Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1802-11-06
N E w P OR t,
Saturday, N00embsr 6, 1902
CoMMywIcA7Iows.
WHEN /" R,,lrd,-.. I,.,,.,,..

WHEN I" Rutlede-'s L.,,e,s" were ore.
fented TO the public il the Rhode. Iiland Re-
publican. John Rutlcdgc. member of Conerefs,
was IN NeSPort. IL would have been ungene-
rons. IN the extreme. TO have publiihed .he let
fers IN South Caroiioa. or indeed in any place.
OTHER than that of his reddeuce. While REf-
kSgf continued In Newport, we produced fuca
proof his having written the fictitious letters
az mua have carried conviction home to every
uoPreladiced mind. This proof conGaed of the
certificates and depoa,ions of nineteen moa
respectable men. many Of them officers of the
hish.R grades. upon the finlari,y of the hand
writing of John RutIedge. Representative in
Cong'els which dcpoitions. expreiing in fact
the belief of the dcponents that RnfAdse wrote
the talfc letters, were given after John Rut-
ledge had f~osn that he did not write then,
s~d af3er fitOen Of his isfimafy had fyom near
Iy to rhe fame cAeef. and given too. lpoa toll
aud accurate examination Of the forged letters
BY the deponents, and not upon hAity aud in
temperate examination, or rather no examina-
tion.s Theic d-poncnts had in the balance, the
oafbs Of RzsLrdge and his eieV.a issimasef. and
the fnilan.y of hand wri,iDg--,he oath. kick
ed the beam. The dcpoh,ions of the pof-
maHer aud his atiitant aifo conaituted part Of
the body Of proof urged againa Ra,isdgs.
Thefe gentlemen made oath to the delivery Of
the two difguifed letters by Rafktage,s Girl, and
90 their kn0siedge OF the hand writing. though
dhgu:fed. at the time of their reception into he
poa Office. Adurances Of other tcitimoay have
been uttered, with repeated invitations to pro-
fecution, which ih,uld bring our the whole evil
deocc in the cafe. Intimstions of former and
later offences, of the fame kind, an Of the fame
peffon, have been thrown out, With correfpon.
dent circumstances forcing belief. We ALTO pro-
duccd the Opinions OF many gentlemen OF Pro-
pidcnce relative to the two let,cfs, making in all
above forty Of the moa refpeefable citizens ofrhis
State. who. kaving carefully era~iued The AHs,s.
publicly 'eitifed to the guilt u Rmi,Ige after,
~of1oubfandisg and in 6ir,a obpsli.os 10 the
subs Of R1fisdee and the oasbs of his eepea inii-
maies. Rntdges defence conGffed of two
paris, namely, fbe oa,bt, and poor attempt TO
pxlr, hi, crimes upon Senator of Rh9de. llaod.
Oae part we have annuIed in the manner above
fatei--the other, which was bottcm-d on faLe
(rp,arirg. we have annihia,ed. by cxhib,ing
pehed evideneet of the fa!Gty of the DEPOT
tions on which il was founded-and az laft, one
~ the very deponenu has come forth with .
ftstemenf, which he fsys, il &c aeeo-Sf-g 10 Bis
sWT ShfM'ons ~hefciH hS hCkucwcCSSs B's
n,sakc.
Thus have we proved Ratlsage to be gull.
~.
Ofthc many columns Of "Randard ahufe,"
which have /" graced' the ftdtyai papers, dur-
ing the sxps,xy< Of Railsdye's crininality. we
have taken but little notice nor hall we dif-
honor the csufe, which we Intend to fppporr,
by Roopipg TO contrR on the groond OF opr
AdveTiaries--we cannot deicend TO total disc-
litticn Of decoram in order 70 meet our oppo-
nents in their own way.
Much foreign matter has been introduced,
by the fcribSers who have managed Rptisdgts
defence, bnt we have not fn!Fered ourieives to
be drawn from the main poin,, aud we trud
that our friends have not been led aaray by
feaeral arti6cc.
We have now only 10 rcquca our readers
co re perufe the Letters and the proofs, that
their faith may he fsopg (tor lies iannmerabc
viii be circulated on this intereaing fabcst, hy
the fsasyaigdt, 10 whom sod 10 whole cauic the
expefs,r Of Rule6geis mortal bIow) and 10
credit us for oar difpiay OF gcnerodty. towards
an rxecrsble wretch, while preient, aad for our
intentions to indulge the fame fpirit of geaes-
ohty. now that the horrible offender is gone.
For tbe mann,v Of eoudmHisg fbe exami-
snfisa Of fbe Joygrd kGsr. Os tbe part Of Rxf-
hIgs's fyiends, Jss Rbode-Lfawd Republican Of
S.pf. zsfb,rSoz.
7 Depsffieaf Of fb< fs,q- ~eaey and BIZ eD.
sarf-dteiarafioa on fk< P,eEdsuf, ieHer--d,to;
ffi0u, rtiaffve 10 Ce6yy-:fsr qvb,eb fee Rhsds-
y0asd Republican of ibe 9f5 .Sh.
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The Hoaourable SAMUEL I. PorTtR,