For my own Part (I speak
with an humble Deference to the rest of my Brethren) I cannot
conceive how any Person's Reputation can be prejudiced, tho' it
should be reported, that he has left off making of Legs, or cutting
of Capers.
Perhaps you will object, _that it is not the Fact, but the
Motive, which is controverted; That you admit the Company did not
meet; but deny, they declined meeting, for the Reason, which,_ as you
pretend, _is insinuated in the Gazette_. If this be the true State
of the Question, _we_ unanimously pronounce the Accusation to be
groundless. In Matters of such a Nature, no Man can judge of your
Thoughts but yourself: Therefore, your Denial of the Charge was a
sufficient, and indeed the _only_ proper Defence you could make.
But you were not contented to stop here, but must needs tell
_us_ incoherent Stories of Mr. _Whitefield_ and Mr. _Seward_, and,
under Pretence of a Vindication, foist into the News-Paper Invectives
against those two Gentlemen. You might with equal Propriety have
entertained _Us_ with the History of _Romulus_ and _Remus_, and
entituled it "an Argument to prove, that you did not _think_ Dancing,
or _idle_ Capering an unchristian Diversion."
I hope, Sir, from what I have said, you are now convinced, that
you have brought before _Us_ a most _ridiculous_ Complaint against an
_imaginary_ Abuse, and consequently you have been all this Time doing
nothing more than beating the Air, and _fighting without an
Adversary_.
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