The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1824-03-18

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This muniafed eorresfondenee and subvefsion
| Of facts 10 veH esicu,sied 10 impose on the
| public, and 10 make IL appear TO those unsc'
/ qusintsd with The transactions, sDd Who have
u not In their power TO compare dsles and o.
/ vents, thst the stsps taken by Tho Secretary,
Ia ordering the restoration Of Mr.. Coggsshsii,
was not in consequence OF any suggestion
made BY Mr.. Hunisr. And Mr.. Hunters
statement, which was not written, for obvious
reasons, until after tho Intslligeneer, eonssin.
lag Mr.. Crswfofd's stsement, came 10 hand,
vac made to eo'robofate that statement, and
With The sswe views. Hut in consequence OF
tho mu,ils,ed correspondence, snd false stale
men,s published in tho Iniellis encsr, Mr.
Hunter has been drawn into an error, which
we will msks evident. Mr.. HuDtor sls,es 10
his defence, ss il is styled, 1t win be obsefv'
ed that Mr.. Crawford had, by Mr. EIlsys.
letters Of the Goth and 22d Of May, been sp' /.
pfissd Of ell tho cifcumsisnce, 10 relation TO
oil the new appointments 10 office, and MIS-
Mr.. C'swfo,d,s, ietter IN reply TO Mr.. EVERY,
dated the 2Yih, before tho receipt oil mine had
snnoooced his principles Of inquiry and dseis.
ion, and anticipated tho prioei pies bad snsed
in mine, under dste of tho 23d."
I, 10 evident from q recurrence to faets snd
dates, that Mr.. C,arIofd's lener Of Msy 2!,
referred to in M. Eliety's Of June J, was not
id reply to Nj. ElIery's ieter Of May ~, ss
stated By Mr.. Hunter. Tho letter OF Aff.
Crawford, Of May IT, vac evidently IN answer
10 letter of q date previous TO the 22d, an.
nouncine the appointment, Of Joshua b. Rath-
bun in tho piece Of Mr.. Peckhsnn, fof which
no reasons had been assigned by tie Collector
--and wbeo the Io,ter OF the Secretary, OF The
9Th was written, approving Of the sppoiot.
ment Of Ralhbun, although no reasonshad
been given for the chspge--the COLLECTORS
letter Of May 20, announcing The appointment
Of Mes.,s. Shesrmsn, Melville and Bufdick,
had rot been received BY tho Secretary. That
letter, there efore, did not announce the Score.
Ary's principles Of inquiry snd decision, nor
did IL anticipate Mr.. Hunters opinion anc
PRINCIPLES in the manner in which no meant
il should DO understood, and OF which he 90
vsin!y bosSs, since II approved OF tho appoint
men, Of an officer 10 the place OF another, with.
out being informed or requiring the grounds
on which tho chsnse had been made
Il is evident elsa than M. Crawford Is DOT
governed by any fred f'fneihies with regard
10 these appoint men,s, ss the following fecited
cs,es vii, prove. fo tho Disuict Of Bis,oI,
when the present Collector, Mr.. Bales, came
into Office, he considered thar the places VI ell
The subu, dlna,e ofice's appointed By his pro-
dee eessor wore vseatcd, and be appointed an
entire new set, wna bot few exceptions, out
Of his own religious society, whose appoint:
m eits we're approved by the Secretary. A
mong ihv.e super -eded, was Mr.. Gladding,
the Gauger a, thst port, a wor,by ana correel
Officer, Kepu5licao, spd Q pat'ioi OF the re.
volu,ion, who faugh, by ,he side oi la Fey.
euc, q; the battle with the British, ON this rs
land. Hi. being left out was very much re-
areued by me ci,izens Of that place, and they
torwarded respectful petition TO Mr.. Ctav.
ford, sigoed by Bishop Griswo!d and many
Others Of The most respectable inhab,,snis.
praying that Mr.. Gladding might be rsinstat-
ed-(tor they advocated tho docVine now cd
vanced by the Secte,a'y)--Of- this respectful
petition no notice was isken' and no answer
evcr returned. -ConsrBst lh,s with the con-
duct OF tho Secretary. in feis'ieo 10 the sp.
poin, meu,. made by Mr.. Elle'y, end chow the
Secreiary's consls,euty who esn. Lot u be
for hsr recolIectsd that MIR. Bates father was
sn Enyli,hman and % ellen enc my during the
re evolutionary war, and Mr.. Bates himse,t an
Ecg,shnsn bofn, and On alien enemy during
the iaie war, and not legally na'u.s .slieed, when
he was appointed 10 the Office he now holds.
On the eoo.sary, Mr.. Eiie'y's father was
patriot OF the revolution, devoted 10 tho a.
chieveMent Of our nstionsl lode pcndepce--
his uncle, whom he. succeeded ia office, was
one of The sigsers Of that INSTRUMENT which
gave " rank among tho nations oi the earth
and Mr.. Elle,y himself 9 sincere and devo.
ted r ,?ublicsn from bis earliest youth who
was always st his post, buHsling tho storm IN
,he worsl Of times /; sod who was appointed to
tho Office he now holds, by tho psr'icul de.
sire Of the Great Father Of the Republican
Fsmily, Who knew snd appreciated his zssl
md fai,hIuness, at Q time when this dicts'iog
Secretary was scarcely known--ye, Mr.. Bs'es
| was s,s,ihed-iu appointing such officers as no
though, proper, while Mr.. Eiie'y could not,
though backed BY oil the Republicans OF
Rhode .Isisnd.
We will nov state sll the facts with regard
to the appointments in question, as lar ss they
have come TO on, knowledge ; end il our state.