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1 nouns's ably int wri-“ When ated, o: enfe, and ;rv difFe might it , nouns, number; ence has inquility Thedif-at very to the , to con-nc, how-es of difan -xii •ftrafied. From tin fample whi *Kven of the/ o r k, 1 wouldhive'aheadnrcuin.e no judicious par w!:hhis fon to load his memory with fult; htralh—*-For, as the luge nf Mon-crcello has judlv obferved, “ Igno-rance is preferable to error ; and he is lefs re.not ' ffbiy the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrojig.”.“ Some books,” fat s fir Francis Bacon, “ are to be tailed, others to be fwallowed, and tome few to be chewed and digelled.” Now, courteous readet, 1 think I have fuffici-emly proved, that this little book, called “ Th* American Grammar,’' is to be ranked in the number ofWfe. jthofe that are only to be tailed, forif fwallowed, it might peradventure, .like the little book mentioned in theive eon-jApocalypfe, occafion trdttblefnme /erb may!coinmat,°ns in the inward parts.to each! If the rev. author of the American as in the! Grammar has the candor to acknow-lonv and ledge the j.ritice of tlicfe ftriclures, s dilcord'he will reply in the language of the the con- .']Prn°rtal Buffon “ j’.aime au^nt une appiica- perionnequi mereleve d’une err^ur, on would fiu une autre qui nFapprend *in%as to Mr. Breckinridge; and what is ftrongly evidential of a blind aral (to lore pro- veritte, parce citFen effet une erreur ^ thc h to de«d Mr- B* y»uis where corrigee ell une veritie.” But if, Aei°c*x h“ in e;,te frora what m'ttie y. - c u V. r r fi-n-f', ?! it S« Cr ■id:. ij. s.o i.r.ij. u.ti M. bee4tor it not on.) ha* m.ei uity, but talents* t« ui -n eminent i;r *,r. e v*. it Fed, in dt-’pubi llrnyiiig the chai ac'.vroJ .diuun ; whicii been , B. expelled of coarfe zens to be confiJer~d the next ina.. upon the I.ft for vice prrtid nc. What you ex- d/fi.-ct.-d to gain by your attempt to Verve ^o\lr. B. I cannot t..y, 1101 am I prepared wjt|, to calculate the amount of credit Mr. aL,t!, B- has placed to your account, for your they good intention towards him. In your fervent zeal to ltive him, you loft that circunifpeftion which was abfolutely ne-cclfary to keep out of view the evidences which would go t» convift him, you hate .n rordingly in your defence, exhibitteJ circumftances which bear hard upon hi t , |1U5b and tend much to aggravate the diftieul- Fir ft ties that before furrounded=him ; bu*.. fhip this is not all ; you have not only con-jperfi fiderably encreafed Mr. Breckinridge’s' Ap,. embariaffment, but you have drawn ^*or d uni the fulpieions of the people upon wtlic yourfrlf, as being an advocate of th«i'rue R-publican under his banner.You have written very fedluglv cniby a character, but appear to forgetsthat-it is;felf r. wSdhere corrigee pplied to or* lBe contrary, the talk fiionld be make ufe confidered as invidious, and I iliould a, which be fo unfortunate ac tb become the vefb to objedl of his difpleai'urej fl’iould he ngt£rms “ wax wroth and his anger be kin preferve died againlt rtie,” I have only to fay Copula- ’ the words of the philcfopher, mhliorts, “ Amicus Plato, sed majis arnica Ve-ife, con- ritas.”1 wo or typographical Errors ■'n the first, ■ a copu- D ?0- °f Ari.tarchus.L i Item. ., tnr nomnativ? read n'omiva-rr . five. Rem. 4, for Elipsis read Ellipsis. er’ ” Rem. 5, far wok read, whole. 'Rem. 4, for ingenius read ingenious.o be the better part of his previoualo -dintt That kind of rjafoning is by no .i e.ms conclufive, becaufe it would in' c\Macci.