Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1803-01-29
aJ" "RU7LEDok's cASk," RxyYEwSD.
No. 5.
From the (Nesv-fs,k) AMERICAN CITIZEN.

CLELAND KINLOCK claims attention.
He is the boiom friend Of Rutlcdee. and has
exhibited as mech iolicitude in his cafe. as II he
had been scceasry 10 his crime. When Rot-
ledge wept, kinloek wss forro~ful. The Rrokc
that pierced the one was icverely fSlt by tho
othsr.--'lhe delicate touches of Sternc's Mana
were realized 10y this penhve couple. THEY
iympsihizcd with each Others silltlions they
dried up each others tears.
The day on which the two foyrSS krivs
frft appeared in the RrrUBLIcAN. Rut,edgs
was not 20 be tesn he did pcnance in his houie.
Some wondered why he did not appear IN the
ftrcets with his niual gaety, but more knew tho
csufe. IL was iaid by his ffcnd', that his biack
rss pvos ffk, and that the honorable Ohm Rus-
ledge wss too tender to quit him fof moment
during his indiipoftion. This ~ss the spolo-
gy, ana pallry one 1t wss. Ii is 70 uncut
tomaIy for gentlemen to adminiacr gruels and
anodynes 70 their Jabk fervsn. ,hs, few bel'ev-
ed the excufe. The faet 10, that he was thon-
derafuck, and faid 81 home To compofr The
s diloTder OF his neryrs." Cicland Kinloek
was IN the fame plighr, but rcfosed 10 aooslrs
mode to throw off his grief. He ran aboo, the
ftfects like mad man, and pro,efrd m fer
vently thar RotIcdge was innocent ss il he had
been privy 10 every set Of his life.
kinlock examined the forged letters ard in
his depoGrion fsys he 10 firmly convinced that
they were not written by John RuiledRt."
We muA leave KinIock for moment, and
attend 70 Mr.. John Suarton who has siio
pubifhed depoGion. Sfrat,on iss ebaye-meisr.
He iome time ago was ALTO an svowed 'cbnbl.
can. Stratton, however, is one Of thoie who
are more cnamoured Of Office than of party or
principle. He was foicitous for the Office of
SHsRiFr, and no fooner was he difappoin,ed in
his expectations than lie attached hinislf to ihs
federal party.
SuAtton fays nothing in bic depoftior a.
bout the /o,gsd k,ien. He fccms TO have been
brought forward merely TO fwear, which he
does, thar when CErrkoy received Mr.. Jcftcr-
fon', letter from the poa Office the wafer was
poiA /" But entertaining doubts, how tar tho
world would believe him without mentioning
the Prcfdcut's letter, he Rates in his afidsvit
that in The f,gfr;r Of isid letter. ~ nearly a.
he rrcclletfs, were shefe woIds, "I as not /,dnk
ibb LETTER 10 avoid /s/biei'n." Nov, It happens
very unluekiiy for Mr. John STATION, that
fherel Iva, no beeje,ipf 10 Mr.. J.Gsysni LETTER!
The words quoted by Mr.. Suauon were, per-
bsp,, 10 the bodv Of the PpGdenfs letter, but
there vas undoubtedly no fggjt,ir. We do pot
Dcticvc tDat TIC nlH5kC Vas aU 5NtfNffeHS oncs
bot it certainly fhows great eagerncfs to ferve
RutIedgc, 40 well ss lack Of due calmneh and
in HE friends---we return TO CLx-
LAND KisLocx.
KrKLoCK, never weary with fcrving his
friend. while fervice could be rendered, viewed
one oath n quite traing thing, in a caufe
where every thing with Ku,ledge was AZ aake.
He had already gwen evidence Of his /" Con.
vittion" that Ru,ledgc was not the writer Of
the forged lctten.--There were. however,
many knofiy points TO con,ea either by
eosN -U,essbf J0ytbeOd or ingenious truth. and
no one ~a, suer TO manage them than CLK-
LAxp KinLocK. Accordingly, q plan was
laid by Rotlcdge, and Kinlock confeu'ed to be
its executioner.
Mr.. Richsrdfon, the pof. maaer Of New
port. pubiihed depoGtion containing the fol-
lowing words :" On or about the I'd day of
AuguA, 1901. in the rverins letter was bro't
to my Office by !, girl who fsd he lived with
Rulledge, and tha, he /crt the letter, dirsaed 10
;he Prefdent Of the United State. vhieh let
ter appeared TO me TO be in tie hand. writing of
John Rutledge, member Of Copgrsh, but dif-