In the town of Arlington
lived a doctor who openly professed himself a partizan of
New-York, and was accustomed to speak disrespectfully of the
Convention and Committees, espousing the cause of the New-York
Claimants, and advising people to purchase lands under their
title. He was admonished by his neighbors, and made to understand
that this tone of conversation was not acceptable, and was
requested to change it, or at least to show his prudence by
remaining silent. Far from operating any reform--these hints only
stirred up the ire of the courageous doctor, who forthwith armed
himself with pistols and other weapons of defence, proclaiming
his sentiments more boldly than ever, setting opposition at
defiance, and threatening to try the full effects of his personal
powers and implements of warfare on any man who should have the
temerity to approach him with an unfriendly design. Such a boast
was likely to call up the martial spirits of his opponents, who
accordingly came upon the doctor at an unguarded moment and
obliged him to surrender at discretion.
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