5925. NEWSPAPERS, Attacks by.—
I
have been for some time used as the property
of the newspapers, a fair mark for every
man's dirt. Some, too, have indulged themselves
in this exercise who would not have
done it, had they known me otherwise than
through these impure and injurious channels.
It is hard treatment, and for a singular kind
of offence, that of having obtained by the
labors of a life the indulgent opinions of a
part of one's fellow citizens. However, these
moral evils must be submitted to, like the
physical scourges of tempest, fire, &c.—
To Peregrine Fitzhugh. Washington ed. iv, 216.
Ford ed., vii, 208.
(Pa.,
1798)
