Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1805-1805, 1805-03-18

yet Mr. Cooper mi ht think !. bis DUR, Il f.,v.
good caale, To ity that he never had the
contribution IN his Pchrilion and therefore. could
not have hown e to his brother Wendell !:
MIR. Cooper con. ewing that the difference BE-
tween pryst OF contribution, and the con.
ftitunon itlelf LETT room enough for him 20
certify a. he dill. The defence i thetefore
weak IN itisif. The certificate q Judge Wen
dell NUT then o. required to which is In the
following words
U2oa reasng the certifca,= Of nv friend Mr. Cooper in
the caraaicie Of yeacrtly think i however III
pse1iaatJ incumbent on me to make the following
pECLNAATION:
That II the tirae OF the CoSsrIrUTIoSA socrErr in
Boaaa, the LATE Or Thatcher mcntcues il company one
evening that he mar. been rel -ed from Judge
Sullivan, declare IN any company ne h fall into that
he Judge Sullivan had eceded from the coaaitonal 20
sety Uola This ilor nation determined TO make viz
Ito my friend and brc;her-n-law Mr. WI Cooper TO
periuste him to follow his example and withdraw from
tr Socety as Thought would nich interrupt the Do
mehc happinefs Of hlei and ay 6ter now being ai-
van-ed in years ADD would prs5 bly, BE ept our on eve
rngs, We mad formerly been, when Or the committee Of
sorEepcndenceT urged IN prefcnce Of htcr Coop
wife and dlGyIer and to enforce my advice, told
him thar evening before, Judge Sullivan had re-
qieftcd Dr.. FAacheT 70 mention, in company he met
with, that he had reccdea and drawn from Act ocety
Llr Cooper Geor7rr{ s--vb1t zgtf tbinddeny too.
There Read 1hat"-theu added relue.f r-4f5 Frs
s-i read the paper and believed be the hand xri-
mug of Judge Sullivan. and aio believed II 20 be FIRST
DRAUGEr or THE GU TI.INE of CONSTITUTION
for SAID SOCIETY OLIVER WENDELL
The czt1i commits error in fayng that Mr. Cooper
karap that Judge Sullivan had made the obtrvaon At
Sorasfv-howed 70 Judge Wendell the ConHtution--for
he hewed il Judge Wendell otherfe than is ex-
preied in the above which months perhaps wears
before the W'rsasy Rory took blaze O. w.
Now If your readers do not perceive where
the ihce pinches.lc let them compare the Gtu-
alton Of the two ccr,6crs and fee which Of the
two ought to DC fappofed moi correa.
Mr.. Cooper il is acknowledged is refpe6ta-
bic I'D gentleman, and it is believed he is Rric-
tly honeit in his Intentions 1t is well known
however, thar he is very Jealous partizan, and
he is particularly tenacious of his political opn-
ions, and that he is warm perfonal friend to
Judge Sullivan tits no; fur priiing that man
of eighty years fhould forget tranfa6tion, NOT
very honorable TO his friend, which to k place
nine or ten year ago.
Judge Wendell, on the ot1er hand IS not
party man, as is eviuced by hisl having had for
feyersi years pat the unanimous vote of befb
frrt;y, fora Tea, in the fenatel He has been
Judge Of Probate, he has been more than zen
years councillor, and in fhort is man Of IN
fufpeetcd integrity In this cafe too he is reluc-
family teftifying in opp0ftion I'd near relation
and friend, circumAance which adds much
TO the weight Of his teltimonyJ if it fhould be
necefary to conuait it with Mr.. Cooper's.
The people have the evidende-let them de-
eide.-As the Argus has given rhe fate
nent in defence Of the Judge and pronounced
she charge czlumny, the editor of that paper is
requcfted to give the evidence on both ldes that
his readers may judge for themfelves.