Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-06-13

many .hanufdcturers;''- and my vanity wa
at that time particularly nattcred and graiified
fIoin the circumstances, that the authorship o
those papers, vas ascribed 10 an eminent inLl
vidual, whose genius ! envy, and whose cdnca
iion and research cannot too highly admire.
The Presidential contest over, / devoted
much OF my time to the Providence Patriot =
and for my llbors, have not yet been reward
ed;-and from the time that the Junior Edito
oi that paper took ms seat, till the last of Au
gust, 1926, period Off more than fifteen months
with the exception of five months absence.
wrote nearly all the original matter that the
Patriot contained, the credit Of which MIR 81.
mons bore, with h.s usual moLcsiy
In the year 1926, resided some months in
Boston, and during my residence there. was ,
contributor 10 the Boston Patriot, the Bosto,
Traveller, the Statesman, and Zion's Herald,
ana at tho expense Of my modcsty, | will re-
mark, that my essays on the Political Condi-
flon and History of the Politics and Feuds OF
ken'ucky, over the signature of"Oid George
Nicholas" were appaudcd in mariner, which
far exceeded my anicipations. In the wear
1923, was contributor to the National In
te!ligenccr, and wrote the ESSAYS which were
headed packet and Steam Boat Navigation. -
aud signed" OLD Roger FI'iams.' These
essays were elected by the appearance of the
Long Island Sound Steam Boats, in Our waters,
and were written IN defence Of the State, and
tie owners of the Packet Navigation emplo, ed
between this place and the city of New-York.
At the age of sixteen, I was contributor TO the
Port Folio, literary periodical then published
IN Phiadeiphia, and il my productions were
not excellent, they "erc bonorcd with the no.
tee ut the Editors of that work. Indeed,
there is scarcely State in the Union, TO whose
a.. Il. Al.
have written mach, there is not line that I
have written that would wish to efa ce, be-
cause OF an immoral or indclicate sentiment
contained in 1t; and / challenge any man 10
point out line, which contains any impure
or improper motive.
In the month Of March, 1926, | returned 10
Providence, and was selected by INV VAIN
Trends and patroas, Messrs Smith & Parmen-
ter, TO assist them in conducting the Literary
Cadet and Rhodc-Island Statesman
As had been liberal contributor to the
Providence Press, and for my services, gained
comparatively nothing, l certainly did expect,
that those who had been benefited by my la
Dofs, would assist us, and not make an effort
10 cut oil our prospects But quite the con-
trary was tho case and am mortified to say,
that the moment that the first number Of this
paper was placed before tho public, n body
was formed, composed principally of ndvidu-
ais connected with the press, TO pat us down.
In the midst of these ,nplcasanries, | was
the principal sufferer; and no elort was want
ing on the part of the (now) editor of the
Rhode-lsiand American and Providence Ga
zete, to poison the minds of my publishers,
and he strovc with unusual assiduity, TO per-
suade them, that | was not capable of per-
forming the duties Of the station TO which I
hnnv, Had Il 4
believe, that my laborS would be prejiidic.al TO
their publication. But in these miserable at
cmpts, he met with defeat; and am proud
to say, that in all my difficulties, disputes aud
vexations, l have found in the propric Tors of
this paper, the most hearty corporation, and
support. Whatever has been written or sub
lishcd, has been done with their entire appro-
baton and sanction; and have found in them
friends and supporters, whose good will,
would not exchange, for all the hollow profess
ions' my contemplate traducer has made to
temperance and piety. NV connection with
them has been of the most agreeable nature:
and shall sincerely deprccute the arrival of
that day, which shall tear me from their friend
ship.
For some months past, indeed from the first
moment our publication went before the world,
a body of opposers, have been actively engag-
ed in making feeble effort to destroy il, and
TO deprive us of the patronage it has already
received.
To effect an object so desirable TO them,
we have had n political dispute with
a distant paper, anonymous letters, teeming
with the grossest libels, and the most infamous
have been written, and forwarded to
our opponents, and which have been invariably
published, at the urgent solicitation of the fac
tion. BY VIII DIN they were written we know not,
as the coward,y assassins have not had the
tcmerity 10 avow themselves, and have screen
cd themselves behind an impenctrable mantle.
TO effect the objects had in view by our tradu-
GERS, the united faction, have also contribui ed
to the support of a vilanous paper, pretending
to be devoted TO the cause Of Christianity, in
which VIC have been held up to the world as
the vilest Of the vile; and whenever that yehi-
Gle OF scandal makes its appearance, and con-
teammates the very atmosphere with its ca
lumnies, an exIra-cdition is printed, and
purchased up, by the faction, and circulated
to produce our especial disadvantage No art
which malice and cowardicc can conceive,
has been left unemployed 10 consummate our
injury; but we thank God, and the good will
and intelligence of the people, that they have
not proved successful we have triumphed and
have a list Of patrons, which, for its numbers
and respe ctability, is not inferior to that claim
cd by any paper in Rhodc-Island. have
been charged with being the editor of paper
formerly printed in this town, and called the
Beacon. The charge is false, il is malicious,
and though am not ashamed to acknowledge,
that ] at one time wrote for tho Beacon, l
distinctly avow, that never was the editor of
that paper, and never had any control over its
columns. During the warmly contested elect
ion, between Messrs Burgess and Eddy, at
the earnest solicit alton Of the friends Of the
former gentleman, and with the consent of the
editor of that Print, did for some two months
contribute TO its columns; and make every cf-
fort in nv power to SO cure the cleo of the