Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1802-04-17

dnptiriry, and opprehs KNOW ye not, Fei-
low Ciazens, shM the moment the ariAoc .ats
g.in an aicendancy in the Government, you viii
be Jjaddle< with debt of no, lefs than tour hun
dred and fifty thooiand dollars. he fpuriops
evidence OF thoie ipurious claims, arc nov In
the hands Of me,cileis, uncomfortable ipeculs-
tors. Iheie vultures, who delight TO Prey on
the vitals OF the Republic, had they the power.
land you may thsnk yonr friend FEHKER Ihit
they have not.l would cxaet the uajnh demand,
with accomplished intcrcR. 10 the lait mill
thoo8h you we're aripped Of your all, and turn
ed naked into tho ireeu and highways. like
beats of butden. TO feed on hrubs aud araw.
Recollctt youIielves, Republicans, and be upon
your guafd for your enemies have every en-
ginc at work to deceive you.--They in one
breath are exciting y2u 60 efoa aOsr, and in
the next, ioliciSips you to give up your arms,
and clothe Zee OF rapacious cormpIants with
power mo. my friends, if Governor Fan
MIR is 10 he removed from ofcr. aflerhis long
and faithful feryices. wherein he has conasntiy
lAborcd tor your tue intered :---A And it Is tact
well knova, that the State never has been 10
Tree from bnrtheniome saxss, debts, and epprei-
iions Of every kind, ~ under his joR. vigLant.
and economical adminiAsarioe :---I FAY, that If
after duly Sonhdering thefe things, and con-
iul,ing your own. and the intereR of the State.
yoe ihculd determine to abandon yoor old friend
aud faithful iervant, merely becsuie his enemies
have calumsiated hjm---for Gods iske, and tor
the fake Of every thing you hold dear and pre-
cioos, do not precipitately throw yourieIses in
to the power Of voracious, ariftocss,ic fsetion,
by giving your iufrages TO men who arc avow-
cd enemies to Republicanifm. Nay, ! am
firmly peifuaded, that on this important and
trying oeca6op, you will rather tighten the
bonds of snion, add rally roand the asndard OF
liberty and with firm, ard manly excrtion OF
all yopr energies. fupport the Republican Prox.
II the {" Chronicle il TO be credited, and
we have no reaion TO doubt Of the evil intrutions
with which il thscatens as the mzncs Of poor
old Ms, Greene, is to be dragged IRON its ua-
ssrsi obIis iuns Eoituwcd by : long lih of the
mummies Of faction, to I've exhibited. in trm
fhow,. ~ candidates 10 oppoiision to the Repub-
lica0 iptereR.--l do not mean 10 FAY, that Mr..
Greene 10 aetuated by fpirit Of oppoGtion |,
no, nor do believe he is atfuatod by any fpirit
nc all, except II be the qsieicent fpirif Of nom
Te6@ance, and paf,ive obedience to the will and
plestare cf thofc who win 10 hs him a. tool.
in carrying their wicked purpofes into cxccu-
tion.---1he following extract, from pamph-
let, poolifhed iometims hnce, will fetvc AZ
comment on the hero Of their Prox ~" They
a. have almoR diaurbed the drad, and profaned
{" the fanefusry of the Tomb to efctt their
purpofcs. The age snd 6rerithsds Of the
venerable William Greene. could not efcape
them. He has long 6oce done with the vex-
cations Of party, and she sxxishrs of the world.
" His fame and his is6rmnks required rpoic.
az "a ha k~c ~. L. e IL.
% iis LAT faint ray, and had erajfd, for bin TO
brighten the colours Of the worid---muf he be
dragged forth to be the iosi Of faction, and
TO draw upon himfelf diihonor and chsgrin,
'' which hall extinguih the hHk light that
I" furronnds him, and fend him dark and COM
I" fortlefs TO the grave !"-This being the
ftustion he was then in, il is not At all likely
that the old Gentleman, lncs that time, has
riien with renovated energies from his own al6-
G; for he was never. by the moR csedulous.
thought to be Pbssix nor is il believed that
any fuch bird was ever bafebel near his habita-
tion..
Il therefore remains with you, Republi-
cans, to fay, whether Jspsy~xssafed imponss,
In The ksfGoSs Of dafngs, borne about on liner
by the dfmow Of SDfo,d, fhall predominate 10
your councils---of, whether thoft councils fhaIl
be purified, and wifdom, virtue and integrity.
preide al the helm Of State Yoor negligence.
at this important cri6s will introduce the difos-
den attached to the former when, on the
other hand, your joint and manly exertiom in
the cauie ofliberty, vii! efetiualIy efsblifh the
latter de6rsble order Of shings.--l fhaIl there
fore, give my vote for Governor FrsnrR, with
foil confidence in his juiaice and integrity. Nay.
look with fcorn and contemps on his ealumai-
aton, knowing, - do, that the &ories circu.
lated 60 his prejudice. have no foundation in
truths bot have heen fabricated for the purpoie
of fhifring the government out OF the haods of
the Republicans, into thofe Of their opponents.
Is there any one, 70 weak. ~ TO be duped by
thofe arti6ces believe not.--but II there's.
let him vote for Mr.. Greene. and his guardians
He s unwsrhy Of freedom, or our notice.
A REPUBLICAN.