Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1803-01-15
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ber,: He is laconic. Northam has received
many favors from Rutlcdge. Rutlcdge ferved
him in CharFeaon. where he has frequently
been as teliar.-Siucc his p-rigrinaiioo to
Char!clfon he has riieo. as eksrnixg comnen-
Morning. Chronicle fays, ikes rocket" bur
not 10 the sfaai bogbi. In buanei' he is lir-
te a5svs bxekasy but far beispv sserebarf.
This. however. does not hinder him from tell
ing hx,b. We give this dcfcription only that
fomcthing of him may be known, fnch as his
ftuation in life. and his /akjfrvirncy 10 Rat-
ledec.--NoRBAM oates in his affidavit, that
" having known Rutledge in Charletton, on
his arrival here Newport he offered him his
fervices - and il ieems he was determined Tome
how or other 20 jsYvs bim. He then adds, that
he has examined the forged letters, and does
NOT tsixk that Rutledge is the ao,ifr sf them.
And now comes MIR. JAcoB Rad. Of
Charleiton. Read was one of the Objects OF
Mr.. Adams midxis5i labor. little before he
ran away from Warrington As fat as poR hories
could dag him. MIR. Read was appointed dii.
tri6l Judge tor South. Carolina. The office, II
IL true, was nos vacant when he was appointed,
but that was nothing towards the cloic OF Mr..
Adams auminiaration. II was JEtpsftd that
the celebrated Jupex Bss migh REIGN. and
that WI" the lame fbi~g Accordingly Jacob
Read was appointed disrid judge. But as the
inarument Judge Bee, wherewith JonArRAN
RoBBiss was iscri6ced, could not be Perioad.
ed to reign, Read, the puzzlng rogue. contra
ry TO I'll the msxims OF philofophcrs, wasan in-
fance of the novel cafe of jnIge and nc jndgs
az the fame hre.
This Ergalar Judge of gaesr Pre6dent
went to examine the forged letters. Thejudge
is fomewhar Of Gyiy1 man. He put on his
fpeSaacles, bluRercd like porpoi(e, and in his
own imagination looked quite Big. Here. iays
his honor with ~ebk air, LEI me look at theie
forged LETTERS Thsy were handed 20 him. he
h.id them with his hand .extcnded them from h's
eyes, and with mach gysviy faid, {" Ifay. they
are not written by Mr.. Rutedgc, ard have
been attorney general Of the State Of South
Carolina, Senator of ;he federal government,
and was once appointed a judge ]" and off he
decamped. This 10 be iure was fse afeu-
rnent very eo~Uiaeisg. He was dedred 10
plAce,ihe letters nearer his eyes, and examine the
fyllables and words of them. But this he would
not do, sl,hough without IL a correct opinion
could not be formed. He thought il beneath
his dignity.
With haay hrides he marched TO the no
sary " Ben. Hszard" fand basarioss affair j,
wa, y and there actually (tO0re that he did not
beiieve that the fsyged kneu were Of the band
-zs.iiire Of ,hn Rotledgr
WILLIAM PRIcB ffsnds next IN order,
Mr. Price is a joviai man affsr diuner.-fie
chofe this snforsna,e time 10 examine the fofg-
ed letters. When he eotered the Office OF the
REPUBLICAN, he was rather byosd the hate
of nvrrimfn!. His eyes were din although
there was ruby enough in his cheeks. How
ever great the GmikIxae between the hand writ
inp Of The forged letters and that pf the kxalva
produttiors Of Rusledge, il was clear TO every
one but Mr.. Price that br could not feysefve II,
He aneubnI nevertheless TO ksk at them
<,voYe ftoutIy that they were not written by
Iohn Rutledee. quarrellcd with the Editor OF
the Republican, offered violence TO perfors in
the Office, ard at length reeled off. Whether
he went 10 this joyfal Aatc to the Rsnding no.
tary of Rutledge, {" Ben. Husrd,"is is unknown
70 the Editors. But, certain it is, that before
that seyiisu, gentleman. be defsffd (of couric)
that he had compared the forged lsffer with
gtsnm writings Of Mr.. R"tledge. and after an
afffnfi1x examinafisn. found isid letters TO be
unlike the hand writing OF Mr.. Ruiledge, and
wa convinced they were not written by h'm.
No one Will oouDt the iouHunSis VI hS J""b~
men,. He was unqueRionably qriie compc-
tent 70 decide He was /ober and dypcbfonate
Nov let Us hear what NArHAsirL Rus.
ssL has 20 fay, who is one of the mot reiPeesa-
bic Of Rutledge's Jaceays1. Mr.. RuHci isa
Charleiton merchant.--Hs fatcs in his aifida-
wiz that he il {" esnvmced that the forged letters
were not written by Mr.. Rutlcdge That fome
words and letters in them bore fome fnii'f~se to
the hand writing of letter written BY Knt-
ledee, bu, in opinion of the deponent. the let
tiers in quetion are by no means good inita-
sion, and are very difimiIar TO MIR. Rudedge's
general manner Of writing" Thee arc the
word. of Mr.. RpGel. Here then re iwearesh'
era that he is es~rise1d that theforged lettep
we're s,f written by Rusledge. fcond. and yea,
they bore js~< frHas<f TO his hpsd-s1gifisg1
hot third, notwithstanding this yfssstsas, thsy
were by no mean, so,d in,afer Of his hand
writing, and fourth. although they bore Isss
E.a;fsSs. Ril they were vry dYim,iay to Mr..
Ru,ledpe's general manner Of writing Now
really this is admirable! We do not recolletfto
have ieen 70 many eiarins contradictions 10 TO
fmaIla compah. Virgil, With all his pruning
could not have made fuller and completet
ehap,e, Of incongrui.ies. Oo the whole. ho~-
ever, nv. Ruiiel's deposition contains iufhcient
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