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F-.-' -!-■>< ,.)'•■■ t#rdtr< N o . 46 OF V o i.. X V n i , ] C 4 3 :SK IL L , (N Y .)— W E D N E S D A Y j M ARCH 13, 1822. [W h o l e N o . 930. ■ a PBWmiM' P V B I . I f l H £ P OM V E D J V E S P A T S , BY E. CRO S W ELL. TEUMS. I. To village subscribers, receiving tbeir paperaby carriers* Two D obbabs ah » F ie « <wr C bnts , per annum. II. To mail aiibsoribera, Two DotnABS payable half yearly in advance, unless seca> red thro* an agent. III. To subscribers, living at a distance rom the village, who receive their papers a t the office, Two D o l l a b s per annum, IV . AJiberal discount to postriders, com‘' panies, &c. V. Jfo papers will be digcontinued (unless at the discretion of the editor) antiial! atrhUi- ges are paid. y i. AU subscriptions for less than a year, particularly by mail mast be paid in ad vance. A D V E R T I S E M E N T S , Will be conipicuously •inserted the first time I’or^/ly cents a square, and twenty five tents for each insertion alter. No advertise ment will be inserted for any length of time, for less than fifty cents. Official notices, (n^ortgage, sheriff's and surrogate’s sales) charged according to the statute. Yearljruilve^tisers will be liberally accom. modated. QCj^ AH letters a n d com n u inications m n st be jpostpaid. PRINTING. CARDS, CHECKS, H A N D B IL tiS ‘ BLANKS, &c. &G Executedwithneatitess,acciiracif and expedilwn Agents f o r the Catskill Recorder. B..Barker^ e*q. p. M. Coxsackie^ Greeiie co 13. Seely, C'^q. p. M. Athens, do Col. P. Adams, p, M. Darham, • do Abijah Reed, esq. GceenvUle do T.fl.BagIey, esq. p.M. South DTurham do W . W ,JEdw ards, esq.- B a n ter do A . Rechtmyer, esq. Broome, Sdiohar. 50 . R. Httwley, esq, p. 5T. do do N.P. Tyler, esq. p ai Blenheim, do A- Cibpweli, esq. do' do Hotchkiss;esq. P M Harpersfield, co- S. Steverts, esq. p ai S. Harpersfield do S. R. Hobble, esq. M. Keeler, esq. p m L. Monsdn, esq. p m M. Leet, esq. p ai John B. Spencer, esq. IV m . Butler, esq.P at I>elhi, KOrtfight, Waterville, Roseville, do Deposit, T. Montgomery, esq. pm Roxury J. C. Clark, esq, p a Bainbridge, Gh’go cO S.Burgess,esq,PM S. Bainbridge, do R . Waters, Esq. p ai Coverftpy, do Mr. 8. Freeinau, ' Jjisle, Broome conhty Mr. G. Dickson, Colesville,. fio J.Dav'enportresq. f K Canisteo,. Steuben co John Cantine. Rsq. Caroline, Tioga co Distillers Take Notice. T M ^ H E R E A the subscribeT, of th e town, 1 % of Bainbridge, GhenUngo county, and state of New-Yorfc, did, ®n the l i t h d a y of. June 18“20> obtain froffi tbe gbvetrtment 01 the United States b y patent, the exclnsive tight of making, using, and vending to oth ers to be used, a Steam Still and Water Boiler, to be made of cOpper o r sheet irdn, (sheet- iron being considered the best.)^ |tis soeon- fitructed by arches and Bu6s,^ as to thrOw all the- water into sheets of from two to four inches thick, in proportion to the size o f the Bti!' ; and j.he fire playing on each side’ of every sheet. He fliUters himself that' it ex- ceed> any thing of the klnsl yet invented.—- He has one now in successful operation, as the following certificate will show. - Stephen Stilwell. Bainbridge, Jan. 4, 1821. I hereby certify, tha|; I have stilled for Stephen Stil,we|l the principal part of the time for three years past, and used Mudge's sheet ivou boiler the most of the time, and the remaining part, a copper still for a boil er : that I am now u><ing StilhvelVs Patent Boiler above mentioned, which far exceeds either ol those, and will do the same work in three fourths of the time, and With but lit tle if any more than h^lf the Wood. Jason Stim son. Sworn and subscribed to, this 9th day of September, 1820, before me, Peter Betts, toinmissiouer, 4:C. in and for Chenango county. Messrs. NoUeand Hiyies—Having on hand considerable sheet-Iron, for boilers for stil ling. and some making, anti knowing as I do, tliat patents are many times but impositions, and considered 80 by the public, and your acqnaintance bHng move extensive than any th a t have my patent boilers in operation, I hkyelto request ofyou such recommendation as'you think it de.