Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser

Communication

In the Aurora of Tuesday last, is an address from a certain David Jones, who styles himself "late chaplain to General Wayne" intended to revive the stale refuted charge against Mr. Ross being a deist—'tis a pity that persons professing themselves to be ministers of the gospel, should neglect one of its plainest precepts, "to do to others as they would be done by." This same David Jones had a publication under a feigned signature, inserted in the Intelligencer, at Lancaster, on the 25th September, addressed to Mr. Ross, in which a similar charge is made, and the transaction stated to have taken place ten years or more ago. (I speak from memory, not having the paper by me.) The author's name was said to be left with the printer, to be given up to any person authorized to demand it; two of Mr. Ross's friends called on the printers, who said their instructions were to give the name of the author, only to Mr. Ross, or some person authorized by him in writing to demand it. However, the next day the printers informed a gentleman, that it was the redoubtable Mr. David Jones, of Chester county. In how many other papers Mr. Jones may have thought proper to make a similar attack, I know not, but it appears he has been very careful to make it in such a way and manner, that it would be impossible any answer or explanation from Mr. Ross could appear, until after the election, if Dixon's paper had been sent by post, and any documents been necessary to refute this charge, it is not probable they could be procured at Pittsburgh, in the time between the arrival and departure of the mail, (about half a day) but if it was necessary to send to Washington, it would cause a delay of one week, and the defence might arrive at Lancaster on the 16th October, eight days after the election, but supposing that the half day was fully sufficient, and no delay was to take place, the first mail could not arrive even at Lancaster, until the Wednesday evening after the election; is this doing as he would be done by; since the transaction stated by Mr. Jones. Mr. Ross has been elected a member of the State Convention for Washington county, by the people, and twice a Senator of the United States, by the Legislature of this State, at one of those times he had the votes of every member of the western counties, yet all this time Mr. Jones was Silent, the persons opposed to Mr. Ross, had no offices in their gift, even if they had been successful, Mr. Jones, therefore, did not feel it his duty to come forward and oppose him, although it would have been much easier to have explained his objections to about one hundred members of the Legislature, than to eighty thousand voters scattered throughout the State, but most of the members of the Legislature knew Mr. Jones and his character, to a great majority of the electors he and his character are unknown, or any remarks on his publication would be unnecessary.

A Chester County Man.