Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1802-09-11

she Political psogIrh; tsfdc Your as,emp, 20
appropriate to yuu,irit the merit of lord Gasd-
entlones' poems. there arc o,het gronnds which
in iotuse letter 1 ihall sdduce bot having
jait received your esd, number, l th;nk j, Gs so
notice achargc which you have ,cpeamdly bro'e
ior~asa. ,hough is hss b<eA lsn,g coa!ussd as far
as !, lckarts INC.
This relates 80 letfcr prefcased 70 me Tor
reruiai at Waihington cir, il December iScsl
A pesion ss6dng at Wellington produced an
open letter 10 me, intimaung that il containsd
an attack upon INC, and dehsipg me 90 pub.ih
II; | wIihed TO know where The letter camn
from. bur was NOT issis6ed. disetlly sc,ure,d
tic letter a. ,ereived II, snd wm told II did
not Pubhih it, q would be given to Mr. Chee-
shasn. !, sas given 10 him ia the fame way
and by him pobihed. How iar this is entitled
10 thc charge OF wrong IN me, oshen uuA de-
tefininc. Yous morality 10 TOO pliablc, 10
quality You fos the ccniotihip in fach CATE
How ! could know what letter contained be-
hose read it--os whencc IL came, or how il was
procured, iuel ccniurers as yourielf. aud your
vo''hs and isgscioes tsiend MIR. Bsnks. H,aS
poillbly conceive; ihings Of tu!ritions naiusc
may be hmiiias 60 .,ss Plain men Nike roe. Who
have gone on in the old John Tfot llye Of ,hnl.-
ing well Of every thing and every man ill iome-
thing ~rong djesve,, ,5slf, are not apt 10 iui-
rcts che ~ora at iiTit fight. Again rrpea, il
10 you, Mr.. Caiien.,es, not for your own inios-
nation. but ior your readers. (for perfuadc
myielf you will condetccnd tn publiih the letters
which sddfeis To the public usder your na,nel
thai immed'asely upon pc,uiAl of the letter as it
wss prcfcntcd 10 me, 70 returned il. afscr Ie-
tohag 70 have any thing further 20 do with il.
When u wss aiterwa.cs plblifled in various
newspapers, Il conirqoently became like your
! productions 100 precious 10 eicapc publication
! ant animsdyclfon in mine.
Il 10 no, 10 crafty perfonaI refentmcnt this
|, hus notice you. you never exc,ed that bGt
once, aud you have ncrfpreonen how foon It
terminated, and in What way esprcItd my
fenic Of your inGgnihcance. You Win 20 PER-
tuadc your patrons tha, You sppcaf very iosmi-
dsble 20 me--snd you haues Mr.. Basks, fwho
writes q ycu, Virginia corcipcndeniJ uhilc he
has wsisten nothing 10 the purpcic. that he has
acquitted claim 80 frscraI lautels. win you
Joy of Mr.. Banks aid. He is privately, bat
not 70 grys,al5 known in PhilsdeIphia as you
are. His time 10 not como.
He fhould know, az veil MS yourfeif, that
l am iopetior 70 your united ccnfuie. by. uhs
icnor Of my private lifr---ss you arc ippIudeur
aud unh.,c; by youn to sGiii snc. As iof yonr-
felt. the ground asnd on - too elevated for
your approach tho ,c.pai.def Of ycur lie (if
its icnafc Is not fhcSssnrd BY debapchery, de-
voted 10 pcnitencc, Temperance and probi.ys
voold not bring you back from ,hc iinmeni1
depths TO which couIie of vice has .nrk you
below me.
This you will FAY is my yaniiy l--Yes, and
il is fuch vanity as leeds NO concca!msnt. 'hst
carries its own rccompence even if il amounts
TO weakness. But here Is IN il this uir---ir
marks the features cf pary--it thevs that alter
the diicovery Ut your chssstser, you gradually
loa every kind Of republican confdepcc and rec
fped---but iuch ttkcns as benevolence always
blindfold to the errors Of wreiehednefs, conde-
fccndcd TO below on you in sbjed cifcsniltan-
ces; after aniucc.f:iul efforts 10 menace men id
power, TO difgrace tbemieivcs by bsAvwing sn
cficc on yoo--so get rid of your impcHGtifys
they contributed to the relief of Jour mott piel-
fng wants--in the mofning you hehege their
dseiIings with your impofunisies for an ap-
pointmcnt TO On officc--at noon you are found
frelched in iorl intox;calion. wslo~ ing 10 your
own 6Iib 10 public inn. You are refuied TO
be iccn In that fiostion, and you leave the fccpe
of your diigSsce, travel back upon The tSihuie
which your poverty and bslerc6 bad rsioricds
and feIl yourfeIf 10 thofe Who have beep the
proftHsd objetis Of Jour hatred and fepfcbaiion
for tx long years.
This, you know, 10 the faithful biRory Of
yopr journey to Wilmington Cpy.--Rhodss'
Hotel was the fcene. where, like one Of the foul-
81 animals, you wsIowcd in your own cxcIe-
ment, While yos layifhcd erecrsripns on ihofs 1,
who would not diihonos themitlves BY employ
inc 300.