The Porcupiniad

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Excerpt from The Porcupiniad: A Hudibrastic Poem, in Three Cantos, Addresses to William Cobbett Personally appeared before me, the subscriber, one of the justices of the peace for the country of Philadelphia, John Pearce, of the city of Philadelphia, who, being duly sworn, deposeth and faith, that in conversation some time ago with William Cobbett, the editor of Porcupine's Gazette, on the subject of the depredations committed on the American commerce, by the vessels of the French republic, this deponent, in reply to William Cobbett's remarks, observed, that the British were also capturing American vessels. Damn them (the Americans), said William Cobbett, no curse bad enough can happen to them, for their infamous declaration of independence, but I hope soon to see the two countries united together again. On this declaration, the deponent remarked, that as he (the deponent) had taken an oath of allegiance, and had sworn to support the independence of the United States, he, William Cobbett, must expect that such expressions would be hurtful to the deponent's feelings. On which William Cobbett damned this deponent for an English rebel. Witness his hand, this 3d day of July, 1798. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.