Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1802-08-28
For the RypuBLicAN.
TO FEDERAL EDITORS,

TO FEDERAL Ed TORS.
Wss are narD yaJfrg greer efamor a6osf Nv.
JeBtyloU's izDiiai,0a TO PANE.
,THEisE wss a time when Mr.. Paine was
Il teyered by all raaks, when every piece
which he ulhsIed ia,o exiaence was received
with unbounded spplinfc at thar time, how
ever unluck,iy, the moa OF you were Republi-
csns.---Yon then eonhderei M,. P.inc as a
prodigy Even Congrei' psjIrd decided and
unanimous refoiye. thanking han for the vaR
beochm he had beao~ed upon the American
csoie. by the onseadng labors Of his pen 10 re-
claim our then tong ioh Iibeny.--It viii not be
improper 10 inicn this deferysd thanks OF thoE.
who ,hought him the day fsr ct liberty. The
following s The kefolution Of CongteE -
4 4~gN a6, i7ss.
RESOLVED, 7bm f5e sS,J, x4jsiiliied and
0~,isIcd hbsn Of Nv. 1u9@As PASS, in sx-
planning and e4js,omg ,6e S,1aplu fte lat.
/ Rrvsiasnn BY mgsnSHs and nnety pa6iirahoxi
npm ,be mafse 81 hbe,y and eivi eousyumenf,
baut been aOeH rerived B, ibe ea,zem sffb,lr
Sian,, ard ms,h ibe appyobaikn Of COre,tJI /;
Snd tkat eoyjfdrrafios ef ibss JrrUiees, and ,bt
bcrebn p,saAesd ibsn6y, M. fAiwg is srfaied
, 10 q literal g,a,Jeaiiou J,ow ibr Unid Siate,."
The p.sCes tnro' which YOU give vent 10
the columns OF fulphur thar are now burning
with theii weekly lacri6ccs OF characters, and
your ipleen which il now flowing in rapid
Resms on MIR. eherfoo. tor having given
Thomas Pane, Eiq. but civil invitation TO
America, an invitation il fecrs which any mau
poHeHed OF no rDo'c than common politcicfs
could not excuie h;mielf from--@ il plainly ap-
pears that Pane has long waited for favorable
. op2or,onity, and has even exprelIed a with 10
hls letter to Mr.. JciFehon, 10 reviit this happy
tOnutry, whcis he once rendered himtcli NOT on
. Is beloved. bc, may with propsicty AID truth
iy, ad,Eed by eycsy American. Where then
t. stiss,e crme, a. the crime of the backef hue" !!
petasps never has one Iao contributed more by
MS pri, towards the libcratioGs ul millions from
the araip OF tyranny than Thomas Paine, Efq.
What then is the reafon. OF your vile and fuifomc
.iccisms.ion Becsute, !y ye, that he is grown
old and miempera,e, and has inmswhat degcn-
Grated from tn, man he formerly was. Allow
ing all this to he troe, that he has arrived per
haps at the age Of ,hrce-icon and ten, when man
may he iaid to have at that time at eaA one foot
within the gave, aud 'elapGoe into childhood /;
have you much to tear from his gray hairs
Perhaps a few facts again may CRATE your ears
that he yet remembers and which will he repeat.
e,i. Nit Paine, tho incorporate, cannot con-
,sohinate any young American, as you arc capa-
bic Of doing, with bad principles of Govern.
ment mo, he Is ilill the itcady. ths inaexible
patriot. the companion Of liberty and friead Of
mankind, and the invstera,e roe to 1avcry.--
Where will you find the man that ha, arrived at
his ycan that is perfectly free from vicesl MIR.
Paine never until within f.x months has been
sccuied of any vices. Whatever may be his
fallings in this cafe. l cannot countenance them.
But viii you even deny that mao the privilege
OF enjoying that liberty which he has been in a
great mcafure the means Of cRabliihing in this
country Will YOU not allow him 10 breathe
thar fwcet air Of freedom which he has rendered
purer by the prodaetons of his pea In fact,
here r-As the point Would you, were you
poGcHsd OTIS companion who had long manifcft-
Cd his aeady uoihaken ifeodlhip for you from
his birth, who had more than once rsicucd ard
preierved your life from aiiafim and furround-
ing dangers, but by realon Of old age and in6rn-
.i,ics At length became incapable of ierving you
"a formerly ;snd ,hsough failure Of that retolo.
tion and for,itudc OF mind which had borne
hin thso' life, and 70 often had pscictvcd yours.
he had become addicted to intemperance ]
would AK, Could you forever banifh him oor
houie, and deny him thcie fmilcs and tavors
which yoo were 70 wont to beitow on him, AFTER
shas moment Of difpair. when clouds may have
c'er hong your head and even death ia its mca
horrid forms have threatened you, he retcacd
you from impending dansen Could you e
loon forget and bury In his pssieut vices all the
icnehts you had formerly received from his
hand, and fhus leave him in his old age to the
soSianes Of inicmpersnce : Ifyou could. faie-
,ai Editors. n Is no more than what now
thiak yoar rnsrate!ul difro6tiom are capable