Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1803-05-28


rance Of the aate of the public mind relative 20
Rutlcdgc's cafe-we know that firm belief OF
hi, criminaity 10 almoA univerial--we know
that the forged letters have been examined BY
very many Of the fra and beR men Of our coun-
try, and compared by them with letters and pa
pers on file, at the feat Of government, IN kut-
ledges hand writing, to their complete iafisfsc-
tion and conviction that Rutledge wrote them
we know thar the facts have been ftated IN
manner which dehes contradietion-but we
win 10 induce the friends to virtue TO ACT IKE
foes TO vice, and TO keep not back. but TO come
out before their fellow citizens with facts which
fhall confound tsds,a!y6u and her vile agents.
Such facts exift land fby ozgbf 10 Be Psbfy6rd.
Let il nor be fad that enough has been done
th,t Rutledge is rendered harmlefs-ihat he Is
TO be pitied-we ihut not our breaas to COM
miieration, but we hold jSftice in high eitima-
tion, and we ayow our inclination towards full
and perfeei juaice, fra, and mercy, to clofe the
fcene.
On our part we publih feveral anonymous
pieces ient TO the Editor of the Aurora, parts
OF which only have been printed, though their
hiaory is already before the pubic-and this
we do, partly 10 afford an opportunity TO thoie
Of rhe former ftde,ai friends OF Rutlcdge, who
have not feen the whole, to perutc them. Any
Of theie gentlemen Can be favored with the Pc
ruial and examination Of the original pieces, as
| well a, the original Goffroy- y-eriers-they are
within our reach.--It sss hoped that the ffdf-
yohRs would have fuffcred this iobjeet to have
b,en buried with Ru,lsdge in the oblivion to
which his conaituenu have confgned him
had theis zVJaom permitted this, theie pieces
would not have appeaIed-and 10 that 1oJja0m,
The gentleman who are named, mutt attribute
their !enfs,ions, however unplesfaat, on reading
production, which are difgracsfui TO humanity,
| and which had their origin IN the head and
heart of one of the vilef OF human beings, who.
10 forgery, perjury and Affirmation, has added
| peacheIy 10 his bofom friends.
Before we cloie, permit US to expoie the
faifehoods contained j. paragraph" which
| "a Lover OF Truth" 20 writes for the Boi
ton Centinel and is compimented with column
! in the Newport Mercury, snd who has introduc-
ed Wdrrs afidavi, into notice, iays Ut
itfef pohches all she collateral evidence para
graph is capable OF poGcliog. to prove that Mn.
Rudedge never wrote ,he letters in quehion."
This is the paragraph which Is to efabhih The
I'innocerce OF Rutledee -" Hsrgbt 10 b. remark
ed. fbAf a note Of Mr.. RutLtdgt's 1U,ifirg, on
)ans rfivg JabjSe7, qUas Rieb0rcfa"'s (tbe
PsfmeferJ Pa1.Dfou, 4obieb being beti'5 aU'ifffn
| rV0s much a6byep,0fed ana Je4v qD0yds 1Vritftn
PECULIARLY, qvd foy 1eoaid, cd for eOHid. III, for
ii is, Il far and tbs beivg the model Of The jO,-
gcyy, 1pbeusVe, .be qVmas, 4OeaiA, foSld, is.
and, occur in sb.)f long hur,,, ibty are through
out ab6yeUi0hd as in fb< mates, and svty q0ord
zjtd IN fbe xotes is 10 be fouad yrbratedy in ibe
lriteu; andike rjtmbianee 6ttqrrfn fse Jane
7e0ydi occurring IN them and in fbe not1 from
7Ubeb fSey q0sye imHa:e1, is sUidtnfLy greater,
than 6efqVren any otber 1cord, in fbe forged kfsu
and Mr.. Rs general bard4vyamg." 1heie are
rhe fsliehoods contained in it--lt il not true that
any fuch letter as that defcrbed vas ever in MIR.
Richardion's poE 'iion--It is not true that the
| letters or notes written TO Mr.. Richsrdfon were
much abbreviated the dates are Abbreviated in
the uioal manner; and, bcGdes the dates, the
word and only abbreviated--It is not true that
the words eoonid and eouE are abbreviated in the
notes To Mr.. kichardfon-on the contrary, they
are both written at full length-lt is NOT true
that the words IL IS are abbrevis,oa In Mr..
Richardfon's notes.-the word 'fis 10 NOT to be
| found in either cf them. The word and is ab-
| brcvated in another letter or note, compared
with the forgeries, as it is in Mr.. Richardfon's
notes, but il is not the 066rsvishsn Of the word
and that frikes the eye of the reaier--it is
| hitit tad TO The g., peculiarly formed. 10 thi,
laf mentioned note, excep,ing the ufual abbre-
Walton OF the dare, no abbreviaion is TO be iecn
bat Of the word rvcxid-neither the words eonH,
| ii is, or 'f1, occur IN it-the word R0Eld is writ
ten at length twice. Ii is talfe thar every word
in the notes is to be found repeatedly in the
forged le,ters--that lie is truly bareisced-sud
equally bare.aced is the anertion =" that when
ever the words qroaId, eosid, ii is, and. occur
in the " forseries," they are throughout abbre-
Waited as in the notes, nor is it true that the
resemblance between the fame words occurring
in the forgeres and in the notes IS greater than
between any other words in the forged. letters
and Ru,ledge', general handwriting. Hisuue
that the abbreviation of the word zueuld merits
attention in examining the forgeries-fo does
the peculiar mode of forming the &, which pre-
walls in all Rutledge's wrtings We have feen,
though the & is in his writings fometimes varied
in the formation. as in the forseries, and then
its diRmgry6isg tail is loft to the eye. 1t is
aiio, to be remarked, that other authorizations
occur in the forgeries, which are not in the
notes, but which are in other of Rutledge's
writings. and particularly 'em. But it is not
by the abbreviations only that conviction is pro
duced. on companion OF the forged letters with
| Rutledge's acknowledged writing-every letter,