Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1802-12-18
N E w p o r +,
Saturday, December IS, 1909,
"RUrzEDcR S CASE" s,"-REy1EwTD.

controvefiy sgaina Mr.. Jsbs Rafiedge. We
were al FRA induced 10 give publicity 20 the fuf-
epicion. from the stroci.y Of its nature and the
violence OF the prefumptions which confoired to
conhrmif. The affair was undertaken with reluc.
tancc ; was reioIved upon with great delibera-
tion, and circurfpe ttion, and with fuIl allow
ance tor the claims, and privileges of prjvas
fbarade, The tumult, and perils that would
attend the eoterpsife were ALTO confdefed.-
The inccfsnt barkings, and railings of fcde-
raj rhrong, clothed in incivili,y, inIolence, and
menace, which actually took place. we're antici-
ps,ed. But
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(" III fbiek az fbosgbf car make them. and appear
"In firm mare b,vnd ;;ysi orr DUrY
" n, dsfb a rock Hgainf f5e Gliding flood
(" Sboad f6e apSroaeb Of fbh .viid rivsr break
Asdfasd s.l1aksn."
Ifshe public had been spprifcd of the exiitcncs
of,he fufpicion and had known Of the evi-
dence in Our poacfi,n and within reach. to
fubaansiaIe the charge, what would they have
thought, and faid il we had forborns to make
1t Should we not have rightly forfeited our
claim 10 confidence, as ccntinel in the depart
ment Of liberty and order When this fame
Retedge, in f:cret combination with others,
was opcrating IN every way which an evil i'm
ssination could devife to throw the government
OF the country into confukoo, aud diforder,
were we not juRihcd in cafe like the prefent,
in prclenting him to the public in bis true CO.
lours! Without the ftrongea grounds. no one
can foppofe we fhould have attempted il. What
could we have done If we had not been forif-
cd by fcven fold batilcments--thc found. and
ponderous bat,lcmcnts of trafb 2 What fort of
hand is IL fuppoied we hould have made of
it, If We had not righf. and jgaics on our fide,
when VIC unavoidabiy had to oppoie all the tai
cnts, all the learning, all The ingenuity, and
raging perseverance in the country ; What
gorgeous folly would it be TO fabrica,e an i'm
pufation of the kind againit one of the mott
powerful men, Of a powerful, undaunted, and
dctpcratc party What mortal could have with
food the iavsgc violence which arofe among
them. in con!equence Of the charge that has
bcep made, had he nor been fupporred by con-
icious rectmude. and the cogent aicendcOcy Of
invincible evidence.
Let us indulge few thoughts upon the
ground of probability. For in cafe like the
pIcfent, probabilities argue much. IL is agreed
on all hssds that tho Letters in qucaion we're
written in this town. TO which fide OF The
political line is it mott likely they owe their
ofigin We're they Jsyged and balmsd upon the
Preiidest by a RebxIke0a! What motive could
Gny pcrfcn of that "ihade" of political ienti- !
meet have in doing il The Letters certainly
were not calculated 10 operate any good TO the
caufc, or 10 any individual q the party. Oar
opponents, in attempting TO accoun, for their
origin, expressly Gay thar they arc!e from diff
petition " to gais fhe PreIideot" add fur
thcr. that Mr.. Adams, during the time OF bis
simiuifraton, had received hundreds Of them,
which he mad: no f,h about, but put them to
their proper u'c. The gentlemen may be per-
fctily right in both theie fuppc6tions Bot.
though it is quite immatsrial what MIR. Adams
practice 10 iuch cafes was, for he il no example
0f imitation; ye. the natter OF the qaiz,"
as they are plcafed 20 exprefs it. operates ex-
ceedingly 10 our favor. For, TO adopt their
dialect. who are the " gaiszer"
We fhall not fop 70 define what we under |
fand them TO mem by This new tangled term. ,
It's found, and the fubnances that uie il, fof- |
hcienily impreis IFS import.
So Gar, then there is but little. or no pro- |
babiIity that the letters originated with Re- :
paplican. But f,mc of Mr. Ru'ledge's parti. !
cuIar friends, aware of the difficulties that
would bsiet them on this ground, have raiiei
m,re fcnible. and msfesly icrnilc, oecauie
their more strenuous. and iutereRca attention 20
she fcbjcta. by giving them better view OF ITS
iateis grounds, enabled them to do it-that Il
was deep laid machination, on the ra;t OF Mr..
Rutledoe's political cacmics. ~hicn had tor i's
object his political fabver6on. That Mr..
Ko,kipe has his political enemies ~e do not
with TO deny: His ;ohdioo,. iliibcral. and ma
lignaut conduei, as party man, richly entities
hi TO them and would amply apologize Tor
rurfaiug him TO the LAT extremity OF Jiit'ce.
But that he has, or has BAD, any in Nswpcff
that would defend to fcch Rraragem to wreak
a jaH rcfentmens. we faould take upon u. to
con,rsditt, il the circumasnccs OF the Gale be-
fore Us did not. Of thcmieses, fuiliricntiy eon-
saditt, and difprovc il.
The forged Le,ters were dated. one the
firN. the other the fcven,h Of Augut. 1901,
The aufSer. which was received by Mr.. Ges-
froy, was dated the nth Of September, rsos.
The publication of the forged Lstseu was made
on the 18th of September 1904. Thefe f1tss
cannot be con,roverted. More than fso'iue.
s-suss. shefefose, HAD slapted after the anfver
had been tec.ived before the fcenc was dfclof-
ell. Csn il he fuppofed. with any colour Of ra.
t;onslity, that il il had been laid, a. "gsx-
pozu!cr pls,," to blow up Mr.. Ruslcdge. il
would have lain 70 long dormsats ! All writers
II IL.