Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-01-30
LITERARY CADET
PROVIDENCE. WEDNESDAY. JAN 80.

IL is their province to make a plain and an un
vanished statement Of facts, in their own de
fence, and thus ward of those injuries, which
have been meditated by the secret foe, ant
midnight assassin. For what We shall say, We
shall offer no further ap"logy-wo only ask oul
friends, patrons, and the public, 10 hear Us fol
our cause.
Soon after the assembling Of the prcscnt Con.
gress OF tho United States, there appeared in
this paper, the following paragraph:
We are under obligations TO Messrs. RcD-
RIMS md KNIGHT, Of the Senate, and Messrs.
pEARcr, BARTLETT and BAILEY, Of the
House OF Representatives., for documents fur
nIshed during TIC present Congress
by some unaccountablc biuiider on or part,
the name Of the Hon. JouS BAILEY, OF Mas
sachusct,s, was introduced into the foregoing
paragraph. and thus we glvo a gentleman
credit for courtcsies and civilltics, which he
never extended. The error did not arrest
our attention, till somc five or six weeks had
elapsed, when it was very kindly and gener-
ousiy corrected, by tho editors Of the provi-
donco Patriot aud Columbian Phcnix, who pub
lishcd TIC following paragraph:
CIT We have seen a letter from q Massa-
c~Iusetts member of Congress, 1.-THE Hon. john
BAILEY, TO hs friend in this town, complain
iag that his halnc has bocn Un,oarvdntabiy
used, as having furnished documents !or one Of
Tue editors Of this town, Cthe editor of the it
erary Cadet II has indeed been the prac-
ticc for members 70 furnish documents to their
immediate constituents, and therefore tho
mainbcr referred 10, Is not Wiiiing his name
should be used in an unauthorized manner"
Wh.n VIC first read the FORGING paragraph,
so we'll satisfied woro we, that we had not CIV
en- The Hon. Mr.. Bailey credit for kindness not
extended, that VIC disput ed the charge, but on
referring 10 our files. we found that his name
had accidentally been made use Of Bat al
The sane time, concerning, that if We had COM
United an error. IRE Honorable gentleman.
might have corrected us in our own columns,
we instantly wro;c to him, for an explanation,
at the samo time complaiuing, that we had
been treated unfairly and discourteously, to
which he has been pleased 10 make the follow
ing very satisfactory reply:
TO TIE EDITOR or TIE LITERARY CADET
Washington. % jan. 1928.
SIR This days mail has brought me yonr
letter of thu 18th inst tho subject Of which
has given me very great regret. I further re-
greet tic closing sentence OF your letter, tend
ing much more TO obstruct than ia cilitate an
explanation, unless with persons differently con-
stitutcd from myself; and implying an absence
cf confidence in my disposition to fairness,
which want of acquaintance only could excuse.
| shall, however, state the facts of the case,
as if no such remark had been made.
Early in the Session, ! addressed to a friend
"a Providence, a copy Of the documents accom-
pany;ng the Presidents Message, without
knowing that ne had any COMMISSION with the
Patriot, whic:, | understand is the paper allud-
ed to in your letter. Sometime after this I saw
in the Cade': (thc numbers sf which have been
sent to me, for which l am much obliged) a
notice Of the recent Of documents from me
among others Seeing that the name Of one
Of the publishers Of the Cadet was the same Us
that Of tho friend to whom ] had sent the doc
umcnts, I enquircd Of Mr.. Pearce whether it
was the same person; who informed me il was
not. I then concluded that tho packet had
come to the hands Of Mr.. Smith, Of the firm Of
Smiths parmenter, By mistake, instead Of
NJ. w. III. Smith.
Here the matter would have ended, but for
an incident wholly foreign 10 it. Having oc-
casion 70 write some time after, to Mr.. S. on
another s.lbjcct, l mentioned, incidentally the
Transmission Of the packet. and the direction l
conjcctuycd it had taken. ! connot now r~oco(lect
The terms OF the remark but am entirely con-
fdant, there was not 4 single word that could
prove offensive 10 any person whatever. ! am al
nos az COZ .dcnt dsT an ofmy nj existence,
that / had at the time no feelings Of COM
olaint. and that I expressed none. Much less
could I have intended publicity Though tho
columns Of any paper. If there is any point of
character on which | value myself. II is an
nnwavering determination to shy and do moth
inc which can inlurc the feelings Of on indi-
yilual, who himself observes the rules Of cour-
tcsy. A. I had not the slightest i'll feeling
from what I considered a pure accident, but
had on the contrary kind feelings from the
favor l enjoyed. OF perusing a paper conduct.
cd with much talent and efficiency, I could
: not have intended to express the former. FIT
be asked why the subject was named in my
;, fc.tcr, | can only say, that when ono his adj
dressed a publication TO a friend and suppos-
cs it has failed Of being received, 1t is natural
to mention il, especially when no copy re-
mains on hand 10 supply the defect.
From this statement Of facts, you will per.
cciye that my course has been less Singh
Tar than you supposed; and you will not won
der that I did not see the propriety of sending
: tho correction TO your paper, as l did not 81
much as dream, that any correction would b'
made in any paper, or was at all required.
I an, Sir, your most obedient servant
JOHN BAILEY.
The object of the individuals connected will
the Patriot, was plain, it was as palpablc a
the milky way;-it was TO do US a private in
jury, and to give an impression abroad, tina
our correspondence, was wholly pretended an