Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1805-10-07
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1" YM4Ication ofr III. Tefergaa. /"

WE obferve with pleafure, that an edi-
tor IS at length found, who is bold enough
TO attempt the vlndication Of Mr. Jefferlon.
We rejoice at this, becaufe we are convin-
ced that truth can loie nothing by invenipa.
ton. We ihould fill more rejoice. could
the attempt Of his advocate prove ruccefsful.
Happy ihould we feel, if our country could
be relisved from the difgrace which muh
inevitably attach to it, if the charges made
againlt its chief magiara1e- are true. Bur.
from what we have lcen, we are apprehen-
five that Mr.. Jeferlon's reputation can Be
iuPPortrd, only by the facrihce of truth
ne writer OF his vindicatior, appears to act
as if engaged in desperate undertaking.
lie feems inclined TO maintain his ground,
rather by iophlltry and falfe reafoning, than
by plain matter of fact. Subtletv is fulfil
tuted for fncerity, and falhood for truth.
As we are politically and perfonally inter-
cited IN the reiult Of the inveiligation, we
ihali watch this viDdcator Of Mr.. Jefcrfon
narrowly and we hereby pledge ourfelves,
that II it fhall appear that we have, in any
InttanCe, milreprelentcd the condutt Of the
PrelIdeft, we will fpeedily and candidly re-
tract our error
! The Vindication is formally commenced
II the Virginia Enquirer, and three num-
brrS have already appeared But few
preliminary iketches came oft in a preced-
lag paper, which mutt Grf engage notice.
Ihele relate to the charge ofMr. JefFerfon's
having furnifhed /5me Of the matter for the
VI { Rafo T. u - y
I Calender one hundred dollars to afIft him
in FULFILLING the book, or as reward for
writing it. It is little Engular, that the
only execute or apology that is offered BY
the Enquirer for this tranla6ton of Mr..
Jetterfon, is founded on pretended extracts
of letters from Calender himfelf If Cal
lenders tcitimony is valid IN one cafe, it is
IN another and this point once admitted,
FIR. JefFerfons Vindicator might as well
give up his talk frlt as latt. This is a mat
ter, however, that we thall no; contend a.
bout. The Enquirer is welcome TO ak the
advantage he can gain, BY relying on the
teftlrnony Of a man, whole character it has
10 often and 70 materially impeached. We
even content TO admit the evidence Of Cal
lender in this cafe; for we cannot fee where
in it vindicates Mr.. Ieferfon.
In his treatment Of thefc charges, the En-
quirer does not pretend to deny thar Mr..
Jcferion wrote fame part OF the {" Profped"
but he contends that it was but f7laN part
One Tort paragraph ;-and he furnithes
copy of the Guppo(ed paragraph himfeIf. 1t
evinces great deal Of candor in the Enquir-
er, to admit a fact which he believes is al
ready proved. The editor Of The Bottom Re-
Peytary had announced that he was poEeC
fed Of a paragraph in Mr.. Jet1erton's own
hand writing, which was :" incorporated
with Callender's own laneer," in the body
Of the 4 Proipe6" without marks Of ono
tation. The Enquirer, believing this para
graph to be the fame as the one mentioned
BY himlrlf contends that it was vsyy B~t-
very baymlsj and the any gns in the whole
book written by Mr.. Jeferfon. Unfortu-
rateiy for him, however, it turns out that
the two paragraphs were totally different
from each other, which proves that in fzvo
places, at leaf, MIR. JetferTon furniihed
matter for +" the Prolpett." Mr Jeferlon
might have written half the book but as
long as it was fuppoied thar one paragraph
only was detected, it was very natural for
hiS vindicator to FAY that he wrote no more
and now that he has, by his own oficioaf
nefs, dilcoveTed anathsr, he NUT confels that,
and declare that thefe are the any t1yg. If
however, by lome unheard of accident, the
whole original manufcript fhould be found,
and very large portion Of it prove TO DC
Mr.. jeiferionS hand writing, then the En-
quirer would perhaps, give Us further proof
Of his cahdcr by admitting that ALTO. We
think Mr.. Jeferion's acculers have done
every thing that was requGre to convince
any any unprecedented man, that he was
comfortable contributor 70 that infamous
work, the PFoiPea \ aud ae viii adduce