Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1805-12-05

prompted you TO have fhrunk from fuch deli
cate inveaigation-yof have Asuuied the name
Of lady, in the face Of the univerie You
have held il up az mark at which iufpicon
and malice may fhoot their envcnomed arrows--
indifferent 20 the injury which you may inAiet
upon your friend, provided you may hurt the
reputation OF your Toe. Indifferent even to the
fidelity of an hiaoiisn. yon have attempted 10
introduce every 6etion which may heighten the
apparent guilt Of your cri@isai Whit you
have excluded every fact. which may tend TO his
iuiai6csti.n. You would have us to believe,
that 700 alone have besn initiated in the facred
temple of Truth and you would win the
world to pay a. much reverence 10 your DEGREES,
ss they formerly did TO the oracles OF Apollo. -
Under the pretext of having ieen the ceiebrsred
correspondence between Mr.. Jefeffon aad Mr..
Walker. you deal ont your anasbemas with no
pisgardly hand, and you have the vanity to
iuppoie, that the world will at once bow down
before your tu,orcd judgment. Like the " pert
copceited fpark OF Mcrriek," you exclam sc I've
feeD, and fure ought 10 know" mould con-
ceive nyfslf, fir, worthy OF contcnPt, were TO
enter into any examination OF shat rx pare
evidence, which you have thought proper 70
dole out. I call upon yoo therefore to produce
the whole of this correspondence until ihen
uuft be permitted 20 doubt the cofrectse!s OF
your hasemeuts. am trongly inprehed with
= belief. that you have omitted iome OF the moh
material points OF tha, corefpondcnce.--You
have fa;d thar Mr.. ]. was indebted to the father
of Mr.. w. for pecunary aid when II 10 well
known that the hereditary etste OF MIR. ]. wa'
amply fuifieisnt to cover all hi, cxpcnce'. You
have anertcd, that he continued 10 proiecDse the
ichems Of fedutiion, even after ms own mairi-
munial connection, when not cvsn the nighteh
yshifpur of that kind was ever circulated IN his
ncishborhood. But let Us drop this fubjeet.
ifhsn FAY nothing. FIR, Of your charging Mr..
Jefcfion with having broken his iaith IN the
payment Of a fun Of money, or OF maintaining
M improper intercouris with fable domeitic.
The frR Of thefc charges h" loog ince been
replied 10 and the lar is below ihe dignity OF
a man Of understanding. II they deieivc any
comment at all, j, is, that they ierve to mark
your insxtineuifhable animodty againit the man
YOU attack. The tale of doMelic iniercous'e,
YOU have not hef aed 70 introduce and blazon
forth in the very body Of yoSr Ie,'sr--whilh
even the lcurrilous editor OF the Repertory was
modeft enough 10 throw IL into a frnsil type. az
the foo, of your letter, by way OF conceaiing IL
in the form Of note. The hifory OF Mr..
G. Iones' debt was too appetite to be conceal
ed aej in the height Of your zeal. you there
fore thought il necsiisry to Aep beyond the mere
oiiic. of witnefs. and bring it into the notice
OF your respectable correspondent IN Bolton,
thoush it vss the only iubjeet on which he had
no, iolicitcd Information from your pcn.
Que parting obiervation more, and hope
thclc nri6tures will terminate forever The
friends of Mr.. Jeffedon, 6r, may readily ex-
cule you for the o2probious cpi,hew which you
have hesoed NOON his head. When such pa.
tros 40 he 10, is tailed a. daRardIy traitor,
a, a "delibcrs,e villain" whole " diaboIical
turpi,ude Ie6es the efcngeA language OF the
pen," they may pity ,he torpitude OF the attack
on account of ito inbeeihty. They know m
t,-y-~d the power OF Lilliputian to hurt Gil
snt.-Bu,, hr. l can fcarcely conceive how you
will be able 70 forgive ycutie,f. From the hum
bic aad peaceful labors Of retirement, you have
raifed ycurielf into diRinguifbed, unenviabe no.
tice. You have ccndefcepdcd IN occupy the
fawe ground, and to psrrske of the fame hcnors
with Porsupine and Calender. You have ex-
rofsd yourielf 60 the kesnef invettives, and
even 90 the moR unfounded accufa,ion. Theie
contenptuous in6nustions, hr, may have re.
commended you TO the ~ pa,hy Of your party,
bu, they can icarcely reconcile you TO the vehe-
mence Of your own zeal. Take then the advice
of an opponent. Suppre, the arimoGty OF
your party zeal. Be eenercu. enough TO ad-
nit, that others may be as free from vices as
yourfelf, and have the cardor TO admit, that
while yoa accute fuch men as Mr.. Jefsrion, OF
treafon or villsiny, tho Rrength OF your own
prejudices. or the mifrepreientision, OF others,
may have led you. into miRake. At all events.
beware OF the dangers Of celebrity. Since you
canuo, afpire to shc reputation OF legiilasor or
an author, content ysurfelf with the fubasotial
and humble honors Of Virginia farmer.