Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1830-12-08

~ law, oDStTNtu, NOu say y w d!C VIII
ing to do hatever the law requires of
you, that's all you ought to do, ITO which
! readily and unhesi,atingly replied, cer-
t0iM My-- certainly Sir, whaiercr The Court
and he iaw IF he land requires me 10 do,
hat / ARRAYS hare been and hope I0i,cdys
shaH 5e,peJcctIy ready and riiiing 10 COM
PITY wiM One of the Cou', | think
Judge Freeborn, then observed, mr.
Cranston you will listen attentivcIy TO mr.
Pearcc as he reads the oath, take your
own time TO answer, and point out the
difference as you may be. able to, be-
tween that oath, and Tie one you have
taken. Mr. Pcarce continued to read
slowly, along perhaps eight or ten lines,
and then asked, what do you say to that
sir: Witness: Part Oft is new to me entire
ly. MIR. Pearcc: what part being told, he
continued reading * occasionally to say
in answer, that such and such parts Cpoint-
ing them out at the tines were new to
me particularly that part Of the oath he
read which spoke of signs being thrown,
aud Of keeping brothers. secrets, muir
der and tre ason not excepted, as he read.
Mr.. Pcarce asked, what is the meaning
Of your obeying signs and summonscs if
within the length oiyour cable tow? Wit
ness: The language or terms are iigura-
tive; in my own view, it is no matter what
distance a mason mi ght be from me-il he
was even Oh the opposite side of the globe,
and was needy, aud made me acquainted
with lis situation. | should then be with
in the length ofhis cable tow rs under
stand the matter as mason but any 9TH
er mason is left at liberty to understand
it differently ii'hc plcascd,) s. should feel
myself bound to assist him il could con-
sistenly with the claims others might have
upon me who were nearer homeland SO
| should conduct towards any other per-
son in distress, whether he was a mason
or not, this is the extent OF all my mason
ic obligations. Mr.. Pearc : if a brother
mason had been guilty Of murder or any
other capital crime and commune atcd
the fact to you, would you tell of 1t if you
were sworn as "A witness upon his trial
yes Sir would go further-for would
not be the keeper of any such secret iol
any person whether mason or not mason
| would not receive such a secret-And
if no other person complained against
him, ! would, and would also assist in
having the offender brought to punish
good mason. Mr.. Pcarcc: If you had
taken an oath as n mason not to do that
which the law required you to do as ,cl-
ness or otherwise, which oath would you
consider most binding, your masonic oath
or the othcri Witness: fhy 40 man Of
common sense, or haring any professions
10 honesty, aeould erer take, himself, OF adj
minister to another, any such foolish Doth
! nerer heard Qf 0ay such thing before IN q
lodge, or any where else. MIR. pearce:- :
Well, but which ofthosc oaths would yor
consider binding Witness: The c'rd oait
10 be sre. Although i'll this statement il
was difficult to avoid using some part OF
my testimony that consider of no mate
rial consequence in this commune alton,
vet the greater part here furnished is
highly material to the point at issue, and
from which you will certainly be induced
at least to doubt whether GALL that was
said by me as n WITNESS" and which
had a right and was bound to consider
"maieriai" to me in this case, was fur
nishod you in the report which is said tc
| have contained every thing material anc
''ncary word for word" that was sao
by Counsel and the witnesses also.
have not run nor rode about town, or il
the country, to obtain certificates as t,
the correctness of what have stated tC
] YOU in relation to this case, nor shall dc
so, although | could very readily anC
without leaving my Office obtain such Ger
tifcatcs, and from unimpcachable source
too. You are, no doubt, fully sensible wha
proftlcss affair it would be to the publl'
to continue this dispute in any way
much less, in that in which Mr.. Turne
has seen fit TO commence It, on hls part
u 1t should be remembered that he wa
not generally known to be "THE REPORT
Err" nor was it necessary to his reputa
ton as a "Reporier,' or in "any othe
capacity" that the authorship shoulC
have been announced, by him, to th'
public. 1t was only necessary for hln
to have disavowed, promptly and witt
: the candor becoming a gentleman
:, Whose motives and objects were trutl
and fair dealing) any intention to give
| the least cause whatever, of offence.
The matter before, in one point o
: view, was simply between you and my
SELF where | still mean to coniinc 1t 81
long rs it shall be necessary and prope
that il should be so con6ncd-the nota
bic correspondence" and passing o
Comiers between Mcssrs. Turner an,
r Ennis, to the contrary Notwithstanding
|, Their respective Offices it is true, ar