Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1804-08-23


~T~HE fciencs Of politics 10 that in which all
Z other iciencss arc blended. il Is moro
Immediately. and cmphaticajy intereltiog TO
mankind bccanfe il has for les objea the riche6
and mott prccous boon OF lite, viz FREEDOM
and PROTECTION. The h'R every individ-
val ioheiu from nstuscl the other js the legit-
is,ate epd ard aim Of foeie,y. To eAabliih
iynem of universal protection, with the lsah
poiible interference with natural freedom il the
peco.iar province cf political doctrine, which
conai,ote, the immutsble priociples Of iocicy.
No civil focie,y can have any other object than
the welfare Of rational beings invei'sd with Tree
agency, who. ia virpe Of that agency and OF
their rational pow ers, have saentcd TO the COM
past by which they arc united. From this COM
ps9 Ieiuts the mandatory power formnnding
srbS, is ,islf. ssd b,obibnisg rsbAf u ao,org
and the am Of public johtc which difpcnies
tight, and viGn the temerity Of trapfgrenion
wi.h an appropriate and exemplary punilhmcnt.
Hence the unpsiociplcd are withheld from cnor-
mites which the fcggeaions OF an evil mind would
dictate; the feeble ceafc to trennble at the gi-
esnrc Rstusc and muicular arcngth OF an cpe-
Inv the datk caverns Of frand and crcumven-
,ion are regularly penetrated and explored by
the imperative glare Of Judicial nveaigaiion
promilcuous and venal laughter gives place 10
caabliihed rules of fautary aud equitable chat
tifemen, and lhc fierce bsfbaIszn is broken in-
TO man.
I" Hail fscrcd boiy by .f,eedom rear'd;
a. Hail facfed ),eeasm when by laau rciirain'Js
Il !. ihe invarisble tshty Of a vile and
ptovidcnt eeopt to rrefervc the practical opera-
iioss of ,heir government in iiitf fuborsiination
TO i,s primitive Object. This ohjeet can be no
other than the good OF the State, or, o,hsrwife
exprefIed, til. PROPERTY of the people that COM
pole it, conhdercd in general and collective
roin, Of vicw. The world has little to do in
,hefe aays with the bafbsrous doctrine Of goven-
rncnu BY ,ybi IF t0sgsgF, where the fword OF
m. yietor continually Rsrncs around thc heads of
the vanqufhed and America. much leis, where
tha, right, tho arrogsntly claimed and sGerted
q, ,he point os the bayonet, has neyerAceis ~iih
equal zeal been fuccei,fulIy oppofcd. & eaetusl-
" defeated. The ovefweening majeAy OF martial
array. the terrific glare OF burnithed heeI.
brsndiihed by proud aad iniuliing tyiants, no
longer inprefi with iubmi6ioo sod duplication
q vulgar and unconicious multitude. BY laud-
able escrt;on Of natural endowmenis; by a mer-
itosious cultivation Of the gift Of reafon /; BY
long eourle Of obfervasion upon the foccs live
generations which nave cnaceo eScn otuet
down, that saEiitgde have become prepared. and
difpoicd TO rcfia their oppreGors snd 20 fpeak 10
them eaxn a, one mar Ieeakrf5 Toffb another. u
ni,ed by common intcreG, and apprized of their
mieki they have no heGta,ion to vindica,e their
,iebn. Overt implements Of terror IN the hands
of ambhien, have become rot merely coniempti-
ble, bu, abioloiely ridiculous. Its only means
of aicendsncy in the political fcale ere shoie OF
craft, dopliciry, and deception. While i hss
the power OF exercihng thefe with fucceis, 10
long and no longer. Can il riot in i" Pefiiierous
parpofcs.
l, has been fsid, and with the greateR evi-
dcnec of propiiety that eoey gesf,HtfaT be
rou,, 4vikr and qo5f,." In looking throcSh
the different sgcs and csfiocs of the wesld In
tracieg the rife and prossefs OF enpises. The pa
tiens, generous. and nGetting mind ices with
rap,ute, and admiration fhis apothcRm Pfaesl-
csily and fnbaan,issiy verified. Compare the
completion Of moiern Europe TO what il was
in sn,ieot day: Sec how the tsee OF wsf I"
fmoo,hed, ard horror made to fmi'e: See The
pale. reclining. expiring. half -iupponed fame
OF freedom ~hich langoifbed IN the heiehfs
r p ft...~ ciood .cauA mOunfziu. ~