Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1802-05-08

The foiIowipg. hosevtr, L Is prsfomed, will
convince every one thar the whole tory was
federal fa;Eeaosd ):
To the Editor of the New York
EvExiSc-Posr.
SIR,
IN your paper Of the Sd Of this month,
you puoiihed two Mort paragraphs Tetpeesing
the College OF William aud Mary. But lhort
hs they wsrc, they contained the following
errors -
1. Iuaead Of the College being completely
broker x9. il is proceeding with its uiusl resu-
larty ~ every depzriment; nor have The lee
tuIcs been fufpended tor fngle day.
=. lnGtead OF all abe ifudents being con-
cernea in the rio,. which took place in conie-
quence OF the expu6on Of lhofc whom you have
mentioned, NOT more than or OUT of "a,
were conccsned. Ageai proportion Ut the tu-
dents, il not every itudenf, except thoie who
were actually engaged in the riot. viewed the
trantaetion with adherence. Let il not be un-
dertood, that il is here intended to make the
Aightea apology for the mifconduea which fuc-.
ceedcd the fentence Of expullon; on the con-
trsry, it mcrted, and il received the feverelt re-
preh.nlon.
3. lnftead of all the windows of the church
being deRroyed. and the pulpit cut down the
pulpit was not touched, and the glafs Of two or
three windows only broken.
4. Initead OF breaking all the windows Of
Judge fuckers houie. Of peIting il, and of
abuiing him his houie was not pclted, he was
not abufed in the liehtef degree, aad only Two
or three pares of elai, broken.
s. lnaead Of Judge fuckers refgoation Of
kss h. c.G
of the ornaments OK the college,, t
6. Inttead OF the death Of the college, the
viftors OF il have lately pafcd fiatute, TO be
fen ia many OF the papers of Virginia. which
will. no doubt. have the ialutary effect OF giving
TO the college additional life and vieor.
7. Initead Of attributing any diforders,
which may have taken place. 10 ibe J.ffyssias
Oftn ef ,eIsisn, the college knows no, MA, that
fyfem is. The college Of William and Mary,
however. hoaas of Mr.. Jeifcrfon, as one of her
b'ighyea crnamens; and will continue to boat,
70 long a, virtue, and fcience, and pure rcpob-
lcsnifn. ard the beit iatsrs0s Of America, fhall
be cherilhed within her walls.
s. inttesd % parry foihey being the prima-
ry Object OF in!trueiion in this college; not an
inifsnce, il is believed. lncc the eiiablihment Of
the Federal government, can be produced, in
which any one pro!tGor has ever attempted to
influence the mind OF ftudcnt. in the fmalIeit
degree, with refpett to party -polifcs--No hr,
the politics whch are here fiud;ed are theie gen.
eral principles cf government which have their
foundation in the imprefcrip!ibls rights of man.
which the God Of Nature has confecrated, which
the revolution Of America ,.sde known to the
whole world, and which the PEOPLE Of this rifins
smpire will never abandon.
Q. InRead Of the dcfcrtion OF fciencc, in the
sollcge of WilHam and Mary (; it is iubni.ted.
whether mathematics, natural philofophy, afro.
nomy, ethics, laws Of nations, politics, civil law
deferve to be ranked, in the titimalion of the
learned editor, among th: fcienecs.
10. IHaead Of that /sxi Erssrfe, from which
have aowcd 70 many evils there exits in the
college Of William aud Mary, fource, from
which has fprung Jeiferion, Giles, a RAN
dolph, Marfhsll, Breckenridge, and thou.
lana others, Whole merits the people of America
will not climate by the paragraph Of nswfpa.
per.
II Is woKderfal indeed, how foch crowd
oferor could he condcafel into 70 fnall spacs,
ss that which the information you have been
pleafed TO give, occupies in your paper. Your
rsndor. however, will :roR. canfe you to re.
joice thar have offered you an opportunity Of
rettifyire thote errors, BY Pub'ilhing ths letter.
/ am, Sir,
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