The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1811-04-17
y breakfast ior lh> tti,ld Cs,umniutor,
OR,
Truth upon she meals Of Cahlmmy."


Hercny, OF Satu day last, says, iesr, reiy feV
Instances eaeepfed, there as not Clerk of CO9 that
knows htsy 20 IN 'ke entry TO administer oath,
record Jndgmen! nor Justice Of fhe Peace, no,
.N"'H'y inoGek Mat can Perform Me ordinary dlr
fies Of Me9r Offices"
the most satisfactory answer that ought TO be
gwen a. uils oaiumny isthat il is fiise-This SLAM
d,r.r, Tor years, has traduced the brightest and
most 'r'uous characters in the nation Who no age,
no sex, no situa on IN iv, however high--loWevcr
low 40 virtues, no dis mites, Can secure
mtntl! from hs malicious and infamous attacks.
Ihe arch,ves OF nfany opened To his view, and
mere nc hunts ior cr1u.s and accusa IONS, shnas
uze wiih ruthless violence ,he ch racter, Of all
IN describing the characters of Others h, displays
IN iOcb.e colour the principles, Ind the feature that
w,N accord with the feelings and habits of his gionmy
soul. This calumniator exuts IN wickedness, the
most iicentlous and piofaate ut the federal fiction
Iyser Ike, he leaps upon his prey in The moment
0i unguaided innoceice--he murders the inro, eut
with the guilty--feas aud carouses upon the mang.
led character and feelings of those whom he has
wounded a'd destroyed.-Res seems only to
excite IN fin tew cAertlons to sander. and when
oged and unken Wit viunGictiyc mali h, sigh
~ secret, u" h,w victims % slaughter. Arc these
things To have no end Are they To be eternal ? Is
there not a forbearance that becomes criminal -
Are his accusations true Why not give the names
IL tCsc lgncraut Gle eIks--iustoes and Notaries TO
,he pubhck Why conceal his own name Why act
the ASS ssln Why prefer the dark io the open day
U
Satisfactory answer: II lar is to be 6chered at
'hc''ch he sfeGk's The truth lie has SO long been
notorious that ms oath would be dlscredted in a
Court OF JUSTICE where the character Of the man is
known. But he has described the talents Of the Re.
pob,con Clerks, Justices and Notaries. Indeed D.
What Omit that of the federal Clerks ana Notares
Docs lac not know Of federal Clerk the Superior
Court %ho wrote So miserable hand, that many
time he could not read it himsllfl Does he not know
OF federal Clerk, OF she Supreme Court, who wrote
50 miserable a hand, that many "A time he could not
re"d II himseif! Does lac not know that lac hired
person to copy the judgments the records asham-
ed of his pwn usinteii ibie and miserable writing
writing that res.mbcd quail-tracks Does he not
know that that federal Clerk never entered all the
judgements the records that lac should have done,
and 'hat those judgments remain 10 this day
corded Does lie not know th't federal Notary
Pubiick was dismissed fiom his Office not only -lnh
the consent OF his own party, but with the approba
ton ',io whole community, for his miserable writ
ing and his ignorance And does he no, know that
this Federal Clerk and Notary PubIick, is named
BEN hAHARDi
But whois tins hired calumniator l. il the same
wretch, who some years since, attempted to black
en- the character OF Chrs,opher Eery, Esq. in the
affair of the Infamous Jonn, Rutedgel
Is II he that ISLANDERS the deceased and present
Covernour Fenner, and every virtuous character in
the SfA'e!
Is IL he, who, after gormandzing at his friends
table, drank his wine, and shared his pursa-when
h,s friend set up tor Office, abandoned him, leagued
with his friends enemy, and compared his friends
inHeXble virtues to "A ship without ballast, that
might be bought cheap, and overset with the FIRST
flaw of wind
l. it he that never earned cent by his own indus.
try Is it he who receives donations from his dadda,
his dsda.n-aw, and the prof OF his mill =
is u he that receives yearly stipend, ra!sed by
subscription b. the federal and Brush faction TO be
tho sanderer for his majesty's Mercury, printed in
this town.
Is il he who has brother. who charged two dol.
liars pee day to orphans es.ate-for-for-for
watching the csrcase OF a dead whale.
Is il he Who had brother appointed a guardian
TO an orphans estae-whose purely honesi charges
speak an Ineligible language!
how shall We know the hired cslumriator IA
short stature, black eyes-with vissage if possible,
black as his heart.
Dialogue bet1veen a ,andlsrd and miller.
Tie mil 20 not so Prefta6le ds H has 6een--rrhat
is me cause?
Miller. ! do not haze 80 much cusotu as Ibid
H. Do you really think that " the eouse--ean you as
sign oaher?
Miller. .No--.Aone
n 10 nor The toY-dish too email
Miller fnciersfand you-I 1uH ears The mil J
,sH enlarge The soicIsh; haze Sesn honees, and
IgiH re5adin
III 90, Sr.
Miller. I go, sir wih tleasus-one rs;H cannot snp
port three iunses, unless Iheep ne grist aiIa return
the toA
We are not little surprized TO see the
British Mercury writer's again bring forward
the story OF Mr.. Gardner. We hoped that
sense OF shame on the part of the printers Of
that p.per, would have deferred them from a
repetition Of this gross calumny. II this at
fair is TO be dragged up on every occasion,
these gentlemen must not be offended il we
rem ind them Of a criminal transaction, which
we have frequently adverted 10. Mr.. Gard
ner is an honest, worthy man-we wish we
could say as much Of his calu,nnia,ors. But
which is most shameful and criminal, for a
man to have been convicted and punised for
offences Of which he was not guiIiy-or for "a
man TO escape punishment, when he had com.