Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1802-08-28
Eoa ras AURORA.


THE public do not yet know you. !
was one of shoie upon whom writiAgs attribute
Cd 10 You iinpo.ed, until | had an opportunity
OF examining yodr understanding and character
PerfonslIy. Your wriungs have derived their
celebrity from one wok. the hth part OF The
Political Progres of Gfcst Britain--but though
you arc certainly ncs detisu'e OF talents, tho
you podrls comfortable fharc OF particular
kind of knowledge you have obtained more
crsdit as s~tiier, and more reputation as a man
ct information, than you are entitled to--as
trut will be ihoxn before have done with you.
IL hss been remarked by many that no
production OF yours has squalled the Political
Progrefs, for chaamy, arrangement. and force |,
the iecond p,n, and the various alterations
which Il underwent. and the various wrisinys
iHued by you hnce, demonAale the frfa nun
ber not TO be Iegitimately yoors. And this
faet eHabhhes beyond doubt. that you sSwcd
even the reputation you obrained TO the patro-
mage OF Tim whom yeu Afterwards attempted to
betrsy.
The benevolepce Of lord Gsrdennone raif-
ed you trem extreme indigence. He law in
yous as he conceived. the rude materials OF ge-
Mus. He encouraged and fought TO advance
you in focicty. Bot how did you reward him
The poblic, Calender, do not yet know
you. You have not. however. obtained that
reputation asa writer which you fuppoie; and
you want. what no man who attempts 20 write
sor fiee people ihould be deiiiiute of--metai
fba,odsS.
The 6ra stl Of your lie was an attempt to
dchroy your beneiattor--lord Gardenftone.
You had the bsfcneis 10 threaten him with an
information Tor the fhare which he had 10 the
Political rrcgref,, in order to extou money
from him. The Lar correfponds with ,he hfR
atts Of youf notoricsy.
IL is with inioisc reluctance that am in
daccd to take any notice OF you. Bot there 10
duty 70 sbe public as well as to myielf, which
renders it excuisble. though morifying. There
are cefrsie ccndisisns IN ~hseh 20 sopch is in-
fctiion. Ii 10 nor pofible to approach your
pcrfon without apprehension and the exami-
nation of yoau character, leads to an unfavor-
able opinion of human nature.
No expectation is cntertaincd'of working
a reformation in VOC. The fine nerves which
communicate the generous emotions of inno-
cence snd dclicacy TO the vifsge. have long
ceafed from their functions in you. Your
frame under the action Of Alcohol, and your
mind funk by the confcioufneis OF deprayity,
have long been inieniible TO fhame OF ieli re-
fpee.
From perfonsl experience, know that an
attempt TO render you fe,vice would be the fur
efi means to provoke your malice. You are in
this refpett though not angular in an age. yet
of miianihrophcs. The letters which I fhal,
from time 10 time, addrels TO you, are calculst-
ed fora different puspofe. They are intended
to make you better known. There are only
two modes Of argument which can alter yosr
conduit. without changing your character. One
Of theie tried on you, in this city, with fnc-
cef, and you afterwards became my panegyr-
in. You. no doubt, inxnded TO pay me
compliment--whiIe defpifed you, and piticd
myfelf for having. uainscn,ionaIly, exior,ed
your praifc.
The other argument, was once the means
Of preventing the ufe of on you. relirqu,ih-
ed Gtostion, that you might he put into il !:
Not from any admiration OF your merits bur
20 prevent your being bought by L'acn, and
lcsSued againi, the morals and the character Of
the American prefs with the Object Of your ad-
miraiion. Porcupine.
Two numbers. the Ssih and s6ih Of yous
paper, have been received by me. and thefc with
three Others which have been fbown me, form
the whole Of your sngisai Recorders which |
have fccu. regret IL, becaofe they Hatter my
vanity, which you FAY 10 very great. Your
papers reach me st leaf TO think veil Of my ear
y dilecsnmeat Of your general character. Eve.
~ paper that has reached me. m notification
Of the opinion which my ondesasndios forced
me to form in oppohtion to my Piry for yoar
inGrmiiies.
How il your Withholding s. numbers Of
your papen hcin me 20 be accounted foT--your
avoiding the propofsl Of exchange uiual between
country pspt, and thofe of the populous cisies
Your negIetiinga paper, which. 10 the fervice
you are engaged, muR from necefity become
the particular ohjeta of your s,fsck Why sitter
ny application BY letter AZ fubfenber, and BY
exchange ~ printer, did yoo 70. bng with
bold your paper, whi<h contsioed repeated at
ticks on me. and on oshess, who being no long
e. snsong the living, yoe knex wosId be de-
fended by me. can secounr- for it--you who
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