The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1812-02-26
NEWPORT:
UEDNEsD.aT. FEBRUARY es. 1912.

WANT OF lime, aad IA press OF other
matter prevented cur noticing the ridiculous
remarks OF the Mercury printers, and the no
less ridiculous and paltry conduct of Captain
OTwAY, OF the brig Funchall.
In our paper of Feb. 5, in our remarks on
the conduct OF the Captain Of the British
ship Gucrrier, towards Capt. OTwAY, In re-
iusing him supply OF water, we took occa-
sion TO censnre the federal printers, for the
. manner" ot erhOsing the Particulars Of
such viAainonS conduct" Th, was accom-
panied by statement signed by Capt. Or.
WAY, and Capt ANDREWS. In the Mercury.
ol The Saturday following, we are charged
win falsely insinua,ing that they had sup
pressed part Of CTwAy's statement. 1t is
scarcely necessary for us 10 deny having made
any such misunderstanding paper is before the
pubiick--it speaks for itself.
We have often heard the anecdote of the
thct, who crlcd out Z" IL scas n2t 1, gvho stolc
me sy0toh," bC iofe he had been even sushecled,
@na uid not help making The application; We
accordingly took oocasioD, IN the pre.enCe OF
se|et@i espectabie persons, OF asking Or
WAY, whether they did or dId not suppress
any FarI OF what he had Communicated either
tIiJAliy or written. The answer was nearly
'he Afftiah@edNlaln alfemnfed 10 run me dozyn.
6"a, me ID raScatS hare not hut IL IN their
Fofer.' Fecllng somewha, Indignant at be-
in5 charged with making false insinua,ions,
We took The liberty, i'll our paper OF the 18th
INST. OF expressing our belief tina, they had
suppressed pm, of wha, had been commu.
nicaied,and gave OrwAY as the authority. In
their paper OF The Saturday following, they
Oec"nc very Urathy-but magnanimously
condescenaed A." 10 IroUe the JdLSchood Of
charges coming from such mouth" land pub
ilsh letter signed. by OTwAy, which entire
Iy exculpates them from all omissions or al
terations in his statement The publick will
al once perceive the origin and cause OF all
this dltiicuity--it will oe found in the futty-
ism and prevarication Of OTwAY. The Mer-
cu:y printers very 7vcA knegy, notwithstanding
the letter which he signed, that CTwAY had
charged them with suppressmg what he had
verbally Commun!cateG--this they dare not
deny We, however, withdraw the charge
against them, and believe the false hood was
Oh The part OF OTwAy and if we are cor
rcctiy informed, 1t is not the first lime he has
drawn himself into ridiculous scrape by
such conduct.
We beg leave 20 apologize to our readers
tor approprlailnS so much room on this sub
ject--but We believe our paper has earned
reputation foc candour and truth. which we
were extremely unwilling should be destroy.
cd by tie breath G.: caIumny.
The gentlemen in whose Pre- sencc His remark
was made, willing to attest to the fact that he.
made i-5ut the subject is OF little consequence
10 bring their names before the publick.
ihis we think, nng'iiy fine--and pray, Messrs.
plmiers, what Is ii thai thus erals you-are YOU OF
me well-born' few, who look down with con-
tempt, upon your fellow men !-or is it, that from
your subserNle 10 the of a wicked faction.
you ere pampersd with pride and arrogance which
Causes you TO forget yourselves, like the exalted
Governor JONES.
{ We have been informed that the letter Of Or.
WAY WAS written by the printers OF the Mercury,
and that one OF them was IN pursuit of him i,eary
whole day to induce him to sign it No doubt he
would have signed another contradictory of that, If
We would have stopped to the mesnness OF making
such request