Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1801-10-24


nttee conilf-d of the following members,
viz. Mel. Harper, chairman, Claiborne, Den
mis-. Notr. DAVIS, Bird, and Otis, giving a
maj ,rity of i've thorough gcins partizans.
Accordingly kind Of report was drawn up,
the united work OF Harper and Ors, in con-
cert with an agent of Sargent's then at Wain-
ington. The minority protected againG the
mendscious contempt Of evidence d!iplayed in
the report, but it was brought into the Hcuie.
1t was indcccnt,y whilpercd on the floor that
Claiborne and Davis were put on the CON-
mitree only 10 affoot them. IL viii DC re-
collected that Scdgwick wa, the notorious
Speaker at that period, and ,has she fallen
party had full majority of IS on all party
| 9uettions at that time. In that Houie, how
! ever, fnch vas The fenfe of ihame that was
produced by the report introduced, that the
dncommoa circumhancc occurred OF the re-
port being rejected by the Houfe after an ar
dent debate, in which Harper csnteAcd the
crimes but denied the criminality OF them
and urged Mr.. Safgent's revolutionary ieEvi-
ccs as fct off for his oftnces
This culfom of fetting of former good
conduit is carried to an unprecedented ex-
tent. During the late Administration. rcvo-
lutionary fervices were conlidercd ss deme-
ri,s, and toryfm recommendation to conf
dence. The only road TO promotion under
the late adminitration, was dereietion OF
revolutionary principles, and the commifion
ofiome notorious act OF apollacy this was
fore way TO eotitlc man 70 the fame conf
dencc as fhc had been confirmed tory but
here we fee the fame men who declared a.
gainf revolutionary principles and ferviccs,
the very men who rho't, or faid they tho't,
that the revolutionary principles had been
carried too far and given too much liberty to
the popuaee we hear them claiming under
principles which they had abjured We could
point out fevcral other inhances of this fort,
where. even before Mr.. Jeaerfon was warm
in the preGdensial chair, he was adailcd by
men with approximations of their revolution
AIRY feryiccs--onc Of whom we could name,
had puolifhed hand bills declaring that r:ligi-
on, order and property, would be dearoyed
If MIR. Jcfferfon lhould be s :eted
But 10 return to Winthrop Sargent, and
his fervices. We have now before Us du-
p.ica,e Of letter of Winthrop Sargent, dat
ed zsth of Aug. 1900. addieaed to the Sec
retary of State, written in conicquence of a
motion made on the 9Th May preceding, that
he lhould be called to account for his miido-
ing., and impeached, in which he explicitly
acknowledges his illegal exattions ; and for
which he offers as publication, that Gn,ilar
cxattions had been made in an older colony
Reader, this old colony was the terrific
ry under Gen. ST. Clair's government, to
whom Sargent acted as Secretary. During
the ablencc of the Governor, the Secretary
ufcd TO aa as Governor, and in tha, period it
was thar MIR. Sargent himlelf, in the old CO.
lony, was guilty Of thofe cxaetions in the frft
in&ance which he quotes as p,ecedcnts 10 the
iecond /!
He Rates another circumRance in juti-
iication--,hc former administration never
found fauls with the abule {! Theretore it was
legal There wss a perfect coincidence be-
tween the standardization of Timothy Picker
ing and ain therefore it was juR Harper
iympathifed with and defended him--;ieTs-
fore he was Immaculate.
Bat there is another execute, equally un.
prcccdensed and curious. He fays that one
iav evat /tnt 10 tbe fyirtev, and inadvertently
Ggncd, "qvbicb A9 qpas aekxoSUitdged 0s
bas,ke 10 tbe CoyftSticu." This is the man
who com plains that the Prefdent treated him
as gentleman, and not as he deferved TO be !!
But mark the conduct Of Mr.. Sargent
he ha, publiihed pamphlet, in which he iays,
F." he found it neceilary to the viudication of
his character, to make journey TO the At
lantic States. He reached B.aon in May.
and prepared to Witt tho feat Of government"
To vindicate his character, obierve, was the
Object OF his milton.
However, it was not his charaacr in the
MifT6ppi which he prepared to vindicate.
He applied to Gen. Knox, and he obtains
from him letter, containing an inGnua,ion
that Mr.. JefFsrfon would condemn him with
out trial. But, notwithstanding this indeli
cacy towards him, Mr.. Jcfferfon, it appears.
received MIR. Sargent with politeneis, and
then, reader obfervc, he told the Prcfacn,
that "the objca of his journey was to re-
cftabliih his reputation. That is. he was con-
fcious that his reputation was funk. and he
travelled and prcpared himfelf at Bottom TO