Gazette Of The United States, & Daily Advertiser

For the GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES.
EPISTLE
To the EDITORS of the AURORA.
TO tell what Gen'rals did, or Statesmen spoke
To teach the world by truths, or please by joke;
To make mankind grow bold as they peruse,
Judge on exciting things, and—weigh the news;
For this the Aurora first display'd its page,
Commanding tears and smiles through ev'ry age!
Hail, justly famous! who in modern days
With nobler flight aspire to higher praise;
Hail, justly famous; whose discerning eyes
At Once detect Mistakes, Mis-STATEMENTS, LIES;
Hail. justly famous! who, with fancy blest,
Use fiend like virulence, or sportive jest;
Who only bark to serve your private ends,—
Patrons of prejudice, corruption's friends!
Who hurl your venom'd darts at well-earn'd fame—
Virtue your hate, and Calumny your aim!
Whoe'er ye are, all hail! whether the skill
Of drunken Ll-d, should guide the ranck'rous quill,
With powers mechanic far above his age
Adapts the paragraph and fills the page,
Measures the column, mends whate'ers amiss,
Rejects That letter, and accepts o This;
Or C-e-r, plodding his seditious toil,
O'ér this great work consume the midnight oil—
His life of labour at one gasp is o'er.
His books forgot—his desk belov'd no more!
Or keener Jasper fill'd with envy's bane,
Reviles the good—but yet reviles in vain
To truths great laws, has bid his long adieus;—
Enanguin'd Dwight, thus goodness still pursues.
Proceed to prop the Jacobinic cause;
See consequential Mammoth nods applause;
Proceed with jaundic'd eyes the patriot scan,
Proceed: be more opprobrious, IF you cAn;
Proceed—be more abusive ev'ry hour;
To be more venal, is beyond your power.