Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1801-12-05
From hhe Bosrow CnRoNlcLs.
OLD. SOUTH-No. l..

lie eGH! ee Sof0rg, Tposje f0.ageyS IA Ibs
ngbi."
THE various means ulrd TO effca fnch
i porpofes. rs would aaR the Britiih
Faction In their dehgns 10 involvc this coan.
try IN war with France, are TOO numerous
TO be particularly recited at this period.
Their aim was NOT confined merely 70 this
obisct, bat every meaiure was en- TO rsile
jsaloufy againit certain republican charac-
,ets who oppolsd their conduct. For this
purpofe the public lniod was connsnsly
alarmed apon the idea OF an invaGon tlom
France--Conipirscies we're daily announced
Taylor. Plots, Tub Plots. and even Lady
Plots, followed in rapi! iuccellion. Mr..
Harper went 20 Ear as 90 pledge himielf on
TIE ,iilcovery OF fbme terrific plan, which had
nearly arrived to a completion; he faid IN
Congreis, that he had the " clues" and pro-
miied foon TO diicloie all the my llcrics OF a
,rcsionable combination. The party went
On from one ipecies OF alarm TO another, ill
at length the cry of danger became 70 iami-
liar. that the people coniidered them as the
ne'e chiGe,as oi a d,tempered brain. Find
ing ,heic projects woald not snfwer their
puipoies, reconric was az length had 10 the
all powerful weapon Of Religion. This ia
cred cauie was brought into operation; the
people were told, thai all honor, honehy aud
| motality were 10 bc aanihilslsd that deiim,
athsiim and impieIy of every kind were to
piedominate and to fayof the deception,
few Clergymen conjared up the exploded
publication OF Robiion and Barruel, TO for
ward their lyaem OF fanaticifsa. The lllumi-
nati was the watch word of the party but
the principal light ariGng from the iabjett.
icrsed only 10 make certain Reverend Doc
tor appear more confpicuouily ridiculous.
Sermons were publi(hed ON this occafon. and
marginal notes introduced, with the horrid
aory OF deiperare combination in Europe
and America, To overturn all that is called
sodly.
The illuminate influenza lated about I8
months, aud az length expi,ed wi.h few
aruggles, under the injadicious management
Of this clerical operator Thus have this
party run throogh tho icverai parts Of their
political drama, and now are brought to their
ne piM nii,a, which is, that che PIcfident is
an Infdel and does not believe in the chraian
teligion.
This is the only ground on which the
party now fand. and while they think the
people believe them, they take the greater
liberty ia their caIumny and detrattion !;
they alternately call him dsil, infdcl, and
s,hcia they repreient him as having deGgn
upon the religious ssabhlhmems Of our coun-
Try and fome arc even 70 foolifh AZ To believe,
that all the meeting houies will loon be razed,
the miniGen dilraIded, ard carnage and plum
der become the " order OF the day."
AT this enlightened. age it is almoR an
sf'ront upon the good ienfe cf the citizens Of
the Uniled States, 10 reply to tie many alb
lurdi,ics written againR the PnGdcnt on this
(ubicei. lfMr. )eferion !. deai,uie Of thofc
! virtues which conititute cmiaian, or a ci,i-
zen, wherc is the man who is poiieHed Of
them If honeay. integrity, forbearsnee. hu-
snanity. benevolence sod patriotiim arc the
prominent features which deGgnzte Chrif-
ltian, certainly no man Within the United
Estates aands more confpicuouRy eminent.
So far from having no RTiigisr, he is friend
20 ILL and ioaead Of contracting its in
aueacc, he is dehrous Of giving every citizen
right to worihip Cop ia his own ~sy he
is not pctfecutor Of any feet he is not
dcfamcr OF any particular mode Of worfhip;
he is not fanatic to fcourge thcfe who do
not believe in his tenets; lie leaves every
ccnfciencc to its own bizfs, and islfead OF
controlling men az the a,biscr Of sevrlation,
| he il anxious to place the alteration OF the Su-
preme E.ing and his attsibusss, ON that BATS
o. lhe human mind, on which alone it can or
ought to be erected.
lfthis i, the character Of the Prendens,
why is he attacked with fueh ieverity and in
decency Why IL he beid " as the fobveficr
Of Religion, when he gives fuch ample eope
to every principle connected ~iib is eitAbliih-
! ment I II lie injures no man in his religion,
why fhould others injure hin in his repdta-
! ton if he is an immoral man, point out bic
| immofali,ies ifhe is ksairuse Of the chtiian