Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1801-10-17
For the RHoDE-IsLAND REPUBLICAN,.

THE formation of focieiy occaions
l. neceiiity for the efablifhmenr of certain
inttitutions, which as they are declaratory of
right and wrong. and prsfcriptive of expcdi-
ency as relates to the common good of the
community. become vital principle of civil
happinels and freedom. AS public proipcri-
ty Is, with every virtuous and we'll dirocied
mind, a difinguilhed and primary objett
10 the prciervation of thofe inftitutions have
ever attracted the concern, and engroHed the
attention of a people determined 10 be free.
TO preicTve them in their full conGitutional
vigor, as means Of infuGng health into the
political fRem, that it may be rightly fn(-
tanned in its various functions, experience has
taught the necciIity Of iavefting in individ-
uals detinitive authorities, corefponding with
different departments, which primitive and
general agreement had eaablihsd. Thofc in.
dividuals, when advanced to their reflective
potts by the fee fuffrages of their fellow
citizens, have great and important duties to
fulfil, and are reiponGbe to their conli,ucnts
for any abuics of the truR repoled in them.
Such refponGbility is promulgated. not by
the envenomed afperions of the lurking lan-
dercr, but at the period of Ek3iox, when the
majeftic and ;nfallible voice of the people az
large Is 60 fix the (sal Of ibtr apprOb0tiex or
the brand of di(grace. If by the decifon Of
the mojari.y. he is, liz bh r-fIet7iex. proclaim
ed worthy of confidence, from thar infant he
again becomes entitled to public fupport /;
and as his life has been devoted to the public
frrvicc, he IL entitled to the affection Of his
country-men. And for Disappointed pride,
unPrincipled avarice, perfonal enmity, and
desperate revenge, united in gorgon rene
gade, to aipirc to an internal dignity, by viii
tying and tradncing him, is direct and IA
grant inlult to the State, and the underGand-
ing of the people.
Theic reflections have been excited by
the pcruial of a variety of pieces under differ
ent hgnaturcs which have appeared in a paper
printed at Providence, the frft of " hich was
Ggned JObn D0rranee," containing a web
OF afperGon, againft the Governor Of this
State, heightened and inaamed by every col
curing which his well kuown malignity and
impudence could invent. That piece was
having been dilniiled from the Court Of Com
mon Peas for the County of Providence, Of
which, however. unxor,hily, he had been a
member, has Gnce ftemed to have little ellie
TO do, than with the help Of his Literary al
Giants, and compeen in difappointment, TO
prepare ilandcr and nvettivc for the prcis.
A feady current of the mott Rudied provoca-
ton and abufc, leocled with contemplative
virulencc at the character of our Firf MAgif-
tra,e, evidently for no other reafon than pc
caufe he has had che frmneis to refa the en-
croachmenu which were about 10 be made
upon our rights and privileges, has continued
to flow to degree which threatens his per-
lonal fafety and while il awakens a warmth
of indignation, calls for public, exprefs,
and pofitive diicoun,enance. While We be-
hold on every Gde, I'll; inceaan, flight of
poiioncd arrows, prepared by fallen hof. to
w!eak deadly yengence while their cape
ing mouths, YET warm with the vital currents
of the country, which they were fucking at
every pore, arc extended wider and wider, in
continued drawings. inpatient and petulent,
left what they value more than they do the
peace and profperity of mankind, ihould be
,ak Az T,,uH ehacn ,.h;t. ha <s.J;o,r,,