Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-09-26

"TRrFLEs LIGHT AS When Tom p
per fancicd he had knocked down his aniago
mist, but had only hit one corner of ms hat, h6
said that he felt Just good, as # he had n q
complishcd the end he aimed at; and vow ed
it was cruel to deprive him of his good feelings
at tho very moment that he was in the fitness
of their enjoyment. The editor OF the Paw
tuckct Chronicle, is similarly situated with
honest Tom, and il pains MS, that we cannot
suffer him to feel good any longer; particular
ly as lie has chuckled, and felt very smart cv-
CT since last Saturday; but as the poet hath it,
"Wc must be cruel, to be kind,
Thus bad begins, and ,corse remains behind"
On Saturday last, the gentleman of the
Chronicle, after making up sundry wry and
strange faces, for reasons to hmsolf beyond a
doubt, perfectly satisfactory, gravcly seated
himself OH the stool of repentance and heav-
cn knows that he has enough TO repent Of
and may the great prophet assist him in his
purgation,) and with "knowing nod and wink
and blink rs much as to say, "Ivc got yo
my boy, and I'll walk into your Affections -
undertook, after offering his customary liba-
tions at the shrine of just any god he pleased
to convict US of gross inconsistency, an end, so
important 10 his self AGENCY, selected,
two paragraphs, from this paper, which by the
aid of his peculiar glasses we mean optical
glasses, he fancicd would do the very thing in
n moment. II the learned Bora chic, had Sc
lcctcd any two paragraphs, that ever Impress
ed the face Of this paper, he could not have
fallen upon two, which so lily answered his
purposes nc could not have chosen any two,
that would have more completely proved our
entire consistency; and as he has been at some
pains, TO rccur to our files, and has put himself
10 the labour Of making them, he has spared
us a deal Of trouble, for which, as in duty
bound, we tender him our sincere and nnfeign-
ed thanks He says that in relation to the
Morgan affair, IN two several articles, publish
cd in the Cadet, We have committed gross in
consistcncics, and in tho paper of one week con-
tradictcd, what VIC stated, in that which was
published week previously; and that there
may be no misunderstanding about this small
affair, VIC shall copy the inconsistent para
graphs, which the gentleman Of the Chronicle
has selected and publishcd.-And here we have
the first, and the last, which he says, was pub
lished on the Twelfth Of september.
From the commcn cement of the Morgan
affair, VIC have paid but little attention to it.,
entertaining as VIC have, fond hope that .he
whole transaction would provo in the end, q
mere bubble or hoax, got up by Morgan, to
accomplish the sale of his book, and to tend
to the consummation Of his own private and
selfish designs"
Tho sentiments, and expressions, contained
in the paragraph which the gentleman has ex-
tractcd from our paper, are in perfect unison
with those wo have always expressed; and VIC
now repeat, that we have ever entertained ga
fond hope that the whole transa ction, would
prove in the end, mere bubble or a hoax, got
up by Morgan. to accomplish the sale of his
book, and to tend to the consummation Of his
own private and selfish designs But notwi,h-
standing, we have indulgcd this hope, from our
own observation of the affair, we have never,
not even for n moment, doubted that Morgan
was murdered by band Of fanatics. We Still
entertain the belief, that he was murdcrcd;
and though that belief is based upon the
strongest circumstances, still VIC are not so
bigoiod, or so incorrigablc in our pride If
opinion, as not TO indulge "iond hope" that
VIC are deceived, and that tho whole affair 10 a
sheer hoax, got up by Morgan, and his asso-
ciaics; and If this shall be the case, we shall
rejoice that We have been deceived, for we
had rather surrender our opinions, than have
whole Society Of Masons labour under the inn
puted crime Of MURDER.
In concluding tho article Of the 18th inst.
and from which the foregoing ox,roct is made,
VIC wrote the following paragraph, which con-
veys the precise meaning, that was conveyed,
by our article Of the 10Th. as the reader viIi
readily perceive.
The subject Of the abduction ofNIorean has
been too long discussed, and is too familiar 20
the minds of TIE great mass Of tho American
people, torequirc a rccapitulation at this time,
or TO need its revival to the puLlic car 1t is
Il theme, on which tho hrnano heart would
not gladly dwell; and that respect wo' bear
Tor tho world, ,couid Iced as all to hopc, that
it is an idle tale, un,Dortby of outemnynfion
But, unfortunately, such an opinion cannot
now be justly entertained, and though a lin
gcring ray Of hope for his restoration, may oc- |
casionally glo,m across the mind, still there
is nothing to justify the niusory dream, and.
wo must all be satisfied that M ryan is |
DEAD-that he fell at The hands Of the mid. |
airht assassin, and by the perfdy of a Ev.
loas doomed to an untimeiy grave"
The extract made from our article of tho
18th, and which the Editor Of tho Chronicle.
says is totally incorrect, with the lanpua co e,o-
,loycd by us on the 18th, is as follow -
"From the commencement Of the Moro,n
affair, we never had the least doubt ofhjs bav-
ng been cruelty and cnntoniy murdered By
, band Of misguided fanatics, attached TO Tho
Masonic ORDER and zoe hare Invariably er-
,ressed that such TaS our unequiuoc . opin-
on"
IL there bo no! perfect consistency in our
anguagc and expressions, then we know no,
he meaning OF the term; and we here distinct
y avow, that in all We have written, concern
ng Morgan, and only three articles have eycr
'een written by US on the subject, We have
xprcssed our entire belief IN his reported mur-
Ter, and have also invariably expressed n
ope, that we should find ourselves deceived.