Delaware State journal, advertiser and star. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1832-1833, 1833-06-21

subject of serious animadversion in the news
papers, but the newspapers Can make any
thing serious, and bring almost any thing into
notice, and give it II Fictitious Importance.
The whole story is short one. 1t seems
that young fellow from Europe, --who, of
course, must be a great wit, great philos-
opher, great scholar, great every thing,
in the view of fashionable Bostonians---had,
during short residence in this city, been
treated with that hospitality and distinction
which are uniformly but unworthily be-
slowed on all foreigners by our people of
fashion. In return for these civilties, like
all his predecessors, he sought occasion to
| laugh at his good-natured entertainers, and
pay for their civiities in lampoons and car
rcatures
The late Fair at Eaneuil Hall afforded
this opportunity. and after a few days of la
Dor and travl, this mountain of wit and po-
likeness brought forth the pamphlet in ques-
| ,ion. His aim seems to have been to ridi-
Guile the individuals of both sexes, to whom
he had been most indebted for the little no.
torety he had gained during his residence
among us. The attempt naturally excited
indignation, though, in our humble appre-
herson, nothing better should have been an
ticipated. The young gentleman seems to
have lett the city before his pamphlet was
published, and now wishes to return, and re-
new the intercourse with those whose courte-
sy he had abused This, too, is all i'll keep
ing with the character of this species OF ami
mails. But the fact noticed in the Transcript
that he has written an apology to be shown
hrivateiy to the objects of his satire (f such
AN cffusion of stupidity can be dignified with
S that epithet,) seems to place this gentleman
one step higher on the throne of impudencs
than any of his predecessors have ventHred tt
aspire to. We respond to the sentiments o
y the Transcrpt-"If he has discovered hi
y, error. and is truly repentant, his acknowl
{ edgment should be as public as his offence,
t and we add, when that shall have been done
t he ought to be saluted with a kick from ever,
L American in the city.
e But moral may be drawn from this Incl
v dent; and, if we were disposed to preach
.. sermon to an audience of our Fashionable
- people, we should tell them some searching
: truths, and lecture them severely on thei
i incor,igblc propensity to waste their hospi
l. taity on foreigners, and to look upon ever
;e button maker, every gin distiler's agent, an
lie every play-actor that comes across the Al
t, antic, as a prodigy of fashion, politeness, an
e. responsibility. This propensity has Away
l. produced and always will produce, its prt
a per punishment. Tom More was the fir!
y agent in this retalatory administration; h
% has been succeeded by Matthews, Basil Ha.
y Mrs. Throlop, and a nameless multitude
. inferior, because less talented, visitors, a
y, INJECTING the punishment of misplaced cou
Ks tesy, according to their several capacitie
err There is no escape-there can be no escaI
IT, from this sort of retribution. Some of OF
&c good people may anticipate exceptions
': this order of nature, and think we are too ge
u eral in our rule; but they will find themselv
or miserably mistaken. If Charles Kemb
IN and Emmy Kemble do not, on their retu
re to England, repay the civilities and liberia
lg ties of Americans with ridicule, SANDER, ca
x umny and lampoon, it must be because n
,e ture will have so changed her laws that t
;ts viper will cease to bite, the Ethiopian to
- black, and the leopard to be spotted. BE
ton Cour.