Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1803-01-08

The fla in order Is the dcpoii,ion 81 Iohn
Rutledge hlm.elf. He fwrars point blsnk--
twould you. reader, believe Il ~ that he never
SIote the two forged letters W. have no fsi,h in
Isis srer1; e.. therefore. under all The cifcnuaan-
crs, d'fbehese his sofb. This may be snf.s,is-
masJ Bot il Il the hcneit eifuiion Of mind
ia,ished OF his guilt. Iris unccmmen TOR man
10 dtpctc TO his own innocence. In this caEr IL
~Swicked. and. in Nc~pon, prspoAerous. be-
caose II Vas there known, ias iar as il WAS POI
hbc 20 know) that he was the wri:rr ot the ysr-
esd i.ffs,,. We would ., fnor sccrrdit tho an.
sient trials Of guiItby Gre and water, a. pug
the leaf confidence in shc utsitimvny Of Rus-
ledge, in The rrriem cafe. We heGta,e not 10
fay. having ircn the lestrss, compared them
cssefuliy wishhis acknowledged hsad.~sisicr ,.k
weighed wellshe esiderre. sha, BE- ~ abe xr,4sy
sffttm. And II will be ahapry ihiog ier Rue
ledes II he has rot taken slfsJ< ertfl OF this
he has bscr publicly aceuied 4s he@pon.
The ncyt ~iihen addoccd in favor Of Rat.
ledge "a Mosfs ;vlxAs. The iceimcoy o, this
gsnsiemsn . desnes Az ir, ,,ousrt 10 Mr.. Rat
iedgc. Heis ,hecsnisr oi the bank 81 RHoie-
llland. and 10 therefore joftly pIsineta 20 lea
good judge OF hsrd-@ si,ing. - hn pen,tman
aates in his depohrion that Ne has :. Examined
the two forged lc,itrs, cS,prs,cd them with
fpecimcnss ut Mr.. Rolie6ss's hand.vritine,
aud Is folly of stissx that the fid letters sssc
NOT written by Mr.. Rutleagc; hd, that they
appear 20 be an ssjate,lfni sf,smtt to nitrate
his hand. writing" Such are the words OF Mr..
Seixas.
Mr.. Ssixas, Who. vhilc he modsniy gives
II as his epia'oa, that Mr.. Rnrlcdgc is noi the
writer OF the forged lei,crs. ackno~icdces a
f,niiisds between the hand writing Of ,hole
letters, and that of the known and declared
competition of Mr.. Ru,ledge. " this was not
the idea of Mr.. Scixas, the words that The hsud-
writing Of the forged lctsers war - an noiue-
cefsful attempr 10 initiate that of Mr.. Rnhrdet"
would be Jxpsy7sosf. The terms plainly import
thar there was. in the opinipn o. Mr.. Srixss.
ylwis,ry to a Ssgws, bnt NOT % fr,,sa .. 10
induce IN him the bsief thar Mr.. ,RoslsdSc,is
the wfitnsnf tho fsess1 issi,~- u N eyidsns
that his judgment was undecided. Thu while
he was dySySd TO determine ia favcs az Mr..
Rptlsdgc on the one hand, on the Other the
apparent, ,s/smbiarer Of hand d-writins, weakened
his inclination. Such 10 the indec,1ycnrls Of
the tefimcny Of Mr.. Seixs. What then, In
all probability would Il have been, had he been
sSiia1SdS We mean not even TO intrinsic ,has
Mr.. Seixas 10 either prc6igase or wiltolly cor
rupt but Ifsafion oi,en give On ;mpsocer
inclination. The CHAMrLiss Of New P,rs
are hgh-bIooded fedcralias. and warm, pctEsps
too ardent friends OF Mr.. Ra,ledgc. Chriao-
pher O. Chsmpn isa diseasv Of the bank OF
which Mr.. Seixas n the Gather. ChfiRopher
Champlin. the father Of Chrilorhes G. is the
preGdent OF the hank. George Gibbs, anorher
perfonal friend Of Mr.. Rusicdge IS sifo di-
rector Of the bank Chsnnine, who married
the cou6n Of Rotledgr, 10 like~ise director.
Il will be admitted, that thcfe gentlemen who
fgned the sddseis 20 Ru,ledee---snd fcspe of
them without !esing the /s,geS karn--had in