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Letter to Editor
May 3, 1804
Rhode Island Republican
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
What is this article about?
Isaac Wilbor of Little-Compton writes to defend his name against a slanderous article in the Newport Mercury, attributing the false information to a known deceitful individual from his town, and expresses trust in the honorable majority of local freemen against factional opposition.
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For the Rhode-Island Republican.
Mr. Farnsworth,
I HAVE very lately seen a Newport Mercury, in which my name, with others, was made use of in a manner the most licentious. That squib, as such productions are usually termed, was it seems founded upon information which had been given by a Gentleman from Little-Compton. If such information, had in fact, been received by the Editors of the Mercury, to authorise their fabrication of such a paragraph, there can be but little doubt of the person who gave it; for in craft there is not more than one man (if he may be called a man) in the town of Little-Compton, vile enough to do it: and as this man is pretty well known through this part of the State, for his faculty at false colouring, & as having heretofore, frequently been the bearer of similar slanderous reports and falsehoods, I do not think it necessary to trouble myself or the Public with reciting the transaction to which the piece in the paper before mentioned alludes; but rest satisfied that a majority of the freemen of Little-Compton are men who will ever act from honorable, and laudable motives, setting at naught the mischievous devices of such under-brush of faction as the Newport Mercuries, Little. Compton tale-bearers and turn-coats, and the ravings of a mad opposition.
ISAAC WILBOR.
Little-Compton, May 2, 1804.
Mr. Farnsworth,
I HAVE very lately seen a Newport Mercury, in which my name, with others, was made use of in a manner the most licentious. That squib, as such productions are usually termed, was it seems founded upon information which had been given by a Gentleman from Little-Compton. If such information, had in fact, been received by the Editors of the Mercury, to authorise their fabrication of such a paragraph, there can be but little doubt of the person who gave it; for in craft there is not more than one man (if he may be called a man) in the town of Little-Compton, vile enough to do it: and as this man is pretty well known through this part of the State, for his faculty at false colouring, & as having heretofore, frequently been the bearer of similar slanderous reports and falsehoods, I do not think it necessary to trouble myself or the Public with reciting the transaction to which the piece in the paper before mentioned alludes; but rest satisfied that a majority of the freemen of Little-Compton are men who will ever act from honorable, and laudable motives, setting at naught the mischievous devices of such under-brush of faction as the Newport Mercuries, Little. Compton tale-bearers and turn-coats, and the ravings of a mad opposition.
ISAAC WILBOR.
Little-Compton, May 2, 1804.
What sub-type of article is it?
Persuasive
Political
What themes does it cover?
Politics
Press Freedom
What keywords are associated?
Slander
Newport Mercury
Little Compton
Factionalism
Opposition
Freemen
Libel
What entities or persons were involved?
Isaac Wilbor
Mr. Farnsworth
Letter to Editor Details
Author
Isaac Wilbor
Recipient
Mr. Farnsworth
Main Argument
the writer defends against a slanderous article in the newport mercury, blaming a deceitful informant from little-compton, and asserts confidence in the honorable freemen of the town against factional slander.
Notable Details
Licentious Squib
False Colouring
Slanderous Reports
Under Brush Of Faction
Newport Mercuries
Little Compton Tale Bearers And Turn Coats
Mad Opposition