-'y man virtuous who had ever done a rood *£t It is of importance frjyou to “■the chi bottom culpatiipateFor thc Kentucky Gazette. Mr. F. L. Turner.If a no. or under-e and the its com. objectivee abfurdi-umber ellimdiiy es, that! numera-J i copula-j a plural.SIR ar to be, THE opennefs with which you i, which;'iave appeared in the defence of John gant andjBrecklniullt;e' againft the charges exhi-■ bitted by Dan. Bradford, warrants me in addreffinp- to you a few oblervations, not only- with a view ox fliowing the in-conclufivcn. f’s of your attempt to rel’f cue Mr. B-eckmridge from the iinpu tation ot ^,u.l 9 but uiio t'j pomt ou from your own ftatemcius, aided by feme cireuinftancco which have already tranfpired, the fulpieions wnich necetfa rily attach themfelves to y-.u, as an abet. Rr of the principles in the “ True R 1 pnblican,” You hat e informed us, that you were prefent when Mr. Breckinridge received Mr. Magvuder’s letter cp itaining a development of the prin ciples and tendency of the T*.u* R. publican ; you have further infi*n^ u#, .hat jou were apprifed of its?cift\cr before that period, and havejjrovrn by certificates, that piece to have been of confiderable notoriety anrnrft M Breckinridge’s mofl mtimate°frieink fome time before its publitatfbn, am yet you fay, that not a finglt fentenc efcaped Mr. B. to ypu on the fubjeif nor from you to Kim ; notwuhflanJin; the frequent; free, and unrcfervrd con. verfations, which you and Mr. Breckinridge were in the habit of havtflu, iipoiSIR,s exam ■y) comes verb, and objq^kiv-L.. lays, in which run ttfkis infantryun exalts, ind whose fccordin whom fu See.t is heard embolden ok is i “He ated.” In role is it ? nind fee.' 'soever hr the nomi t thejob-tomsoiy i cv*(l, t.he (five cafe id of mr. ig word, iatred is L’s ml. Ye Citi-you if ye r sace! rife up in he earache earth « but be-0*t on is‘ A verb n the in-whether rut a fin-'ollowingIce s and there 'are:1s*t, refine, terline.’' Swift. follow 11 in the de rule ! er,” and l of fci-die prelent political affairs. I you, be espSfiuM?fir, how this lilence is to Was it becaufe Mr. B. frit the fame motives of delicacy which, prevent-ci him obeying the nomination of the republican members of Congrefs, to earn into rfFciff,their vote in favour of M Clinton ? Was it the fame delicacy tha't prevented’ him from attending thc fecund. caucus, after he bad been left b\ large majority, in the votf s for ti e perfon who fbould be runmericarf ants,but materi-had the :m toge-lor pati-through niateni-tfly con-ice prefident, at the enfuing election ? Bqt fir, why were you equally lilent ? Were you afraid ol wounding the delicacy of Mr.B’s feelings, by declaring to him’win, had been done, and its effeiSts upon the publick mind? If you were really a friend to the election of Mr. Clinton, and knew Mr. Breckinridge to be I, too, there would have-been none of that fcniibility between you both, Abe excited by introducing the .'rult;V\~-publican as a topic of converfarion, J\a deprecating it( fentiriients in your free and unreserved conversations. Whet; wu recollect the conduit you advifed 55 e-venfou to purl'ue with Daniel Bradford, for expoling him as the profrffed author af the True Republican, and your vol-' unteer toaft on the I2rh of May (vix.)John Breckinridge, our ienator in congrefs—virtue—patriotism,”*and the one hich you refuted to repeat on the 4th of July, (viz.J “ George Clinton, the tried patriot of T6, and our iicxt vie -prefident—may he De ever preferred to mufhrooms of the day,” we are much ,tufted in entering into yoiir feelings on the difpofi’.io i uf (lie people refijFit-ingthe True Republicaf, and vouY fear of interrupting j\lr. B’s repofe,' by, mentioning it. Mr. H. Harrilbn informs us of a pauipUlet which Capt. Ste\n-!X1 *• 1 fon wilhed him to read, in confirmation i Cl s vice} “Inother i forms ; nity,cBeI.es 1■f Mr. B’s fuperiority to Clirprefident. That pamphlet was writtenUSin vindication lt;-t A. Burr, and for the F” deftrufliori of Clinton and others. It BoTnS° is ftrongly 1'ufpeCled that pamphlet res- r‘r’,Tiil ched Capt. Stevenfon by the friendly ttuihv.c afiiftance of Mr. R. i'his inference is that h.
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Lexington Kentucky Gazette and General Advertiser
Lexington, Kentucky, US
Tue, Sep 11, 1804
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