Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1802-04-03

tnooBn ~ fenu inc very v;tals ci the goirsl
Could they be chrihians Could they poiIeis
6nccre devotion 20 that bleiied article OF the
chriftian faith, " vearm5sr ibs E4t5si6 day 10
hep h bsIy Z" How wide is the difference be-
tween the projections, and the practice of thsle
men. On fome occsGons. they are mere bedla.
mites of chriAianisy. They rave, and they rail.
that Il has gone forever thar il has fallen be-
fore the dciolatiug Progrefs OF jacobinifm. and
Frcnch. philofoPhy and thar the jacobins vii!
trample upon it, As the on tramplcs upon his
toddeL II the lcgillAture refuies TO interfere in
the appointment OF day ofpublic thanksgiving.
'nothing can equal their vociferarious. They
jaard their spbisieaisI srsi ia Hari-
fords and re:jsHSi nin sbe yfrseh sf BsSor. II.
by the urgency OF public duty for,ihcationt il
viGted on Sunday by an officer of the military
department. OF the govefnmeo' iaeantly their
inaamatory !ulminatIons, like the eruption Of
volcano. fec,n to. ihake the foundations of the
earth, aud almof wake the ilambers of the dead
What comparifon is there in point Of dspar,are
from fcripiural injnnetion,, and apoRoiic reeti-
tude. between an act of individual duty, ditta,-
cd BY public faith thus joined by the exigencc of
an inpsricus neceihty and the deliberate al
iembla2e OF multitude, for the porpoic Of en-
gendering commotion 10 focieiy The fhades
of difference are remarkable. aud glaring in 70
much that we thuddcr az the turpitude Of the
one. while innocence itielf would plead 10 juiii6-
cation of the other. Can they fay thar the for
nation of their P,sr was work of fuch q ureent
neceihty. that il would not admi, moments de-
lay Can they fay that the bunncfs of the AZ
iembly would prevent thoie OF their ring lead
ers who were msmbcn, from an attendance on
weekday We're not the evenings long enough
for them 10 arrange, and mature their plan of
operation Can they FAY that their domeitic af-
fairs, and private bulineis demanded their auen.
tion Have they not, feemingy given them all
mp, and become devoted to ftrite. and oppoh-
tion Have they NOT all Ence met in hike grand
caucuaes in Newport f1viee, If not three time, ,
Whefe, then, IL their execute However difpof-
cd we might be to render il, we icarch for it in
vain. Yer thefe are she men who have been de-
claiming againa their opponents as enemies TO
God, and religion and erecting themielyc,, as
the only tea of purity, and hoIinefs.
But theie unchrifian arrogations are eafly
unravelcd. They arc adopted to impofe upon
the crcdulous thofe who have not fortitude to
lft iuch Pretentions, and probe them to the
bottom.
Ii is not ncceGary to enter into laborious
argument upon this iubjed. Here are two cafes
fairly Rs,ed for confederation. The one has
been condemned by the iederalias, and denied
the benefit Of clergy, as rank proof OF infdel.
ity. They are called upon to jaaify the other.
They arc prefented with the facred volume, and
requeRed 90 point out pagagc that will oper-
ate in their favor. What on the day of iacred
ref on which even the ON that is ~i,hin their
gate Is forbidden to tread in the furrow on
that day ihall they aGembie in fstiious cabsl, to
lay their fchcmcs Of in,rHinse ebroils. and party
Arfe, and yet butter about the jeopardy Of re-
ligion ! Altcniihing Behold '' out Of their
own mouths fhsl! they be condemned"
Chritians you that arc 70 " in fpirit, and
In t'Uih." iender your verdid, upon the folemn
inqucit Of confidence, and fay 70 what degree of
confidence theie men are entitled.
7Je GbN Of Roger WiHiams.