A Review and Exposition, of the Falsehoods and Misrepresentations, of a Pamphlet Addressed to the Republicans of the County of Saratoga, Signed, "A Citizen" by An Elector
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page 68 of 70 (97%)
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On the _first_ day of election he is a flaming democrat. On the _second_ day, at the opening of the polls, he makes public proclamation "for all those who did not intend to vote for Mr Young to come forward and state their reasons, _and they should be heard_; and that _now_ he had no objections that _three federalists_ should be elected." On the third day of the election, "_it depended on a word, and the types of the republican printer would be scattered_." A true sample of "the mild spirit of Christian humility" Vid. _book_. [7] _This circumstance would not have been mentioned had not the _CITIZEN_ boasted of the same office confering great honor on one of his disciples_. [8] In treating of the productions of an author, it is customary to give some account of his character, pursuits, &c. &c. This is usually done by way of _introduction_ or _appendix_. I beg leave in this instance to deviate from the regular method, and present him in the more appropriate station of a _Nota Bene_. The author of that pamphlet is a _lawyer_ in _practice_ and a _moralist_ by _profession_; by the former, he has acquired great _booty_; by the latter a ---- and what is peculiar to himself (and all 'peculiar' men have their peculiarities) he never suffers his _profession_ to interfere with his _practice_; and yet in _money concerns_, he has been known to handle _both_, with great _adroitness_. In his _practice_ his fellow townsmen are "pine plains men," in his |
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