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

impeachment. 1 therefore charge you in the
name ct shc violated msjeay Of ta,h. with grois
Igaorsnce. or wi.ltul .anireprciensation. L
chargr you not with one error alone, tor thss
might have been psrdoned as the inevitable Erail-
~ of the undcrl andng, but with long ferries
of saer,ions. which arc neither fuppored by she
msjchy OF ruth, nor hnetioncd by the dignity
ot visiae. liz is lhen time hncc not ey1n yunr
own name. nor the conlteney of yopr opinions
can relieve you irom your embartallnent, thae
you fhould luminous 81. the oldca and mott re-
ipctsahe inhabi,snts of Richmond" 90 come
forth Ia your behalf. In iloing thefe fnbf Dnas
you would do well TO take the advice of an 0p-
ponens. Call no man 20 vouch for your ailer-
tions. Whole evidence may be brought iu,o con-
tempt, by the Obvious impuriiy OF hs motives.
Above all. aycid rhc aid OF fuch citizens as have
NOT forgotten their rcientment 20 Mr.. ]. Tor the
lof, OF place. and fuch iorseners as have nor
yet forgotten their attachGent 10 the kioe of
Gea, Britain.
Unsil you MALL Lexonerate ycurf-ls from there
charges. l ihall paufe 10 ny re,eaishss. In
til thsfc s'e completely wiped asay. you can
icMcely hope 'hat the olier par, Of your attack
will be entitled 20 reipeet. or that The world will
demand sindicston. IL woud he injcaice to
the author TO ,uppoia tia, his work was unequal
in its pats:
Spiitus intus sle,, toiamque ipfufa rer artus
Mems agitat molcnt, CT mssnoie coTpore milcct.
Ose misd iabSbif,. one dIBafVsJoh
Wfsfa' iSe large 6mt', aa@ nmgks qohb fbe
xvbair.
The fame fpifit pervades even the mnute6
ramihca.ions /; the fame boldnc!s OF aiIertion
without proof, the lame prtuence Of semper
wi,hou, dlicTctior. To this unfortunate prcdi-
csment, src 700 therefore reduced either you
NUT undertake the unsvailing ,sfS Of aniwering
charges ag.inR yourielf, which arc recorded in
tho indeliolc lines of truth, or you mutt fufer
the charges which you have hrooght agsint
other, to tall ,hrovah the default Of evidence.
IL will acquire even gseatcr Ingenuity than you
poneis, 10 convince the peor's that he who has
broughs forward chafgc, drfnppcrted by 4
hoge fati, ihoold be able TO fubAsntiaie The ref.
Could indeed have got over this obvious
icsople, aad have gene in:o an equally elaborate
vindica,ioo on the other charges, shink could
have been equally inccei,Iul 10 dsmonArating
their iuiufficiency.
You alert, that on Callcnde,'s Tending the
presf ~ern Of fhe " Profpeei Before Up TO
Mr.. Jeiferfon, he remitied The fam OF 60 dol
lars thus rcp,efentiog Mr.. JeiFsrion 20 have
rvbfn tho 6ra part Of the fecond volume ap-
pearcc" he RENTED him iccond doceof 10 ,h.
fame amount, thus making the !scond remit
tarce a compensation tor ths fecond voomc.
Had yoa examined into the hiRofy OF that bu-
iiuefs with the fame zeal with which you ieeus
TO have brought forward thcls allegations, you
would have found them without the leaf foun-
da,ion. | have at this momeut before me an
extrsd from letter. publilhcd by Calender
himfclf, in the Recorder, of July. I8os, in
which he explicitly Gates, that Tie dfa fun was
emiitei by Mr.. Jeferion, opon his receiving
iome Lpefimssy yhesn only, noi of ihe Proipca it-
fclf. bos OF Lyons Monthly Msgszinc; fhec,s
which are without that fcurilify tina. difgraccs
oruaio parts OF his conpoitiunI and that he
had received the tecopd fam zob<w the 6rf rsrt
OF the iecond volume wa, po<ting 10 prefs the
time At which Calender was doomed 10 impri-
fonment by the penalties oe iedilion aei /;
when it was uecedary Tor every friend Of his
county TO mark his abhorrcncc Of an unconti-
tutiooal law, by Ns iympsthy for victim. who
had been icetied Tor no Other reafons but bscanic
he fcencd 10 be without fricnds, and without
protection. II was 70 this motive, snd not TO
any win OF rewardipg him for his fff volume,
that we may resionably attribute the remittance
OF the fecond fun. =
You sIcr that the nmifTion of CalIenders7
foe, is a foficient proof of Mr.. Jcfeffon's re-
gard for his politics and his peron. Have you
torgotten that Mr.. Jeferfon had taken moH
foIemn oath 10 obey the conili,uiionl Have you
forgotten fha, il was his deliberate opinion. thar
the edition Law, and every thing which vas done
under il. vas dird violation of fbst intro
meat AZ to the charge Of his ufurping beyond
his conditutionaI powers, whsn he took the mo-
ncy from the hands Of the MARTIAL, before il Gas
paid into the hzods of the ucsforcr. you feern TO
have forgotten thst the preGdcnt had preyiouny
confplicd the opinion Of the attorney general of
the Upited States, and that cpicion is foppons1
BY zach reafonine as has NOT YET been G'shen oy
the moa ingeniou, lcgician, ofyeorparty'
You have charged Mr.. Jedrrion With pcr'e-
verine 80 deeply laid icheme OF seduetion.
Regardless Of The ftma:e oh,ratier--regsfdess
OF thoie pss,icuIaris:es which houid have