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V. 4rv'f.f: . .. , : !?-v - StftViif ctuH-S veVt'ues d at e,V h ob d e. & b o l an. - ' . .... t, nlJa,iAn.:-',a?ir: if & ii ' Jtfftrfm to Thomti Paint h aifti vOtr OT'HJi fiflffulafacauifitiori to Arae . ..X Tican patriotirrQ; . that his been ? ittobtalned ; ty tht importation oi Tmp- lr4 -fAtM iri' bejns to-be 9 fubjeQt' of 1 ' iemderatic triumph. la the firft in? ftahc;eVthe6g denied jtjiat Ke hadbeeti; invited CKehei fad, had; became " To notorious . and Itubborn td be ourbycried thrrtin a-feeTriirtjgljr , (uppli?ant, manhcr i?efbughilthe riiirvfltr'ot-hofpltiH't toward an 6d it inanj 1 rho,' forfooth,0 was , tomitjg .1n the ount. afrtow Hteir ferie- isvw"bcuj i u; cuiiuucuiijr tunic :::dfotd upon; the Ubiiecitude: 1 hs fbrmer fer "vices or rAiNJi.are pjociaimea in '-fdf flrsMjft pf Toft iv. panegyric that jit Wtfgkm that tha Amcricari H ' jcJyed wr his:Hcrctt1eanvlatfcyraV.s ViLeLt vineltigate thJs Holiject. Jjetiusexa-inine the tncritf pMhd tjdaf hoiriTthe1 knce-tribuie tor" lnc naxou iccins iu pc ucmiiiucu. i rfetffiiil ralw of out hotjc battles f Jilceihe Grecian TherJ ne TiaV always had the timid heart of jhmiie fotkwed ur atlrty and hid ;kiU har 6fthe public provi ' afcofls of beef nhd hfaody ; but he nei - veriaced the joe in of battle,' Sccnea'ibt teil dancer hi ntvav ran J ; j tloufly voided ;and his harne in the icd oh TiJ!?i? 'LV1 pouters born ! j Jffor Letters. An p jnan whofc form,er lrvicef uU f;: ; ; t. i : M& was. country, are now1UIIed, and trumpeited, ras if he weW the Atlas, whole mifehryjhaulders ad fuftaiiied the weight of our nation affaifi -the tnan,' whd : h;h?d 4fe Jmpu. dence to thallangej-fjuality,, Jn pdnt . tat . WAsitlNaTOM thi . man. wh'r ; .tipw jri his fitft letter of addrefs to the p eojk of the United State s van-f $<t jeminds tfjem of-thtf (hare he ....... w4 lunaiiibu iu lUCir.TpvWuu'JllSj W3.( Wla ?A ntS nt lUm Ooote quiUr-a pampfiletter 'L v4 " 5l olari6riwaVtculng wuen i ainr nrji;arr.ve,avtUfipoji. tioh- o -the tneafura of the" ' ltthifli, f pneat Dody of the pcopre exe deter. ia:ndV&fifinirid6ftdv Uii writinus it ik owned.vhad foirie WMe a fthniiirt'iis to I ;mindsi aheadyPexafperatedThdy aqaeq a pofgnancy tear the reroldMon pf fome: who'werfc ahead 7 refolved.: ani rlvsf whetied thepiibh'c tefent msnt Un(l B 1 tain tin 'the niean-J wtUe, their aftbanhiag populanty was owing; to1 the ftate.'of.th'e;ujnes ; fti to the cif(fu uft'nee, " that ths au thor Was a fuedof.. thai 3overh tnent with wIjcq this coimtrT was cdnteniing. It; is a -j notorious fadf that literary, men, '.and the leading characteri irenlvn iri 'niir narinnL as they had b?en" familiarly conver. iant wun the wolks of Xiocice, Mon tefefuieu arid other'1 dbrated -au-thor$ upf(in republican oVernmenr, wiu ur uuuiu receive any rcai IS..' VotrViliNiJiwBy fjTAi ' oiMtQpf, tSeytiSt'iai heen recently wited fa a foutniefy wig noting in tfew. ' jP-; Jib:if"IJlihd in vjhioh tketbaryStr tf'Mr.1 tiutt'dgeVfa member of Congrefi fromH,lC fitJ hat f,wrdfaniied j Ht tbargefl-'. pfUt . having fylir'uatej . certain letterty.in the 'name f hue N'uhnhli Grffry, , a-mjtchmattrjn Nfwpoit, aJdrrJidtf the . ' PreGdent of the ITnifeii &itcti the ointR , of wkkkffm to havt teen, to impoft tin tbut jlatt,), 