Letters to the Inhabitants of Northumberland and Its Neighborhood, Vol. 1
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Excerpt from Letters to the Inhabitants of Northumberland and Its Neighborhood, Vol. 1: On Subjects Interesting to the Author, and to Them I think it barely possible for a man who has, in the five years that I have been among you, done so little of an offensive nature, to have become the object of more suspicion and rancour than I have incurred. The most popular writer in this country, and who receives the greatest countenance from the persons in power, fays, "I hope I shall see the malignant old Tartuff of Northumberland begging his bread thro´ the streets of Philadelphia, and ending his days in the poor house, without a friend to close his eyes." The curse of Ernulphus in Tristram Shandy does not exceed this. In order to keep as clear as possible, and as free from suspicion, with respect to the politics of this country, I did not chuse even to be naturalized, and the President, to whom I mentioned my objection to it, much approved of my resolution. But I find that this precaution has not availed me any thing. Being an alien, the President has been again and again called upon to carry into execution against me the late act of congress respecting aliens. It has been said, that "if what I have done passes unnoticed by government, it will operate as the greatest encouragement that its enemies have ever received. They will fay, and justly too, that tho´ the President is armed with power, he is afraid to make use of it, and that the alien law is a mere bug bear." I hope, however, to convince you that such an order would be cruel and unjust; for that I am not so very dangerous a person as this writer and his party suppose. That I may conduct this address to you with some regard to method, I shall first consider what is objected to me from what I am, and then from what I have done. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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