Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1804-07-19
-. os N E w P 0 X L,
Mu,aay, 5ny le, 1904.

tween fthn ana inc ycfhefs fGpff. nc uupnc
are doubtleis weary of the conte9. We slio are
diieuasd with IL; but il is indifpenfsbly necef-
fary to bring thoie political irecbcoten--,hofc
detrimental pirates 20 fenie OF juaicc--to that
puniihDent which their sudscious strocity 70.
abundanrly merits, 10 order that focieiy might
enjoy truce from their uhprineipled, and pre- !
dssory warfare. IL excites fnile of the mott
foycteisn contempt, pity, and defiance. TO OBJ
lerve the heedleis. beSdlong, iuccngruous and
Aupid tenor of their career. Challenge and'l
omplaint--nenacc and isnentsfion conttitutc, 1
alternately, the bnyinen Of their theme. From
hold 10 hold they ave continually retreatiug
wirh the utmoa precipitation, and in each wav-
ing fox moment rhe Aag of pretended tri-
umph. and then abandon the in,renchmcut and
f1y in pstiait of fomc other.
IL iscurious 10 remark the courfe the diff
quiation has taken. Having msjeAerizlly "dar-
ed" 20 cestsia " explanation and application"
they complained mott bitterly. and bell l,wed
moR horribly when il was updertaken. Having
folemnly pltdsed ftrmjfFvd on their part TO
certain other explaaa.ion, they in their confer
nation have entirely overlooked and forgo, i,
and went on to declare that they would p,s1v a
certain petition. This they afterward eluded
by fsYiog that they " choie to nansge their own
afair IN their osUs sUay." 1t appears that their
AFFAIR.", like their qvay Of managing them, =" are
da,k and Intricate, psSSltd srnb mSSN', and per-
picked zUnb syrvy.''
Eager TO abandon tbefe grounds, as too ar
duous, and utterly untcnable, they ruined from
behind 4 new contributed, and untried battle
ment, upon furmiie thar had been made, that
parton Shaw had written in their paper. Con.
hdeety fuppofing that they were, here, under
The imPregnable ihield Of profound iocrecy with
fefpeet to 'he Psrfon's operations, they were
loud ard infolent, and, az far as they dare 70
be bold, and poGrive. But the parton. as il
dreaming OF his former inadvc;isnce, fcemcd to
limit his bravery in conicious innocence and vir.
tue, 20 a kind of !armile about fufpicion, and
advancing no farther than to {" declare it 10 be
az anfoupdeo a, malicious )" thus artfully con-
irving 20 have il r-dt,Rooa as both I" unfound-
ed" and " nslicioas." @i,host sounding his
confidence bv tying poGrivey sha, il was either.
To this il ~ss reinined tha, i, could he incon-
,rover,iby proved that he had written for the
Mercury. had fhewr his pieces before they we're
pubithcd, aod ,hai he had convicted himfelf Of
il by hi, own poG,ive allegation in the preience
Of objectionable wi,neGcs. In snf~er TO this,
,bey have taken great pains TO deny that he
wrste the piece which appeared in the Mercury
before the laa, with the Ggnsturc Of - mechan-
&C." And why hsve they feleeied thi, as Tho
noR adviiable point upon which 10 predicate an
auei Is il becAnfe they have unqueaionablc
proof upon il TO ceabiifh the qneRion in their
favor, and TO exoners,e the parton from the i'm.
putztion Not at all i: It is for no other reafon
than becaue il is the rlon fruitful of fnb,e,sugr,
and viii, perhaps, afford the bca. and moR nu-
merous chances OF eva!ion. Who the author o'
that infamous Production was, may not be cspa-
bic Of dired and poG;ive proof: AZ it affords
them, therefore, the bea oppcrunitie. Of refcrt-
ing TO ,heir sccnaomed means OF defence, TO wit,
eys6on, equivocstion, and fub,cr.uge, they have
ihuflcd to decoy the public attention which GER
tainiy has fome intefeit in this matter. ss It is
intereaed in the veracity and Integrity of It's or
CANAL from every other point, and 10 faRen il
on this.
1t wss not aTcried that parton Shsw sva,
the author Of the piece isned {" a mechanic"
II was only faid ciroumaance, would warrant
fuch an aGertion. That it was sritien by one
accuaomed 20 write in the editorial capacity,
was evident. Stupid indeed mad that mschsn-
ic be who ~ould think of being the aurhor Of
iuch publication, evidently calculated TO infult
and sbufe hvndreds of refpcttablc citizens in a
body /: And doably fupij the creature, who un-
der The exiting citcumAances, could kt in
conceit that he can 70 Ear inpofe spon the pub
lie, a. TO make them believe il was the pfoduc-
tion Of Ca real mechanic" AT leaR they NUT
procsre forne bener evidence to she point than
their ows mere word, which has TOO often fail
ed 10 be hereafter relied on.
They have heretofore fsid fomething about
,he " fair GRAND # a,gameaf" and freedom
from inveesive. II the psfos wosld practice
what he breaches, in ever 70 fight degree, he
might have fome Claim to charity and tender
nefs: Bot what can be done with him whole
words and deeds arc in the fhaspea conAiei with
each other; Who in the fame breath can exclsim
bslaaaab and etReyyk Who 6sa defended from
the broad ground Of argumens TO peffonziity,
and invedivei Were not cps arguments and
obfcrvations in the I" "ssSiasafor and ateiiea.
fiss" that had been vasnsiogy demanded OF us,
pfedicsted upon the broad fcale Of general prin.
cipIe Did not oor remarks comprehend .
whole genus. comprihng vsrioss, and msl,ifs.
rious fpeciesi Wn there any thing pcrfonsl
about them yes, foine gill FAY, they were point
ed n the Editen OF the Mercury. Who ere
thefe Editors Of the Mercury I've beg their
Pardon', VIC ihOsld have faid the '.frg~ fsf0:l