7 he fottowimg acqiutitl of Mr I Ispfor tevolatioti WasnroJ J inrbrmatiorf; Ironithe Writings ; of nthe hit of cowards. IBut then! P A in'e. ; Confidently may 11 be aver- riiiabe highly ufeful ar the council: iuuuii nicy iiiuuiu nave nei- falents hordilpofitionr to feive ,flie public as IbJdiers. tIo the fat, .as wcu as to tne terwxit our retrclu 4pn, ?the jRrateful homage of ; t,Se .COUntrV. .IS: clue- Wa Tam Pitfa 9mosiQ thoTe-tages, f jdplan the rnovements ot otrr armiesv or thetys- tems of Oublie A&fenrK ' DiVf 7,; form any airangfemeitt of finance, ot iriy ufeful initit'utiohV for our infant re- j&Ublfe ?. V.Wai te ih&AteHfAhit ftuidd'buf puDlic councils ?r Who a iu ef cr Jee bun Actipg m anyjof tbefe lm'dbtfant cKara-flprs ? What w?L iBfoi;rned;American did ever thint of "fi ";wc ugntoi a lags civuianf or a.capab!c and prudent' ftatesman? H r.,k A r'.. ;.i.ii; int.the limits of the' United SbitesL let himl fpeak,;--After having nieri-, tioned fytwgjithie i er vices of l 1 n e , in relaoon; to the Amqticahevplu-tion.J- it is but juff ' to acknovvletlge thefuH am'rit of his acual fervice r- ius iiittu ue uone witnout any rc -'Thomas P-KE.came over to this couRtryfrouii Great-Ikitairr,' in the Jear j 774 and fixed' his rcfidencc .Pliiladeiihia.-Soon' after his ar ritalak theeve of the cdmnkride rnent of the 'American warVv he pub-' lifhed a fpirited pamph!err' "entitled "CcmnSehlcj'V'w was:witten' in a p6pular' mah'ner, & Phngcridy; applied" to'the . Ip-itated dic qiu reYoiuiionaryeeungSi or Ae'hMrciTead-withavidity. & uaa .a rapi.a iaie; aa an exrea n ve u" culati6h. c ihoftvDmci before the declaration .of, independence he ali iojpublimed feveral populai and ap plgudedjelJays called 4 1 he Crifis f hich'wefe inten'ded' to jrepar? mt thinds;of the-pepple for ::thaii great; e- , al publications pf lefs nofd;1 were th? Iwfr fbfal of Faint's rervjtes In this j Mflntefi nnrrnrmht rjalrirur ; ridiculu "jountaipil have fed.v and wirhitur anv fVar .of ennfra" rdjiffo. from fealty t judicious and that Pa inJl's i Common Senft; with rptpCjCt toi olidity of argument, ele gance of cbmpofition, or indeed , in any point of view, wdl bear no com- pjrfonMthWf Farmer lt fetter "which had been prerioufly wri: tenJ by. Mr. Die W6U: of ; Penfy t vana : -or wifli the; erceHent political eiTays of PwbjlUS, entitled " 1 be, Federal." f 1 hf iftprX,of:PAtKis .rrdnfac: tions in America does pot end here.' Under the old confederation, he was made a fecret ary to .Congfets j which office was then a mere clerkft.Jp ; & for a flagrant breach of tr olly he wa cenfured. and rtDrolwted hv fh v. nerable patriots of jS, Thus difgra ced in America, he returned to Ku-, rope, riisr dila av Of zeal. f tncrerh-r fwith Ibrrie'Ulents at writing,, had ob- iuv iw Him j iciitptwary.. vfcuii:, as art aflnr in riiVr iilntim - hiif his brckh of truft proved Ium to be a wwruppa. its back.;. i-rf;.:"-! J 'l)Don.baIanrincr :tKi- l-nrti'f onA dements -xf PaiiJe ddrinfe mVfor iv iciiuciiuc 111 mis counrrir : ana placing to; the account his horrible bbrphetnie$,f againU ' retigfon' liis" iuus 'ii-urniuies, again :l w ash ING rON l'-his ' hablts of Imv ".lhan Cilery; aud; the 'geherjh-'contenpt in whiclf he has Jong; been . held ;r-the Wife and the tarood will unanimouilv prri'Qunce, .that