The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1810-10-10

'ue man VINO attempted II, knew nothing or
nae, and only read my motives th,oue D ,be
oark medium Of his own. base heart 4, i
"eh shown to Thousands that il would have
sa.snceu honour 70 interest, in the limes il,
wnica have lived might long since have
| oeeh lar removed from ga uncertain oepxn-
aencs on commercial tavours. did not hes.
ns.e 70 declare my suspicious to the captain
s'u assured him, that il they turned out 10
oe oo1rect, should not only reject his busi-
HIM. S1y aesinsk
He made no confession of his si,uu,ion.
pus we next morning Capt.. Isascs OF tie
s."P ''N,o's'ers wrecked in The Eyder, came
ny oHsce VIA hixrrew, claiming n, = BRO.
'"-'.. a''a sss'stnnce : told him that / ho-
psu 'na. 'heic would be enough saved OF the
P'Spe.v " Pay the balance due To the crew,
-. "'" .'.'. ~lP. issacs confessed, thut there
as 40 oalahce cue, and told me that he csms
,ns." -ol'aon ne soon afterwards mentioned
"s names Oh iour others who landed a, tho
,~. me ume and place, three Of which were
s" mere On The day following received
,;a as",i rom an American al Hamburg, sta-
U.S S '"a' one Oh the ships, the Native, Capt.
niii, must have loaded in ENGLAND + 49,
''.:N "us received letter signed by ten of the
principal supercurkoes, one of whom ,,nre-
-" ss"'su y lar the inrges, property OF any sim
b'e eon,ein in this country, demand;ne. I'm.
aer menace OF responsibility, that / should
expose the ships arrived from England. IN
one Gay ! received three expresses from
iainourg on this trying subject. i res;s,ed
'he opportunities Of the aceusers by ALI tho
au8umehts which the critical situation OF our,
~ns'rs suggested, and proposed TO the aceus.
sa 10 leave the port ind go 70 sea again.
nave reason 10 believe, thu, two OF tbem
wou'd nave adopted this proposal, al,Lourh
.ney gave m, no assurances 90 the .uhiect..
out one positively refused. 9sdging tlsi nis
GOODS were fully insured into ,hc vafa-Acusa,
anu II seized before they were (esy at4a,
nis INSURANCE. wos.d cs,,r hia ioss, hit that
Al nc sent them away, ne toes thestisk ttNMs
own account thus stuarea, what W. to3be
done Il had sNacged Two shfps tn drrtgt.
an hnc ocen conspeilod to expose the tb.rd.
ny oonduos-@odl1ih hayc been aaclLed Gs mo-
ives thc mos, uawotny.
In,lcr this pressure OF circumstances, and
10 = li1iti4 -oAstr atyss WIZ
vele about me can bear testimony to lre agi-
tstionet my mind. A, length the notoriety
oi the laots, fboth here and at Hamburg, shut
tho oooi 10 allexpetliests, anu lett me no sl-
but 10 denounce the ships m guess
,ion, on to suffer the suspicious existing a.
gains the whoic property OF NY ieIlow-oiti-
zcns TO be confirmed by dcnunciation ircm
another quarter, DCt only Of these cases, bur
of myself, as participating in the fraud. Tho
pause made in the choice OF such consplica-
ted difficulties had excited already c.amours
among tomc OF my countymcn, and insinua~
tions uniavoursblc 10 my motives. In short
on the 18th Dccembcr, 1 denounced tho
ships III question to the principal local author-
ities, and wrote an explanatory letter 70 His
Majesty the King OF Dcnn ark, which sent
by express. The ships were afterwards tried
in two tribunals, and their hahers being found
Forged, they svere together yiih ihsir cdrSoes
condemned. | afterwards received the unani-
nous appreciation Of a general meeting Of
my fellow citizens at Hamburg, Supcrcargocs
OF the ships here, and al their r,quesi pro-
ceeded to Copenhagen, to solicit the liberia
tion Of the American p opcrty in these pros
vinccs. The delay which has occurred in
this investigation is the only source Of dissat-
isfaction with my conduct. Perhaps the dis
satisfied would have preferred Immediate cons
fscafion to delayed deHberafion. This is tho
summary Of the principal facts. / shall make
but one or two observations Although the
enemies Of The measure have endeavourcd "a
make harty question il, IL has nothing TO
do with harty. Among my approvers wero
men Of both the great political opinions
which characterize my fellow citizens at
home, and the committcc who communicated
to me the sense Of the meeting were ell fed.
cralists The law contravened is an old ones
and was passed in the year 1908. On the
ground Of cxpedicncy and delicacy towards
the local authorities, have asccrtained from
the highest sources, that had the property
been given up by an undisiinguishIng general
order, new arrest would have been inme-
diately laid under different agents, and which
would have proved fatal to the whole.
Was IL then my duty to jeofardize miiio"s
of tie fair PROPERTY Of my ./eHow-eizenf oss @
mere etiquette and deieecy fosvdrds 50retgn-
ere 2-One fact morc-.-I have huf myseif ir