Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1803-03-26
FACTS ARE. STUBBORN THINGS"

rNN 10 HNEeo - ObbONN tUAiNSSs
A REPUBLICAN Covsynmssf may be aDfmi-
"A lated Pyrarid: The People arc tho
bsir on ~hich il aands their Representatives
are the hdes snd the Executive MagiAraie
forms its point. The beauty Of che whole re-
quires, that, in the conformation. particular
attention fhould be given to les order and pro-
portion.
The People fhould be correctly informed
the Representatives wife and even tempered
and the Executive, in addition 20 oil thefe,
enlightened aud energetic. The Chief Magif-
tra,e OF Nation, like the point Ola Pyramid
fubea TO the wArring elements OF Nature, 10
moit cYpofed TO the conflicting opinions OF ever-
varying Politicians N.
Where People arc not CORRECTLY informed.
no sdminia ration. founded upon the genuine
PRiNcIPLRs of Rational Liberty. can long
exit. Lvl men viii deiude the popular mind.
The operations Of gsid. siiised by fair pre isx,,
will form tsliI,nsn, controlling the public
opinion |; and unpfincipled characters. poAeaing
the fecrct, will fsizc upon the honors and
dgntics of the nation. They will trampic
upon the Rights OF every Citizen aud uiurP
deipo,ic snd unbounded fway.
The iurcf way 20 avert 10 direful msier-
tune, is TO inform the underitsndinss OF men,
and carry conviction home 10 their fsnies.
To expand information no lefs important
than il is troe. is the leading and mot powerful
motive inducing the writer Of this fmali Psm-
phlcs, TO lay ia before his iciiow- ct'xens. IL 10
given 10 the world a an overwhelming evidesccs
that a Republican Government 10 fupericr TO all
otheu and that THOMAS JErrsRsor, whom
IN immenfe majority OF the People have chofen
20 execute their Laws. is worthy Of their con-
fdence, and entitied to large mare 10 theis
warneR Affections.
On coming into power, the pref.nt Admini-
hration avowed 10 the pfeienee OF the Nations
that its leading feature mould be ECONOMY.
This ientimcnt was !audcd by every dcfcripiion
OF people. Even the psrfouaI and political ene-
mics OF THOMAS rvrRRsoS gave him fuIl
credit for the declaration. They were forced
TO acknowledge the merit Of iuch refoluticn.
whila in their hearts they cured the svowal.
and determined, by every mean within their
power, 10 thwau the endcavor. To this de-
termination, they have been, and fill are,
frml
The venom Of disappointed Oppoiiiion,
however, aAigned TO its leading members talk.
q, srduous az il vas degrading, as toiIfome 40
il vas uicIets.
In the minds of thofc Who had formerly
occupied a diRinguiihed Gsuatiop in the Adj
rnniaration of our Government, the Internal
rcfolve was fra cngeodercd, to miIcpIeient
every public action Of thofe who csse after
them. Their fouls fickcned at the view OF
Virtue and Taleus triumphing over Vanity.
Ignorance ard Fraud. Their pride was paGed
at the contemplation Of their Gguhcsnce crumb-
ling into atoms at the attainment OF the Pre6-
denfia honoy by THOMAS JsprgRsox.
They trcmbied At the preienca Of the Statsfman
who weighed honors 10 the fcales Of merit. and
difpenied the favors of the nation with an even
hand.
Hence, we have been doomed to witnefs
for nearly two year,, the abufe and tradudion
of the wifeA and bcn men in the nation and
the libclIous mifreprefenta,ion Of every official
aet Of the government.
Republican explanation has endeavoured to
keep pace with thefe malicious perverlons. Ia
numerous iuasnccs, Truth has arrehed the col-
prit Falfhood, on the highway OF SANDER ;
bound and gagged her. and preiented her victim
n the fbrine Of violated Jufiice. But a. Falf-
hood is more alert than Truth, II cannot be
exbeesed thar the an,idote h" been always
co.cxteohve with the potion.
A. the T,re/r,, 10 the ffmeR hnew OF any
Government, to attack that, and induce be-
lief that il would he entirely drained under the
aufpices Of ALBIRr CALLATIS, was afsvor-
itc isem ia the erroneous calculations OF the OPP
petition.
They imagined. that IL they Mould pro-
claim TO the People, thar the Teaiure OF the
Nation vas waiting, the public opinion wouli
return TO iu error. aud recall TO the Couocils
of the couutry, the tobben of her cofen. and
the ufurpen Of rights. Bu, ,se hope -ss 'llu-
Eve and the csale Of Truth has gained a