it , was in. art evjl iiuui , .uiai mo juvimiy arms or our Prlefi&nt vere extended toward him. . The meafure cannot fail t'-nf decafioning ixrltimatelf' the regret cf Mr.l f RFFa asbii'-'hfmfelf 'tfrUfc'nAw Teemsi to have' nd othetialfefriativel Du euner ro carets ana aomeuicate a common arunxard anq a low blacfe gtiard; or fo'provoke his imi& cable JEUSEBIUS. l-The public lentfmen't"'beihijfia -q' vided f hlTrefpecV f'o'the 'iuthoV of the 'forged "letters to the.Prefidenr, as wehareimce givena dccifive opi niononlrhe lubjeC, we feel irour muJ iu uuci( iu UUI ,1C1U.I unci aBalyfis'oC the evidence on which tUi (irtinn w it' immAfAi . A7 iitt in ikf firfl: place ftatc to t hem the fubitance of the. evidence, which is adduced for the purpofe .of "criminating Mrr utledg-? ; 1 & then exhibit the proof which is 1 offered in exculpation.' .It is agreed on a!l hand?,' that rhe let- ters were actually forged, : . Fpr the lL..',i.T.iJ !'-.t t. 1 J ' -Cult.. might be ejcir.i -ined, . Six gentlemen, out of tcrT, yho compared them with becihiens fMr:"Rittlidi'e!Aihand. writing,!;, hiive made oatlr that there iwpman, &; ho young female?d6mefto tic of any fort; in the family a that time 4 - ' . ; sA young girl by the nithi of ol(y Oibr ire,. -'about 'eleven or twelve years, of age, it fems did b've 'with- yimJedge lorn month :o ; Augut c rom tm def cribtion of ihe'tirl. who. ; it w laJA carried the'.Ietters ;to tbeomccji was fufpecled , ihc .might- be 4 he perron, va lyvuAuuur u iicr me poiitiveiy declared.. that. fh nrvpr i-arJrt anyjetters, while'af Mr Ratredke?s, to any perlbn 6rcplacefe .Mr. jvjoore nas alio fworn; that thisirt hirrf that; filial l.npt iy;fhehad vrtnipuuuersur nir.., Kiiiteage, to f he poft offic" lF)tjlihf 'tnpi yjh d her V , aid added that her faf her told her . fhe tnig". get fomcthing handfotnei iffieJaid' ihwrarriti rfi " letternd fi)3 might git hrielt jn- to pimsujty.T. u is4tate4.that ytmng Mr.yRichardfon was a,t fiitlt very'p t fitivd he could findjutMnd ihdnti. however, heha fared. to do Jkf no little white girl" has been dc(ighl(e who liyed. ir; Mr. Rutledg'tj : family at thq time, or.wbp knows Jmf thirig about the tranfaftn., jic witiu.- s, (Mr. Kiulock, a particular friend of" .lr. JtuiJgej hasjworrr that Mr; Richardfon, : the poll; ma iter; t told Mr. Riittqdge, on the firlt:enqu;r.y neroiu noi snow woo dtov tne l-t- $ "J ----- w mm J J V , f J. 1J tfvnnJf nam fhv rirpri vfrrttrin1 rl'ie ttju lic-if,' tn?t on openmg the imfwer r iVl f kiiuls of BLANKS . i-Fof'tale'dttMf mm ;; were of a differ pnf nnininn. Thv have fince been examined..by feveral 6;her fefpectable peffons, who have concurred in ihc hilt ypininnr ' is under(fod that the fixgonlenien, whofd affidavits have h. en niiblifh. ed," are" all republicans. In addition to this evidence, the depofition ,'of Mn Richardion, the polUmailer at KewnorfJ i nlF-rfrI. -.-"Hp fwpare that the letters were "briiaht 10 the omce on the 2d and 7th of Augultv hy a girl, who laid (he lived with Mr. Kutledge, andthat he. fent them i that they; appeared to him to' be in the hand writini nf Mr. liut- ledge, though' diluiled. His ion, the afiift ant poft-mailer has depofed tn rh fame efTpft. fl'Yiel'e wiriiffles aUfwaf ds defignat'di lit tie-white 1.1," as the' perfon who brought the letters. 