Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1802-01-09

We contemplate the general goveTnmcut as
/" the iheet anchor of oar peace az home and
fzfety abroad )" VIC finccrcly refpea all the con-
iaitutcd authorities Of our country we regard
thc proficiency with cordial attachment and
profound refpeet. But, Sir. We do not regard
you merely as the digniii,d functionary of this
aueuR oiicc that you are an American both
ia birth and principle excites in Us icnfatons OF
more exalted plcaiure. We revere yoor talents,
arc aHurd of your patiosifm and rely on your
hielity.' More than this, our hearts in unifon
with your own, reverberate ths political opin-
ions you have b-cn pleafed TO announce in your
inaugural fpeech having faid this, we need not
add that you may aiId'e yourielf Of our conaant
and faithful fupport, while you carry into efstt
your own roles Of government.
Your difpohtion exprrHed in plainly dc.
lineating ia your inaugural addrefs, and in par
ticular intsnce of more recent date, the chart
by which you propofe TO direti the political ihip,
on board of which we have embarked the bea OF
our temporal interens, invites reciprocity Of
communication; under this indulgence. we ae
conRrained to expres fome OF our moh ardent
wiihcs.
May the general government draw around
the whole nation fuch lines of defence as ihall
prove forever impaGable to every foreign foe
may il fccure 10 the ievcral States a. well the
reality as the form of republican goverLment
may it ever refpeet thofe governmenta Is the
mott /" competent for our domeRic concerns.
chcriih them as the furefi bulwatks sgainR anti
republican tendencies,' and effretually protc6
them againa any poaible encroachments on each
other may ir effettual!y extend to us and TO
every individual Of our lellow-citizens all that
protection to which the State Governments may
be found iucom potent while it thus defends
us againR ouriclves and all the world, may Il
leave every individual TO the free puffoit Of his
own Object, in his own way may the means Of
defraying the expcnce necefTarily incurred by
,heir meafufes be drawn from all the inhab-
iants, in as juit proportion TO their rcfpettive
abilities as is poHible; may your administration
be found an experiment to be eGeetually initra-
mental 10 adapting all the fubordinate officers
OF government TO the real accommodation Of the
great public, and Of sniwering fuch preciie
compepiation to the diichsrgc Of every trua as
fhall invite the ready acceptance of modea abili-
~ and diAinguiihed merit while the avzrici-
Gus, the ambitious aud the luxufious, iha Zee IN
il no allurcment and may no one dcfcJiption
of citizens be ever favored AZ the expence Of any
other liberty herfef demands theie reitrittons,
administered. our government will Rand faff on
the furea BATS, thar OF public opinion, noI will
il need the mercenary fuppott OF any pbviledg'
cd clafs of men, however inAocntial they may bs.
May rs whole kingdom ruleth over all, di-
rea and blris our whole decentralization. apd
yourfelf.
+ PRESIDENTS ANSW'ER.
WaGmgfor. Nev. 40, 1901.
SIR,
RECEIVE with great fatisfadion, the
addrefs you have heen peafed to encloie me,
from the Houie Of Re prefcnlatives Of the free
men of the State of Vermont.-The friendly
and favorable fenfiments they are 70 good a, to
expref. towards myief perfonally, are high en-
ccuragement to perIevetance in duty, and call
for my fncere thanks.
With theSn join cordially in admifing and
rcverine the Contribution Of the United States,
the refult of The collected wifdom of our Coun-
try. That wifdom has committed to US the
| i'm portant talk Of proving by example, that a
Government, if organized in all its parts on the
Representative principle. unadujtered by the In
futon of fluriou, elements, il founded. not in
| tho fears ard folies Of man, hut on his reaion,
on his fenie OF right, on the prcdominsnce of the
focial over his dinocial paaions, may be 10 free
as to refrain him in no moral right. and 10 firm
as to protect him from every moral wrong. To
obferve our feIlow-cit gathering daily un-
der the banners Of this faith, ele,ating their
powers to its eRsbliihment, & ffrcng,hcninG with
their confidence rhe intrunents Of their felec-
| ion, cannot but give new animation TO the zeal
| of thofc Who, fedfAa in the fame belief, have
fccn no other Object worthy the labors and loGes
we have all encountered.
To draw around the whole nation, the
frength of the general Government. as barrier
sgaina foreign foes, TO watch the borders ofeve-
~ Hate, that no external hand may intrude. "
dihurb the exercife Of felf-government, referved
to itfelf; to equalize and moderate the public
contributions, that while the rcquG,e fervice,
are invited by due remuneration, nothing beyond
this may ext to attract the attention Of our citi-
zens from the puriuits of ufeful induary, nor
| uniuftly to burthea ihofe who continue in ,hofe
parfaits thefe are functions of the general gov
crnment, on which you have q right to call.
| They arc in unifon with thofc principles which
have met the appreciation Of the Representatives
of Vermont, as announced by myfeIf on the for
mcr occafon, alluded to. Thefe fhal be faith.
fully porfoed, according to the plain and candid
import Of the exprefons in which they were an
l,o,cc.d No Iongey than shev are r., Sp;ll