-^erves, for piibUcation. Respectfully yours, STEPHEM SUL WELL. Bihsbridge, Dec. £0!h, 1820. . UnadVIa, 25/A Dec. 1820. Dear 5fir—‘ AccoV.lini to your request, we have made a certificate below ; and should it not be 50 full and expressive as you wish, we will make another, for the boiler exceeds our expectations, in every particular. Y o u rs Respectfully, NOBLE & HAYES. This may certify that we have one ofSte. phen Stilwell’s Patent Sheet-Iron Boilers, in turcessful operation, and %ve have nohesita- Umv in saying, that it is far superior to any We have roadcu‘-e o f; and (rom its construo- .tion, powerful operation, and saving in loel,^ we confidently believe it surpasses any thing* of the kind now in use. NOBLE & HAYES. Unadilla, £6lhDec. 1820. The subscriber keeps constantly on hand STILLS of the above descriptioir, which he ‘ will sell cheap for cash ; and offers for sale single rights, rights for towns, counties or ' tales, New-York by state cxcei>ted. JOHN STILI^ELL & Co- of the city of i Albanj-^, areantfioriwd to sell the rights of all the counties adjoining thcNorth River, hud'.vll the territories on the United States, ^east and north of the North River, Mohawk cand the Great Western Canal. STEPHEN STILWELL. ' N. B. A model of the I'till can,be seen a t th ; Store of .Tohn Stilwqll C©. 42 Stae Albany, • \ P'l^he great and uicreusing Sales o f ANDER- X SDN *S Cough it'rops, sitfce they have been ofieved to the public, moro.. 'fuUy than »ny other argument, piove their jceal value, and we boldly venture to assert that ho medicine ever yet^repared for Coughs and Consarap- tienS has gaiued so much credit, in so short a time, as this comppsiton. I f the atterta- lions of persons of the highest respectability, or thh great-and increasing demand for this Med.icine, may be called proof of its good' eficts, it is proved. Too ofien does ^eju- dicc by listcningto some and adopting ifat opinions of others prevail ; .thereby preven- tingfa trial ofsneh Medicine a? might afford relief, under the idea that no relief ca« be obtained, acarcely a case occurs, bnt may be relieved by the timely use of Anderson’s CottghDrops, which have.proved to be a per fect care tor eoghs* Cuid.s, asthmas, and eon- aumpto 8. For the farther satisfaction of.the public, .the following Certificates are offered for peru sal. I S a M tjbi . H. J ones , o f Salisbury, do here by certify that my wife has for mote than n ve years- een tronbled with a violent cough, difficulty Of bimtluDg, ami lo'ss of appetite, andalmostentireiy deprived pf sleep; and having tried, as we snpposed, every thing .that might relieve her without receiving any benefit, I was intluced to have her make tri al of Anderson’s cough Drops, and after tts- sing two boUles her cough entirely left her— she enjoyed her former sleep, which she had not done for years, and was again restored to strength. lean with confidence say I be lieve these drop&.to be the best Medicine in use, for coughs, and complaints in the lungs, 6AMUEL.H. JONES. Salisbury, March 26, 4818 JVeiv Certificate. IN the year 1816,. I was seized with anm - fiamatioA o f the liver, which causM an adhe sion that place.d me in a very critical situa tion. ^ Almost all kinds o f exercise caused pain in my side and breast. In this situaiion I continued until April, 1819, When the j)aih in my breast increased through the summer; my flesh wasted, I grew weak and bowed down and lost all hope of being any better- About the first of last October, my son pur chased a t Ballstown Springs a bottle of An- derson’s \Cough Drops, from which I found al most immediate relief, and from the nse of two bottles only, my lungs are resloretl to perfect soundness ; I once more can walk e- rect,and should be in perfect health, were it not for the adhesion in uly side. Stephen Seaman. G.'ecn/ield, J'uly a , fsio. soil) BY f]3® C