Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1802-11-06
ABCSE OF qAE fx&slDENf.

ITn prefumed all the abufc, written and faid
againtt MIR. JtfsfIon, is not 70 nuch With q
giow 20 correct vicious p,sttiecs, and icfi N
slledged moral seprayity, as, by bringing him
ia'o dn'epate, sheIeby deprive him Of feat sr
he next psefdensial election. Ii is a little I'm
eu,sr thar that gentleman, who has filed for 70
long time. 10 many im?or,snt ohices in the
/ Soste-who has been loved bv his acquaintance
tor his iusviy of manners aud fl,cadlihefs Of
diipohiion--vh has been for fbiy years in
ys,Aus capacities. the IepoGtory Of has coun-
,ry's conhder,e, grunnded ON conyittioo of
has at;aehmeot TO her in,erR--~who has been
the p'te OF America, aud The acmiraiion Of
kempe--gc FAY IL is remaiksble tha, iu the
coa,ie OF hngle twelve month he ihould be de-
,elaled the yerieG miicreaut io the land over
which he has been called TO prelile.
Till isuerly, MIR. Jcifelion has always
s-o repuied. nor only very learned icholar
and able politician, ha, alio very exemplary
and moral man. He is. perhaps, better known
as "a politician and phioiophtr in Europe. than
any other petion TO whom this county has
given brh---if il be any praife, 10 he has lately
.teen 5poken OF by one VI the cabinet in England.
Whenbe was icnt ss our miniRcr TO the Court of
Vsfiailles, the hifisss6 Of groveling parry
fpi,it, did NOT prefde over the appointment.
When he was dominated by Corgreis one ofa
committee 10 draft the Declaration Of Indcptn-
deoce, he was not ,hought by them ,imid wa
vering charatier when by that committee if-
iclf he was named as the 6,ieit among then. To
pen the initrument, he was not fufpstlcd OF
hoitiiity TO The nation and. when thar state
paper actually made ip appearance in the world
Poerih,y OF ihousht and mbecihty Of exPse0icn
were not deemed ION either hde OF the watcr)
It's mot charatleriitic features. When he was
icletied from among his fellow. citizers by tho
iiluanous Wilmington, TO itand at his rieh, hand
10 give bin council, and I'll the poa, ncxl TO
his own the moa feiponGble and diEicul,in gov
ernment. he wss NO, coniidrrcd sltcgctixs DEF.
iitute Of merit. When he was clet,ed 10 Pfc
fide over wisdom iIielf. and was not fpppofed
uaworthy 20 fuccced the immortal FRAnxLiN&
aniable sRITrshHouss, in the hla honofs iu
theeii, OF the moi le.ned body in America there
wss diiplayed jua tribute Of rripett 20 tow
eri5g genius apd model worth ; Bur. above
all, when called 10 the coorfs of events and pro-
cets Of time, by che unbisn;d voice Of the peo-
pic. 20 pseiide. NOT over little corporatior,,o ,or
learned focieiy but great sod growing empire
of independcn, citizens, there is afforded ioeh a
fpIend'd example Of merit swarded as gives The
lie 20 the ancieot reproach oi i"RspcBLIcAN
INcsATIrUpK."
When there is a want Of refPeA, in fo-
reign government. 10 the pcfion OF miniaer
who reprcients az iis couu. tae fovesign,y cf
the naticn from which he eoes--it 10 always
good 'eafon for his imnedislc recall; and iome-
Zines has been holden jua ground for wal
but what will other n,tions think Of The Unistd
States. when they fec, not miniaer, the erra-
tuJc OF gosernment merely, t,esied H. q foreign
cline with, perhaps conftrutiiyc neglttt---but
the CHIEF Maeiarste. the very head OF the gov
eminent ifelf, lsndeJsd and abufed by an i'll
bred and unprincipIcd minority. whla ruling
the people Of his native land lit may 10 fomc
mesiure, fave the reputation Of the county for
moderation Bot the lestf that ought to be CAL
c,iIated upon, both At home and abroad would
be, that the aims with which more than ore
half of the nation were ahresteped three years
ago, TO, be driven !" spifb;x fb< sssmk' linen"
ibculd now be turned on the periecusing vaun-
tet. Baifimes Amtrifan.