The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1826-11-02

Robbins, the District Attorney bv his ~
ner' as appears from an examination oftbe
files in said case. Uitntss. '"'
BENZ. COWELL. Clerk.
Clerks Office, u. S. District
Court, Oct. 30, 1896.
Again, Mr.. Potter says, my certificates
as TO the Block Island cases. disposed al
III Court, say not one word, as TO the case
TO which he alluded, viz: the case settled
before Court, implying that he alluded n
no other--an implication which he knew
to be false. He had alluded to all the ca.
ses Of tic Bello Corunnes and San Ramon
ap,l these certificates were produced n
rcpel his Inslnuations as to my conduc. in
those cases, and 1t was so stated i'm NV vim
dication, at the time. And the suit 10
which he particularly alluded, was special.
~ considered and explained hy ITSELF
What meanness it is, thus to endeayor to
confound facts to give them false cooring :
Nothing can be stronger proof Of his in
tcntion 10 deceive.
Wgain iy garblIng my words in another
place, and quoting but part OF them, he
perverts the plain sense Of my statement.
| refor to my statement as to the appeal
taken in the case OF the George Washing
ton. stated that IL was taken at the re-
quest Of the private lnformcr, in conse-
quence of his assertion that he expected
TO be able TO procure additional and unox-
ceptionable testimony that would produce
an ultimate condemnation, which testimony
he undertook to procure.
Now Mr.. Pottcr's garbIed statement,
represents, that on taking the appeal it
was stated, as "my belief, &c. Tor the in
il is doubtful which he means,
that further and uneyceptionablC evidence
might be procured &c" quoting from my
statement in a previous address. Now
nothing was stated, on taking the appeal
nor do my words convey any snch idea.
This misrepresentation was obviously
made to give force and effect to the subse-
luent part Of his statement, and which it
could not have but by this misrepresenta-
ion. IL is to intimate, that here was an
artificial false alarm thrown out in Court,
10 have its effect upon the respondents
And to further this idea, he goes on to
state, that this was the case of vessel,
condemned by the mistake OF the witnes-
,es taking one vessel for another! Now
hat there was no such mistake. Two
bad sworn to the identity of the
iesscl. Afterwards, one of them is found
n New. York, and there lie gives depos-
tion in direct contradiction to the testi
nony which he had given on the stand,
md what is not q little suspicious, swoars
or the other witness too that is, test.ies
What he had heard him say, on the subject.
The evidence had thus become discredit-
ID ; not that the fact rs at all doubted,
" tho private lnturmer. Yet Mr.. Potter
would have it understood that here was
lear case of one vessel being mistaken for
mother, and that the appeal was unpro-
'eriy taken, with view to an improper
object.
But II would be endless, and is unne-
essary, toinstance all his pcrversions and
his whole piece is
issue Of both. Let the reader tollate our
espectiye statements, and he " Ill find
his to be the fact.
If an apology be due from me, for any
of expression in any part o.
his address. hope it wiIl be found in the
ccasion-in the long, the bitter, and,
will add, the unmeritcd persecution to
which have been subjected, and of which
was intended | should be made the vic.
i'm; a persecution cruel as the grave, and
olentless as death, without any excuse or
from any cause of personal of |
enco sithout any pretcnce of any public |
lotive spnnging solely from the malig- |
ity of disappointed ambition; persccu
ution without example in the annals of
his state /; and, for the honor of human ma
Ire. hopc without example in the annals !
f any other ASHER ROBBINS.
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GENERAL ASSENfBLY.-We copy
nc following proceedings of the General
.ssembly, now in session at Providence,
rom The Patriot Of yesterday
TuesddJ, Oct 3l.--Thc House met at |
o O'clock Mr.. Hazard, the oldest New
prt member, according to custom, called |
he House 10 order. The members pres
mt receivrd the oath in presence of the |
enate. OF the whole Number belonging |
, the Fouse, -, II were absent, viz
Iessrs. Iush, of Newport, Thomas Potter
m Of P,rtsmouth, Joseph Hoxsie, of w.
recnwi'h, Pardon Gray, of Tiverton,
9TH the members from New Shoreham, !
title Compton and Jamestown, one from
harles,w and one from Crunston.
The pesiding member then called for n
,,ninatDn Of Speaker. NATHAN II.
PRAGUE. Esq. of Smithfield, was nomina-
d and unanimously chosen, and the for
er Clerks. VIM. X Staples and VIM. S.
atten, were appointed Clerks, without
Mr.. Sprsgue, on taking the
hair, thus addressed the House
Gentcmn Of the House Of Representa-
p,s I'm appointing me to preside over
,ur body. sou have too much flaitcred
V pride and vanity for me to decline the !
,pointment. | should have declined it
,wever, but for the assurance feel that /
,u will do every thing in your power TO I