ro s itbll & B r a c e , OaUkUl, Doct. A AkoN R xjep , Athens JoecN J . J anskn - , Kingston Doct. J ohn E ly , Coxsaefcte ; Pi-ATT A dams , Durham, A-1 C u A fts Cherry. Ynltey* R al &WI n & STSEtB, Delhi, and by JAMES MELLEN, Huasoii, who will supply druggist ori Jiberal terms. gjT Removal. riX H E subscriber now occupies the store A ??8ar-!.v opposite Messrs. Croswell and Brace, where no o fers, for sale ar.general as sortment of GRDCERIEP. ' , A. €. HALL. April 9', 1821 82 * imohfht Notices. T > y order of'John V, D.' S. Scott, Esq. M j first judge of the court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Grrehe, notice is hereby given to all the creditors o f Silas Pierson, of the said connty an insolvent debtor, to shew canse if anjr they have be fore the said Judge a t his office in tjie town of Catskill, in the said (couHty on the 28th day of March next; at lO o’clock in the fore noon why an .assignment'of the sard Insol vent’s estate should npt be made for the ben- ci'tof all his creditors, and he be, discharged pursuant to the act entitled** an act for giv-- ing relief in cases of insolvency,” passed A- pril 12,1S1.S. Dated January 12, 1822. [22 TTkY order of John Y. J}. S. Scott', Esq .1 ) first judge of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Greene, notice is hereby giveb to all the creditors of XeWta Lee, of Lexington, in ^aid county,an insolvent debtor, to shew cause if any they have,, be fore the -said Judge a t hi« office in the. town of Catskill, in the said county, on the 18th day of April next, a t 10 o’clock in the forenoon, why an assignment of the said in solvent’s estate shonUl not be made, for the benefit of ad his creditors, and his person be exempted ftbm impvisonmept, pursuant to an act, entitled an act to abolish imprison ment for debt, in certain caset,” passed April 7,1819. Dated Febcnary 5, 1822. 26 \IVY order o f John V. D. S. Scott, Esqr. J D first judge of the court of common pleaSj in and for the county of Greene, notice is hereby given to all the creditors of Sheldon CadweJl, of said county, an insolvent debtor, to shew canse if any they have, before the said judge at his office in the town of CaW- kill, in the said county, on the 80th day of April next, at ten o’clock in the Ibrenoon, why an. assignmrat of the said insolvent’s estate should not be made for the benefit of all his creditors, and his person be exempted from imprisonmenc, puv.suant to an act en titled an act to abolbh imprisonment for rlibt, in certain cases,” passed April 7, 1819. Dated February 10, 1622. 26' lOw 'TfcY order of John Y. D. S Scott, Esq X # fir.'.'t Judgex)f the court of common pleas in and for the county of Greene, notice is hereby given jo all the fcr«ljtors of Peter Trj/on,.ofCoxsackie, in said county, aninsol- vent debtor, to shew caufe if any they have before the said Jddge, at his office in of GatskiU, in said county, on the 28th .day of March next, a t 10 o'clock in the forenoofi, why an assignment of the said insolvent’s estate! should |not be made for the benefit of all his creditors and his person be exempted from imprisonment, pursuant to an act' en titled \ an act to abolish imprisonment for debt, in certain cases,” passed April?, 1819. Dated February 12^ 1822, 26 , J. P. DECKER, (yVear tte centre of Main-street, and adjoining the stores o f Mess. J. IV. Hunter & F. h oyrs,] AS just received from New-York, a PATTERN COAT; which he can re commend with-confidence to those Who would gratify their taste for elegante, propri ety, and a conformity to the present fashion. He has also received {Jatlerns for Vests, Pan taloons and Great-Coats. • He invites his friends and customers to call and examine his pattern's J and be prom ises t a famish them with suits, which for newness of fashion, exactness of fit, and style of workmanship, sfaalTnot be excelled by the patterns themeelves. He has now in his employ ^eyefal faithful and competent workmi^ from the city o f New-York, find he will spare no personal exertions to do justice to those. Who shall favor him.