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be a judge of the effects of their institutions, civil, poli- 

 tical, or religious 1 



661, 1 have no doubt, however, that the reviews and 

 newspapers, in the pay of the Boroughmongers, will do 

 their best to propagate the falshoods contained in this 

 man's book. But what would you say of the people of 

 America, if they were to affect to believe Avhat the French 

 General said of the people of England ? This man, in 

 a book which he published in France, said, that all the 

 English married women got drunk, and swore like 

 troopers ; and that all the young women were strum- 

 pets, and that the greater part of them had bastards 

 before they ivere married. Now, if the people of Ame- 

 rice were to affect to believe this, what should tve say of 

 them 1 Yet, this is just as true as this Fearon's account 

 of the people of America. 



662. As to the facts of this man's visit to me, my son 

 William, who is, by this time, in London, can and will 

 vouch for their truth at any time, and, if necessary, 

 to Fearon's face, if Fearon has a face which he dares 



663. Since writing the above, the New York papers 

 have brought me a specimen of Mr. Fearon's perform- 

 ance. I shall notice only his account of his visit to me. 

 It is in the following words : 



664. " A Visit to Mr. Cobbett. — ^Upon arriving at 

 " Mr. Cobbett's gate, my feelings, in walking along 

 " the path which led to the residence of this celebrated 

 " man are difficult to describe. The idea of a person 

 " self-banished, leading an isolated life in a foreign 

 " land ; a path rarely trod, fences in ruins, the gate 

 " broken, a house mouldering to decay, added to much 

 " awkwardness of feeling on my part, calling upon an 

 " entire stranger, produced in my mind feelings of 

 " thoughtlulness and melancholy. I would fain almost 

 " have returned without entering the wooden mansion, 

 " imagining that its possessor would exclaim, ' What 

 " intruding fellow is here coming to break in upon my 

 " pursuits r But these difficulties ceased almost with 

 •' their existence. A female servant (an English wo- 

 " man) informed me that her master was from home, 

 " attending at the county court. Her language wa« 



