Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1807-01-12

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SHOULD we form All opinion from the
Gate which has attended many Editors Of
public papers, we can never expect to derive
either reputation or interest from an inten-
fional deviation from truth or correctness
our adherence Of him who wilfully violates
the former. is only equaled BY our pity for
him who IS incapable Of hearing 70 the lat
Ter Next to the satisfaction arising from q
conscientious discharge Of duty, IS, to re-
cieve the appreciation Of the good and virtu-
Gus. When we assumed the conducting Of
his paper. it was at the instance Of those,
whose good opinion it viii ever be our pride
and ambition to possess.
The petty alterations of editors Of differ
ent politics may serve the useless purpose
70 amuse the base and vulgar bat can never
afford any substantial benefit to society. So
malignant is the spirit Of party with many
at the present day, that they lay aside all
regard for truth and justice in order to eX-
srcise a malicious disposition and iniurc the
reputation of those who differ from them in
opinion Oh subjects of political nature the
Fancor Of parry j. 50 violent with many as to
give bias to All their actions and prompt
them to calumnfate without the least provo
cation. Liberal and candid structures on
our profcs sional conduct shall ever receive
9hc like treatment on our part How FL
our opponents observe the like conduct, u,
the following extract from the last ArgW
shew -
."Capt Chase, ofthe schr independents
furnished the Editor Of the Gazette with D.
Est, on his arrival It Is presumed, from
knowledge Of this circumstance, the Elit'
OF the Argus felt secure in copying the shi
news from that paper for the possibility
mistake, or a motive for peryersion, cor5
not be suspected-He win Of course be w
ling to correct the borrowed error So gf.
blunder is beyond the compass Of accide
and the faulty Of ignorance Il must ia
been the effect Of design-Capt Chase,
Capt. Conant, took Capt. Patterson fl
the wreck Of the sch. Friendship The e.
isfaction Of assisting a brother in distress
his reward. He wishes not for the blazu
of public praise. 1t is immaterial to hin
whether ms good deed were ascribed
him or another But to withhold from hin
the credit Of a meritOri0us action, Is an N
Of baseness perpetrated by meanness or maj
lice alone"
The error alluded to was occasioned as fol
lows Capt Chase left his ship news in tic
office unaccompanied with his name or that
Of his vessel,as the copy viii now shew; not
being present at the time, on enquiry we
understood it was from Capt Conant. who
arrived about the same time and as such II
was inserted.
On being apprized of this uxroRrrvaTE
ERROR or bunder," as the Argus calls Il.
such notice was taken of it in the next Gaz-
cite as gave to captain Chase all the credit
of " assisting brother in distress" that he
would have received provided the error had
never occurred WIN any Reasonable man
say there has been any thing in our con-
duct towards capt Chase which savours of
either baseness,'' meamess;'' OF NAL
zee = A man Of whom we had not the least
knowledge till since the transaction alluded
to-conscious of not having been actuated
an the smallest degree by such unworthy
motives, it will not be considered as too
marsh or severe language to pronounce the
argus writer an unprincipled prevaricator
ana ms assertions wicked and malicious falls
hOoos, At the same time we regret that the
poverty Or ambition of the man should be
n such as to impei him so far 70 commit
r y Tor the sake of acquiring little pro-
fesslonal business