^with their commands. M ILITARY GA RMENTS of evej^ de scription made in the latest mode.. . A choice assortme'nt of TRIMMINGS, . YESTINGS v & c . feepkconstantly on fa-and. CUTTING promptly attended to. He solicits the^ orders' o f bis friends in the country. ‘ CatsbiBi Dec. 4, 16 Advertisement. Y ^ H E N a core for one dollar, or a t most f T for two dollars, can be obtained for a cough, cold, asthma, difficulty of bveaihing, tightness of the chest, wheezing, .pain in t he side, spitting o f blood, a strained stomach, . &c. must it not be a matter of snrptise that wesCetfie obituary daily swelled with deaths occasioned principally by colds P On an av- enage. at least 03* One hundred and fifty thou sand persyns Aie annually of Qpnsamptions. originating, principally from taking cold, commencing With cough; then difficulty of breathing and pain in the side, at length the lungs become affected, consumption eiTsues, and death closes the scene. Alas I too often does h rejadice, b y . listening to'som e a n d a - d'^pting the opinion of other?, prevail; there by preventing a trial of such, medicine, ag might afford relief. Under the idea that no relief can be obtained. Scarce a case oc curs but may be relieved by-the timely ap plication of I)r. Refers Asihmalic Pills, As a ,proof o f which', the fotlowing inter esting cures are submitted to. public'perusal: .. JUr.Stetson, of Hanover, was 9 j’eitrs af flicted with a violent pain in his right breast, attended at times with greut difficulty ol breathing, an.d.wholIy incapable o f attend-'^ ing bitsiuess; after having tried in vain all other medicine, was cured, and His health perfectly restored by two boxes ofthesepills; ' An elderly JLadp, hei danghte^“an«l grand- tiaughter, o f Boston, were each dreadfuily affiicied W'ith a8thma;and difficulty of breath ing,- were all of theffi cured and restored to perfect health b y 7 ^ x c s. J ttdge — ^ of Salem, had been many years severely affiic<ed.,Yit.hi'A violent bongfi Wnd ; difficmtyldf*breathing, was cuTed by two boxes; his sleeps w'as restored on the second jiighv,--whicb Sad been brok’en fpr many years. • A Lady o f Boston ! turned o f fi<), was se verely afflicted with a.violenLcongh,'pain in i the side, at times s'pitting of blood, could not lie down in her bed for 4 years, could not sleep but at short intervals, was restoral to perhect health on taking S -boxes. ■ These Pills give instant ease in all coughs,. colds, asthmasfdifficulty of bteathing, whee zing, tightness of the ehist, strained stomkeb, consumption, pain in the side, spitting of blood, chillness and-shiverings, the forerun'^ ners of malignant feVers, &c com.mon colds, are removed in a few hour's—the aged wdll experience relief equally agreeable and in- stantanenns, even when the lilngs are affected. fjffjsk for “ Dr. Relfe’s Asthmatic Pills.”—', One box, eoviaining 12 ■pillt,freqxiently effects a cure. To prevent vnposition the. outside printerl Wrapper is signed “ W. T.GoaWay.” Oh’serve this as you value hedltk! .Preparrf and sold wholesale by the sole proprietor, W. T CQpwfiy^ Chemist, No. 1. BumstCad Place, Common-istreet, Boston, and retailed by special appointment by Crasmll <§• Braot—^VatsJdll~^ and most Druggists, Booksellers and Post masters throughout the 'tJnited States where may be had all those csfemedond /tigA- Zj; oppruned Medicines,” prepared by W, T. ConWay, Price 1 dollar, or six bottles for five dolfars. . 75 ■ Jolm B. Spencer, Attorney and Comsello'r atLavh and Master in. Chancery, RO S J E V ILLE, D e laware Count-g. Surrogate's hale, l^fR E E N E COUNTY, SS.