An Examination of the Question: Who Is the Writer of Two Forged Letters Addressed to the President of the United States (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

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Two forged letters, addressed to the President of the United States, have excited an uncommon interest in the public mind. The nature of the fraud, the official stations of the persons implicated in the forgeries, and their standing in society, unite in demanding a clear and cool examination of the subject; one, in which character shall be treated with the respect to which it is entitled, the facts stated with accuracy, the arguments and conclusions drawn from the nature of the case and facts alone - the feelings of party, the prejudices and the passions, kept in strict subjection to reason and truth. Such an examination I will now attempt; how far it will be faithfully executed, is submitted to the judgment of others.

It is unnecessary to be constrained in stating, that those letters have been attributed to Mr. Rutledge, a member of Congress, from South Carolina. Mr. Rutledge, from the situation in which he stands, from his connexions and education, should hold an honorable character, in the maintenance of which, he and his friends ought to feel deeply interested: - the invidious course will not be pursued here of going into private life, to obtain evidence against his morality - he ought to be presumed immaculate - nor ought his reputation to be tarnished by light suspicions or vague suggestions. By the, public he should be considered innocent, until he shall have been proved guilty. The character of Mr. Ellery, as one of the Senators from Rhode Island, and in all other relations stands upon high ground. No dark or malignant passion have ever been attributed to him; by the society of which he is a member, he is considered as just, mild, and benevolent, seeking for happiness in domestic society - not in the bustle of public life - he derives his claim to confidence from the exercise of every virtue - not from a want of virtue in others. Between these two characters this subject is at issue.

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