Gazette Of The United States And Daily Evening Advertiser

To the Editor of the Gazette of the United States.

SIR,

ONE of the "Academy of the Associate Artists of Philadelphia," under the signature of Philadelphiensis, in Mr. Bache's paper of yesterday, has endeavored, with much pretended gravity, to charge the members of the National College for the Improvement of Painting, &c. with duplicity; but until he makes good this charge, (which he is called upon to do) without the aid of a pitiful quibble, this trick may pass unnoticed— But not so the antifederalism displayed in his letter against government, couched in the following terms, viz. "We are not in subordination here, ready to receive any thing which shall be condescendingly propagated from the seat of government." Knowing the men I put my own construction on this antifederal or anarchical sentiment, and have a right so to do, until it is explained away. At the same time, I am happy to assure the public, that a liberal and federative principle only pervades the national plan of the Columbianum.—

The two impudent circumstances which I have noticed are far surpassed in a declaration, that the Knights of the Museum have now some new intentions of assuming a national ground, which they have hitherto formally and publicly deprecated "as absurd, presumptuous and impracticable," and which has been almost the only subject of misunderstanding between them and the founders of the National College; this, after their many intrigues to reduce the patriotism of the members of the Columbianum, to their particular views, some of which have appeared in public as resolutions of the Associate Artists of Philadelphia at Peale's Museum.—

This new cause of quarrel, after all the differences have been stated as at an end, by the distinctly separate ground which each party has registered for themselves in the public papers, would be too farcical to admit of serious comment.

A Friend to the Peaceful Arts.