—Pnblic No- Vir tice is hereby given, that pnr'Suant to a decree oi Dorrance Kittland, Esq. Surrp-- gate of the's'did coptily, I shall expose to sale at pnblic auction at the Mansion-House of the late James RaUSOm, in the town of Dur ham, in the said cqunty, oiq. the 12th day of April next, at tea o’clock \in the forenbon, AU that cerlain piece and parcel of land\ whereof James Ransom, late of.the town of Durham, in the said county, deceased, died seized—bounded as set forth in the deed of conveyance to the said deceased as follows, oh the north by the land ofSamuel Wells, on the east by the land o f Jphn. Hill, on the south by the land of Reuben Hill and Elka- oah Parcival, and on the west by the land of the said SamueTWells; containing one hun dred acres, be the same moreor less Dated D u rham , Feb-26,1S22. ■28 JOHN WELLS, Exetufor .■ fjY virtne o f an exeentiou to me directed J l # and delivered, I shall expose to sale on the 28 th day of March next, a t one o’clock P. M. at the Village Tavern, in Catskill all the right and title of James MiIlikin,to a lot of land situate in the town of Catskill,boun- led on the south b y lands of,Herman Ded- tick, on the east by lands of Paul Tremp- bour, John Longendycke and lands former ly owned by John Van Orden, on the west by the Cautetsfcill, and on the north by lands of John Longendycke. Joel Bellamy, Sheriff, Feb. 11,1822. _________ 26. BLANKS For sale at this 0£ice. From the Delaware Gazette, Feb., 27. DELAWARE ACADEMY.—The pub lic examination of the students in the' Dela ware Apaderoy took place on Friday last, in the presence of the trustees, and a numer ous and respectable audience, assembled from different parts of the country. It com menced a t lOp’clock, A. M. in the depart ment under the superintendence of Mr* S avaoe * The various exercises of the stu dents in thfe English and Latin languages, iJ. Geography, Astronomy, and ttie Mathe matics, were highly creditable, and gave proofs of such rapid advancement in these departments of science, as- altogether sur passed the public expectation, and gave to the friends and patrons of the institution, fresh confidence in the qualifications of its able instructor. In the afternoon, the stu dents assembled at the Court House; and gratified the public by exhibiting their tal ents in declamatiohv It is not- efiough to say that this exercise was conducted in a- manner truly respectable, for many of the pieces were pronounced with a grace and propriety of enunciation and action, quite unexpected and surprising, in those entire ly unaceuslonsied.te!-speaking in' public. The eSainioation of the young Ladles, under the tuition of Miss PuLLEja, took ■place in the evening, and was rendered doub ly interesting b y the modest grace and pro priety of demeanour, observed on the part of the young ladies; and the uncondmon profi-, ciency .they displayed in some of the various branches taught in this school. Their un exampled progress iu English Grammer and Oompositioa, add more particularly in Ge ography, gave flattering. evidence of their own industry and docility, and evinced their instructress to be eminently qualified to.a- walrea and direct the capabilities of the youthful mindand obtained for her the nmst unqualified commendation of her unre mitting care and assiduity in tbe manage- menj of her department. ■ A t the conclusion of tbe exercises, a hand some and appropriat’eaddress to the students .was delivered fay the R ev. Mr. Clark. In short, the-whole scene was a proud one for the youth of our County. It evinced their rapid progress in those acquirements which invigorate and adorn the mind, and cannot fail to lay the foundation of their fu ture usefiijness and respectability in society; while a t the same time, it furnished to the public ample assurances of the flourishing and ppQsperousCoodition of the institution. Farther effects o f the later Flood. At Trenton, two or three small-'buildings were swept away l onemill and several dams were partially destroyed, together With a number of bridges, among which was the old stone bridge, leading from Greene Street to Mill Hilf. '■ I t hhd stood, we believe, (says the Emporium,) the best part o f a century. Itwas the passage over this bridge that was so successfully defended in the January of 1777 by Washington and his little band of heroes, when the British, under Cornwallis, attempted to force him to a decisive action, which, if fought,must have blasted, the hopes of America. It .waa on this bridge ■ also, that the tridmphM arch was erected, under which the Father of his country passed -when on hfe way to New-York, after the close of the war, and where he received the plaudits of his grateful couutry men, while their foir daughters Welcomed him with songs of tri umph, and Strewed his way with flowers.