Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-12-29

GALL IN ME- Eye AND BErTY MARTIN
Since the establishment Of the Press, no maj
has been so completely, and SO often gulled a,
DUrS GREENE, Of the Washington Telegraph
If any man writes Linn a letter, and asserts tina,
Jackson is making friends in any section o,
the country, no instantly sets il down as q
matter of fact. and publishes the letter to the
world. Very recently, he has been gulled
most outrageousIy, by some good naturcd wsg,
who forwarded him an account Of a fictitious
Jackson meeting, said TO have been holden in
Norwich, Connecticut, on the sOth day Of No
vember. II appears from the Norwich Cou-
rier, that the hoax, though it answered the
ends Of him who got it up, did not we'll please
the Indians and eolored gentlemen, who are
made to figure very conspicuously, in the ac-
count Of the proceedings. Speaking on the
subject Of the hoax, tho Editor Of tho Courier,
INDUCES in the following remarks:
1t is needless to say, that no such meeting
was held, but that the General may know how
those individuals stand affc cted whose names
have been SO unceremoniously brought before
TIC puDllCS W0 WOuIu Stute, tuut ~ NcuCIuuio
Chairman, whose "very able and pertinent re-
marks are SO highly spoken of, has been so
long afflicted with a sort of mongrcl complaint,
between idiocy and insanity, that his brethren
of the alms-house could not make him under
stand tho honor of General Greene's notice.
But Mr.. Ira Tossctt, Of the committee Of cor
respondence, a venerable grey-headed coiored
gentleman, is much pleased at being thus no.
ticed at Washington; but at the same time
rather surprised at the great consideration in
which free people Of color are held at the
South. Another member Of the corresponding
committee, Mr.. David Shantup, of Shantup-
vile, one Of that much neglected and highly
deserving tribe Of .Mohegan indians, is indig-
fed with, and, with oil tho chivalry Of his race,
declares, by the shade of the noble Uncas, that
he will DO avenged on the author or printer of
40 foul a c%alumny. Hc at first insisted upon
challenging General Greene, prcsuming, from
his being a military man, that he would not
fail to fight, but being at last convinced that
duclling was rather beneath a gentleman OF
his rank, and that the General has been as
much gulIed and imposed upon as himself, he
has concluded to make common cause with
him in the detection and punishment of their
common enemy. We are not able to refer to
all the names mentioned-we have, however,
stated enough to show, that the imaginary
meeting, if not composed Of all classes, GER
tainly was Of all cOiors.
In conclusion, with all due humility when
addressing SO great a man, wo would advise
General Duff Greene, not to let this matter
pass unimproved, but from it learn wisdom
Let him beware Of publishing any account of
a Jackson Meeting in Connecticut, for it is al
together probable that such a meeting will
never be held"
The affair, taken altogether. is one of the
most successful specimens of " the hoax super
royal" that we overheard of, and Duff Greene
must realize no small share of modification,
when hc discovers that he has been bitten by
Come ctiout waggery. The resolutions said to
have been adopted at the meeting, are curl
%ositics, and had we space to spare, we should
copy them for the amusement Of our readers.
To cap the climax Of the wag's wit, he re-
solued that the doings of the Meeting should
be published in the Washington Telegraph,
and Duff, not " smoking the game,'' in that
paper of the 18th instant. laid the whole affair
before "rHE AMERICAN public"