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FAB PATRION
Notfor himself, bat for his country.”
WEDNESDAY, July 30.
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Having a harvest to cut, no pape
be was issued from ths office last week.
7 mp ee
We assure our readers that we are
not disposed to degrade ourselves by
descending to a level with every Cap.
tain Bobadilla, but as many of them
have pot an opportunity of seeing those
papers in which we ave kindly noticed,
we give them a sample of it this week,
omitting the epithets, scoundrel, vil-
lian, liar, rascal, &c. so profusely ap
plied to us. It Las not a great deal
to do with the mui question of the
day; but we do net wish to be behind
hand with the nobility of our town, in
froliteness. We will devote a col-
umn or two of our paper to retort,
but never to attack. A defensive war
is always more honorable than an of
feosive one.
After the maneer of Capt. Boba-
dilla and Dr. Linnwood, his aid, duly
appointed immediately afer the bat-
tle of Chippewa-—we dedicate tothe
best blood of the state the following
paragraphs.
Linnwood &° Bobadilla, it is said,
have agreed to ‘unite their talents —
Law and Physic have kissed. The
result of this alliance we have in the
last Mifflin, Eagle. It is stipulated for that man who disregards the laws of
in their treaty, that the one is to con.
ceive and the other to deliver black-
guardism. Linowood has a diploma;
(the only one in bis possession) from
Billingsgate seminary, and we can as:
sure our readers that he is not un.
worthy of it. ft is oot a matter of
suiprize, then, that the terms, villian,
blackguard, rascal, &c.
are familiar to him-—the reader will
scoundrel,
observe by the way, that those epi
thets and Linnwood are synonmous,
nee fn
It comes well from Linnwood to
call any person an « unprincipled vil
lian, | We intend exposing his char-
acter in all its nakedness ; and then
Jet the world judge which of us has
the imfirint of an « unprincipled wil
han.”
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LZinnwood has given us a dish on
beards. It is but theory—he can’t
speak from experience. In relation
to bis beard, we assert that he is a
perfect aboriginal in that respect ;
and not baving given us any evidence
of his being a MAN, the presump-
tion, at a distance would be that he is
a“ deardicss voy.”
—— ) Wo——
jue was 50 abandoned as to boast of having
wiv.Cucs, whose thuist for power
prompts them to make a ladder of re-
ligion to scale the walls of our pol
itical sanctuary ; & without any prov-
ocation, possessed of hearts as black
as the demon of darkness, enter the
very grave to find food for their malice |
We will protect the ashes of nim, who
when living was“ a terror to evil do.
ers,” and before whom these wretches
trembled.
Contd § i
Io the last Mifflin Eagle, a feder.
al paper published in Mifflin town,
1s contained four columns of the most
vile, personal abuse of the editor of
this paper and his brothers, which
would fully justify us in exposiog the
characters of those whom we deem its
authors, living in Beilefonte. Qur
materials for this purpose are most
ample, perbaps more so than those
gentlemen are aware, They think
themselves perfectly secure, no doubt,
veiled behind an anonymous sigoa-
ture; but their hypocritical, black
hearted, white-livered maligpity, fully
exp ses them, For the most part.
thee productions are made up of
FETC
And b bles yet uaborn shall sa in office
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abuse and stemmed the tarrent of fed-
eral persecution in his lifetime, they
might permit his bones to rest in
peace. One would seppose that it
was enough that Andrew Gregg and
his Son-in Jaw Gg Curtin shoud have
exuited at his d®ath, and expressed
their joy in the st indecent lan-
guage. But it woud secm, that to
men whose hearts rankle with malice,
the very grave affords a feeble barrier.
However much those men may say
that William Petrikin ¢ was a villain,”
and % thar this is the only [atrimony
that his sons inherit,” we leave that to
the people of this county who knew
him well to judge. For - ourselves;
we answer, that we are conscious of
baving been guilty of no act that
would in the least degree tarnish an
hotest reputation; aud we uniesitat-
ingly say that whatever the editor of
this paper may be, be has‘hitherto dis-
dained, and does disdain to defrrade
himself so far as to keep the company
of Matthew Gregg, or any other ‘oi
the sonsy or sons-in-law of Andiew
Gregg, living in this county, except
ing Andrew, pr Roland Curtin.
