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JAMES THOMPSON CALLENDER. 839

United States] to plunge his [meaning the said President’s] coun-
try [meaning the United States of America}, into the most expen-
sive and ruinous establishments, In the two first years of his
(meaning the said President of the United States], presidency, he
[meannig the said President of the United States] has contrived
pretences to double the annual expenses of government, by useless
fleets, armies, sinecures, and jobs of every possible description.
And also the’ false, scandalous and malicious words of the tenor
and effet following, that is to say, “By sending these ambassadors
to Paris, Mr. Adams [meaning the said President of the, United
States] and his [meaning the said President] British faction, de-
signed to do nothing but mischief: And also the false, scandalous,
and malicious words of the tenor and effect following, that is to
say, “In that paper, with all the eowardly insolence arising from
his [meaning the said President] assurance of personal safety, with
all the fury, but without the propriety or sublimity of Homer's
Achilles, this hoary headed incendiary [meaning the said President
of the United States] this libeller [meaning the said President] of
the governor of Virginia, calls out to arms, then to arms! It was
floating upon the same bladder of popularity that Mr. Adams
(meaning the said President of the United States) threatened to
make this city, the centrical point of a bonfire:’ And also the
false, seandalons and malicious words of the tenor and effect fol-
lowing, that is to say, “Reader, dost thou envy that unfortunate old
man (meaning the said President of the United States) with his
[meaning the said President] twenty-five thousand dollars a year,
with the petty parade of bis [meaning the said President] birth-
day, with the importance of his [meaning the said President] name
sticking in every other page of the statute book. Alas! He [mean-
ing the said President of the United States] is not an object of
envy, but of compassion and of horror. With Conneetieut more than
half undeceived, with Pennsylvania disgusted, with Virginia alarmed,
with Kentucky holding him [meaning the said President] in de-
flance, baving renounced all his original principles [meaning the said
President of the United States] and affronted all his [meaning the
said President] honest friends, he [meaning the said President of
the United States] cannot enjoy the sweet slumbers of innocence, ha
Jreaning the said President of the United States] cannot hope to
eel the most exquisitely delightful sensation that ever warmed a
human breast, the consciousness of being universally and deservedly
beloved.” And also the false, scandalous and malicious words, of
the tenor and effect following, that is to say, “it is happy for Mr.
Adams himself [meaning the said President] as well as for his
[meaning the said President] country, that he [meaning the anid
President of the United States] asserted an untruth.” And also
the false, seandalous and malicious words, of tenor and effect follow-
ing, that is to say: “In the midst of such a scene of profligucy,
and of usury, the President [meaning the said President of the
United States] has persisted as long as he durst [meaning the said
President] in making his [meaning the said President] utmost

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