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cious guilt IN tie conduit Of Mr.. Isherfcn,
ihould tend lcis 10 lofc him thaa increafc
lis influence With the heedlcis multitude,
vho. " ue'er lock further forward tLa1 she.t
uofc,' the cafe may perhaps he lamcnhat
different in form, though nor materially lo
in edcQ. " They are told uat" fc#-r.ou
" is on their fde, and th,r aro -ae- f-rr
iure" Irfcrion is righr l-ev f.- .al
pride az power, they know not why's H.
they care not to enquire. their oaa -.n-
cequ,nce they are taught is gr.-sr-a I'M
the glory Of the chief, and they vii .-- t-r
the mott part attend to vhat may detr .e
that glory When facts are 10 difciofrd .nat
ftupiditv itrclf mutt underHaud AID i.crod-
ulity be convinced, lome Of them may per
haps feel for a moment the compunct-
ious viGtings Of nature" But the perni-
cious twav Of their prejudices, and the in
cantation Of mitaken intereas. will again
bind them 10 their allegiance. The 1rug-
gle is iHdecd but that OF an infant, and i IS
ever iure to terminate in the fame way.
The flame Of party pallion alcends trium-
phantly over ths glimmerings Of nationality
and the love Of their Idol is declared victO-
r;ous over love Of virtue or tteir tenIe of
iuhicc. Juhice and virtue they are ever
ready to think can be no longer io, when
dilregarded or oppofed BY h" the man Of
the people" The wrongs he has done
they will not permit, and when compel
led to admit they are relolute in their
defence or different to thei' enornity. 80
that really BY di1Proving their plea of net
guilty we only fcem to be driving them to
a iulihcltion of whatever is vile ana wicked.
tin from their fondnels for the offend er they
appear to favor the very faihions OF his Of
fcnces,-and would, if they knew how,
" 60 and do lil;ewile."


What fort Of a." corrolarT" the " or
gan Of the public will" would draw from
luch petitions, we cannot conjecture, Per
hap there are tho(e, who would draw the
authors of {uch trealon on a hurdle to the
flake. Bur as that time has NOT yet arrived,
we may as well proceed with cur own in
ferrenc1s, while yet the liberty of expre{-
iion is left. We infer then that, however
ufeful it may be to "trip the vizor Of Mr..
J5iforion's hyPocrify fer the purpOie Of an
imating the faithful TO keep them. TO, it is
in VAIN to expect at his advanced period
rhat any number of his followers arc 70 b.
converted by that mott glaring view Of his
iriquities, could thele iniquitlcs be ten
times greater than they are. The obGerva-
ton holds true with regard to al the infe-
nor demagogues, and tub-agents Of democ-
TacY. The times are indeed out Of iOInt
Duncan MFaTland is not ne only Duncan
M'Farland, whom the + fpiri5 Of fa3ion has
elevated into Office. when His deterts would
have rather entitled him to elevation by iu-
dicial appointment. Not content with the
growth of our own foil, We mutt as it were
with bounty encourage the importation Of
mifcreants /" to exchange the pillory or the
galows in Europe for places Of trutt and
profit i'll America" And whether for
eisn or exotic, the election Of knave leems
then mott certain, when you have mOit ful-
ly luccseded in thowing him to be a knave.
nor does there appear now days any intal-
iable receipt to make law giycr, than by
expoGng him as vioIator OF law human
and dIvine-any more available title to rank
and importance than a deed Of recorded
infamy-or fafer PaAport through {. the
doors Of honor and confidence" than by
the exhibition Of abandoned profigacy and
outrageous terPitude even at the very threih-
hold.


--" Has Honour then fuck't back hs soust


He has,-and hooting BOYS may dryihod pais,


g And gather pebbles On the naked ferd."