Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1827-01-06

other lad, gave him a wound with KNIFE, which
proved mortal. lie was Immediately arrested and
brought 20 trial upon an indictment ior mansaugh-
Ter, found by Grand Jury OF the county. OF this
oharge he was found guilty, but Immediately re-
commended by the Jury 10 the Executive. Tor
pariB Il, this recommend otion, six judges UNI
tel among thos", were Judge Duer, formerly
felerali.t, but now one of the high minded
BIcktails, ani Judge Butler, the father OF u. =.
Butler, ESQ. of Albany, leading member oi the
party The public prosecutor, J. Wllcokseb, Esq.
a brotber.in.iaw Of Mr.Van Buron,and his associate
counsel. Mr.. Jordan, together with several other
highly respectable individuals, joined IN the same
petition. UsIer such circumstances. It would have
been tyranny noi to nave exerc,seu Tue power WIN
which the law invested the Executive--he was
parloned Al the proper season, however, this act
Of clemency was produced as distinct accusation
AGAINST Governor Clinton. "Tayloe' and /" Roch-
esle,'' were placed in opposition 10 each other in
placards anl other scurrilous handbills The cry
was raised," Clinton pardons the rich mans sou, but
The Door mans son must sue for mercy IN VAIN
He was basely stigmatise as Withdrawing from
Justice the wealthy southern planter; and bribe
was even asserted to have quickened the motions OF
Executive mercy. The baseness and protligacy
which such means Indicate is manifest. IL howev-
er produced its effect. Thousands of votes were
lost to Mr.. Clinton in Columbia and the neighbo-
ring counties. The unsuspec,ins were deceived by
the boldness aud audacity with which the SANDER
was propag ed, and the honest electors were made
the dupes o the designing and mendacious partizan.
awhile this foul calumny was disseminated in
the eastern part of the State, at the west 70 less
malignant and grouniiess charge was employed by
these ninions Of an unprinciped faction. In this
in,taace they selected the order OF the Freemasons,
A. the subject out of which the SANDER was 10 be
framed An individual who had threatened to re-
veal the secrets OF the fraternity, short time pre-
yious to the election, suddenly and mysteriously
disappeared The persons who originally took
- .liutI I,inl ntp
Co.'S were well known but suspicious were excl
ted that he had been transferred to Others, who had
either ,nhumany murdered him, or at least kept
him ~ confinement. Governor Clinton was accor-
dnsly called upon for an exercise of the Executive
inter erence. Finding that the orig ginal offenders
were known. anI that from them the whole mattcf
mght lie probably traced step by step, he merely
Issued proclamation for the apprehension of all
persons concerned, without offering 'pecifc re-
ward, bat providing for the payne OF all gecessa-
~ expenses To accomplish the object. At II suUse.
ouent period, aware, no doubt, Of the baseness o.
party malignlty, he was induced TO send ior.h
coni procla nation. in which a large reward was
promised for the detection and Apprehension of the
prrgetr rators OF the outrage All vas not suiiclen,
--be,u, at the head of the fraternity, and having
manifested his zeal for the order on several occa
siou- his enemies supposed the affair might be made
political. and turned to their advantage. They
co ,,ncnced by asserting that he had connved at
their csc, pc, that he desirous of sitting inqu
~. AMI fnaly, that as the power OF pardoning re-
sided with him, the criminals need be under no
fear of punishment, even ii discovered and convic-
ted Although Rochester himself a mason,
We, this was denied by his supporters, either to OBJ
tain the full benefit of the ISLANDERS against Cover
nor Clinton. or because they were ashamed of the
"ancient sni honorable fraternity.
"In other sections of the State, equally unprinc
pled means were employed. Governor Clinton
was accused of being Presbyterian. and OF favo-
ring the Bible Society. That II was contemplated
to establish II erarchy, an union of Church and
ST, e. In Madison county, Methodist was three-
tened with ecclesiastical discipline, If he voted for
Governor Clinton. Thus even our holy religion
was prost,tuted to the base purposes OF iaction-
SectarIan zeal was appealed to, for the accomplish
ment of party ascenancy and even the Bible ITSELF
and mat uos' efficient agent for IFS extensive and
general distribution, was scandalized by the conta-
M Mating breath OF these rreverent mIscreants."
II il not the first time that have heard this
tale reched-we have heard it repeated by those
who are entitled to some small credit, and hence
will not dispute what the writer has said, and a. we
are anxious to do him ample justice we will add
that in this inst ance he has doubt unntentional
ly told the truth.
Alter enumerating thousand causes, some of
whch may b" true, but most OF which are notori-
o.sy alse, to account for the result Of the late New
Y,r election tue writer closes hi. essay with the
following paragraph
"U,on th. subject, the extent Of my tour has
sati fel me that most dangerous and insulting in
terrier nnce has been exercised al the late election -
I, !. time that the State of New York should assert
its own claims and vindicate her independence in
the Confederacy. This can never be effected, so
ioug AS ihe system Of training up the candidate for
the Presidency a! Washington Is adhered to-
State R,ghts can never he respected under ,he Al
min straton Of that ulcer on the body politic Henry
CLAY, or his leader, Mr.. Adam. Let New York
then be true to her own dignity and rishts aud with
uni ed ranks present to the Union her candidate for
the first Office in the gift OF the n ,tion."
r much time has already been spent on this
perior mauce, and with great satisfaction to 'ur-
selves and I" the infinite relief OF our readers we
shall bid il adieu when we have said that If DE-
covers all the malignity Of infurated scandal. an
that il is useless to contradict the many groundles
an ,ibelious assertions it contains. The object the
author and M. friends had in view when they pu-
bli.hed il, is we'll Understood and If their cause
need the aid Of such malicious publications. IL is
homeless one-one winch cannot fail becoming
prostrate on its ou n ruins ut must be a
winch man will frown inlignanily, and which
must meet with the denu citations Of heaven.
M. ho he ia unIou all