So far from being in tie’ least de-
gree implicated in the wicked, vilban-
wus and unpriacipled condact of those
an that is long enue
’PoOne man. ton advibed
viester to borrow wo mittions of dol
lars from the City Bunks,
- a - a ‘, ¥ a -
High fll the bowl, and round i yb and afteg 3
: (while we fiemers will have to pay ir,
twine,
The laurel wreath of fame, #06 then we will be slaves 10 a lew
The wreath that blovins taro’ lates | C1irsed Banks. 4 ay
{ Fed. I say hizza tor Gregg.
thine Dem, SW] i f
To deck the Hers’s name. { en. oi sav huzza for de-
mocracy and John Audiow Shiuize,
In fact ‘twas a bloody day--and a ; k
sorely did that uofortwaate British i voted for Snyder : His Rdmimisl 4.
Officer {twas the General himself) Hou pisaged ue, aud 1 iam hy
repent with the loss of is an, as "22 Lo 23 SmArka man 93 bituies;
well as ninety-nine dragoons in cold|2¢¥1¢®s De and Shalet were bosom
blood, the hour they met met wich| 19908 5 and itis said Shuize advised
Cap:ain Bobadil, {was a bloody Mim to. rciuse 10 cstabiish the Banks.
day, but the reward of our hero’s val | Fed. Tsay huzza for Gregg for he
our was glory,
(repo
- My valor, to recite.”
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A 13 the smartest man
ie sun beams werel na xx
; Fhe sun ve i { Dem. Well; but I do's think s
wantonning on the now placid bosom! _“¢ nis PIO
of the Chippewa, when our Hero an. * 94 Sai le have ahway; said that
> . | YO! "eo » is 2
nounced his name to the commanding] YOU hed ¥ all the talents ;
General. © Ah l—from Centre coun. 3d that Soyder was a booby, and
; : Sree Aimseld wai a 0G {4 ory
ty 3 and is it so? I’m happy to learn pit Cor il that be Jos an
: Gide : teh Ox th atd ret jr
your name ; hitherto 1 could only cail # ia Al Oyos hi a
: : ras’ nt true. in ‘ g “
rou the « Mysterious Stranger? Wasnt a, Now 1 have JECH a¢-
“ ‘I'he courage you have displaved in fuamie Grit il Lirenrg fora Engh
cutting off the British General's sword 0F He and 1 always cousidered Lira
a very common san. In duct §
thougin bima rather vascilatiny tha
otherwise. Ps troe I am
and you
arm, and killing ninety-nine dragoons
entities you to the country’s warmest
gratitude.” «1 wii} thank you to accept | NO rest
of a General's Commission immediate 179% but 1 can and hear und
ly under me.” To which our valiant sumetimes reflect. Surely Mr. Greg
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common place grub-street observa
tions, uppermost at all times in weak
and vulgar minds, and always ready
for use, which none but a man of sim |
tlar feelings would attack, but there
is something so tangible in the latte
part of the whole, that we cannot re
frain from woticing it. These are
the words to which we call the at
tention of our readers:
From tue Misrrix Eacre.
When the editor of a public Journal
holds himself up as a leader of a party, &
makes claim to pure Patriotism and love
country ; it is of some
consejuence to
ascertain HIS principles o morality, BY
HIS ACTIONS and DECLARATIONS ;|
his country. the principles of pure mor.
ality, and OUTRAGES the RELIGIOUS
institutions of a Society of Christians, is
most certainly unworthy of personal of
political confidence,
{The writer then goes on to say that we
are without either character or reputation,
a scoundrel, rascal, unprincipled villian,
&e. qualities handed down to us by our
father, ‘“ which have’ descended to as as a
paurisnony.”” He then makes the following
enquiry and assertion. ] ir
1take the liberty of enquiring of this
patriot, if ever he heard of a young man,
carried a deck of cards into a respectable
church and amusing himself by playing a
game of cards with a companion during di.
vine service ; thus insulting the majesty of
his creator, and outraging the religious feel.
ings of a christian people. 1 would ask, is
such a creature calculated w be a iéader
in a free country, to direct the votes of dem-
ocrats and to instil and impress his ideas
on the people, &c.
One of the PEOPLE,
Thisis an attempt to fix an offence
upon us calculated indeed to destroy
our character, and render us in every
respect what they allege, but if we do
not make it recoil upon their own
beads it will be because trath is una-
ble to do it We are peculiarly bap
py to have itinour power to complete.
ly exculpate ourselves, and not that
only but to & filace the saddle on the
right Horse.” We have heard of
young men who ployed cards ib a
respectable Charchy and that one of
Linnwood never jost a patient by!
kis negligence in all his « long expe- federal Candidate for Governor.
