Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-08-04

We publish to day the reply Of the Hon. Dutee
J. Pearce TO the enquiry of our correspondent,
which appeared in our last, and is now prefixed to
Mr.. Pearces communication. 1t is due to Mr.. p
to say, that he has met the question promptly ,and
like man; and to the entire satisfaction Of our
correspondents and we presume every other friend
of Mr. Clay in the State, except Benz +. Haett
and perhaps few Of the particular friends Of that
impudent, coneeted, and unprlncipled political
shulcr. When we published the article referred
to we had not the least suspicion that we should
thereby call down the anathemas Of this Mr.. Hal
lett in SO unsparing a manner AS they have been
poured out upon by HIM. The communication
which gave rise to the article in our last,
ceived from gentleman of distinction, both in
point Of character and influence, and is and al
ways has been, a sincere friend Of Mr.. Pearce-
he is a gentleman before whom Benz. F. IIaett
should bow with respectful Difference. We will
here state that since the publication of our last pa
per- we accidentally had an interview with Mr..
tlallett when this subject was introduced by him
and fully and freely canvassed by us both; and
when we distinctly informed him of all the materi-
al facts which we here state, and yet this modest,
and pious, and huth-teiiing MIR. lIallet has had
the ellrontery to make a string of charges against
"
est foundation in truth, and says, among other
things, that he "regrets that Mr.. Pearce has con-
descended to answer so impertnent and malicious
an enquiry as made by our correspondent. The
public very well know that Mr.. Hallett has repeat
edly declared, that the destruction Of masonry is
paramount object with him-that he cares not
who is President, nor how or by whom this govern
ment shall be administered provided masonry is
put down, and anti. masonry with of course him.
self at its head) shall be elevated on high. There
can be doubt, therefore, that his only object in
publishing the abusive article Of which we com
plain, was to further the views of the man who
with money moves the pen of this rude calumniator
precisely as no wills. We may at some future
period, publish Mr.. HalIett's gtntiemaniy para
graph, in which he says that we and our corres-
pondent have secretly conspired with the ma
sons and Jackson men to defeat the election of Mr.
Pearce." The writer at the time he penned those
words knew in his heart, if he has any, that he
was writing a malicious and deliberate fhlsehood
We have before us at this very moment, a note
from Mr.. Pearce Of Yesterday date, in answer TO
one of ours in which he explicitly and unreserved-
ly declares that he has "ai,cays received from
us, all the support was IN oar po,rcr to rem
der him whfnerer he tcas before th public for
ofice, and all that he expected, or could uiSh
for" Does this look like combination on our
part TO injure the election of Mr.. Pearce' Does
this sustain Mr. H. in his charges against this paper
and its patrons' 1t is very well known by all
our friends, that we are not in favor of masonry
or anti-masonry, and that in most respects we
care as little about the or the other, as we
care about Benz F. Ilallott-and we surely care
but mighty little about him, and the only favor we
have to ask at his hands is-let us alone-this in
diligence we solicit most devoutly. low did it
happen that no mortal man except B. +. lIallctt,
was ever able to discover the finger of masonry
in the interogatory put to Mr.Pearce ''ah! there $
the rub''-we know how it happened and may
on some suitable occasion explain the mystery in
a way that may not be very gratifying to certain
trio, or class of moral "Fungi,' at tile head Of
which stands Benjamin F. laett.