Martinsburg Gazette And Public Advertiser

An Extract—To write for a party is the easiest and perhaps the pleasantest employment in the world, because, while a man cares little for the censure of others, he is sure of the support and applause of his own particular faction. They laugh at all his jests, and take his opinions as the apophthegms of an Oracle. From the one side he looks for no countenance, and asks for no respect, and if none is bestowed, he is not disappointed—while he is sure of the full confidence and admiration of the other. He who stands upon his own principles, however, and goes no further with any party than his judgment approves, must expect at times to differ with all; and he will be very fortunate, if by all, in turn, he is not suspected and reviled.