—- : H is ninetieth birth-day saw it fall to ruins ; and it fell while the peal of the feu de joiy celebrating the return of this anniversary, reverberated over it. At Philadelphia the ravage.s of the flood were unprecedented. The Falls Bridge, over the SehuylkiU, was raised from Off the piers, and carried away entire, with the roof,« gate, kc. but was precipitated over the dam at F a ir Mount, and dashed Into atoms. It cost ^35,000. Above, o n the Schuylkill, extensive- damage was done to the bridges, mins, fences, causeways, dams, &c. - In the neighborhood of West-Chester, Penn, the damage thathas been done, (^ays the Village Record) is inealculabie. The meadows have been swept of their fences ;■ seven tenths of the mill-dams in the county have been torn away by the resistless, tor rent ; several bridges have been carried off, and a large number injured; a number of domestic animals have been drowned ; and more melancholy than all, several human lives have been lost. The bridge over Brandywine, a t Wilmington, b rokejn two, and report 8ay8,several persona who were oh it were drownedr W e have certain infor- mation tha t — Dutton was losL The Re cord adds a list of four persons who were drowned; and six bridges that were swept away or materially injured. In Dutchess county, N. Y. two bridges, ever Wappinger’s creek, have beten carried off. The mill-dams, bridges, fences, &c. received considerable injury.\ ^ The Quaker and Tompkins’ bridges, over Croton river, Have heenjilso swept away. A CuRiosixY.—The Westen Country is now literally filled with paper money, o^ .de nominations from ftDo rents to a thousand . dollars. The following is given as a copy of one o f the numerous individual tekets in ctculaBon : of Mr. McCracken,it is said, thathis obligations to any amount are as undoubted and as current as any.” '» “ SIX AND A FOURTH CENTS, » I will pay you for this bit of paper, i f you think propferto presentit to-morrow, the sum of - Six and a Fourth Cents, A t my Banking House or Branches, in Com monwealth, Kentucky Indiana rags, or any other kind of Notes that are Fifty pet* cent, below par, provided I am able, and dont be come insolvent or abscond: you may have Goods of Foreign or Domestic Manufacture, at my Store / or, if you wish, I will give 100 drops of Usquebaugh, 75 of the tincture Alcr cmtgreektm, or 50 o f JVew-Jerusalem Eye- Waier, by calling at my house, or at the Bars of the Theatre. JOHN McCRACKEN, Esq- January 12yl6^2. AMERICA. An ill-Uatured article, reflecting most se verely and unfairly upon oar country, was published daring the last summei, in tlm (London! JVho JdoHthly Mpgazine. This attack was regarded bjf^most mep among us, with mingled feelings of regret and con tempt } and it drew from the editor of the North American Review an able and tri umphant ’\refutation. In the December number of the Magazine, the following a. pology, from the pen of its editor, the poet Campbell, made its appearance. On tbe whole, we are inclined to think well of this attempt tp conciliate matters, and we give it to our readers with son^ sort of plea sure.—[Edt:'Recorder., Whilst - the editor declares himself deeply conscious of facing answerable for the general character and mara! ten- dencj[ o f the work which he conducls, be nhust also rernarlr, that his responsi bility is not to be too rigoroifsly inter preted as extending to every shade aTid expression of opinion which the puWi- cation may contain. It is impossible to give air exact harmony and consis tency to the kenliinents of a numerous aad changing body of contributors ; and the spirit and originality of an a- musing paper might often be more ioju- red by pruning iis eceentricilies,. than by suffering tbem to reroaiit Under this plea the editor has no desire to excuse himself forpoe artieje which has given offenee,ralher too just ly, on the other side oflbe A tlantic.