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rience,” as capt. Bobadilla would say.
How many sorrowfel hearts and
his unfounded
Let
those answer that weep for what he
weeping eyes lament
Jibels,y and groundless charges ?
has said, as much as for the loss of]
their befoved children and friends.
eT
“ What's bred in the bone will never
ome out of the flesh.” Who can
pect any thing like decency from a
Dublin Grub Street Apothecary.
‘
Linwood says that we are « a La-
eX:
dy’s MAN.” We are sorry that we
cainot return the rempiliment, Poor
creature ; he is neither % man, nor
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mouse, nor dong tailed rat,”
—D SE
Devoid of character, and baving
neither talents, virtue or respectabil-
ihed a candle, that he was one of the
them was none other than MATHEW
GREGG son of ANDREW Greco, the
We
prove by two young men who sat
in the pew with them, one of whom
persens who defiled the sanctuary off
the living God, and insulted the
Majesty of Heaven by playing cards
in the house dedicated to its service
Of this vile, base and infamous con-
duct, the editor of this paper never
was, and if he retainsthe right use of
reason never will be guilty, and he de-
fies the malice of the worthy authors
of these communications in the Mf
flin Eagle, to prove that he has been
gullty ot that or any other act unwor-
thy a man of honour and the strictest
integrity, which they will probably
have an ample opportunity of doing.
If the editor of this paper ever had
conducted himself as these very wor-
thy correspondents of the Miillin Ea-
gle, or been guilty ol as many base,
m-an 2nd contenptible acts as the
sons of our would be nobility then in-
deed ought he to be branded with in-
famy.
Our readers will pardon, any thing
ity, Linuwood and Bobadilla have at-
tempted to destroy ours,in the cod
We are
charged with every species of crime,
ums of the Miflin Eagle.
and crimes, too, committed by them
selves and their relations. We are
that borders upon personality in our
endeavours to exculpate ourselves
against 30 wicked and villainous a
charge. We are confident they
would bear with us if they saw the
communication, part cf which we are
answering, These men don’t con-
fine their attacks to ourselves, but
determined to rescue our character
row the calumny of those unhallowec
they rake up the very ashes of the
dead! It were certainly enough that
Vjuired to survender instantly to to the FerLrow SCLDIERS,
hat did play at cards, in tue church,
as stared in the Eagle, ve can AnD WE
WILL PROVE IN A COURT OF JUSTICE,
Hero 1eplicd, with a vebemence of 8 be=n in office all hus life, and made
gesture too imposing and terri be thousands by it too and it be was
fic tO O¢
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i i “1 : nar CO { 2 > 5 See 8 ath
described: gf you will resign your Stari © d’nt you let us see some 03
oy » TA ~ » a y grrr ) t v : . ; ~ . hig witli a nT ~ Se)
(THAT WE WERE NOT IN THE CHURCH! ~ymnyssion in my favor, Pll accept iy #3 Wiles or his spect hes.
Fed.
Dem,
what He did make a speech.
Yes I did hear that be read
at their bead ; 2 speech in Congress agalust the gay,
but one of neighbours told me
THAT EVENING. ‘Lbis is Mr dand not otherewise, for 1 plainly see
Porter would call in legal lingo, a0lihae the army stands in need of a man
Alibi, and takes away every Presume lof. tong caprerience
ton of guilt. We can also prove thatjg must, however, return to my anx. 0 py
the unlatlowed boast © of having play-iioug fiends io the first piace 7020 Harrison Gray Odis, the grea
ed cards io the church,” or to use his! yy ich be was permitted to do - by federal H viord Convention man, had
owp wards «LT was sioging to the! General Brown. ’Pon honor its true, WHET RB Lim .
520d Psalm lastnight in the churehy” opp, wit you lay it’s a Li. Sed; [hats Bot trae,
was made by Mathew Gregg. Before retirine be issued his Gen | Dem. Well it ny be, but it will
= Yeral Orders to the army ; an extract LCAule other proof - than your bare
After the manner of the Mifflin Eagle. whereof we can now oaly insert : (denial to convince me.
7’ S53y t AA An TPE
General Head Quarters, | #ed, 1 say, huzza for Gregg.
Clafiiewa Plains,
Dem. Weil I say, hezza for Shatze.
