Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1817-10-28

2re9eated BY ahIer logick and more consistent
'eloquence than the Eastern Argus appears a.
bic 10 command"
What ma.chless ingenuity, what keenness
Of perception, what an infinite variety Of
wit must certain writer in the Argus pos
sess What torrents of eloquence flow from
his goose quill One is almost led TO con-
clude that swarms Of bees settle upon his nod
die while he writes, so honed is the rhetoric
ne uses His eagle-eye has discovered, as
he thinks, plain contradictions in our last Ga
zette, which his brilliant intellect, bis pro-
found knowledge, his able logic" is unable
TO reconcile The minds Of certain "great
men" are at times unhinged. Such was fire.
quently the case with the celebrated Bayle,
and such is probably The case, at times, with
this Argus " logician."
But what is this pretended contradiction
Ii the veil is TO be torn from the faces of those
gentlemen for whose regulations this writer is
SO solicitous, and in whose behalf he appears
sort of quack attorney, unborn writers will
OF course make the same distinction between
their characters and those of their vilited OPP
ponents with ourselves. He is not inclined,
however, 10 deny the truth OF our anecdote
respecting certain i" lantern jaags," and the
managers of the lottery.
The above mentioned writer appears dis
pleased with our remarks upon the proceed
ings at Dartmouth. 1t was not our intention
to offend him, though we still assert that few
of the democratick party engage in literary
researches. But to console him, Tor the mis-
fortune, on account OF which he appears so
deeply affected, we are willing to acknowl-
edge that many of his political brethren have
cut something ola dash, without the aid OF
'iarning.' For bis edifcatiaD, as well as COM
fort, we subjoin the following "logick" OF a
brother patriot, 10 prove tina. literature is alto
gether useless, in which, we frankly acknowl
edge, he has overthrow every argument
federalist could urge for the necessity of it..
Recording his revolutionary feats, be tells US,
that
- in the wheming sea
In Mohalk guiss be pung'd the guilty tea /;
Reused the north end, the stamp-offce pulled
down,
And carted trembling tories out of town.
He then exclaiEls
:" All TINS did IN LGrntTlgSs spite,
i, who all know can scarcely read or write,
What could the powerless children OF The pen.
When at my voice, arose three thousand men
Where Adam raised his formidable head
Proud Science trenbled, and her children fed"
1.-THE Gazette" says The Argus, :" furnishes
fair specimen of federal eruditiun, all we
have to say on the matter is" &c. II is true,
the Gazette does not, like the Argus, quote
latin, for we well know, every member of the
community does not understand it,. Thus the
Argus locks up its treasures from the unlearn-
ed in dead language. Some of its late es-
says resemble the conversation of the pedan-
tick school-ma.ter who makes so conspicuous
figure in the history of Tom Jones.
The Argus appears rather ashamed of hav-
ing published the sneering account of the
death OF the late Haytian prince, and endeay-
ours to get off by saying II was taken from
Mr.. Niles Register. But why did the Argus
copy it +? Ii is an established maxim that
"the receiver is as bad as the thief" Since
the Argus admitted such sentiments into its
columns, they must pass for its own. But we
should not expect that the advocates of
equality" would speak in such sarcastick
terms OF that colour. for which they once pcs
sessed so great an affection as to admit one,
full booded, into one of their clubs, and con
fer upon him the rights and privileges Of a
member. A distinguished leader OF that par
,ty has acknowledged that
81 negro sure, may have noble soul,
Although his face be backer than coal"
Its, besides, poor compliment to the taste
of some Of our southern republican brethren,
who discover certain irresistible attractions in
the female part Of the " sooty race"
The same paper has recommended uni
form system of bankruptcy throughout the U
S. The democratick party at last appears
convinced of the expediency Of a measure
calculated to maintain our reputation e. cred
it abroad. One OF the principal objections to
Mr.. Adams administration was law of this
kind. Had such sentiments appeared in the
columns of the Argus, eight years ago, many
Of its warmest patrons would have given up
their subscriptions, and been ready to level
its Office TO the ground.
The Argus observes, that most of the viola
tors Of the embargo law were federalists.
We know tor certain, on the Contrary, no
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