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as he is able to load any body) | had I done to him to induce him with the offspring of his malevo-to put forth what he calls "illustralence; and, while he was com- "tions of my public and private pelled tacitly to acknowledge" virtues?" What! could not the justice of my remarks, he" Mr. WELLS's panegyric" pass has had the cool assurance to without exciting wrath even in speak of my "known disregard bones and rottenness! Just indeed for truth," and has thus made was the judgment passed on envy: common cause with the vilest of" on thy belly shalt thou walk, all mankind.—The FLOWERS," and dust shalt thou eat, all the that is to say, the other branch of " days of thy life."—Let it be obthis Association of wild specula-served, that, in the whole course tors, have now, I see, made their of my life, I have never uttered attack, which is described in their a word to the detriment of the advertisement thus :-" Letters acts or character of either of the "from the Illinois, 1820, 1821, Illinois Flowers; but, on the concontaining an account of the trary, have, whenever I have had` English Settlement at Albion and to name them, spoken of them "its vicinity, and a Refutation with great respect; and, as to "of various mis-representations, Benjamin Flower, he never was. "those more particularly of Mr. named by me upon any occasion. Cobbett, by Richard Flower, Yet, so much malice! Can the "with a Letter from M. Birkbeck; motive be good? Can it be honest? "and a Preface and Notes by If I had misrepresented, why not "Benjamin Flower.-This work prove it? Why not correct the "affords an ample illustration of misrepresentations; why not re"the panegyric of Mr. Samuel prove me for them? Why abuse "Wells, of Huntingdon, on his me? Why sneer at my "public "friend Mr. Cobbett illus- and private virtues" in answer to "trious for his public and private misrepresentations about the Illi“virtues.'!!! "—So, here are the nois? Suppose me to be the most whole band of the FLOWERS, that mercenary and corrupt politician poor creature, BENJAMIN FLOWER, that ever lived; suppose me to be included, all setting upon me at drunkard, glutton, adulterer, and once! What had I done, I won-thief; what has all this to do with der, to this man to draw forth his the settlement in the Illinois? impotent forked tongue? What Very proper to expose me, and

wonders, I dare say, how the devil it is, that nobody ever took it into their heads to make any such speech about him, who wrote so long and so well!-Reader, look at my conduct towards the

settlement. I gave them all my reasons; laid before them all the consequences (just as they have

to guard people's larders, cellars, Mr. BENJAMIN FLOWER, who wines and strong-boxes against me; but, what has this to do with the Illinois? And why come to me, and consult me, before they went to the Illinois, if my "public and pri“vate virtuès” were such as ought to be "illustrated?" This is a transatlantic speculators. They question that the land-jobbers came to consult me before they will do well to answer. That they went. I begged of them not to go did do this they cannot deny. to any new settlement, and, above Mr. Birkbeck and Mr. Richard all things, not to attempt to form a Flower both came to me, at my house, in Catherine Street, in the Strand, in March 1817, to consult me as to their project. Mr. happened!); I gave them inFLOWER had, the year before, stances; told them how many written to me for advice with re- new settlements I had seen. In gard to a young man going out to short, did every thing that the America. Mr. George FLOWER kindest of brothers could have (the son in America) asked me, done in such a case.—Well, Mr. soon afterwards, for Letters of BIRKBECK went off in 1817, little introduction to persons in America, suspecting (when I gave him my which he had from me. How advice) that I should be in Amerinow, then? What new discovery ca before him. Mr. RICHARD have they made about my "pub- FLOWER and his family, including "lic and private virtues?" Is it his son, GEORGE, (who had prethe speech of that public-spirited, viously returned to England) able, and excellent man, Mr. landed at New York in May, WELLS (whom I had never seen before in my life); is that speech the "panegyric," which has called forth all this gall?-No: not that alone. The true account that I gave of the Illinois is the main offence: the speech of Mr. WELLS has only set in motion the gall of pledged myself; that my kind.

1818. I went to them. Mrs. FLOWER was a cripple at the time from a recently broken thigh. I begged of them to stop on Long Island a little while at any rate; offered them the use of my house, and, if that were not enough,

