Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser

These swell born heirs of wealth and pow'r
Would fain your liberty devour,
From stains impure your press they'd scour,
And put your tongues in fetters.
But nobly let your tongue and quill
Utter and write whate'er they will,
Of lies and scandal have your fill,
And put them at defiance;
Tell how we injur'd France—and broke
The treaty, by that fatal stroke
Of bowing to a British yoke!
And courting an alliance.
Be not afraid to take your aim
At men of station wealth and fame;
For scandal loves a lofty game;
(What joy to see them tumble!)
And since it cannot be our fate
To direct the vessel of the state,
And grow important, wise and great,
Let's strive to make them, humble.
Cry out, John Adams is a knave;
And will his countrymen enslave!
Then hurl him to a sudden grave,
And damn his reputation.
Say every man in power, and place,
Should never dare to shew his face;
But be dismiss'd with disgrace!
And satire fill each station.
Lampoon the Gov'nor—call him Sot!
Rogue, coward, black guard—and what not;
And from his name each virtue blot,
For that vile declaration;
Should to his country's rights be true,
That every honest Jersey blue,
And boldly face the plundering crew,
Who would invade our nation.
Declare the story of X. Y.
And that Monsieur did never try
And Z. is a cursed lie,
To make us tributary—
That tho' they've treated with disdain,
Marshall and Pinckney—it is plain
We shall not sue for peace in vain:
They'll treat with Mr. Gerry!
Say Congress have, enacted laws
Which cram a gag into our jaws,
And Livingston deserves applause
From crying out Resistance!
Then let the sweet celestial note,
Be echoed from each patriot throat
Let's set a civil war afloat,
And claim from France alliance.

Alex County, August 15th, 1798.