"We are, heart and soul, friends to the freedom of the press. It is however, the prostituted companion of liberty, and somehow or other, we know not how, its efficient auxiliary. It follows the substance like its shade; but while a man walks erect, he may observe that his shadow is almost always in the dirt. It corrupts, it deceives, it inflames. It strips virtue of her honors, and lends to faction its wildfire and its poisoned arms, and in the end is its own enemy and the usurpers ally, It would"
These are to certify that Daniel Payne is pursuant to law, nominated and appointed one of the Firemen of the City of New York, September 5th, 1808, John Pintard, clerk