— He inserted it without reflection, but had observed its ODfairness, and fell . dissatisfied with himself for having pub lished it, long before the fair and tem perate reply which Mr. Everett made to it fafid reached him. In adverting to this paper he will have occasion for once, and be hopes only for once, to touch upon politics; but it sfaaif be but generallyf'and nothing but the ne cessity o f self de^nce shall make him resume the-suibject. With reluclahce, but' from a sense of duty, he must crit icise a pajper in his own work, comniu- oicated to faito by « valited friend,' to whose taste and eentiments hetWoold defer, perhaps oh any occasion but the present. But when lys friend depre cates bur literary feuds with America, he applies, in the editor^s opinion, the most Tanlty method o f appeasing them. He denies, and' it is to be hoped -we all deny.'any systematic hatred towards the Americans ; but he' charges the large majority of that people with be ing vain,; Vulgar, arid boisteroiiSj and full of national prejudices; whieh,^wben they come to this country^ takri the form of unmeasured hatred and rude ness. Hard words these ; and, per haps, not very usefully luttei^ed even if true. But if they be not tree— if this sweeping computation of the tolerable or intplerabie character of a whole na tion can ’be even suspected ofesagger- atioD, how unfair and bow dangerous to'have made it. For his own part the editor can say, that be believes he has known more Ansericans than the writer of the ^aper. Possibly, in the course of his life, not less than an hondred— men of various vocations, characters, and <fegrees o f education, He has ar gued with them,. and heard them argue, on national subjects ^ but be can safely declare^ that he never thought them more boisterous than other cien; on the' contrary rather distinguished, in gen eral, by coolness and self possession. Ejsceptions of warmth, as* among the - people of all doiiotries, when their pre judices are rufiSed, he may have obser ved ; but unmeasured hatred, or Jude- ness, never. if we dislike th&American manner, rlasay8,ia the olive branch, and whip them wilh it as a conciliatory ceremony. Wilh all this We tell Ihetn,however, that they must not be offended, because it is our way to caricature and gibbet Kings and fStueens^ and Bishops, for the popular entertainment, forgetting that the A - . mcrleans liave nothing to do with our treatment of Kings and Bishops, and lhai our literature should he as dissiurii- •ilar as possible to eithergibbets or car icatures. Farther, we enjoin tbem si lence antigood humor. The charms of silence we iiiustrale by harranguek on their soreness and irritability j and we suggest,their vulg&r manners, their scanty literature, and the prospeet of their language being for ever amenable to our correction, as themes on which they may meditate daring their pleas ed and pensive L’tciturni^. But we admire tbe writingsof Wash ington Irving, and, it might have been added, the pictures of Leslie, an<j of the American Newton.*^ Anti this ie a pledge of oup perfect liberaiity. So thinks llie EditoFs friend, but not the Editor. For the Anaericans have gone before us in this species of justice^ having praised Our British books abun dantly, and yet witho.iit obtaining cred it for entire freedom from prejudices. It is on neither side an excuse for na- lioiinl abuse to have paid compliments to individuals. Tbe charitable feeling •between two kindred and free nations ought to extend much farther, and ex clude all collective animosity. How to produce this Christian spirit is, to be sure, (he problem which can never be practically solved in perfection.