'I hus far the crimina ting evidence. .J " tin th atht hznA P tttif Arret offefs the affidavits of 1 1 refpeclable gentlemen, Who'Tweaf in fiibftance, lhaM hev are- imlmnr! v nrninlh''1 'rwith : his i.hapdzW.rifihg;J.fleveraioi them having knpwn him from his mrancyj mac tney nave . careruiiy compared' the letters in . qucftion, with lettrrsV&C;-wiwenfjrMirKu ;ledge, - and that they are decidedly of Opinion they were not . written by him.; Among thefe witneffes is Mr. JBeixas, V the cafliier of the bank, ivhole occupation 1 naturally ': leads him to arrifiraf nrtf nrtrtn' t'n " t4if Ivritmg ' It is uftdcViteod that the e leven witneffes' who depofe in favour 6f Mr; Rutledge,' are'all ied?ralifts-' Mr. Rutledge. himfelf, ; has alfo (worn that the Ietrera . were , not wri ten;by.him j and, that, he had no knOWledRe of them, before fMfna thein iri the, Rbodt-ljland Republican." i u auuuiuu;iuiius,-)eiiey cnap. man fwearsi. that (he went to live in Mr,; Uutledga'i iamily, about thejlafl of Auguflj and that while there, fhe never carried' any letter to the pblf office or any othet place: H ": - L -fD UJ- etx,- 11 ' . -mjTlrLVT'-': j iviiuw v.pi'pcu, icuines, tnac at j . ii 1 1 v the timt alluded tO. ihtt was treawmt 1 ly j in Mr. RotledgeV family; und is, 'k'6 wiGrc ww iiu wmic gin or thatrhe immediiely; applied to the l f t-mul I er, who, without any hefi tafigr, returned the poitageJ - ' It; is atfp Itated by Mr, Mftfir -y, thai after theeceipt of the firfl let ter from fhq Polfffict, it wa& hint ed jhat thete would prpbiuly be 'o tliers,rclirtied to him, "-through the fame medium, and his ' permif'ficn a requelted to tuke them u : in hi kbfm ce-:' " - ' "; : ' v As tQ the letters ?arwreh;cs, they. hre written iri a puije and ri diculous ftile, and without any ap parent definn. .. ;, ... ," ... , .'the above fhien;. xv,e.beii.ve comprifes, all the efkmial evidence Tcfptling this myfteiious tninlac-; tion. We- pfitr no ctinmenrs itti 1 his occaflion. We hfye before t e marked, rhar the balaiidebf .theevE denc.c appeared to us, clearjy in fa vour of Mr. Rutledge rl)u impref- ". fions ate yet the fame; KvVrV read ef i jiow kjt, vto txamihe'afid decide lor himfelf ; - V - " j LOMETimc in the montli .'-'of November,' KJ 1 8o", s nearly as I can at pre Aim re. rMrr-Wiltiam Brown?6i Sunpter;Diftriatr in tlj fid State, ftbout the thinning. of . January, t lio i., Hkety nejro wcDcli'about a years b d, an hatirig a chi d about 'a' ) ear o d, (or hkh .e iaid me in advance 200 dol ars in cafh,' and ' delivered me a ' boife av 140' doltafs ( and vis ft the. tinie of delivering him the wench and child to have "' J4d roe the fanher film of isjf dopatsl Some -iri'ie. Ijocc, 1 underttoodjhat a "certain ; jtfle Lee, then of Fav ettevie. N. Carolina, pur, chafed and-took vp the fatd obiigatJin, ana P I did hope tor the "f urj'ofe '"of 'hatirg tf,e f fame, dilcounte i in of his 'debt hfeTie - biit having urx'eihood that the faid 'Lee has removed jrom h former fefide ce; to ' t fome diftiini parts, and fearing that he ' may " atiem( t to tiansfewfae Kid obliViupB.I.rto -r thus publicly foiwaih all pe fTm Vhatrtel Jromiakiug n attpnnient tlicrcot leihg dei ermined roFto fettle the f 15 ?ih ; ' wwca 4 '7
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