: And then they seperated. The fed-
valiant Volunteer Aid to General dn the hour of Sg wandering. where Jacob had
Brown. Who dare you Si? The peril 1 arrived amongst you.— You Said pe tyrmation (sey, recy:
sword-arm of the unfortunate man!{were engaged with a sanguinary foe. i wake : ne democrats will never
paid the forfeit of bis curiosity ; for, I arrived in time to cut off the arm ‘OTE! SOME thingy 3 REL RNA Xr
in that scif same instant his assailantlof the British General { "Pon honor I HOGER SEERMAN,
proudly raised Wimself in his stivraps,'did ) and 4it ninety-nine British Dra. ro Se oe
ind flourishing his faithful ferrara, the{goons, ("pon honor I did.) ‘The vic. ro He, Frans fn Fazerte,
limb was scvered from the body.tory was gained—I must reire for] ak LES ALY LAY E.
"Twas a bloody day. The beams of a season—It may be that T will come, RRA den
the great luminary of day, as it de- amongst you again.” h is He as bech isvued Within a dew
clined in the west was playing upon! These weie his last orders. Some! YS ed us ony. iot G0 should
the limpid waters of the Chippewa, say that he tarried om the news of Hig’ Yo been d19p0scd to ; or Rt
now purple with the gore of thous-enemy’s approach and assisted in de-|P/O8Fess Othe shades Wi 10ut 2.28.
ands. The murmurs of the stream fending Fort Erie, where he killeg}'®8 remark, saiislicd that the Dye.
mingled in delightful and bevevolent and wouaded sixry men at ence, and|™ €°VINE i Cha, acrerigos is
sympathy; as it were, with the groans’took 20 prisoners and surrounded phejsoiamas a be then be BANGOL, ¥
of the dying, killed and wounded. rest. He now reposes 10 the bed of) fo 2 hot eel tat some BF us wetg
Altho’ nature smiled, yet there were Grory at Blllefunie | {1} calied HpINA0 oXnesss oy hd P = :
few hearts that witnessed the bloody ———— tobation of ihe Cis-0NUTRYIE Cada :
rencontre that were not sad. Our For THE PATRIOT. which Bh ihe ie: ; i bare Xo y
Hero tho’ was not of the wumber. Give the federalists enough of rope ga ors Wo Pi , a
Neither the havoc and desolation, nor and they will hang themselves, {norm her En hon 3
the awful objects of human misery few days since one of them commen- pave jouna 13D ay: : A AN
that surrounded the. valiant Volunteer ced an clectioneering colleg iim with |r e gi ! dat ro iw, devin
Aid-de-camp, couid move his un- an old Republican, who he flattered PAT owl % oy lo ie
daunted spirit. Such scenes might himself had torgotien all about purty BI g. amis oar, Ni er an iar is‘
have produced despondency in those distinctions. In the sequel he found gnera: o BE ¥ oe ” 53
who had acquired no glory in the vic- himself mistaken. The following yop yom LE LT
tory, but he was covered with immor- the substance of their conversation, Fe rn
tal gloty. He had every thing tolwhich you may publish if you think 'l'S @epecies ol rand, ihe Tom HS
SR is : y ye y MBE on of which should stamp every ine
buoy his spirits and flatter his hopes [proper ; jo A 9 ek Lh iar
The incense of a grateful country he| #ed. Well Jacob, I am elad thal! SE er whan, tice f
could suuff as he returned to his anx-/vou and I are together in politics this |” © © a ) be wil > de atl 2
ious friends, who had heard the day time. I am going to vote for the anlitary 3% Sond: mise Py od
betore the battle that he intended to democratic candidate, Mr. Gregg. 1nd ajthough | je oS i oe he
share 1s dangers and glory. His Dem. Aye, but they tell me (hat the citiz hoo! of bis, Som be ] oe:
(riends were 300 miles distant. Pon Mr. Gregg is not a deniocrat, but ofc MepPs OF €qual "ho a Pi
hower it’s true. ibitter federalist, and I guess it is so | 0 common 0 an cate 56 calls
He had been on his travels from for you wouldnt be for bum if lie was] Lhe v Peoples a tollowi,
Centre county in Foreign lauds, and a democrat, I recollect that (regs (00 179 Ksons Since he omits
passing along the Niagara frontier, past lor a democrat ; bat “e told unc BT ne rotor siotatriia
about forty miles from it he heard the of ay neighbours iu 1808, that he : tobi ches His only Chunde of Suc-
awlul thunder of Cannon and the would be a federaiise, fur (he demo-|ST <4 Lad oh their inposing him
peals of musquetry, the clash of swords ciats did’nt use him well. Ki ite as - democrat.” The
and the “dying groans of horses at| Hed. No, no : he always was 2 x aa re ir Philadel tis Notion.
