Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-10-20


jrssaksi ssndisioa. Amer having induIsod In
su thsir psaisswssthy reflections, the four and
swsaty. prscssd 20 speak thus modsstly Of
shsusslvsA
~As conductors Of public press, WE feel
4 sss;s/seties in having discharged our duty.
n our prsss has not been 90 literary and use
fsl hs ssss, Il has not been owing TO want
er iaoaisation TO make il so. but IL Il has not
issn % useful, thus much We can say, il has
nevss psoRADED ITSELF by q sacrifice Of
yvsse;pss. We have not played the PIMP to
rive ourselves fictitious standing; wo have
sever played of little tricks to make us appear
what We are moi, but wo have kept ourselves
sisof from what we considered degrading, A.
sationai and accountable beings"
whilst va admire the modesiy Of the gen-
slsnsn. who conceived and published the quot
sARassgsaph. We will not pause TO point out
shs eramnsasical inaccuracies it contains, for q
paragraph which teems with 90 much mod
ssty and moral feeling. should not be assailed,
from moro wantonness. or from disposition to
6ad fault. But whilst we find ourselves COM
PEELED 10 do reverence 10 tina very moral re-
SECTIONS contained in the paragraph. wo mast
~ smss WO SeuuVtS tos suV soWs W W. hUSoh-
sils the second sentoncs Of il. with tho English
language. Tho only construction we have put
upon Il. h this. that the gentlemen 81 have not
PlaJed the pimp' as rational and account
ssls bsinss"-bu ss irsa,ional beings. and
~ dslts, they hsve played that character. and
. thsssanA others. equally odious and offsn-
6ss. IT, this be their meaning. We perfectly
sndsssssnd ihom. and fully appreciate the full
fsscs Of their language. But lot all that pass.
In pursuing their design, which thoy inti-
mate 10 to fight in their own defence, they
assw, that they arc by no means small mon,
bat. on tho contrary. havo filed the eye Of ths
world; and now, like the african Chief, they
might with propiiety ask. what do they say
Of - In London" o Only listen for moment,
and hear what tho gentlemen modostly say Of
themselves and thor course:
much success. Qua COP and our COUNTRY
have yeoarded Us. We have published the
laws Of tho United Statos, by authority,'-
for tho last f,centy years; we have also been
psiaters to our State Legislature for The . anne
period"
We arc right glad, that Hoavcn-ws do
not moan to be irreveront-has boon pleased
to patronizo the parer under consideration, and
we hope that it my hereafter continue to re-
ceive all tho patronage TO whichit is entitled,
and that ito proprietors may rcapa rich and
golden harvest from its publication. 1t is
no, den;sd that tho United States govern
mont has patronized that paper, for the last
twenty years; but a. all may not ba apprizod
in what manner. that patronage was secured,
we deem it proper to give the history Of the
way in which il was obtained. The Patri-
ct came into existence about tho year 1908.
during the first torn Of Mr.. Jeffcrson's admin
istration, and was established by tho few De-
mocrats that then resided in Rhode-Island.
At that time. it had no competitor save the
Providence Gazette, conducted by tho late Mr..
Joha Carter; and SO unpopular, was the admin
istration in Rhode-Island at that time, that it
was difficult to find men, who would accept at
its hands, even lucrative Offices. MIR. Carter,
might havo had tho printing Of the laws,but so
hostile was he to Mr. Jefferson, thai he re-
ssltsd q; the idea, and tho Patriot was select
cd from necessity. From that day up to this,
il has been continued in the patronage Of the
government, not however because the govern
aent place any particular confidence in it's po-
lticai integrity, but because il has been under
s:ood, to retain an extensive circulation.
Al the commencsment of the present admin
istrstion, tho publishers, having opposed Mr..
Adams, entertained some approximations for the
continuance Of public favour, and made
strenuous effort to have their case stated at tho
department Of state;-plead and begged in the
most humble manner for the continuance Of
patrosage, and the individual, at whom they
SOW affect to sneer. was solicited and implor-
"a, 10 use what influence no possessed to assist
them In their emergencies sand out Of pity he
did do so,ss they we'll know-though il may bs
very disag for them, to call the fact to
their recollection.
AZ for the patronage Of tho government, il
10 now bestowed upon the representation ofths
delegation Of the State; and We are not pre-
pared to believe, that in bsstowing it, the Sec
rotary Of State, tao President, or the coUN-
rar At large, are Influenced by any conf
dance they have in Captain Josiah Jones, or
william Simens, Esquire; land it 10 the first
tine, that We ever hoard that those individuals
were in the Z" confidence Of the government."
As TO the state printing, il was given to
them BY their party, and we hope they will
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