Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-01-05

- onn1 tusfico, which, as = man, ] ought 70
ssgsires 81 shatsyon. - . high-mindsd man,
deeply imhesd wiih ne psovsrbial pride of the
ses.try that gave 700 birth, should accord
(sisned) . HENRY ECKFORD.
Mr.. Eckford, from . deep sense Of duty he
ewes his family and friends, offers the proceed
pR correspondence to tho public, without q
single remark. A few other letters passed,
but thsir contents arc Of no immediate impor-
ssnes, except to the parties concerned.
The foregoing letter, gives a minute. and a
sesrset statement Of all tho difficulties. be-
tween M. Eckford and Mr.. Maxwell, and it
b Submitted to the public, whether Mr.. Eek
ford has not been grossly injured and abused,
u not by Mr.. Maxwell. by a band CT psrsecu-
son who have pursued him, with all the venom
and malice Of infatuated blood hounds. In
th,s scene Of turmoil and anxiety. Mr.. Eckford,
has lost . pr;ntely fortune, upwards of two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars. and for
this loss no has no remedy, no hope Of re-
eisions Of n Court of Justice, and to reflect up
ON tho accumulated insults that have been
hssped upon him, and weep over the mutt
lated structure Of q once fair and irreproacha-
Die reputation.
Although it has been decided that Mr.. Eek
ford was not guilty, and although the very Of
6cer, who commenced the prose cutions, has
publickly declared, that lac does not believe
that he was ever guilty Of the charges prefer
cd, still, he suffers IN reputation, and the igno-
miny which il was the intention Of the malig-
nant to fasten upon him, stains his character,
and though acquitted, too many Of the cold
bold him up to public observation, as a guilty
offender.
Il 10 contended that Mr.. Eckfoid challenged
the District Attorney, Mr.. Maxwell, to mortal
combat, anil though it has been denied that any
such challenge was given, or even medilated,
still, as II suits the wishes of Inc pursuers Of that
prosecuted g%eutleman, 70 fas,en upon him such
en- offence. the charge Of challenging has been
sepssted aud echoed, and circulated by those
who are bent upon his destruction. No chal.
lense was given, none was intended, nor can it
be supposed, from MIR. EcIford's standing in So
cisty, his age, and tho condition Of large and
Interesting family, that he ever dreamt Of such
an action.
lfthers be any proof, Of the fact Of a challenge
having been given, why has it not been adduced'
why has not the document, which conveyed the
Invitation, been presented TO the public? No
proof Of the existence Of any thing ofthe kind,
has been adJuced, and yet Mr.. Eckford hs, been
bound over 10 keep the pcace-has been de-
aouaced, as a disordeIly and a dangerous man
and thus = last effort has been made, 10 pros
trate him, siuce the designs Of those who were
engaged IN the gcttias up of the celebrated con-
spirAcy cases, have failed and fallen. Captain
DECATUR, a man whose fame is not to he triaed
with swearA that he called upon Mr.. Maxwell
IN the capacity Of Mr.. EckforJ's friend, to pro-
euro from Maxwell, The Testimonials and assur-
ances Of his belief in the innocence Of Mr.. Eek
forj-that DO challenge was presented, ncne
offered, and further, that he wss not authorized
by Mr.. Eckford, to present a challenge to Mr..
Maxwell ; mad yet, because it pleascd the Dis
1rict Attorney, to vent his spleen, and torture
Captain Dccatur's language into "a battle-ground
10 enter a sickiy coR plant, at the Police Office,
Eckford, Decatur AMI N'Coun are disgraced,
and bound over 20 keep the peace!
In this affair, in our opinion, there has been
much wrong committed, bat We will not say
who was the asressor, for that must be decid-
ed by the public. But il the letter Of Mr..
Eckfora, which prccedes these remarks, be true,
sud we must believe it is, since Mr.. Maxwell
has not attempted to refute Of deny it-then
has Eckford been grossly injured by the District
Attorney, and should somewhere find redress.
But few men have been of more service to this
ceustry, than IIESnv EcKFonD. A Scotch
msa by birth, and a ship-carpeater by profess
len, ne isat his native country, a fricudlcss adj
xenturer, and came to the United States By
diot ~f iudutry, perseverance,, sRd the proper
exercise OF superior talents for mechanical pur-
salts, after the lapse OF many ycacs,bc acquireln
grincely fortune, which has been employed in
Sshsl( Of the Nation-of the people. Success
S.s attended HE efforts, Ind his wealth has ex-
died the envy and jealousy Of his ne,shbors,
come Of whom, unwilling 10 see him prosper,
have attempted his ruin, and the shipwreck Of
Aisfams;-the sequel of their efforts has already
been ,olj;-aud tnvsc who read the narrative Of
Eck(ord's iajuries, must lameHt their existence
sadsrigin, aud sy ,patbizc With an insulted and
iajused man, whose greatest fault is found in
IN his FORMER prceperhy-