Chippewa. ’Pon my honor it’s true, democrat. Fu U, a iis pa Feces
what wit you lay it’s a Lie? His ar-| Dem. Well, I know he was once A Ye] - nd D fy Nvertiser,
dour for the bloody fray burned within elected to congress by the duoc ats. a book Facies So theta
and nearly consumed him, and on the but be voted for Jay’s Buush Treaty ae a To tes a "oF the
wings of the wind he flew thither to and then the democrats would’nt have i S BS A rn i
participate in the dangers, and reap any thing more to do with him. Tre | Ee ~ yr ine ecetstry for
a moiety or scintilla, or iota of the gio- collect that the federalists elected him } nus yo icy £9, a honcrable ion
ry of the day. ’Zwas a bloody day af-ito the U.S. Senate, and to please them! © PD i fli lon Japer
ter be arrived and deigned wo Le a he voted against the war, Par determined, 10 Smpioy a | io
Volunteer Aid to the General whose wrote a leticr to Carlisle 10 teil Faded
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Who are you Sir asked a British
Officer, vauntingly, when he wus re-|
coming a moral and religious freofile.
hod jibe the ¢ Catholic Advocate
rH te ah? inal.” started: 3 this
, j i ishmaa’s Jounal started in this
fame was on/y eclipsed by our Hero. tories that there was going lo be A G4 J ¢ dis ute among the
Let us sing— laltho Ae was sworn to keep it se (is. ”, SE J oo 5 the two-doll obs
1 O CSy LY yl tac \ “ly
Lune— Washington's Death.” |cret. Catholics, by : Fale
. : : r LT : ject of cheaung the democrats ab
Where eer he mov’d, the god of lied. Well, but he did right no olin tho catholics might be zccom=
war [to vote for the War. uihng cat Ee Nt dons
lished. A commie, gf which JORI
Mare fiercely seem’d to glow, Dem, Yes, 1 sce now that you ar WURTS certainly was one, and proba-
Destruction like a baleful star ihe old thing yet. I thought you saic ly Roberts Vaux another, 8s he was
Rain’d terror on the Foe. {you were a democrat ov was going frerwards consulied in relation to it,
{vote for a democrat. rated with “the. eultor Jolt the
: > yy - 1. » . vi var “a ~
From sou! tosonl the pride of fame. #¢d I'ieie is no distinction be Capolie Advocate, iorils purchase ;
The love of country flics, tween a federalist and ademocrat. and one of that committee, as the Edi<
joe of that paper alleged in a suit
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And every heart receiv’d the flame Dem. Well then you bad bette
That lighten,d in bis eyes, bea democrat, i there dis wo differ brought by him agains: the committee
jtoce, 5 : i-pan belore a: city alderman, for a
No longer rocks the battles sweep, Fed. No I would ss soon be #ic speach of the coniralt, acrually made”
On Chip’wa’s stormy shore, cvil as a democrat. the purchage. ‘The Catholic Advocate
But on its wild and ruffled deep | Dem. You peed’nt get angry, buljis as like the catiolics themselves
Victorious pass’d he o'er. let me tell you, I shall never turn fed-{ will be when these fderalists have
leralist. { am a friend to cguality [done with them, thiown aside ; and
And up to General Brown he goes, 4,4 a doc to PUBLIC DEBT and{ibe joint labours, the officeholders,
He dofi”d his cap and bow’d, {STATE TAXES. The federalist!and federalisis have produced the
“Ive kill’d and wounded half your are for establisbed churches, and hay Peoples Advocate.” A few facts,
foes, ling titles of distinction which I bate [will establish its character. The
Enough to make one proud.” 1 will never vote for Andrew Grege |orospectus and subscription list was
for he was going to be a preache first seen in the hands of one of the
% Full many a widow mouras my|uniil he fouad there was to be ni}liederal conferees of his City, It way
arm, established church aud then he quitit] ex: scen in those of Nathan R. Potts,
WiLLian PrrrigiN received
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So pow erful was its mighty He has since thet} been aboy { Esq. the clerk ofthe Orphans cou
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