Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1803-02-19
N L w P o K 4,
Saturday, February 80, 1903.
AFTER the many fallrhood, which hav.

pSSs"S NanS1ES Seie, 1pH0 anu TVH07s
The official ttsnp Of the Dep. Sce'v, il was NOT
aitonishing TO fe. the bold slertisns in that pa
per OF Tueidsy lait, viz. that "'paper exactly
" Gm'lar TO THAI on which the forged letters
:" were written is nov for fale at the aore OF
" MIR. Wilder in Newport, a1d ba, been evey
" Ens tbe year 1900. as Mr.. Wilder and waoy
" othen who have porchafed that paper of him
" are ready TO teftity and that " no Rofe OF
"the deicription mentioned in the letters has
"cver been 10 the garden belonging TO the houis
occupied by MIR. RutIedge iincc he took pof-
iefion of it."-Neither of theic aiIertions,
even admitting them to be facts, are of any ma.
terial eoniequence at this aage of the bufnefs,
when il 10 70 completely proved to the fa,,fac-
tion ct all candid men. that Mr.. RSiielgs is Abe
SHibs, sf ibe JS,ged letters. Even many who
were prevailed on to Ggn the addIefs. have sc-
knowledged this.
1t is a faet that the rofc BUN, called the dali,
Rofe, tby iome the monfby Rofe) was in the gar
den belonging to the hooie occupied by Mr.. Rut-
ledge. at the time the letters were written. IL
may have been 6nce plucked up by the roots and
burnti and they may 6ribe fome ignorant girl
or woman to fwear that ihe had frequently been
in Rutledges garden, and that fhe does not be-
lieve any Roie Of the kind was ever ieen there.
Or the aauming ex eDSc@ may. il he plesfes (as
he has heretofore cone) certify & publiih fome-
thing as an affidavit which the poor woman
never uttered. This would be no proof to
thoic who know his infamy.
We believe the other aferton TO be utterly
falfe, that Mr.. W,iStr bss lad tbs kind of pa,sr
d,je,ibed, far y/ak eUey 6ree ibr yss, 1900 and
we do not believe he will teaify that he. has.
Becaoie we know thar gentlemen of refpet.a-
! biity have enquired for the kind Of paper at
every Raticner's fore in the State, and none
could be found and becauie we are sGured
that ieveral gentlemen called at Mr.. Wildcr's
fore between the middle OF September and the
middle OF November lsf, to procure paper Of a
particular dcfcrption, with the water mark,
ct Stains 1905" that Mr.. Wilder handed
them. as he faid, every kind of paper he had in
his fore, and none Off was Of the kind of that on
which the forged kf,e,s were written. Of which
one Of the gentemea from Providence and one
from Charleiton Is. c. had fample and MIR.
Wilder declared that he had NOT then, nor ever
had, TO his knowledge, any Of the kind.
We have feen pamphlet printed at Wafh-
ington, on the fubjeet of the forged Letters,
Ggoed Mics Jefroy. Ii proves to demon-
Araton thar John Ru,ledge, Efq. member Of
Congrtfs from South Carolina, - the author OF
them. 1t fhews slfo, that the fsme perfon has
been long in the habit Of infol,ing individuals
with fhe like foreeries. We have not the leaR
doobt, on our mind, he furpiihed Calender
with The internal fory Of bLaek Sally, TO bring
into dil1epute the character of our beloved Pre-
| Gdent. This fubjeet deierves inveftigstop, and
kou rnn-..E. H. 81 a..
will be enabled to do jufiice TO the parties
Salem Reg.
The civil obligations upder which our
country is bound to Mr.. Jeferfon, enti,lc him
to our highcR hcnours. To vindca,e bis
| character fhould be our delight. To give him
fuppor hould be our ambition. To fccurc
fsccefs to the principles OF his administration
lhould be our patriotifm. Light is burfiog from
the clouds which have been caf around him.
lrtcreit with her numerous votarics can rcpole
on his favor.--Libery ackoowiedses him her
fop, and Hope with all her children approaches
to beis him. Let his name be precious on our
lips, and gratitude role in our hearts. Let con-
6dence infpire our joys, and while induary. and
all the virtues provide all we love, lc, us approach
heaven with reverence, TO acknowledge that he
gave US Jefferfon. the guardian OF our freedom,
and the fsviour Of his county. ID.
1t alrnoff makes one difguaed with human
nature to Zee fuch conduit az the federal prints
pu,fue in treating Of the late affair Of Ruiledge
-one commends his tending challenge on
Sunday, and few moments after breaches abou,
morality Sc refpea for religion :--Another de-
clares Rutledge ia to be pi'ied, that he will he
facrihced in tbe dark and in the fame meet, one
meets with eHzys sgana duellin2 and cplogies
on the excellence Of adbcing to moyaiebhsaiion,,
and the dictates Of Cbyyfioaiy.-
In the whole courfe Of Rutledge's pro-
| cccdings he has saed the rcverfe Of an honcft
ma5-when charged by charadcrs fuperiof TO
himf.lf in Rsnding 10 focie,y, with having COM
mi,icd sn infamous crime, he has declined re-
| curing 10 the laws Of his country for redrefs,
bot fobaituted his own oath and the os,hs of
Others ss proofs of innocence yet confcious of
his guilt he defended 10 the ohara6er OF an AZ.
fafIia, and when checked in the accomplishment
Of bis purpoie. other oaths are deemed: uecrGary
to prove he a6sed bons,abb b--theie os,hs we
have already snimadvercd upon. ID.
I We underaand the gun Imhbr Of this city
are fo,givg fome inarument by way of addref.
to be preientcd to MIR. Rutledgc for his patrio
tic er1ezyora 10 def row the fznufaffuse ~ arm,