Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1802-12-25
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Saturday, December s5, 1902.
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aifsuting fubjrtl. No doubt the feniioiiisiss
. Of the pubic mind will be painfully urged for
il is, indeed, fsk rvkej< LRbfea aUord mg9
bSr,erv ~ fbe EsI. But, however Pain-
fuI, however losthlome and notwithstanding
the opportunities of fellow feeling. which
arc the fefuIt OF wes.er judgment. il 10 their
duty, az IL 10 ours, 10 pay II fuch atten-
zion, as fhall preierve the principles ct jalficc
unia,paircd, and fave from outrage, and def
,uttion the polarity, and aScendency ofnuih.
AT the commencement Of this review we
omitted to align, expressly, the resfon. which
induced Us 10 refome il, through an idea that
thofc rcaf,ns would readily be conceived by
vigilanf. and candid public. But from oob-
lication which appeared in the lat Mercury. il
fcems TO be made necenary that Ihey ihooid be
fated, and thar. too. with all the anequiyocal
certainty Of judicial pleadings.
ls Ii will be remembered that fome few weeks
ago we made mention that the New. York
Evening Poa had entered the liz of controversy
in behalf of Mr.. Rutlcdge, and had treated the
fubjcet with great deal Of nnfairnefs, and az
fedaiion Of triumph. That in confequcncc Of
il, thc New Yosk American Citizen had eniift-
cd It's encrgies on,fhe part of the accuiition,
and promifcd 10 aiIume the confederation OF the
fubject as ioon as certain arrangements OF Office,
occahoned by lase FIRE, could be remcdied.
And that in cafe the Citizen" !hould not ar
fame the fobjeet. we would, and puilueir with
undertaking aeps.
The managers Of the Mercury probably
conlidering the fubjea as waved by US. in con-
feqacnce ofthis conditional engagement, infant
ly modulatcd their tone. and have ever face
been hsrp'ng upon il in " fill fmaI" way.
and in fuch ly, underhanded manner, a. was
calculated 90 impteis the pubiic MUD by flow,
and imperccpsible degrees. Their weekly quo
tations from papers printed a, a ditance, of
opinions" givcn on the fubjed (bat how or
by whom no body knew could have no other
Object. But we were patient, and at ref, fully
f.niiblc thar the diicrrnmens of ous fellow-citi-
zsus would detect their fubtiIsy, and afford
Iishiful dcc.6on upon the faets that were before
them.
Mr.. Cbrfibam, one Of the Editors Of the
q. Citizen" md rtook the fubjetl. Bat tho
G C:n,eman of undaunted iatrcpidity Of fprit
o. o.iaimiable energy Of mind, joined with great
Jcrutinixing power of genius. he was not able
from want OF corred information, at that tine,
70 place il IN its proper light. He had pot
then feem the forged jcfters, nos diff he know
sry thing of the circamnanccs more than what
he collected from the papers he had received,
which probably were not half that contained The
facts in the cafe. We perceived the insccors-
cies he had fallen into, and were on the point
ef commencing the review which We have Gnce
undertaken, whcn VIC were informed that he
had obtained a true account OF the buhnei,,
and was about TO begin j, anew, and 90 rhropgh
it again. And having received the 6ra nuRber
~ - Qote s,As s.s.t
70 wai, a. ltil we fhould be furn led with fof-
fceni namEer to bc coaD'ed to aiccrtsin their
merits, ia order that we nieht know whether
j, wooh he proper TO repubih them. But here
was an i-termifIion. Though We had received
the 6ra number. no other came 70 hand, which
led Us to f,ppofc that they we're intercepted in
their conveyance, and that we ihould never OBJ
rain the with any regularity, or in any tolera-
bic ieasnn. We, therefore, determined to un.
dss,akc review Of the fubjett oarfelvcs. and
to DO il al! the iuRic., which our lcifnre, aud
cur ability would pesmit.
Since we thus determined. we have recciv-
sd two other nuupcr, OF Mr.. Chectham's /irosd
fne,nent. which in point Of pctfpicui,y. and
talents, claims the precedence Of any thing that
we can fay. We fhali. thcrefors. here intro
Suce them and sc(crvc opr further obfsrva,ions
for the clcfc. We think they claim tho deliacnt
and candid attention of our readers. s.---The
extracts fellow
CATER Rntledge hsd ient the packet Of
letters TO MIR. Gerry. as deicril,ed in our lar
number, il was natural for the Deputy. pof-
Matter 70 view him with fafpici,us eye. He
vas accordingly oblesvcd with all that atten-
tiou y hich 70 improper sranfaeion was CAL
cplated 10 excite. To keep up sppearsnces of
nnipot:ed ionoccnee. the frequency az his Wits
to The Poa. Oaice was not lcGencd. In his con-
veriations with Mr.. Richardion he was loqua-
ci,cs ana fprighrIy IS u!ual. Not trait in his
iabfrquens depostmens had tendency to be-
trsy nj, guilt. Hc was all fuavity; in hn ex-
.crion he ieemed "a innocent ~ lamb.
% Having. as h. Imagined, been ss faceess-
'ul as could bc wifhed in> his tkaowo) 6rR ss.
enpt to fport with the feelings Of individuala
" anonymous letters, he ventufcd on repcti.
ion OF the oacnce. Fancied conccakpeps in-
srafed his conhlence in the perpetratipn os the
crime. and operated az aiiment to the icznaa.
lous presently. Tis the nature of vice to hur-
~ its victims from aep TO ftcp Ia the sfceodipg
fcalc. Ruiledge is q con6rmius iulance Of this
remark. His sra letters were Aaoay he
grew bold with inpunisy. aud ssterwards ven-
tvred TO write in other men's names.
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