
ia London. and will be continued yery
nearly as regularly as it has beea for
years pas
" The saejfce / make would, under
any other circumstances be Justly con-
sIdsTed as cno. nous. The ceasinp of
profl' OF more than ten !housand
Rounds year from 10Y wOsks tue loss
1t properly OF various sorts LET; scatter
ed about ~ ell manner of woys the
earring OF numerous friends and of 10.
CA objects creatcd under Ny own hands,
a"H chord! e me 90 many pleasing SEN
SatiJns-~But all tuis weighs nothing
when compared with the horriJ idea OF |
beng SRenccd: OF sucakinr 10 nv farm
ana quietly leaving corruption to tram |
Pse on! The VitalS of nay country, whilg
me- infamous press was revealing in
unexpected false hoods ard calucnnics /
IeVeiied against myself and my friends:
compared 10 this, 10 loss Of fortune, n,
.oi's HecessSry to support numerous
aoiiy, no Poyertv, nc Uodily suffering
.hSF' Is nothing Ia this kind that mus
'0' appear iihhog, and even waolIy uU.
VofIny q notice, when compared wita
ne loss of fhat satisfaction which
low derive from still retaining the INV
r OF combating corruption, and from