Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1802-08-21
roa rur REPUBLICAN.

""s ~ NV @.' taIach On TIC laOofS OF man
kind 10 the So French Revolution ~bich
'openly declared for its foPporr, has bcrn the
outt OF malignant aiPcrity, mifrepreientation.
and calumny. The en- y ms which il AZ h.tt
EProcuced IN this country, arc not 60 be forgot
cen. We had heard of the grievances which
frenchmen groaned under; of the corruptisn
OF their rulers-the per6dy, the venality, the
Iudeneis, md debsochery of their court : and
were gratihed thar their indignation began to
kindle. By nstoraI ahociation of ideas their
ftuation was connected with. and iikcped to-
ours, when the grim ryrant Of Europe (Bsilain)
was wantonly fporting with oor privileges aud
our properly. Emotions OF iymparhy feized the
public mind. aud Long Lius fbe frsreb xafies''
-" Sxeeet5 10 fbs Reprbise," echoed from vil-
lsge to yiiage-srom city to city. The glow
ing srdor OF our youth in their evening walks,
woald refound the generous & manly fentiment.
This Is fpoksa OF as the psru.ar impulle. There
were n.en among us who st that tine, food
aloof from thoi: hoEsa rhspfodies Of noblsneis.
and gratitude; who often wi,neaed them With
murmurs Of dilike. Each opportunity was
feized on" by them 20 dIfcfedit the Rcyola.
ticn, and TO let dc~n TO the ground the appro-
bation which the united voice of America had
pronounced uponit. Taey were anwear;ed ia
ielceting its olemihes They would ro,. thcy
dare not contemplate il On iss brighter fde.
Who'coold iuppci- THAT AMID the convl-
fions OF empire, the blood, aud lives of men
would be ftcnIe. Vhatis Revolution but
coohitt and tha, OF the mon horrid. and tre-
nendoos kind A coaa6t between people
and their tyrant, aided and fapported by his
metceoary iegioDs, in cmba,tlcd ranks. What
law. bot thar Of force what umpire bat ,har
Of the fwofd In proportion as ihofe forces are
balsnced, aud 10 The oppfefions, and fuferings
that have fet ,hem in array. in that proportion
will the iruggle be deiprase. In the preicnr
cafe OH either fde all was a, Rake. The peo-
pie had no alternative bur corqueR or The mott
wretched ilaycry ;-the king, and court none.
bot TO cruih The accumuis,ing throng, or fob
NIT to a removal ssom power. We know by
experience how thoie qrehions arc won't 10 be
conidcred BY men who hold preteniions TO no
biiiiy. Take from their hands ,he reins Of
esxtroSi, and they will endeavor to make the
world believe that their very exifencc is truck
at They pretend TO claim them as they would
| claim their lives by natural right. Deprived OF
them they affect 10 weep, as " Racial svef far
| Der ekiid,ss."
We might 60 further. and ak by what rule
Of right they claim the prerogativei Is il by
preicnp,ioa I Isit becaufe they bave been cloth
cd with authority. thar they 70 ftfenuouly urge
THAR title to retain ,, afer all their multiplied
pcrvcrGons ofi,s uie Here we are enabled 70
perceive the happy advantages enjoyed by Ame-
rcsns. Il is thss their government is free and
! eleHrve. Their political code, recognizes the
ineaimahlc principle, that abuied authority re-
vcrts TO The people, to he agaio beteSed as their
prudence may dictate. When alarmed by uiur-
pation--when opprelIed by ,yranny--~hen in
jured and infel,ed by the daring reeu6,ions of
proaiga,e venality They are 40, driven to the
fSord for redrefs Their Contribution provides
a remedy, and j, may be pesceably, and quietly
obtained. Bot eveo here IN /" a lasdsf ppre de-
Igbf" where liberty aud order mngle their
influence, and dihuic confolsiioa, and encou-
rsgement. we are frequently appriicd of the ex-
ificncs OF regal, preteriptiye, hereditary princi-
pies. Fortunately they have not YET become
incorporated in our government. Like 1oek-a-
lanse,sf. shey hun The open cultivared field and
aoating near the surf, difpenie their cleaning
seacherous light DER bogs, and fcns.
The cdbs we have paled OF late produced
fuch a temperature in our political atmofphefe.
! As was adsp,ed to difclofe them. Many cor
rufcalions OF aritocrscy, and even monarchy,
! were then brought TO light, and expofsd, which
before had beariy twinkled on the margin Of
American politics. 1t is true they had crepe
into the adminiRration but they there operated
in difguife: Il was only by their e6ss7s. thss
they we're fafpeaed. Rsntiug projections Of
parriotifn Of attachment to the contribution |;
Of fidelity to the people, and jealous ambition
to exslt our national character above the kics,
formed the dark impenetrablc veil under which
they were at work But by their sus,k, they
were keovn. "Asa good tree brinscth not
forth bad frui, 70 neithsr doth bad tree
bring forth coed fruit"
We ate fpeakiog now, not from formiie |:
but upon facts. And that we may know the
force. extent, and application Of What has bees,
and may be faia, it n proper that jsms of them
be fpeci6ed.
Here we are called 70 view the conduet Of
the lait administration. combining the incidents
by which it was attended. We 60 no farther
back, bccaufe the obieuities Of unprincipltd
men. might attach to character two facrsd to
be ioiled.
To exhibit faithful portrait Of 70 con,p,i-
Gated fcene of ,rsnfcendes, iniquity, would
be indeed, an Hsrculian TEX. But however
painfully arducas il muA be hs~evsf deroes-
tory to human na,ure, aad fatal To The seder,i
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