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Letter to Editor
August 25, 1794
The Patowmac Guardian, And Berkeley Advertiser
Martinsburg, Shepherdstown, Berkeley County, Jefferson County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
Moralistic admonition to 'Paddy' for past sins confessed publicly, offering conditional forgiveness against future dishonesty while threatening punishment and referencing a sacred Irish site for penance.
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AH! poor paddy ! a trifold resolution round the Flinty Fane of Lough Neagh, upon your bare stumps should:
I see, scarcely have proven a much severer pennance (however sufficient as a moral purgative) than your native turpitude, and late public confession led to, and subjected you. It still might have been extended, but the mortification evidently sustained, has engaged my sympathy--you are now released. but only on condition, that you do sin no more! a-gainst honesty.against truth. against innocence.
I've put a rod in brine to supple for you.
Which should you provoke the application of, by an obstinate incorrigibleness, will make you smart in every nerve, and weep at every pore.
A word. and only but a word, relative to your respectable compurgators--with those who know them, nothing necessary to be said -to those who do not, you must be the mirror. by which only their shining merits can be sufficiently reflected---let the world judge of it.
* A noted place in the north of Ireland, held very sacred by the ignorant and superstitious, and often resorted to peculiarly efficacious in expiating the guilt of the most leprous sinner !
REUBEN BROUGHTON.
I see, scarcely have proven a much severer pennance (however sufficient as a moral purgative) than your native turpitude, and late public confession led to, and subjected you. It still might have been extended, but the mortification evidently sustained, has engaged my sympathy--you are now released. but only on condition, that you do sin no more! a-gainst honesty.against truth. against innocence.
I've put a rod in brine to supple for you.
Which should you provoke the application of, by an obstinate incorrigibleness, will make you smart in every nerve, and weep at every pore.
A word. and only but a word, relative to your respectable compurgators--with those who know them, nothing necessary to be said -to those who do not, you must be the mirror. by which only their shining merits can be sufficiently reflected---let the world judge of it.
* A noted place in the north of Ireland, held very sacred by the ignorant and superstitious, and often resorted to peculiarly efficacious in expiating the guilt of the most leprous sinner !
REUBEN BROUGHTON.
What sub-type of article is it?
Ethical Moral
Persuasive
What themes does it cover?
Morality
Religion
What keywords are associated?
Moral Reprimand
Paddy
Flinty Fane
Lough Neagh
Honesty
Truth
Innocence
Superstition
Compurgators
What entities or persons were involved?
Reuben Broughton
Letter to Editor Details
Author
Reuben Broughton
Main Argument
the writer expresses sympathy for paddy's mortification from his public confession of turpitude but releases him only on the condition that he sins no more against honesty, truth, and innocence, threatening severe punishment if he relapses, and dismisses the merits of his compurgators.
Notable Details
Reference To 'Flinty Fane Of Lough Neagh' As A Sacred Site For Expiating Guilt
Threat Of A 'Rod In Brine' For Future Incorrigibility
Footnote Explaining The Site's Significance To The Ignorant And Superstitious