The Phoenix — Dover [N.H.], 1793-03-09 00:00:00, page 1

^= FOR THE PHENIX.
' ? Mr. Printer,
z7u unjust unpreffion be made upon
candid winds, by tbofe pieces which
- have been presented to jour readers, in
confequcnce of the republication of a
Certain refull of Council, I with you to
insert the following observations in
your paper.
THE result in question I received
from N. Pi ke, Esq. of Newbury
Pori, with a request that it mighOQ
published in Dover paper.
Not feeling myfelf intcrefted in the•
affair, or desirous to appear so, 1 gave
it to J. Pike Esq. of Somerfworth, in
whose family I reside.
Wit his desire, I afterwards penned
for him the few lines which stand at the
head of the result.
Some weeks from this, when going
to your office on business, the perlon'
last named desired me to inquire why
the result was not published: Accor
idingly I asked you into the counting
I item, and inquired whether Esq. Pike,
had left a piece for the paper. The an
fwdr was in the affirmative. Said I;
'^[e desired me to ask the reason ofits
not having been publifhed.' Your rd
ply was, 'A number of Mr. Dodge's
' friends have requeued it might not be
publifhed.' Upon which I observed,
'I was desired to make inquiry, I haVe
no more to fay, it is a matter which
concerns not me? As we were then
parting you gave me to underhand you
should publilh it the next week.
At the ferry you informed me there,
was an answer to the result of Council
relative to Mr, Dodge, and that I was
panted put as the means of its republi
cation.. ' But,' laid you, 'I have in
ferred anote informing the 'public you
was not the f person who brought it to
the office ; it seems necessary, however,
for joic to write, fompthi hg on the fub—
jedt.' I replied, ' Newspaper warfares
difagteeable; 'tis not likely! shall fcrito
any thing; but, when I have seen what
is written^ if I think it requiftte in or
der to Vindicate my character, I rnuft.'
more words were exchanged; bpfc
Ris is the substance of wharpaffed.so @t
Os the piece signed 'NEMO'T had
not the least knowledge till after its i
publication. , - 'ff f. ±
That , hav^Gid, relative toffiere=
publication Q,fffierefujt, -'Thatj^
nothing about it—that I never thought f
of it£ being publifhedin.your paper'—
or 'that I never exchanged one word
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with the Editor concerning the result
or the republication of it in my life.'—
I must tell you is not true.
That I was not the instigator of the
republication—that it was a matter in
which I had not interested myfelf, and
that I never, requested you to publish
it; 4 are observations, however, which I
have repeatedly made.
^Let these observations be examined
whether my conduct herein has been
i^nfiftent or. incontinent ; or who has
^raßty^bMlor making iri the affair,- 1
lannulling the candid public fh%ld
judge: v 7
P. THURSTON.
As it may serve to cafl fame light on
this fubjea, in connexion with the a—
Love, you may inferl the following let
'ter - + " n
Tb the REV. P. Thurston.
iNewbury.Port, fan. 25, 1793.
REVEREND SIR,
HAVING observed in the Dover pa
pet an apparent attempt to injure youri
reputation; in consequence of the re
publication of a certain result of Coun
cil ; you have my free consent to make
it kndwn that the result in question
was transmitted from Connecticut to
Dover, through my hands, and that I
requested yoy to fee it published in
that paper.
I am not corifeious of any criminal
ity in the case, and shall therefore pay
no regard to any abuse which may be
pointed at me in consequence of the
above declaration. r 1;
lam,'kev.sfft 1 r: u ^
. ,j Yourmoft Obedient,•
#,. , And,ye,yJH'ble Ser't, 1
.4 ; -h ufr^;s,c^^^
—- -OCT„re^ # --, ,
TO THE PUBLIC.
IN .the, foregoing piece, signed ' *B?
THufc^pN^—ffie author has eridti- :
vored to convince ari/%zr/Za/ public
that he is innocent as a lamb ^nd harm-''
less as & dove—r-And I sincerely wish
thaf he may acquit hithfelf with honor.
7— butqs the Eb'ifyrtis tail'd upon, by(
ifl^cQn{tydiQio,4 fof,Bi&former detikhto
^ian^iri hi§, paper, of Jaritiary 26, last
pdft-frtQ defend h^ h^Will,
(though again unwilling) fuhmir to the
public the realfaa,. :'
In the firft piece, nothing but ppr
.fcmal rffleaion and abuse/ from Mr.
Thurffon could tiheTndtited him to
appear, as a witness agairiff a corref-
Phenix
SATURDAY March 9, 1793
'pohdent^-but a vindication pfhis owa
character was the firft, and shall be the
last motive which will induce the Edi
tor, to pursue the matter to an iffue—
therefore let the blame fall on those
who are deserving of it—The follow
ing affidavits, which I have had taken
will perhaps, give the public some far
ther /zgb/ in this dark affair.)
THE deposition of Mrs. Lydia
Gray of lawful age who teftifies and
fays; That very loon after the appear
ance of the piece signed Nemo, in the
Phenix, The Revd, Pearson Thurs
ton of Somerfworth came to pay a vi
sit to my husband in Dover, and in my
prelence entered into a conversation
with him, relative to a certain publica
tion in that paper concerning the Pom
fret Convention, in the case of Mr.
Dodge—ln the course of the conversa
tion I heard Mr. Thurston fay, that:
he never exprefled a wish for the repub
lication of that Result and further
that he had not had any conversation
with the printer concerning the fame
previous to the republication of the
Result—and furthermore that at the
time from the declarations of Mr.
Thurston, I was fully induced to be
lieve he was wholly clear of having a
ny desire of its republication and that
he had never consulted the printer be
forehand upon the fabjefy-and I then
believed he was wholly unconcerned in
the business—and further faith not.
'LYDIA GRAY.
.THE deposition of Sally Tufts,
of lawful age who jeftifies and fays,
That soon aftet the appearance of the
piece signed Nemo, in the Phenix,The
'Revd. Pearson Thurston of Somerf
'worth, tame to Mr.. Gray's in Dover
arid entered into a conversation with
,him, relative to ' certain publications in
that- paper concerning the Pomfret:
^Convention in th§ case of Mr. Dodge
=ln the course of the conversation I
heard Mr. Thurston fay. That he ne
ver expressed a .with fof+the republica
tion of that Result—and further that:
he had nbt;nad any conversation with
:the printer concerning the fameptevi
©us to the republication of the Result
— —ancL furthermore that at the time
froth the declarations of Mr. Thurs-
TON,l~was fully led to believe he was
wholly innocent of having any desire
of its republication, and that he had
never consulted the printer beforehand
upon thefubjed—and further faith hoc.
SALLY TUFTS,