Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1802-07-24

VI tbS ChltSA Ct1fCts dt ftdiOuaD4Cs dhA p'bPNi
ume aad IA manner that commands the high
ea pratt, exeued rhemicises 70 effceI fefof-
nation. Tney were fuccefsfuI becsufe they
sese right. Nor have they Gnee. as II Is h'm-
|iy believed, Teen any Ieafons shy they ihouid
condema their conduit IN that particular, shat
have beea fouadtd in resf,n or The general veil
fsfe. Disappointed ranizans nay rail. aud
ranr ;-they may rend. aud torture tncir ingene-
ity for iupjeefs ot com olaint; they may hight
'up, and hstion their political sIszD-u'm' IN
sgery part Of ihe Continent. snd b. tic Phiitef-
ing powers Of pa,ronsge lct tLrn s. s-gog,
10 annoy and bs Hie the p.elent adminitIanon !;
they mag iorlske the real merits OF fubJetts and
dcfcead TO the bafe craft OF rdicale, irony. Pr-
vatc fcandsl and perionsI abuie, from which the
virtue, and perfection Of susels would not DC
exempt they may trear claboIateiy, and hnsth-
ily OF the maggois that by poflbity misst oc'
eupy particular chesle, which IN the abun-
dance Of their VIII. and Pungeot drollery, they
en,|haticaly call The masms.b amid the ialtry
gloom. aod fcverfh diicmpers of their dilo'dsr-
ed minds. and imsginstions, they may fancy,
and proclaim 10 the world, an iRfuneetion'
among theu,, and dexterouly Connect Ihe cun-
ning sGsulon OF the fstt wiih the exiting tate
OF politics IN the county. such ihercs ihey
may continue 10 employ. with wsnton, hsiioni'
ous and trcsionsble zeal. in order to aiiena the
Affections Of the citizen from the gosefnment
under which he lives. ard v hieh he ha. chsien
TO render il contemplate 10 his fight; and thus
10 effect its fubver6on aud Si,h Us fubveIhon,
their own long contemplated proj.:t OF erecting
upon ifs ruins ore thar ali rsiie them 30 .hs
condition II Lords and Maites over ine dtjeet.
- a -.
No~ lst Il be aG.d--does all this prove
that the people Of ihs Un;'ed sis,cs have done
wrong does il prove thar they have been hat
~, and harlh, and m.nit,ed an act INV orthy
OF them, scd ~hich they ought nct TO have com
mitied o. the contrary. 10 il nor an addinona.
proof thar their jcaloufes were fouIlhed, ibas
tneif reientment was right, tha, they haze aesed
With found difcrstion. aa honorable and >
laudable impulfe Ii iuch is the temper OF the
party they at that time oppan.d. What were
they TO egreet from il, full tide predominanee }
1t The pesceable exercife OF a natuial right ac-
coIding 10 The dictates OF undo 6andIos and
conicience has brought down upon the people
,heie roaring catarasts OF hitting veoom. ard im.
placabie wra'h. what would they not have iuf-
tered II, at the time for exertion, they had let
down IN trembling obedience Feters, and
chains would e'er long, have connected them
With the duff. And as this would have been
their doom, 10 it would have been their csferts
for. as il has been well lsid, that people who
dare not vind;cate their rights, do nor dcierve
TO be tree. Why, in the formation Of the Con
ia,tution, was The elgttivc tranchifc Ief-r,sd TO
the nation, 10 be exefciied according to its diff
cre;ion Ii is halowed provifon 10 the noble
charter of American liberty which iusdis,es INC
whole Eaisrn hemiiphete. IL was ordained as
check upon the vehaiitv. the iniolenct. aud
the arrogance ot ruicrs. Who are 10 ledge OF
the Propuety aad necefiy of It's exets,ie bur
thote TO whom It's sxercife 10 ref;rved And
what proud sasmer !haIl rife upsaod lay ,hes
nave Judged improperly, and without occshon
IL freedom the bnrthen Of oor ieRive iong DO
we. with raptnres which none but Americans
!ee!, teach our infants 70 lip The p:a.rs OF Lib,y,
and lha!i our throats.be choaked, and our voices
Ria:d. by artificial horms. and tempcfs, the
handy work OF iome lurking, under trapping.
Newspaper icribblcr, or his Rin moIr blood
thirty and ferocioas mater Shall they iet up
a ipecuiating partial interca in oppoi,ion to The
common veal .and be tolerated in fulminarine con-
t'nual sna'hemas, and pratticing profcriptions
againN thoie who maintain, and cheri!h, the
principles OF our resolu ion, tie Ipi,n If evsnr.
fve Shall revenge, and malice be iuffered to
take the lead, 10 blead and confound the princi-
pies OF right and wrong Shall il fcatter fire.
biands, arrows, and death, and meet no frown
OF iniulted and indignant juAice In fine, there
cannot be an aptsr comparifon of the political
bsbblcs. which weekly I'LL the federal papers,
than BY hkeoing them to the stubs" which
whalemea throw into the fca TO attraA and
anue the attention of the viesim for which their
lsncss are harpencd and prepared. Ii i, thus
they gain the opportunity Of piercing him with
arrows of feel. and OF draining his fubfiance.
IL Is thus the federsIifs expect eventually to
proclaim theis triumph, that mankind can eaIy
be governed BY terror and coercion.
Theie rasetions were excited by reading
TIE lsa Nssvforf M,,exy. 1t contained car.
sgraph. which appeared uader tho Ne~ port head,
relause to g the French Revelation 4" and after
tain OF iaGdioss obiervatiens- concludes ~i,h
the qastion, " hail Thomas Jsffssfon be Pref
den' tor life. with she power Of aomisatios hi,
fuccsGor p
NO remarks at prefent will be offered M.
on II; bat az iome futrrs time the fuhieef ihaIl
be retained, a. ito importance claim. an expli.
cis atteatioa. SKVENTY-FIVE.
. 0~ sfibe yfSl,,ai Nssyjtspsy bas Latch
rnr L-~Sc.-.f ~.