Mr. Bakeuiell, on Emigralidn to America. [Sept.*!, 



128 



produced by Mr. Laing of «ny ttong pub- 

 Jiflicd by me, t'orwhicii an itpology was 

 niiule, io I bcliove it to be tlHD only thing 

 -tliat I ever publiflied, tor -which candour 

 zcouldfny thai an cpulogy covM reajhiia- 

 blij he' required*. What lie calls the libel, 

 for which he fays that I was profecuted 

 lit the. fuwe time, may be feen, with my 

 iwme 'fubicvibed to it, in the KdinbuiirU 

 BliJgaziiie tor AueiUl ViQ^y; and 1 have 

 not'tJiefmallefihelitation to Hake iny cha- 

 racter upon the vcrditt that might be 

 pronounced on it, by any Britid* jury 

 which ftiould be made acquainted witli all 

 the circuraftanccs of the cafe. 



Such arc my errors, venial I truft in 

 the eyes of God and man ; fuch the 

 proofs which Mr. l^ains; has thought fit 

 to lay before the public of the inaliiiuity 

 of one with whom he never had the 

 flilihteft pcrtbnal acquaintance ; and fuch 

 the means hy whicli he liopcs to elfcct 

 the ruiu of my character, an<l expofe nic 

 to the world as a j'elj-convtfh'd libtlier .' 

 Yet ihefe errors aiid this malignity aftect 

 not the rtivicw of his DilVertation, which 

 muft ftand or fall by its own mcr t. li' 

 tlje objedions to his Itatemcnts and rea- 

 Ibniugs be well-founded, tlM'v ought to 

 carry conviction to every candid mind, 

 even though they had been drawn up by 

 the Father of Lien hmjelf; and if tliey be 

 frivolous and ill-founded, they ccHdd not 

 injure the DiiTcrtation or its author, 

 tliinigh they had been urged hj/ the ApoJ- 

 tleSt.John. 



Air. Laing fays that I have qvarrelled 

 with the Anti-Jacobin. This is perfectly 

 new to mc. Though I have not for fome 

 time contributed any thing to that Jour- 

 nal, I ha\c never ceafed to refpeci its 

 editor a,s a man highly accompiilhed and ' 

 of found principles ; and 1 have not 

 heard that he has ceafed to profcfs foine 

 regard for me. I am not, however, fo 

 well known to him as to the editors of 

 the Britidi Critic ; and if Mr. Laing's dc- 



* By the manner in which Mr. Laing ex- 

 ureflcihimftlfof the letter fubfcrilied "Gregor 

 Miic Niib," the reader may be led to fuppofe 

 it a libel of theblackeft kind againft the whole 

 Clan of Mac-Grcgor. I ackrowlcdge it to 

 have been exceedingly improper ; hut I hope 

 that no man will form his opinion of it either 

 Irom Mr. Laing's reprefentation or from liic 

 afiology that was demanded for it, without 

 eatcfully reading tlic letter itCelfj for I can 

 afiure the public, that it gave not the fiightell 

 cftence to the family which is here generally 

 confidered to be .it the held of the Chin, or 

 interrupted lor one mo.Tjent: the intimacy 

 which lor nineteen years has fubliiled between 

 that family and me. 



five to ptomote the rirculation of the Anti- 

 Jacobin have indiK-ed him to traufmit to 

 the iklitor of it the fame feries of calum- 

 nies which be fent to thofe Editors, m 

 proofs that 1 am uttf.rt.y disqi'amiik» 



I OR THK OFFICE OF A RKVIEWKR, he WW?/ 



ha\'e produced the quarrel which he 

 mentions. I confcfs, however, that it 

 a|j|)ears to mc prohable that he may have 

 failed to accomplilh his object in the one 

 cafe as completely as in the other. \\ he- 

 ihcr in attew)itin{i to accomplilh fuch an 

 object by fuch means, there be not a 

 deeper tintf iire of malevolence in propor- 

 tion to the ill intended, and therefore u 

 more immoral act on the part of Mr. 

 J.aing, than in any thing wiiich even he 

 has laid to my charge, let the impartial 

 public, before which he has lirought the 

 quellion, judge. To its tribunal he has 

 appealed, and of that tribunal I dread 

 not tlie decifion. Meanwhile, to con- 

 vince .Mr. Laing that I bear to him no ill- 

 will, J beg leave, as I know that he de- 

 lights in the lludy of what is ancient, to 

 recommeixl as a lit fubjecf for his medi- 

 tation the following truth, which ib as va- 

 luable now iis it was two thoufand years 

 aao : — 



KaKotij'ycTE.-ov oJSiv JiaCoXn? ejIi iiof Xaflji 

 yaf airaTtiTaira T5V 7r£7rEIS"/u£V0V, fj-troi ava- 

 wXiVlsi Wj»t T0> oWev ai'liov. 



I am, Sir, ikc, 



Gi'.ouGE Gleic. 

 Sfirlin^, July 10, 1806. 



To the Editor of the Monthly Mugozine. 

 sin, 



IN your Magazine for November and 

 December lall arc foine cautions re- 

 Ipec'iing emigration to America, which, 

 like the ()hf( rvations of the fame ])erfon 

 in a preceding volume, exhibit a moll 

 partial and dillortcd view of the L'^nited 

 States. 



It is not my intention to dillurb the 

 opinions of thofe who arc poiitive that no 

 part of the globe is fo hap|)y as their own 

 " little illand j" butjullice to your read- 

 ers requires that the mifreprefcntatioiu 

 of this writer be pointed out ; and efpt^ 

 cially (liould one who undertakes to cor- 

 reii the errors of others, be careful to 

 Hate matters fairly himfelf. 



It is probable that an agricultural life 

 ill yVmerica has, like the rural occupa- 

 tions and fccnery of all countries, been 

 frequently decorated and embellilhed by 

 the glowing fancy of the poet or the pa- 

 ncgyiift ; and no jiift cftiniate can be 

 formed of the life of a farmer, eitlier En- 

 glifh or American, by a traniient vilit 

 fioiu the fmoke of a city, to eojoy the 

 fofteaiii^ 



