Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1804-08-02
F.: ths RHODE ISLAND RrruslicAs.

rE'HE noft Abandoned charaeses always pro.
4 fefs 90 love truth and TO hate falfehood !:
And 1 believe that lbal be fate in ahcfting,
that there is no perfon who pohehes a heart
10 depraved, that he does not really prefer the
former TO the latter, abfnetly conGdercd.
But when afpiring and wicked men, become de-
frous of rafting ihenirlves 10 fituations more
elevated than their conduct cnt'tIcs them 70.
aud of acting in fphere roo extcnhve for their
Knowledge and abilities, their ony alternative Is,
either 10 abandon thsr ambitious projects. or
10 have recouIfe TO falfchood and ftratagem for
the purpofe OF Carrying them int, efett And
unfortunately for mankind, the latter reioluuon
mott commonly determines their choice. But
as the great body of the people have no inteteH
10 encouraging tslfehood and az their feelings
naturally declare on the hde Of truth; shoie de-
ceiying hypocritc, find tlcmlclyes contrained,
fra To cover the deformities OF Inc former with
the bright robe OF the latter, snd then TO impofs
her opon the world under the iPecIous name OF
her enemy. Thus truth and fsllhood both APP
pear before rhc public in the fame gs:b. and both
claim the fame name; and until they can be dit-
iinecifhed from each other, they bosh ftaud up
on the fame ground.
TO "trip ia,hood OF Ill her borfo.sed orna-
rnents, and f-t her before the public in hcr ma
tive deformity, is tak by Car too ardaous for
my preienr undertaking. My only deGgn at
the prefsntis, to expoie 10 public view the NAL
ice and isity Of Ihoic charges which appeared
in the Newport Mercury OF the / 4,h inf. againR
Mr.. Gailatin. AZ the burtben OF proof always
lies upon tae fhouldes " The accnier, and az
the writer who has brouPht forward ,hote cha'g-
ca, has tot oA;reJ Gngie particle of evidence in
fuppou Of them, II woU be iuihcieni tor me
90 declare them unfoundcd .sld cali upin him 10
prove the truth of his aaenious. But am a.
ware tha, 10 that cafe, he would either be ilent.
or eA2pliih the truth of hil aecufations tike his
great teacher Laco) by telling the public, with
sn impudeni anarancc, that the authenticity OF
whs, he had advanced concerning Mr.. GsllaIin
was never till nov difpu,ed. BY either OF theic
means, the public would be deprived Of fair in
veaieation OF the fubjed, ard left wholly 10 the
daik with regard to Mr. Galsiin's true charac-
ter. Under this impreilion, have tho't proper TO
Offer to the confederation OF the candid and en-
liehtened, the bca evidence the nature oi the Gale
viii admit of, 10 prove the aforementioned
charges TO BE- iafe, malicious, and untoundcd.
Tht principal accaisIion aeaina MIR. Cal
latin, in the Mercury OF The date above mention.
ed is. that he wm engaged in the iniarrettion,
which happened in the four weitcrn copnties in
Penniylvana 10 1894. In order 20 give clear
idea OF his conduct relative 10 that iniu'netion,
it will be uscefary 10 inierr fhot abafaet OF
fomc of the principal events which 1t involved.
+" In the month Of June 1891, the hra
year on which the fills we're TO have been enter
ed, there were NO Offices Of INFECTION opened ia
the weitern couniies And though the people
were in great conformation, no public or general
coniultsiop was held on the ioh;eet, tilI The lat
Ger end OF Jolly following. when a meeting wai
sGvertifc6 10 bc held at Red-Stone old fort. In
dividuals atrcnded from different places, but
pet by delegation, and, being IN harveR, iew
attended from dieance. There were iour or
five from WcitnoIelapd, few from Allegany, or
the diitant parts Of Waihioston or Fsyette.
The hardlhips, naturally refoltins from the exc-
cu,on Of the excite la~ 70 thai country, were
explained bu, at the fame tire the conllisuiion-
al authority ofcopgreis to enact it was aherled.
IL was rrioived GO petition Congreis for 'elsef,
and no petition being prepared. acommiitec was
appointed to meet ar Pn,fburgh 10 drauSht one.
The committee was ALTO anihosiisd 10 corTe!-
pond with the citizens in other places, who
might be bcdifpoied TO petition Congrefs on the fab
jett, and it WAS recommended TO the different
counties to appoint committees 20 iuperin,cnd
the hgoing the petitions and forwarding them TO
Corgie.,.
{" 10 Augua committee met ar Wsfhing.
ton, agseeably TO the Recommendation OF the
Red-Stonc meeting, and in September a CON-
mit,ce. competed of peIfons from the wsfern
counties. met a, Pn,burgh. ipre(umc none OF
them were delegated, except perhaps from
Waihington county, for only in il had there
been county commit,ec. From Weamoreiand
there was but one pe,ion, and he ~as no, dele
gated.
"a petition was propofed by the general
committee a, Piuiburgh TO be 6gned by the
people. and tevers Ieioives werc pubiihed IN the
Gazette, iome of which were intempctately ex. |
prsGed, and 'efpet,ed iubjeds bot little connett-
ed With che excite law. zach as the falsries OF
office, the funding iyRsm. sc.
"A5out eleven months after, in AuguR |
I7os, NUMBER OF perfons, from Waihipgton.
Fayette, and Allegany counties, formed the fc- |
cod and laf committee of thar kind that was |
held at Piulbureh. They prepared and pub
ifhed another petition TO Conpfeis. rrayirp for |