Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1802-11-27

daagcfS oofr my tnatSr 800 W Nsi1t< BIcstness
Contributed my part. <, ~
When failed for Europe 10 the Spring Of
1887. it was my intention 10 return to Ameri-
ca the next year. and enjoy in retirement The
eaeem Of my friends and The repoie ~s en-
titled to- I had food out The form of one re-
volution, and had no win 10 embark in anoiher.
Bur other icenes and other circumstances than
Pthofe of Contemplated cafe were alo,ed to me.
Thc French revolution was beginning TO germi-
nate when arrived in France. The principles
of il were good, they were copied from Ameri-
CT, and the mea who conducted it were honch.
Bat the fury OF faction foon exiipguifhed the
one. aad fent the other to the feafold. OF
thoic who began that revolution, 1 am simoft
thc only furvivor, and that ttFoogh thouiand
dangers. love this not 70 the payers ofprietts,
nor the piety Of hypocrtes, but TO the con,inu-
ed protection Of Providence.
Bot while bcheld with plesfure the dawn
Of liberty ridng in Europe, l faw with regret.
the Iuare Of il fading in America. In lefs
than two years from the time Of my departure,
fome diasnt fymptoms painfully fuageRsd the
idea fha, the principles of the ievolution we're
expiring on the foil that produced them.
received at thar tine letter from femslc itera-
Ty correspondent. and in my aniwes TO her.
expreIed my fears on that head. in the follow
ing pen6ve folioquy:
Sc You touch me on very tender point
when you fay that my friends on your hde Of
the water, cannot he reconciled to the idea OF
r,y abandoning America, even tor my native
England. They are right. had rather fee my
horfe Button eating the graf. of Bordentown or
Moriianea, than fee all the Pomp and ihew OF
Europe.
"a thorfand years hence, for mua in
dulge few ,houghu. perhaps in kis, America
may be what Europe now is.--The innocence
Of her character that wtn the hearts OF all ma
iicns in her favor. may found like romance,
and her inimi,able virtue as if il lad rever been.
The ruins OF that liberty, for which thouiands
bed, may jua furnih materials for village tale.
or extort Ggh from ruAic ieh6bi'iy whilit
the faihionable of thar day, enveored 10 diaipa-
sion, ihal deridc the principle. and deny the
tsa.
"When We contemplate the fall Of en-
p,res and the extinction CT the nations OF the
ancient world, we fee but lit,ls more TO excite
our regret, than the Wondering ruins of pomp.
ors palaces, magnificent monuments. lofty pyra-
mids, and walls and towers OF the mott cehly
workmanihip Bot when the empire of Au,eri-
ca fhal fall, the fuhjcd for conteaplative forrow
will be infinitely greater than crumbling brafs or
marble can intpire. II will not then be faid,
here itood temple Of vat antiquity, here role .
Babei Of ipvjfble height, or there palace OF
fpmptuous cxravagsnce bnt, here ah painful
thought The nob!ea work Of human wiidom
the grandek fcene of human glory. the
fair caufe Of freedom ROSE and FKLL. Read
this, and then ak if forget America"
l nov know, from The information obtain
uron the fpot, that the impreilions that then
6iRrefed me, for was proud Of America, were
bu, too well fourded.--She was turning her
back upon her own glory, and making haRy
ffrides ip the ravcfade path Of oblivion. Bot :
lpa,k from the altar of stvsNTY-sIx, unextin.
euilhed and uncx,ingu fhable through that ionp
night Of error, is again lighting up in every par'
o!,he Union. the genuine fame OF rational lib.
erty.
As the French revolution advanced, j, fx.
ed the attention Of the world, and drew from
,hc penGoned pen Of Edmund Buske furious
attack. This brough, me once more on the
public ,hcs.re of politics, and occsGoned the
pamphlet RI IcHrs or MAN. 1t had the great
ca ron OF any work ever publifhed 10 the Eng.
ifh language. The number OF copies circular.
ed IN England, Scotland, and Ireland, behhei
nanlations into foreign languages. were be.
tween four and FIVE hundred thonfand. The
principle, Of that work were the fame as thoit
in CommoN SESsi, and the effsd would have
been the fame in EogIand a. it had been ir
America, could the vote Of the nation beer
quietly tsken, or had equal opportunities O
,confu,ting or atting exiRed. The only differ
ence between The two works was, that the ont
was adapted to the local circumRances Of Eng
lard, snd the other TO ,hofe of America. A, &c
myfelf, / acted in both cafes alike reIirquifh
Cd TO the people of England as had done it
.hofe of America, al prof,s from the work
NV reward exiaed 10 the ambition 20 DO coed
and in the independent haPpiuei' Of my owr
mind.
Bot fatlion, sesing in difguife. was rilni
10 America, thar had loR fight Of frA principles
They were beginning TO contemplate govern.
r,ent as profitable monopoly, and the people al
hereditary property. Iii therefore no wonder
that the R3fD Of Mar Gas attacked by thai
fiction, ard its author continually abufed. But
let them 60 on, give them rope enough, and they
viii pot an end to their own indgnihcance
There 10 TOO much common fenfe and indepen-
denee in America TO he long the dupe Of any
faesion. forrign or dcmeeic.
Bot. in tbe MIDI Of the freedom we enjoy, ths
r---..~.f,.E oC shs ~sc~v. ~.iied (.d<sal lard