Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1803-06-04
THOMAS PAINE,
Il THE Cih.,n oftbs Uajtsd Staiss.
Lsrrrs rHs SEVENTH.

cLiSlIN ~ and VAR 10 thc cry OF the re.
IN s;r,,vts ;--M,rAliyy aad Peace. the voice
OF sis R-pabhcans. Tbs uaioa of nnzkty aad
psa:: i cpasenial; but thas of religion ani war
Is pfidox, aai sh; fJla;ioa OF it il hypocrify.
The Leaders Of tn: Fcieralitt, have no iaig-
meat their plans no cosGitsncy of parts aud
wat OF c,nit:acy is th: natural conf,qa.nce of
wait OF pf,nc,pl-. They exhioi, to th. x,rld
tn cariot, fpeetacle of an obpsG,os with'ut
cAuss. All coadulci witaout fy9.n. We're
taey. as D,1tots, TO prefcsib. n.iicins, as they
praetce poisics, they ,uid poil1a their patients
wi'n detru:tive compounds.
O. Tasrs are nos twI tnngs m ,re oppDf:d TO
each oCn=r than var ani religion aa1. yer, in
tns d.aoe gan: thof. leaders have TO play, the
one is h.c G,riIy the th;n. pf their p,i,,cs. aad
sne oihef ,hc text ,f their f.rmjns. ra- week
dsy o'atu of Mara and the Sinlay preacher Of
Fei.'a Grac:, play, hks g. no.er,, into each
O.ae.'. a,ads, ani thn they call Religion.
Tl,a,h hyp,crify can c,unserfsis every
vWta:, sai econ: th; sI,ciatc ot every vice,
il rel IRE. great ierity Of ctaft u give it
Oh: power OF d.c.isiag. A paiarei fan may
4 tcn ou; il caanr YARN For ayp,cify -
Psst,aAte yifsoe facce(,fiiiy II nlit ka,v aid
feel vaM virsoe Is, ani IS cAanpt long do thi,,
i cai,,s long d:ceiv.. Waea An oeasor, foa-
miak fDr va. orssiss f)nh IN anolh:r f:nteoce
siain,vr bi,ty Of 11;yi. he mar as well write
ASP>cRtrs }, hs teoas.
IL. AT. ate n u % he Federal Leaders in
C,ngr:f (r they a'td vitroat III, kooylsdse
Of shear = uttituents) 10 plange the country iato
war; r;r;Is ant only reproach, but indig 'aion.
IL ws nstsskconceiyed in ignoraace and sct-
cd 10 ~lck:in nss. sfarssssad aud the heart went
partners in rne crssue.
A aeslet # psacsaalisy ia the performances
of atses,y, is made es.t of war by the Bar6s-
., PstUcu, sad pf rem ,aasance and cxplsauicn
b. eiviiis,l 20 ,orr. The M,hnmstans of Bar
bary neg nc,a-e b; the fxord--,hfy feix. 4 4 aud
exp,ituia,e ai,efxards and the federal leaders
h,ye beso laborins ro barbsrif the Usitet States
BY al ,ptioz tn. practice of the Byrbary States,
ana tni, they call ho,or. Let their honor and
their hyp,crify e, weep together, FIR both are
defsatei.-Tne orelcat Admiuiasa,ion is too
moral for hypocii,es, and TOO economical for
lpcndthrifs. -
A man the leaf acquainted with diplomatic
afiirs, mott knox, !, tnat neglect 10 punctaality
II not ore If ,ne legal cauies 1t var, unets that
neglect he confirmed by refutsi to perform |;
and svea thea il depends upon circon,tgnccs
csnretied with il. The world would he 10 con-
tisual suaucs and VA, and c imsiesce be anni-
h,iated, ,f Aiserlne policy was ihe iAs OF ma
tion.. And were America. initcal OF becon.
Ing an example 10 the Old World, Of good and
mora, government, aod civn manners. or 1t they
like il better, of gen;lcmanly condua towards
oih-r natl ,ns--to ict up the character OF a
rnfhan, tina. Of a eu0rd and 6lsU. and the bSzo
6,a. and thereby give the example OF pulling
down the little that civilization has gained upon
barbarifu,, her ind 'pendence, inAead OF being
IN honor ana blcfing. would became cufie
upon rhe ,rld and upon hcrieif.
The conduit of the barbary Pow ers, though
unjuR in principle. il fuitcd to their prradices.
6tuation and circumRAnces. The cruiades OF
ahc Church TO exterminate them, liked in their
mind, the unobli,erated belief that every
Chritian power was their mortal enemy.
Their religious. prjudices. therefore. tagsetf
III. policy, which their ftuatioa AMI circum'
RAnces protea then in, A. people, they arc
neither commercial nor agricultural, they
neither import nor export have no property
a,a,ine on the fess, nor fhips and cargoes in the
por,s oi. fo,eign nations. No retaliation, there
fore. can be acted upoa them, and they lin ie-
cure from puni.hmcnt.
But this is not the cafe with the United
States. II fhe fms a. barbary power. fhs mutt
.ofser for i, a, civilized one. Her commerce
is continually pafhng on the feas exPoied to
capture, and her fhips and cargoes IN tore'gn
,o.t, 20 detention and reprifai. An s0 OF wal
committed by her in the Mili6ppi, would pro.
duce a war ag.ini the comm:rce OF the Atlantis
St,,e,. and the latter would have to carie the
,,ol;cy that provoked the former. In every
mint. therefore, iplwhieh the charadef and IA.
se,eA Of the United States be con6defed. II would
sll become her TO fet an example contrary to ths
,,o,;cy and cuaom OF civilized powers, and
psaaifed only By the Baibsry powers that o.
hGkipg before One expotaiaies.
Ba, can any man calling himislf Lesiaa
sor, snd foppofrd BY his csneituents 70 kno"
fotp.,Aiag Of hi. duty, be 20 iguosans a G
Imagine that feisiug on New.Orlesn' wouit
faiih the sHaif, Or svsa SoatiibsN toxsfds IL