Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1802-02-13
From re Bosros cnsosicLs.
OLD. SoUTH-N No. LvI.

CCURRlL.TY aud deuaetioo have 10 long
- been she topics IN the Tory papcls, that II
has become deroga,oty 20 the caufc os Repup-
lieanlin to no,iee them. otherwile than by iidi-
oulc or iatire. IL is rather plraiing than u,ur-
iifying, tooblerve The paltry efforts OF an ex-
pi,ing Fadion, TO recover their loR ground;
and their nruggles TO regain that asccndancy,
which had nearly brought our country into
AaIe Of ruin, are more divrrting than alarming.
II man was Inclined 10 write Farce, he
could uot take iubeti more appropriate to his
pnrpoie, than the Iidicusous tsssago which 10
contan,Iy exhibited in tine Tory Gazeties. Ga
one Gde, we ihonld lind {" "Sulpicins" roaring
with the rrmoa voehcration. thar the whole
body OF Clergy were in danger OF auninilstion.
and for no other reason. than becauie n writer
over the hsna,6re ofa "FAsMsR" had declared
that fome among tho order had been more out
iageous than cifcumipett in their political CON-
dutt.--Adnit,ing that the Farmer has iaid this,
vet il is truth which cannot be controverted,
and Sulpicius by nskiog IN uproar. viii NOT
perfuade the people thss the charge is erroneous.
When VIC read this clerical advocate, we cannot
bur fnile at his folly ; he repre!suts the P.ieit-
ly Oder as fhaken 10 its center--hc calls upon
thr Religious OF all demonstrations ~ iaIly
IDulu tflCiI uInustu--hS psfltdfp oOo VI hh1isi
as falling martyrs in the eaulc ot virtue aad
morality--we almoR Anticipate the iaggc,s and
hre of exteiminstion, and oar imaginaticn IS en-
livened with the iames Attending towards fics-
ven, while their expiring bodies are cnsuiPhed
in the borfid conAagra,ion.'
To fhow the folly CT Sulpicius. fuppoic the
writer of farce ihooid, in the FRA fcene repre-
fsnt him porending, ina phrenfcal at,itcdc,
ihe ruin aud dearuttion OF the clergy--hoald
dsfcribe on the aagc, the ,ortures and periecu-
tions Of this respectable clsis of citizens, and
clolc the act. wiiha dsicripiive icene Of their
ssoniAisSQ 1eaninfion. While this was exhibit
ed. there is no doubt the audience ihould ex-
preis the higheit indignation at the cruel tranf-
aetion--but, in the next ad, We ihould OBJ
feTve largo number OF thofe individuals, Who
are thus exclaiming sgainit periecution. with
Su!picius hmirlf in .he grqupl afrayed, at the
cxpence OF their focie,ies, In their gowns and ca
nonials, ,claiming precedency m the various cir-
cles in which they aiirnb.e, & frsted around al
mott every ftitive board within their vicinity,
partaking Of the comforts Of life in iuperior
degree to mott of thsi: pariihiones, we fhond
readily turn our deieaation on the author Of the
calumny. and laugh a, the folly Of thofc who
apprchcndcd their annihilstion.
We ihoold readily enquire in what inaancc
are the clergy, Pedecufcd Did they ever live
in more union with their psriihicncs We're
they ever bc,tcr closhsd and fed than at the
prefant day is there one man Of the clergy,
who dyesds the indignation Of his pafit,ionefs
in coniecn-nce Of the remarks of the Farmer,
provided he ats coufmmsblcto the duties of his
Office While he continues in the line Of his
protection, there is no danger of difqnictude--
the people arc wiling to hcM CofpeI truths.
though shey may be difpealcd with political
hereby. II he 70 far violates bis ordination
contract by preaching "the doctrines of men,"
infiesd Of the precepts of the gofpcl, he is no
more entitled 10 pay fromhis parifh, than If he
totally abandoned his pulpit, and purified cali
Ing borcig~ from his engagements. II The pa
rjfhiones pay dollars year TO Printer tor
newspapers, they are unwilling 10 pay 10 dol
lars a year to Parton foS political cifouiition.
A Printer and Preacher are two diflind occu-
pations, and while the people give The former
fnprorr in the line of bis bufinefs they are un-
wiling to double the exrence 20 hear rcreti-
ton OF the fame fobjctls from the fatter. When
we read newspapers. we expect to find political
controverfie,, and when we read or hear fermons
we equally cxpcea to find religious diaertations.
per- IL is % foreign from our expectations, as 10
Zee Devfpsper turned into f.rmon--every
performance ought to be anaIogous to-the pro-
felIion of its author. A Printer to become
Preacher, or a Preacher TO become Printer. 10
quite oct Of character. A PYishr's Ds1,i,s
with hi. .fnsfty paper apron. in the Pulpit, would
cut lipguIar 6gars and Clergyman A. he
basds, belmeared with iok s6d beating the biaek
5ais, would be nearly ss Imaginable character.
The Farmer has conddcrcd the iubvd
on this rational ground. and he is attacked with
the usmoft violence for this plais petition. Bat
who can contradict the sGcrtion, that the dufy
Of the Clergy relates to fpirituals, ard is totally
diftine from temporzi This 10 the dcdfinc Of
our SAVIOUR, who declared, /" Ny KisgdSm IL
nor Of sba Weyid." II the Clergy are his sm-
bee tsySss fv sJe exSseLTss /. bsf IL i .