Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1802-10-30
N E w p O r t,
Saturday, OaOber 80, 1902.
CoMMUvTcATTovs.

vi tuko ihiiiDSt WE HHH%fen dFA stp
are tsdsraiy9s-the other three may
pofibly have voted in Jingle inlfance
with the friends of the prefent admin
itration, but We doubt it. Efy-nine
of the one hundred and ten are old to-
ries and their delcendants-fxfsen are
psrons dilblaesd lince democracy tri-
umphed-and jsven are dilappointed
office Ieekers. Ten only examined the
two fictitious letters, ltyled I" Rut-
ledge's Letters'-and fix of the ten
acknowledged the iimilitude of hand
writing.
IL is painful talk to expofe villany, but
yielding TO the inpuie Of daty, we cheerfully
inbmit 70 the ioa,hfome toll.
In order to induce the republicans TO Ggn
The addrrfs, the name Of an old 4Dbig was OBJ
tanned and placed az the head of the lubicrip-
tioa. To the honor of the republicans be il
fpoken, that not one genuine republican could
be found weak enough TO follow the example,
Never before was WILLIAM VRRNoS the lea
der o. fach company. He is now a, the head
of a body Of men who d-,ea him. How does
this happen ! Attach the d,ihonor where it may.
the tale ihai! be told.
Thi, old whig, and real friend to the ad-
miniRra,ion of Mr.. Jefferfon, has been, for ma
nv weeks, laooring uudcr the mott fevcre difor
ders. requiring the conAant attendance Of phyi-
clans, aad is az prefcnt feeble as child. lie
is between cighty or ninety years OF age-is ex-
trenely deai--and il is impoGible thai he ihould
underaand ought of Rmlsdse', cafe. or any 9TH
er matter requiring the lcaa attention. Sooner
would he have aruck off his hand. were he poi-
feacd of his ufual powers OF mind and body,
than have placed his Ggpatu,c 10 the address.
Should he he rsttored again 10 hcaith, bitter IN
deed viii he his reflections on the sccuhed deed.
An aged man. tottering on The brink of the
grave, Is Induced TO an ad rejecting on every
former atlion OF his life ! And by whom Not
fure!y by his favored ION No--iuch conduct
muit be attribatcd TO moniter. he has no
claim to the title of jon, who has ihus impofe1
upon vrrera5A parenf.-Thish ;ibe impoh-
tion is not 10 he suribo,ed To the eldett fon OF
this old Js- Of h6try. Samuel Vernon, jun. ne
yer could have thus difgraced hi, father and
himfcIf. We acquit him-snd we pray that
his brother may hc able TO prove himielf inno-
ccnt.--WilIiam II. Vernon, the youngeR fon Of
the hoary patriot. might have been forgiven.
fhoogh, Influenced ty party motives, aod per-
fonal hatred, he faIfely reprefsnred his difant
friend, whole agent he was bnt If he has caoi-
ed his father TO Ggn hi, own diigrace, he can
never hope for pardon.
Among the names Of the addrcG.rs We per-
ceive thar OF the Req William Pantx. During
the fix paa weeks, this gentleman, his wife & h;s
children have been cppriird with grievous fck-
nefs. They are even at this momcnt greatly
afliSfed. How then is it poiiible that he can
have weighed well the fubjett on which he has
exprtGcd his opinion. Has he confdcred the
tsaimony OF bis frieods and parihioners, given
under folemn oaths ! Ii is not our intention 60
difre[s tho diarciled, and we fhall therefore al
low time to reflect before We condemn man
aruggling with pain; regrettng thar the fury
Of party hould have violated the chamber oi
afait,ion.
Six of the people called 2sakeu, though
they have not Ggned the sddrcts, do, as they
fay incercly uai,c in the fentiments OF regre!
exprea,d for whs," they '' fill, btkeOe to be
an nnf;mded abaff OF a refpcetaple Rrsngcr, and
in ,hoie of eftsen Of his general ebaral7ev. =
Three OF thefe quaken arc old Eries. Not one
OF them has examined the forged letters. How
can they reconcile with their religious creed
their conduit on this occaiion. They know
that the addrefs is a political party engine, in.
tended TO pvoftrate a republican Senator OF the
own State, whole moral character they muR re.
fpeet, and to raife from the ditch Of ignominy
ftder0i Reprefeotative of another State
whole moral ebara6er" moa be known to them
We leave theie friends TO the dealings Of theiI
own confciences.
Prcvioos 20 the departure Of TIE famoyl
RRfiedgs and bis intimate Kini0ek. iza Monday
runners were fent' info every part Of the towr
90 procure fgners TO the addrcfs. which. with
iu anf~ef, is publifbed in the Newport Mercu.
ny. The xeG4 in which the boxe,dbk man fail
ed, left the port with fair wind, about clever
o'clock. A. N. and the henirg continued thro
shc day. There is no real harm in fuch pro-
cecding; bot there is an awkwardreh in Rat
tdss's sHurances OF ixdrVidaai attachment &c
thofe who fgned after his departure. exprsaed
before he failed.
RmL1ss has been senerouny treated. He
feels il. His friends oren not their eyes. He
u gone--and we mall extend our genero6ty.
We did hope that legal decifon might
have bees had in this cafe, but tor the Preient,
this hope Is deferred.
Leni,y fhai influence. The dictates oi