Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1803-01-29

~eil do lef ,h,a to notice his rsssea. thous sh
he nigh, believe the fatemeot erroneous and
wrongful. Aud it is clear thar he did not
dread its effects.
We come nov to the SesaS part Of their
aa'emsnt waich was prooAoy Introduced by
way OF a deiier. ia order TO hsigh,en the ,elih
of what vent before. Here 10 the fra place we
ooierse hule uaaccoun,ability. II appears
with the igna,ure of z. but the manner in
which u b-g,ns bctpssks i, TO be q probation
OF the Elitor. or Editoss. "Fton the Ra,e-
meo' OF istls in TIN, days M,rcury" Sc. Itwas
,Ae'stoTe evidently wsit,ea By iom. one who
kne~ what would precede it. But tha, /, wa,
not written by the perion who ufua!Iy conducts
that paper is alio evident by rhe uf- OF the Gg-
nature mentioned. Thin mao has blowcd him
felt 90, of wind, and is nov hang up fos Z
while. like an Old pair of bellows. The publics
therefore, muA take up with the effjrts OF bic
feouting suxiliarics:
NsyJfes 7Vitb b9to ugtb arr fbeiy zvis3;xes sss,
Or ss6rre fss regular corfayfsx s1dt.
But VIC proceed to conlder them.
They mcntion the manner in which Mr..
El'ery formerly had his name placed cn his fgn !;
they aver that he did not fpell il out az length !;
that he abbreviated one part Of j, 70 that il even
read Chria. Ellery. Does not this evincc the
malicious extrenities to which they are driven
Whs, il he did ab.eviatc his name in this way 7
do they intend, and ,xpcd to make crime of
itf Have we not Often heretofore read in the
Newport Mercury theic words. "Cb,D Champ
Hs has fer L1kr," Sc. Where 10 the differcnce
If there is fin, or prophanity in the one. is there
not as much in the other ! How aaopiihius i,
muR appear 10 the world when thsy are iofOrn-
ed that the identical perfoD who has of late
male 70 many. foch bit.er, ferocious. aud We
may add hypociiticd lamentations, about the
jeopatdies which await chriitianity-yes, the
very eek e6Feio" hinfelf. has befo,e now, with
his own hand, and acid pesls OF the mon blaf.
pbemoos rcvclry, actually committed the Bible
10 The Rames. With what face, then, does he
cl,morr abou, religion and what credit is due
TO his confaresl BUT we haAcn TO confidcr one
other point.
With fSaggering aGsmp,ion of inialli.
bic ccnforihip they invdiouGy trace the ch,rac.
ter OF Me. Ellety alnoR to hi' cradle, and the
fcanty cleaning, which they produce asa;nft him
beipeaks the jcGicc Of his claim or public corh
dencs. He has from early life fuAsincd feveral
important public fruits. Do they lifp fyllsble
sgsina his fidelity, or in,egrityi Is i, TO be iup
po!ed they would no, if they could The in-
hdiou, maleyolcnee and maiignity with which
they have endeavoured 20 magnify the ioibles
OF his youth, clearly dcmonhra;es that they
have done their wort that they have difc.o!ed
their all--a!l thar unbounded, and implacsb!e
malice could iuven, or deviic. Mean, mifera-
bic effort, In which they have discovered nothing
but their own unbridied propenity to cginina-
tion and ciuminy.
Bu, they have nob!y refor,ci TO the period OF
his boy hood. under a novel perfuadon that
"i is high time the charsaers OF the public
fefvants ihould be enqoired into" And how
ad uirsbly does even this part Of hi. life, at
which the pafli ,ns OF the mind, araugers to the
Of rcafon, predominant in wild
luxurisnce; and giddy fancy energizcd by the
bountics Of nature, and the rarities OF fortune,
aGamcs 'he lead how admirably does even this
part Of his life, fet their malicious fcretinics az
nought, and hold them In dcrGon There are
bot tew in this town who are not fully acquain;-
ed with every part Of bis character from III.
esrlica period OF hi, exiaence. Such h,s uni.
formly been the uodiigui!cd frank ocis of his de-
portment. In their citations OF aid 20 help them
on, in their c-nfures. they expressly the
WI p'lt W'iCIc tit lits NiFdys ttbDCu,
not uiiiog to ADM, their deeiGon. D,es not
ihi, indicate ,ha, they are anxious 70 cvnac real
tiles. and to avail themfelyes Of unwarrantsbIe
lnpretions,l Who are more competent to decide
than the Citizens of Newport And have they
no, openly, and unitcdly approved his charac.
tcr 1t will DC vain Tor the gentlemen TO attempt
TO anf~er by growing about jacobinifn.
But fuppofne his grand competitor, who
refgned his feat in the Houfc of Representatives
n hopes OF being made Senator had fuc:sed,d
Would they have thought il hme to " enquire
into" his character Did they think il bigb
'ims when he was appointed a ReprJ;Sfa,ive !
It was indeed, "high time )" but a bie5 time
IF deception. His character was envelopcd in
iarknefs, grofs dsrknefs. Hr had been fen,
7b,sad for forign ,dseation. His 1oia ear
we're icattercd 10 diasn! cline. But this was
behind the curtain. and confequeatly not TO he
,oniidered. though the races Of pollution he
lad run had bcreft him Of the powers ofpsocrea.
ion.
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