Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1803-08-13
N E w P o X T,
Saturday, Aug. 13, 1909.
COMMUNiC1TION.

1T sR,rds good grosads of exuItatiou 20
every moderate and reaetting mind which ha,
regard 70 the public inrerea and the further
ancc Of found political principles, that in the
exiting fate ct fociety it has the privilege OF
reclining upon iu own boIDieai fai,b and OBJ
ferving ibrsagb tks e0im Igbf If MID fbiiyspby
the different, and conflicting doctrines Of differ.
cnt, and exaipera,ed part;Ilns. Have we not the
hrongea reafons TO boaR OF country the &C.
nlus OF which guarantees to a. the poiI,fE N of
70 incaiG,able prisiiege--which protects us
on every fide in the full aud peacesble enjoy
ment Of il Ceftsinly she heart OF man cannot
move in too much gratitude for 70 evident and
igoals bleGing. Are his fpecies coun,enanccd
in the exr'c'fc Of their rights } Do they enjoy
the fruis OF their indoiary and entcrprizc ID,
they re mage their own afiiu in their ovn way.
ani 10 their own benefit Does his own bo-
iom palpits,e In freedom Can he without be.
ing infnlssd by the tools of tyrsnu and uiarpers.
pnriue the dictates Of HE undsraaadirg and
confidence, and travel on the journey Of life az
the hand Of nature and rcaion had directed him
Theie advantages lfor in compar;fon with leis
favored nstions they are advantages) are the
procurement of courage and pa,riotif.n He
knows their vaIoe becauie he has contributed
20 earn them {: He knows their enemies, even
a, the hofbandman know, the enemy Of his har.
vsA which he has watched and cheriih'd 20
ripenef, lie is aware of the points at which
they are vulnerable, apd can well diainguifh
in the advsrisry tho(e movements. which are
calculated TO endanger them, from thofe that
gre fhallo~, aud week, and Gpply mslignar,.
To inch, when any psrty movement trant-
pires, it is only neceGary to ohiesve irs courie
and progrcfs, with the grorp Of incidents by
which it is attended. A. tor irRance. the
piece in the lsa Newport Mercny, under the
Newport head. beiching away about ftdfs1f
and nts5fcas. Ii came up TO view like a
little curry OF dsa raifed in a LilIiputian ikir.
nifh, and like that will A "a, off with the wind.
cur;oaty which has its origin in the fsuu,erings
of the mind. Like fome new invented tof.i,
it may attrae the attention for moment, and
excite fmper OF fmile, bat Is foon paGed by
and forgotten.
The mof material iufercnccs that can be
drawn from the performance alluded TO-, are
thefe That il is Of recent orign--that il was
framed for the Mcrcury--that j, fproutcd from
brain difempered with felf conccit. and teen
ing wi,h political Iancour--that ], was vainly
Intended as timely, and. TO It's fotefing friends,
acceptable ef,rt by arsiniog the cord, OF
" asion" among them to impede. and II poiible
to blight the p,ogrci, Of a iyfem contemplated
by their opponents--that il favor OF the fame
fuifome, fervilc, and adslatory genius which
on other occaGons has opened is difnal and
wretched repohtories-snd in fine. that j, holds
ont the utmoa poverty OF iniellets, incondReucy,
and dcaitution Of principle. Let us travel over
its drcary fur'ace, and CLEAN, if we can, oue
found and lolid obiervation, that Is the fruit OF
HE owu understanding.
A IN i'll Gcdged bird that was attempting
to Ay would naturally look out for an eminence
to fart from, 70 the authsr Of ths choice pro-
duetion begins with quotation from the writ
ings of Alam Smith. From this. like the bird he
defends in rapid grada,ion,. But the eminence
he affirmed w0 TOO lofty: Behds the trernes-
dous force il eccakoned iu the fail, il fcems to
have turned his brain and rendered him giddy.
After repeating the words Of this unequal
ed writer, that " the good temper and moders-
tion Of con,ending factions, feems TO be the moi.
e1sntisl circumAancc 10 the public moral, Of .
free peoplc"--hc goes on to fsy,--" WE bavr
esdsavs,rd 10 esifipafe fSb good irmtsr and en-
ees,ags ibb msds,afss !"
The petition as sonceivcd and laid down
by AAan Smith we fully approve. and fhould II
occahou required, Introduce, ard adopt j, our
felvss we're ,t not that il had been thus dehled
by the fqsalled hands Of this moa defpiesble Of
all pre,enden to literary greatnef'. Bot we
feriouly aud esrnealy invite the attention OF
the enlightened 20 the ufe he has attempted 20
make OF IL, and the connection which he has at
tempted TO attach TO il. Anifce and derterty
mey be iaudsble things, in ss much as ih.se have
been b;e1 frauds bvt whether they are !auda.
bic or not dcpends opoo the objea which they
are deasned 10 sccomplifh. Deccpiions may
be praet,ced. and the dcceiver asnd spprovei
but they are ofz peculiar Kind, snd feisie to
priv,re tfsnfatiions. In fuch the laugh may be
banded shout. and toged from one to another,
md me promoters Of il remain free from I'm.
pssasies. Aad If il may chance TO involve