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neighbours would accommodate should stay, Peel's Bill not having them, and all this for no pay-then been even talked of. So.. ment of kind. Mr. GEORGE that, I was there, on the spot, to FLOWER Went home with me. Iface those who were competent gave him garden seeds of all sorts, judges of the matter. And yet, took him down again to New after all this, I am to be "ilYork, sent one of my family "lustrated" by poor malignant with a message to see if Mrs. BENJAMIN FLOWER.— However, FLOWER (for whom we felt let me now come to the proof. very much) would come and A Mr. ADLARD WELBY, who, in remain with us, 'till she should his title-page, calls himself an gain strength. In short I did" Esquire," (though he laughs at what it was, under such circum-the American 'Squires), yes, stances, my duty to do, acting, too," ADLARD WELBY, Esq. of South in conformity with the uniform" Rauceby, near Sleaford, in Linexample of my kind benevolent "colnshire" has published a book, neighbours. What must every giving an account, amongst other just man think, then, of this family things, of his visit to Mr. Birkof Flowers, who, because I en-beck, in the fall of 1819, a year deavoured to save others from the later than the date of my Letters ; ruin and misery, from which I from which book, I am now going could not save them, have now to make a quotation which will joined themselves to Walter and show, who has spoken truth, the Bott-Smith! Nor did I, in dis- Birkbecks and Flowers, or I.— charging this my duty towards It will be seen, from this quotamy unfortunate countrymen, im- tion, that the state of the settlepute any bad motives to Messrs, ment is even worse than I had Birkbeck and Flower. Nay, I anticipated; that Mr. Birkbeck performed this duty with great had NO CROPS AT ALL even reluctance; and not till I was in 1819, when he was to have had urged to do it by repeated proofs A HUNDRED ACRES OF coming to my own knowledge, of INDIAN CORN AND A HUNthe ruinous consequences of the DRED ACRES OF WHEAT. delusion. Then, observe, Fwrote See Year's Residence, page 545. the two letters in the fall of 1818. -Who, then, is “known to have I staid in America a year after no regard to truth?" Mr. Biakthat, and did not know how long I BECK, who said this of me, or I,

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who said, that this expectation | any I ever read of before. He affects 'was a mere dream?---Now, be- to laugh at an American who is fore I put this curious quotation called a 'Squire, when it is well before the reader, let me observe, known, that the word, in that that the author, 'Squire WELBY, country merely means Justice of has, or the printers at Stamford the Peace; but he can put Esquire (R. Newcomb and Son) have for at the end of his own name, withhim, acted as foully towards me out any more claim to it than any as the land-jobbers themselves farmer or tradesman of the county have; for, in their paper of the of Lincoln. Throughout the whole 11th January, 1822, it is, at the of the book you discover him to be head of a puff extract from the a conceited, ill-tempered, suspamphlet, stated, that the thing is picious, haughty, and insolent published "with a view of un- man, who, like FEARON, by false, "deceiving those who have formed or greatly exaggerated descrip"their judgment of America from tions of manners and character, "the flattering pictures of Birk-endeavours to take revenge for "beck and Cobbett !". Reader, the contempt that he experienced are there npon the earth viler amongst the Americans. Mr. reptiles than these? If 'Squire Birkbeck seems not to have liked Welby did not write this puff, he, him much; and, therefore, I do at least, saw it in circulation; for not wish the reader to place reit is in his own county-news-liance on any part of the statepaper; and, it was his duty to ment, except that which relates to contradict the falsehood. The the absence of all crops on Mr. fact is, his book contains nothing | Birkbeck's land. that the Year's Residence had not ner in which he

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Mind the manmentions " the

plainly foretold about the settle-" Journal of a Mr. Hulme." And ment, as the reader will see.--- judge of his sincerity and candour, The main part of what the 'Squire when I here assert, that, before about the Americans is false. the 'Squire went to America, You can see, that he is a conceited he had talked with my son coxcomb; ill-tempered, as all William in London all about coxcombs are, because they never the matter and had got my think that men do justice to their | Letters relating to Mr. Birkmerits. His violation of the laws beck. The truth is, he went out of hospitality is more flagrant than with a view of being a great man:

found the people insensible to his and their partners, on this side of amazing merits; and came home the water; let them lie away as to take his revenge by telling lies long as they please; let those who of them; and for which they do choose to be the dupes of this set not care a straw. His insinua- of land-gamblers, be their dupes. tions against a gentleman who I have done my duty in warning took him home and treated him them; and I have now something with the greatest kindness are else to attend to.

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him is perfectly atrocious. The" A VISIT TO THE ENGLISH SETAmericans will say, "if such be "the 'Squires of England, what "must the common people be. He "complains of the Americans for

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difficulties to come in getting away,

started for the town of Albion, as the English settlement is called. According to expectation the way was not free from wood, bog, gully, and stump; but with the aid of day these obstacles were overcome without accident; and after having traversed several miles of woodland and prairie, covered with long grass and brushwood, and having lost our way once or twice, we at length crossed a narrow forest track, and rising an eminence entered upon the so-much-talked-of BOULTON HOUSE prairie; just as

"ON the third morning we made early preparations for departure; and accepting gladly the offer of being conceited; that is to say, leave of Marvel Hall, and, not withthe builder for a guide, we took "they were not ready to acknow-out considerable apprehensions of “ledge any thing very superior in "him." And, as for his charge of "their want of good will and bene"volence," I declare it to be false and base; and so will every man, who knows the people and who will speak the truth. Therefore, knowing him to have falsified facts in so many instances; seeing such indubitable proofs of his bad disposition; of his suspiciousness; of his ill-temper, impatience, and proneness to calumniate, I do not quote him, even against the calumiator of myself, without warn-woodland, over which the eye ranged afar. The ground was fineing the reader that he has greatly undulated, and here and there orallowances to make. Having in-namented with interspersed clumps of the White Oak and other timserted this extract, I shall never ber, in such forms that our pic

bother myself with the subject again. Let the Birkbecks, Flowers,

the sun in full front of us was set

ting majestically, tinging with his golden rays what appeared to be a widely extended and beautiful park, belted in the distance with

turesque planters of highest repute might fairly own themselves outdone. The effect was indeed