Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1801-11-21

given IL as their opinicn3, ,.hzt the yefv hand-
DILL itielf conraiocd evidence of guilt. Ii
was the unhounded raving Of party def
pcrado. Why was il leselcd at the Gov
crnor. Though be might have mentioned it;
Others, alfo, had iaid il and in Providence
il was the we'll founded fufpicion of many.
A fufpicion which arofe from circumstances,
and could not dcpcnd upon the original fur
miie of any one. IL was Irselcd at Rim, be.
caufc bi inAuence was principally dreaded
and becsule he had expreAed determination
that Dorrancs fhould be oppoied. 1t was.
therefore, that the hand-bili followed the
Governor, immediately TO Newport, and was
.induitriouly vociferated from the sdamantine
lungs Of thorough paced fcderalits, during
,h: whole week of Election. Dorance.
among many Others Of the clan. was oppoi-
ed, and dilplAced. And as the only means
Of revenge, the hand-bil was re-publiIhed
tlviee afterward, in different papers, in the
town of Providence. Ii did not end here.
Many of the officers who, during the Eiec-
tion, had been appointed as republicans,
were " wan,only and fcanda!ouny attack
ed :" Week after week, continued pubiic,-
tions of grofeft riblldry and invetiiyc, tecm-
ed like hot-bcd: DstfaNion, and ilander,
became the order OF the day And thas it
is fill continued.
Who viii believe but that this very Der-
rance, Whole name formed a complete eloven
fat TO the 6rf publication, and accompanied
it afterward in TWO different Newspapers, has
been the brimxm msbie. the iaal canfe. of all
the bluRering infoicncc which enfued Th:a
DO,yA~ee, who (it is iaid) when he heard that
Jajos Fair6arks, prifoner under fentence OF
death, for wiiful murder, perpe,ratcd
with unparalleled barbari,y. had efcapcd
from Jail, vaontipg'y, and fedisiouAy declar-
ed, in rhe public market place at Providence,
that he had forced the doors Of his prfon
ieizcd the Jail books and sas hprrying on
TO the PRESIDENT FOR protection, and ap-
tsintmsvf Who will believe bur that this is
the volcanic mountain, Whole troubled en-
trails has continued to 5eich i;s lava upon TIC
public. VINO will believe bu, that thcfc
were the ientiments, and iuch was the defgn
which have continned TO rank!c, and fulmi-
nats. The gentlemen may cape. and affett
to look Arrange, and go on with their evaiive
fophia,y il they plea.e but thoie who arc
accufomcd TO obierye, will diicern through
the whole, indobitable features OF one COM
mon paren,age. From D0y,aree to CxGte,
from CaFtr 10 Niayod, and 70 on, through an
endlels variety OF their appropriate fgnatures,
the f,me diAinguilhable, family h&txsG,
eminen,Iy prevails. Thongh Dorrancc and
his help-mats, with confohda,cd keadt, may
hare given birth to the 6sa and though the
help. nate Of Dorrance, moving under the
or gnai impulfe, which made him pregnant,
hath become the venerable mofbe, Of the
others yet they are rot lefs evidently the
fcemiy offspring of that gracious, and hopeful
eauph. lnfomuch that we might fpeak unto
thar motboy. faying, though thou art vigor-
ocs. and fruitful yet, fure as fbou art, 70 al
70 thine i" Hagaad is known in the gates.
ard sVbiAe be (.ttt,b am0rg tbe elders Of fbe
land.
Now, in the name Of moderation, and
candor; truth, and jua;ce: In the name OF
that refined, exalted. and ineaimabe ipirit Of
intelligence, and freedom, which pervades our
cline, and give: health, and energy, to our
civil, add religious rights, and immuniiies
In the name OF thoie principles, which iive in
the inRitutions OF ous country, rcciProcasing
with the citizen mu:uslity Of confidence,
and comfort, in protection, and defence In
the aame oftha, keen d,jteysmesf, that CRATE
full magnanimi,y, asd majeaic 6rmnels, which
Characterize the people of this State who
would not, with heart, aad voice, approve
the refo'uIions in queition, as proper, and
iufihablc Who, conhdering all the circum-
Rancc,, would not ,xclaim OF thofe who have
brought them to pafs, 1" we'll done tsou good,
and faithful irrvaats." Undaunted by vollics
of federal effron,cry, you have been true to
the truR rePefsd in you, and have ncbly de.
Tended the public faith from the lui of
patton, and from the sGAults of It's eoemies."
By the mild corrective of diiapprobasion,
you have " burniihed with fbamc'' the checks
of impudencc, borne down the crea Of ambi-
tion, divcited the afp ofhh potion. and the
adder Of his tongue.
Still, FAY the gentlemen, there are ta,fi-
eulay objeesious to the refolutions. There is
an action at law depending, in which Dor.
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