Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-08-06

CHIFFON. For this purpoi. yoe fay SO 70
g sIoaI know what the Condutt OF the Mmd,rl
g nal Iuds es in al, the Satas, was at the b,
7" ginning OF the revolution; cut in Mahschuiet
g when Mr.. tiutchinon was chef iultice, Is
| .. fay :nc r fs7a5ts and tutylmic HAwLes, H,fI
I" ped Of i;s t9~riRry's ,ebes, mud b0,md ia ef4
I" and his ,,arDe essfcd from the roll OF Attol
" neis. We Jaw Otis, Adams, and Csine
!" treated by ,;e 1e~e5 with cold and contcmY
I" ts.aus neglct., bccarf: they were The avowe
! " advocates Of rhe peoples rights Whateve
:. the fu!ricors mag have been IN la,sy sisse.
g rpm tbs gnLis<7, we win PATS it by" :" Ja4
+" ger and Clrrg;svrn (Which you take good Gar
!" TO emphaEzv, oughr not TO involve themitiye
" in thcfe party conteAs becsuie # they d
!" they Cannot avoid carving ..eir seciings ii,
6 to their ca;cia! conduct. and in ,h-t way dc
" tfroy their uiefulneis, &c.
Here, ff, you have caised upa tranfaaiol
that took place more than thirty years ago. 70
no other conceivable puspcfe bar 20 add to IT,
preienr rage of party iPirls. The :rasa6tion j
nothing more than the sieprwirg an attorney 0
the hyperion court. the privilege of praet,linj
there, for what, on rhs parr of the attorney wa
deemed a contempt to the court. kas yoi
wickcdly enieavoar to convey to. your reader
the idea, and make the m believe :hat the tranf
ACTION on the part of tnc court was cruel, IN
ju1 and directly contrary to law Of that tlle
there night have been JIM grounds to fufpene
the repst3a5t, pa.srar narvty. fer certain
time, yet the right which the court pofcfied o
correcting irrprerer fondua IN the members d
the bar was in the cafe msn,ined. cxcrciicd in /.
cruel and opprcaivc manner, and nth dsGgl
not to defend and yindicatr the legal powers d
the court. but to deprcfs and iDjurc Mr.. Ha~le.
in the minds Of the people merely hecauCc he
.vas their friend, and lt3ufy OF their right;
The coneluiion you intended your readers ihou;d
infer from this transaGion, as you have related il
and It's connection with the fuhi>a Of your leise,
Is, that Judge Chaie is as unjua ajuugc as cru,
el and cppreflivc in his manner Of adniniitcrin,
intticc as the mouostbiraI jmdge HufcJ;s,os and
YOU wiihed to intuie into the minds of your
rea.!crs all the hatred and detclta,ion aeainit
Judge thA'r and ali rie' sYmer, that formerly ami
mated the people of this country at hearing, rhe
name. rs ll--sAinfon and the rnrr FaicS'sS :,
-ssu1c- times.
|, cannot have efcapcd he notice cfan impair
tial. candid mind, GA reading your letter, thar
tho the fubictl has no relation whatever to the
e,e,e;, and rho they had nor been mentioned in
the preceding part Of il, yet when you fuppcfed
YOU had worked up the minds OF your readers
60 rancorsus pitch Of anger, aud more than
iui!ic cnt 10 render Chatr unpopular, you thought
it good opportunity to direct the iurp!us Of
vengeance asaint the Clergy Of your own coun-
try, and thus by anociatng tber. with ,aanarsbi-
cal Judges ycu nisht enjoy me tiabos;cal :atis-
faction Of iss;as thsm lns together into ever
laliing dilsrsce.
With regard to the jufiice and propr;ety Of
crotIiag out the name at Eqqvky from the roll
Of a,tornics which is all that was done by the
Mouarchical court, ans, in which icntence be.
lieve the court was unanimous, iLail make nc
obfervari,ns becautc iincc you have not i:atct
wllar the facts were, on which the Court pro
r.oanced their fen,cncc, the public have nc
ground to call it in 9ueltion. Bur mutt tel
you char your ltatrlnent of the .ranfae ton is /a
and we will leave tito the public to determine
whether you did not Lnoqv it to be fa'ic at ths
time you wrote it, ana whether | have not cor
TeciIy iiated your motives and Object in 10 do
ua-2he ,sbsS7a5Is an! pSt,istic Ha1uIty soas
g,ltped Of lis 5arrifs,s ycSesb BY fbe hand tsscou,
man execatisnsr, as you have Altered. mar rvs
| he bsund IN spen essvf, which you as unbluihing
| " aiier,. Indeed, IL credit is to be given t.
respectable perions prc!rnt. and who fsv
the whole ,raniastion which makes fuch
figure under your tragic pen, the rsfes7sts an
patriotic Ha7ry 4vGs nat fsuebsd in esurt, nor sat
il BY their order. He was Gmply deprived O
/, the privilege to practice in the court, whicl
was done in manner proper and dgni6ed.
I, If you had not the front of an hand iron
and the fell heart Of deamon, ii might be ex
peSted you would come forward and ak par
don Of the public for attempting to imrcic OF
| them with iuch ncfarious falihocds but for
get myfelf; you wrirc for atSsserafs, and they ar
gaping for more OF the fame. aamp. Clergy
men and judges, you FAY, ought not to invols
themfsises in party conteas but is it not thei
duty and the duty Of their relation to focicty, /
y opnois vice and impiefY wherever thew find IL