Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1802-04-17
TO THE PEOPLE.
" The great, rhe important day draws nigh
." Big with the fate of Cato. and OF kome |"

frknas. Ci'izsns, and Aeigbbsu,
THE period has arrived, when the courfe
l. OF events and the viraVs Of mes. have ar
ranged the Nation under two parties. One has
aTum.d the diainttion Of Feaeraija, the other
Republican. The character of the Federaliit.
we have in the meafures and events of the Mort
period Of twelve years, to March. 1891. The
Republican is known by the courie he has pur-
fued the fame term of time. and from March
1901, to this day. Under the Federal Admin
itration. we have fccn adreadful Narional Debt
created, in Mort period of peace asi Hrxjrai
s1st~iy. We have feen this .banc and op-
preilion ofour Country created by the funding
Of all the old paper medium and certificates,
which had funk in the hands Of the people and
were eaimayed worth huic or nothing. We
have ieen this dead, deprecated auf, by unrea-
icnable views and unjut means, rciufcitated
and advanced to 1os. in the pound indifcrimi-
nasely. We have feen the indifc riminaie al
1 fumption of State Debts. which had Indeed a
iufp.cious foundation. We have ieen the necsf-
fsty iuftiiution Of Navy, created by courlc
OF entravagancc anheard of, and which no peo-
pie ought pa,iently TO have endured. We have
ieen Brig@ Treaty formed. by which our Cit
izens were expoied, and actually have been ex-
ten6vsly pundered at ies, & our nation loaded
with the enormous and unfounded claims Of Re-
.frgees, Yoyies, and Britiih Creditors. We have
feen our nation fued and diitre1cd by thclc
claims. and The proceedings under the treaty
fufpended, BY the enormity Of the claim and the
novelty OF the procedure. We have fcen our
nation expoied by the interference of this treaty,
TO all the dreadful effects Of Brity@ influence, ast
teaded wiki dangerous intrigues in our councils
and diaentions IN the community. We have
feen our county by this inpolitic tranfaetion
and its effects, nearly drawn into war with
France. We have heheld taxes and public off,
GERS multiplied beyond all necefity, and to the
unreaionable bur,hen of the people. We have
experienced the in}ancc Of Lard or Dhs5
7ax, in time Of Peace. We have feen our
Federal conductors torturing their hnanciL
powers, in fearch of auays and mten5, for new
Icfources to fupport the .mof extraordinary and
uuneceHary expenditures. And we have feen
theie good fyitnds Of tbe Ptepk, in utter dcfpair
OF extending taxes further, relort to Laans and
actually borrowing in time Of Peace, Five
Millions OF Dollars, at the ihamcfal and upjuAi.
fable interet Of e,ebt per cent. Under the ope-
ration Of thefc ftraoge proceedings, we have be-
held the People loyal and true 10 their cspfe and
coun,y-but inftituting fober enquiry--for
what caufcs theie things were done And what
were the dcfgns of their rulers ! In the courfe
of this enquiry, We have feen the fgns Of dif-
affection and doubt Of the wifdom and frugality
of foch an Administration. We have ieen the
extraordinary refort to an army--not few men
but many thoufands rsifed at an ENORMOUS
cxpence and fcattcred over the country. Not
to oppofe all invaGon or even the we'll grounded
expectation of foreign enemy, but believed to
be foley for the purPofe Of overawing the pub-
lie mind, and occurring thereby fubmiflion to
all the wild projects Of the late administration.
By all theie occurrences we have feen National
Deb, hxsd on os Of upwards Of Eigbly Million Of
Dollar, We have lived to Zee every prernce
of the laic standardization. on the fcore Of Gcon-
omy, frugaty and concefn TO prevent the en-
c,eaie OF the debt, empty and deceitful. With
uninterrupted peace, with uncxampled profPeri-
~. procured by the wants Of the Beligerent pow
ers, and the fruitful productions of our country,
with a vaa and incrcaGng Revenue, we have
been difrefcd to fee all theis advantages dimin-
lined by prodigd expenditures and abfurd ap-
plications OF the national refources. Fof the
Ps6he De6f tar eaesan'y isersa,Sd in er0H pro-
Portion 10 al ,bt prspsriy and rsvesGr Of fkr
Coxrf,y. TNns the energies Of the nation have
been exhauticd in incfeetol and iniIncere endeav-
ors to leGen The debt and diminih the public
hnrshens. And thus our FEDERAL Pafriss. have
rrocared ui blsaiugs long to be remembered. 10
purfuanoe Of their favorite principle, Z" ,bsf Q
Nafissai Debt 10 a national 6isL5sg." Not con-
tent with having pricked us into lively recol-
lection Of al thefe rsbk dfrdf they yet modefaly
demand our confidence and fopport.
Bur FeIIo~ Citizens, conddcr iheie things.
No longer faF.r yourielve, 10 be deluded by
shc mott baneful hvpocrify ever Pradifed by men
exalted TO rule In the ffafe Of embs -raGmenf
in which the country was found in the year Of
ssoi, whst IL the country bad been oblige1 TO
10 TO warl Where we're we TO obtain the means
offupp,r,iog il , Not forely by rnPoias, tonnage
and exeifcs.- No my ffiends, but two milerable
seiosrccs were left; one Land Tax-she other
fsa-f. Thos htuated, was il not time to make
ofFtse public letharsy AID conmencea reforms
tionf Wa it not tine to Pfevess thoie inveasd