Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1802-12-25


coantrics and 10 inteet were tbsy upon tins.
that thcS went out OF sheir way % sccomplnl
II. In letter which the fccre,aIy OF faie, Ii.
notify Pickenpg, wfvte 60 Mr.. Skipsiih, the
American confal az Paris, he broke eff from
the official fsbject OF his letter 10 ,hAak God 10
very exultin2 language, that tie k4Hap bad ess
Tbs Frzfb ey.y 70 pieces. Nc. Skipsith. after
ihewipg ne the eaer, very Prsdeariy conceaied
iE
Il was the iaiudicious and wiokc'! acrilucry
OF this letter. and fotne other like conduit pfthe
then fecresav of fare. that occaioatd me, in q
letter 20 friend in the eovespncni. 10 iay. that
II there was any official bohoefs 20 be done ia
France, till regular niniaer ihou.t be eppoin,-
ed, it could aos oc truaed 10 more p,orsr pcr-
fon than Mr, Sk with. lie is. is,d 1. az kgr-
sf mas, and Sedi 10 6sGHyi. ard GSst zc,b rood
'sasxeu 10 roe gepvsmssf be ss~m.gisssi 70 al
goiih. a /asslr qVbieb ibaf Bar. 7s.srby P.e&-
e,isg s0esssS, and qvtieb fbe Bear st ssat Bear.
Jsb~ Aaews. ssVer fs9.Ds6.
In anoskrs letter ~ .he fame friend in 1907,
and which wss pot uniralcd undsr coyes 70 Col.
Burr, expIcacd fatnfattion that Mr.. Jefcr-
ION. Gnce be was not priident, had sccepted the
vice-preiidcncy far. faid |. " Jsbs Adsrs b~Cse6
a faitr for 6is~d<Sixg and s5fSdisg. IL xpfH BE-
ssf.bary 70 ie<t an rye svsr b,m." Hehas aow
tuthcicptly proved that though have nor the
fpif't OF prophecy. have the gift OF yStsmgv;sbi,
sod sll the world knows, for il cannot help knaw-
ing, that roj Judge rgbiiy. and to wriseesayy. and
that upon all iorn Of iuhetts TO be attic TO COM
n,and thought. and, AZ. il were. 10 play With II
at plesiuse, and be always matter of onc's scnper
in wiring, 10 the faculty only Of iercnc nind,
aud she attribute Of hlppy and philofophical
temperance. The fcribblep, who know me NOT,
and who GIL their papers With paragraph about
me. bchdes their want of tseats. dtink too many
nings and drains in morning 20 have any
chance with me. But, poor icnws they muR
do foncfhing for the little pi,tsnce they get
frOn shsir snPloys'. rha isuy apology for
My anxiety to get hack TO America wss
great for feycral years. ltis she cosnssy ofmy
heart, apd the place Of my political and literary
birth. It wac the Amerieao revolution that
made me an author, and forced INTO action the
mind that had been dornapt, and had no Win
for public liSe; nor has il now. BY the ac-
cscnu received, fhe sppesfrd 20 ms 70 be
going wrong. aud that fome mrai'sred ,rsfon
sgaioa her liberties iurked at the bottom a her
government. heard that my triesids weic
oppIeGed, and logged 10 take my fsndag
among them and il tosher q timer 10 f,y m,a's
JSsh" were TO arrive that might bear my ihafe.
But my cforu TO re,urn were inc ffrflns'.
A. fooa a. Mr.. Munfoc had made 4 good
Randing with the Fench goyerrment, for the
conduct Of his predecenor had made his reception
rs miniaer difficult, he wanted 70 fcnd difpatshes
TO his own government by. a perfon 10 whom he
could alIo conhce a verbal concentration, and
he fixed his choice upon mr.. He then applied
TO che committee Of public fa!cty for psGp
iion. il was only the convention that could give
the psGpor and as an application to them for
that purpoie would have made my going pub
licly known, Iwas obliged 10 fniaain the difap-
pointment sod Mr.. Monroe 20 loic the opporiu-
nifty.
When that gcntlensn left fsspce TO return
to America, was 20 have come with him. II
vas fortunate I did not. The vcGd he failed in
vas vi6ted by Bri,ifh iriga,e that frsrrhed
every part of il. and down to the held for Thomas
Psipc. iheo went, the Zane year. 70 embark
Mt Havre. Sut ieycrsl Bitifh, frigs,es were
crui6ng in fight Of. the port who knew 1 was
there, and had to- return again TO Paris. Sac
ing myfelf thus cut off from every opportunity
OF returning that was in my power 10 command,
Iwrote 20 Mr.. JeGcrfop, that il the fate Of the
election hould put hin in the chair Of the pref
1ency, and he mould have occaion to frnd
fri2ate to France, he would give me the oppour-
ni,y of reforming by il, which he did. But
declined coming by the Maryland, the ved-I thar
was offered me. aod wsi,ed for the ffigasc that
ws to biog the new rninincr, Mr.. Chancellor
Liyingfon, TO Frssce but that frigztc was
ordered round TO the Mediterranean; and 90. at
thar time, the war was over, and the B.isiih
cruifep called in, / could conc any way. / then
agreed 10 come with commodore Bzfncy IN .
vsfIcl he bad engaged. IL ws, again fortunate
did not, fof the ysel lank at iez, and the people
wefe preierved in :iie boar.
Had half the rumirr Of evils bcfallen me,
that the nombcr Of dangers amount to, tnsough
which have been preserved, there are thcfe
Who wouIS sicnbc it 90 the wrath Of Heaven |;
~hy theo do they not sicfbe my pfefefvsrion TO
tho pro,e{Fng favor OF Heaven \ Even 10 my
worldly coacerns | have been bIcGed. The
,iirls pr,2.sty lefi in America, and which