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


ment''-and "Do unto others as yc would
that others should do unto you" thus
put this whole matter to Col. Shaw rcla-
tive to his certificate concerning the roll
unicer uiiness, and shall there leave 1t for
him to reconcile its appearance and gen
cral cast of character, with his own no.
tions ofpropricty and fair dealing with an
individual, ,rho towards him has always
been entirely unollcnding; and who whilst
he regrets that Col. Shaw should have
FORGOTTEN when he signed that certificate,
that saying so full of wisdom, m,-ict your
communication be yea, yea; nay, nay; Tor
whatsoever is more than these come,h o.
evil will himself remember that, ga soft
answer ulrncth away wrath; but Gr'erow
mords stir up anger" and that, "the dis
erection ola man dcicrrcth his anger; and
IL is his glory to pass over transgrcs-
sion"
As to mr. Enns's situation rs an inn
partial witness against me-. shall prob
ABLY say something more hereafter. In
the mean time let me here observe, that
at the table on the day of the trial, he
himself observed to me "that he was, in
spite Of himself, ga HW, ipci;aing IN IA
ror Of aniimasony," although he did not
wish or intend to take an active, or any
part in the excitement prevailing on that
subject" From this view ofthe case let
me ask where was the necessity of all
this clustering on the part of this "Rcpor-
tcr," about his being under ''ao sort n
Gdr"-'Dcicndant Counsel ccasng to
bite against n iilcn-and, "if he Gran
ston) "does not RELISH the term, volun-.
tccr witness, when applied to himself, all
| can say is, let him not again put himself
in the same awkward prcdicamrnt;" very
modest indeed! This admonitlon or adj
vice is altogether gratultons, uncailcd
for, and wholly unacccpted. Let me tell
this "Repo,IeI" GEORGE TURNER,
Esq. that whenever ] may need the friend
" advice of any gentleman rs to what
course should be pursued in any affairs
of mine whatever, he is not ranked among
the number of those to whom should be
most likely to apply either for Counsel or
to obtain confidence in the correctness Of
my own opinions. "IHe Reporter" further
very modcstly obscrvcs-"l'ut with the
public, mr.. Clanston's assertion is proba-
I'm worth as much as minc!" Gracious
Ileavcn!,!-IS ISh0uId ndccd most aSsWed
IN hope so, not only "with the pubEc,"
but elscwh0e, nny,rbcrc, crcryrherc. Why
was it necessary to make such flourish
about titcs-such for instance as "you
reyV weH knom that Joseph Childs, Esq.
is The chief Justice of the Court before
,l,o I,l hnI
admits that where Joseph Chlds is known
he is respected as an intelligent, fair, s
honorable man, and, "you very well
know that VIM Ennis jr esQ.'s n member
of the Bar, and ofthc General Assembly
of the State'-wcll, what ofthat; Mr..
Ennis would be credited as readily uiM-
Om that information as with it. ! am will
ling to admit that mr.. f.. certified to- what
he probably supposed to be true; although
from the manner in which he appeared to
have been engaged during the whole, or
greater part of the trial, was inclined to
believe that his recollection of the histo-
ry of that case, several days after the
trial might not have been quite so distinct
and entirely satisfactory to himself, as UNI
der oMd circumstances be would have
considered desirable. "Ihe Rrportcr,"
further says-'and if any further conlir-
nation is required, / uhcsi'ohnaly and
.tearlessIy appeal to the recollection otthc
mhole Court, me members Of he Bar pres
eai, he jurors sro,n, all he oGccrs Of Mc
Court, and the great body ofthe spectators
who were there"
If this is not gasconading with VEN
gcancc to il, ,"tcll me what can be so con-
sidcrcd? have no doubt that "IHe Re-
porter" unhcsitatingly and icarlcsSly ap-
pealcd, and applied, to mare than one
Judge Of the Court, one member OF the
Bar and one officer the Court, to assist
him with certificates, IN bolstcring up his
pretended report-how stands the fact in
relation to this matter?-l kno,r precisely
how that matter is. Is it not natural that
every candid man should as!i--"why
were not produced the certificates Of some
few other members of the whole Court,
the Bar, the Jurors sworn, the officers OF
Court" and if not "thc %rcdt body Of the
spectators who were there" why not at
least one or two of the impartial bystan-
ders? The answers may be given hcreai-
ter. Two of the Judges live in this town,
and one ofthem, at least, has always been
in the habit taking notes ftrials, espec-
tally important trials. Why then ride ten
miles into the country after a certificate
when "IHe Rcportcr' might have fear
lcssly appealed, as he says, to the whole
Cour' Why were not certificates obtain
cd from the Hon. mr.. Hunter, the Hon.
mr.. Robbins, and the Hon. mr.. Dmfcc,