-— Yet,let antipathies be softened, iftbey cannot be eradicated. If our interests and those of America be the same, thej’ should Aaite usj if they jar, the more composure of mind is necessary to adjust them. America is tolil that she will always find friends in England, frotn the party which supports re publican side of our mixed constitution^ But i« this ait that England can offer America—not the milk of human kind ness,. but the spare gall of pollticai Wranglir^ ? -Is not every English roy aILt iiiteresled to demonstrate towards America, that Monarchy creates more courtesy of manners than Republican- risrn T— that chivalrous recollections in», spire magnanimity ? that our Univer- i&itics teach dispassionate ethics ; and that our Church is at the bead of ^ria>» tian Churches, by its^baving impressed our public character with forbearance and charity t So Qiuch for the feelings that ought to be brought into this business. A s to wrangling with America in print, it should be the policy of all honest BriU ish politicians to avoid it. Jf the anxious Monarchist be alarm ed at her citieens over describing their demoerolical blessings, he should re*- colleet that every contemptuous word we throw out is a challenge to their -pride and boast fulness, anda temptation for them to exaggerate the pictures of their own felicity. And though wc may expose many of their false asser- . tions, yet, as all hpman things have imr perf^lions, th(^ pf our own venerable iuaji^tions are in turn laid open to the deffaction of antagonists, whom we irri tate in order to make sure of their can dor. Il is true that rude, remarks on England might coriie from Araericaj Supposing our press to be ever so mod erate. English emigrants rail at us ; but for these tlie native Americaft character is not responsible. Granting however, that Ihls-railing is an evil, how is it best to be mitigated ? The trans atlantic press carrot be silenced by force : tho* vanquished in argument, it would argue sfill. All angry discus sion on our part that inflames the whole American people, makes tbem speak ten times of our tithes and taxes for once that they would mention them if not |Dibarked in a provoking contro*^ versy. And their boastings of ininni* nity from such burthens—boastings undeniably aggravated by (be reproach es which we offer I hem, come indirect ly, through seditious new!^^apers, (o our.taxed and tithed and reading poor*. By wrangling with the only nation that speaks EiJglis^, we ren.der the only- foreign news-paper aji Eng lishman can read, to the utmost extent in purpower, a gazette o f his causes for discontent. If the American press be despicable, the surest token of our con tempt would be silejace; ifdt be formi dable, it is better to be at peace thaa at war with it. If Ami^rica has beei>- violent in this war of words, it is cleae . that we have riot been moderate ; even her federalists have bedu insulted by (our own, the worrasays, is not perfect) we should not rake up its imperfections when we protest our wish to put an end to a paper war with that people.—r It is an useless Jar in tone3.^of our harmony to talk of tftir disagreeable peculianties at the moment of confes sing that those faults have not eaten in to the heart and substance of their na tional character, and after quoting trav ellers, who attest * the galltmtry, high feeling and humanity o f their troops, and the general religion and hospitality of their people.' But the Americans are told they should be satisfied with our full acknowledgments of their vir tues. And so they would have been, no doubj, i f t he compliments from mlr press bad not come to them so bed-au- bed with inconsistent aapersio/is, as to resemble oranges l|iat have been dip ped in the kennel. For in testifying their humanity, we parent;helii;aUy be moan their ferocity. We reproach * The Editor calls him-American, be- theni, and y et say we are willing to be cauBe.jhere is ad inff<?n|ous Ep^Usfi Wfill with them.. W e hold out to thepa ' ' I / - W'J \l
