" I would now recommend to the notice of every " reader of Rivington's Farmer, that it is the usual '' practice of evil minded persons, when they would " disturb the quiet of any man, or body of men, " against whom they can find no just cause of com- " plaint, to raise against them, without any evidence, " tlie highest clamours, suggest the most criminal designs, and if possible, represent even their most laudable actions in an odious light : The best char- '' acters and most commendable actions, are no secur- " ities against attacks like these of the Farmer, to " which the best of men are most exposed ; but it is a proof against them, that they are unsupported by

■ reojson, or by credible evidence ; when, if either had " existed, they would certainly have been produced "by the same malevolence that I'aised the clamour " without them. I would only desire the reader to ' consider the Farmer's clamour, invectives and

abuse, calmly and dispassionately, give them their due weight and no more. I would not even desire to

■ turn them upon his own head, and cause him, like Hainan, to be hanged on his own gallows -- I only

'' desire that, unjust and unreasonable as they arc,

'■ they may have no weight with the reader, or raise any prejudice in his mind against the cause of truth iS: his country, or against Any man or body of men, especially those worthy men who have nobly stood