Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1804-07-12
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TuJday, July i2, 1904.


ed malefaetor 10 zVo,tby OF hi, pnniIhmsnt. Al
Ichon Is here had TO the piece which appeared
aith the ignature of 80 A Mechanic" Nov
Il is beyond i'll controversy, from the mere in
te'nal evidence Of the piece itief that il origin
sfed among the Mercurisl tribe of refugee lcrib.
len ard thas they trsuduenty ailaned the
fgnatare of" mechanic" in otdcr 10 give il
credit, and procure Tor il degree of artention
which rhs thing @thout fdch Ggna,ure. would
be in no wife caieulsred TO cisin. This mimi
table production b.Eins 10 the dr& perfoo fingu-
lar" wa, nor" &c. an, foon after rhe writ.
er appears 70 forget the di(gnil. which II wa,
mof evidently nj, intention 20 have kept on,
aod imperceptbly liies ,u,u his accuaomcd
phtalcologY OF cd;toril. ,enark--" with as il
h "-aod il brings a," sc. which he clofss as
he began, in the trt perfon Gngulsr, with the
Ggnature of" mechanic" This left-handed, :,
and fupid attempt, at diigufe and deception,
makes the old fayiog good. that The dttaaevsy
ern biSe biz eiSv,x jgof!
Are the public folic;tous 10 know who the
author of the piece in the lar refugee paper,
with the Ggnatufe of " mechanic" is A
flight attention TO a particular concentration Of
facts will fufhcen,ly difcloie him: And it may
be neceGary that he ihou!d be known, becaufc
any Eeret asenty upon public fentiu,enr, doth
NOT correfpond with the prevailing temper Of
the times.
We fhalI NOT at pTefent GO into the c;rcun-
aances which will warrant the aGertion, thar
"p2yjas Sbc1v zobo ,eaas tie atv," is this felf-
Ried I" mechanic )" but fha leave Them for
fut We day, when nercfity may more Immediate
~ call for them. We have only 10 lament, for
the preient, thar thar admirable pitce OF compo-
Gtion ihould deian hin from the office. and his
fudirs, tae whalc forenoon Of Friday laa. He
certainly gave h;mfeN full tn,e to digef hi, con-
ceptons, and 70 arrange his ideas--and therefore
is utterly insxeafable go hi,oielf, and his party,
and to /" the editor snd printer of THE Mercury
who 10 one and the fare perlon," tor intermix-
ing 4 aod rs 70 peofniely. So much tor the
"grave fG,iav," by LAY OF exordiun. II he
has any aoiser a make to il he will be attended
70 with greas panencc and pieafore.
The ae-anged parton hath raken u, up. for
fsyiog that 'Se p,0e1fa, fSrnel, and m0veI as
sexfioned iz sar iaa; ana aaeru ,ha, " there
are few perions IN this town who have nor no.
ticed this siiiul miireprcsenration. If the
grave parton can find no better materials than
this to work upon, he may az well hang up his
fiddle. Alas we fgh for fear that he will
become broken sd;f0y. For fuch materials,
although manufactured by the parfon's own
hands, will never quit Goa, much lefs yield pro-
fit in market. Aad withou, p,sst, The psSfon
knows that the fhop mua be ihut up.
If the procedion did not move according 10
the order agreed upon by the committee of ar.
rangement (which was previouay pobliihed, and
10 whics we referred, for the fake Of brevi,y in
giving the proceedings of the dav,) We reveren-
italy AK the parton 10 what order il did move /!
As the parton is fond himielf OF silsi queAions,
he, in his torn. ough; 10 anfwsr fome.
t" Four focieties Gay, the psrfou) we're men,
toned in the previoa. Arrangement, AID bur ore
of them moved in III. procefIion 5" and hence
conclodes thar to fay The procefTon moved sc-
cording 10 thofc previous arrangements, sis
falfc representation. calculated to deceive the
honef yeomanry in our country towns" How
tender the parfon's corjfiener j, Suppote three
particular public Characters had been invited to
attend and had declined an attendance, would il
therefore have been incorrect to fay that the pro-
cefioo moved according to prcyi,us arrange.
nent Suppofe pGyy8x SbGSc had been invited
10 attehd as Gudeot al law. by whom, ' after
a full inveaigation of the fubjett the invitation
was rejected" Now il is evident that he would
have made diftina and aitingsilhed member
OF the pIccefion but could NOT the procsiIior
have moved according TO the previous arrange.
menu without him 's No fmall pains lfays the
parfon) wera taken by feveral charaters. in this
town, TO induce the Malonic Society 10 move
as focicty, with the intended proeeilion )"
Sc but after full inveGigation of the fubjeet |
liz il wonder he had not added, end beaying |
all The evidInoe in tie eajtl il was determined |
by a large majority in convention tpoaibly |
the msjoity might have becn oRf Of conven-
hon, parfon) thar it would be improper for
them to make their public appearance. and con-
fequen,ly the invitation va, rejee,ed." Nthe
parton had been fojouniug amonc US for any
conaderable length OF time, he nigh, have fpar-
ID himfclf the '' no fmall pains" For it appears
to be hard work for him to reveal his intslli-
gence) of the lat rccited remark. SuPpofe the
parton fhoad be informed thai the attendance
Of the Msions was not expected when the invi-
fs,ion was given--that they had been invited the
lsR year, had then declined the invitation,
which was repeated At the prefent time entirely
put Of compliment. and that the fociety was
mentioned in the order Of procefiiou agreed on
with that view entirely. Sappoie he fhould be
informed tha, the fame was the cafe With the
Marine Society. great number Of whom l1 sf-
end the proceiiion, and move together Would
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