. The echo, with other poems. without regard tofriends or foes, perseveres inflexibly in tlxe course of impartial rectitude ; ofthis construction, the numerous removals from office, and other official actsof the present administration, will furnish a happy exemplification. At thesame time the Echo is highly gratified in finding such respectaljle authorityfor the use of this expression, the ambiguity of which is so little in unisonwith the usual j&/a«/j and lucid &iy\e. of our Executive communications. \ Wappernocker, the Indian name for the Marten. For this remarkablemode of taking that animal


. The echo, with other poems. without regard tofriends or foes, perseveres inflexibly in tlxe course of impartial rectitude ; ofthis construction, the numerous removals from office, and other official actsof the present administration, will furnish a happy exemplification. At thesame time the Echo is highly gratified in finding such respectaljle authorityfor the use of this expression, the ambiguity of which is so little in unisonwith the usual j&/a«/j and lucid &iy\e. of our Executive communications. \ Wappernocker, the Indian name for the Marten. For this remarkablemode of taking that animal, see Peterss history of Connecticut, or someother work of equal veracity.—A similar device is said to bepractisedin theBahamas for taking the Iguana. 184 When oer his neck the treacherous cord he throws,And closely draws the suffocating noose ;Then cease the bows, and drops the courtly air,As the poor victim gasps within the snare ;While with stern joy he eyes th expiring bears elate his furry spoil A Poetico-Political Olio^ CONSISTING OF EXTRACTS FROM DEMOCRACY, AN EPICPOEM ; GREEN-HOUSE, AND OTHER NEW-YEARS VERSES,Sec. 8cc. VERSIFICATION Of a Letter from a Political Character in Phihdelphia to his Friend in Connecticut, 188 To the Printer of the Middlesex Gazette,March, 1798. SIR, jL our paper of the 9th instant, contains an extract of a letter,said to be written by a gentleman in Philadelphia, to a friendof his in this state. It was no doubt written there, and unques-tionably with the fiurest intention. The author, it is understood,has long been in the habit of labouring in this manner for the pub-lic good; and it is to be hoped that his virtuous efforts may meetwith their due reward. In order to give all possible currency tothis excellent production, and promote its circulation, (as suchtruly patriotic sentiments should never be forgotten, but incul-cated strongly on the mind of every one,) it has been thoughtproper to render some of the most striking pa


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