Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1804-08-16

ufsd to put hop to this dansetous and ualaw.
ful praetice. But LET us be ccnlitenf. Let ~
have no refped 10 pesfons. Let us not hold up
the name of one maS a. murderer and ahsfiin,
while another equally culpable IL admitted into
the moa refpceiabe circles Of focicty. and treat
ed with marked attention. Let ~ not join in
the win thar one man of this defcfiption ought
to be hang ia gibbets, while we welcome Another
into the bofom of our families, and lavifh on
him the moft ALTERING carea:s. Let us rather
be impartial, and join our efforts TO pat an end
to this fatal praeticc. Ii il 10 the power OF hez-
ven alone TO pour confolation into the hearts Of
thofc widows, orphans aud relatives, who with
in thefc few years raa have been the innocent
fuffcren for the indlcretion Of thoie whole faIle
notions OF honor have led them 20 thefc faraD
conteits but let us endeavor 10 prevent repc-
tition Of the!e fccnes. Theic reRettions, and
the charge OF inconAaency sgainR the enemies
of Mr.. Burr, are caufcd by remaIking the dificr-
encc 10 tie nannef Of coAdnet ob!crved towards
| two gentlemen, who have degraded their char
adcr by the abominable vice. From MIR. Burr.
| they fay, every one ought TO turn with abhor-
renee, 10, bt basds are f4iasd 1D1fb bIsod. Ia
then The blood 70 foon wafiied from the hands Of
Mr.. Rut!edge. that the moa respectable and
| sE,acnt Of their party arc eager TO graip them,
and think thcmfclscs honored by aGociasing
with him. While rcprobaring Mr.. Burr for
calling to the field one whom he had every rca-
! fon TO believe had cndeavored 10 ruin his repu-
tation can they not recoett that their favorite.
4Uitbsuf calling 10 fbe field, frrd at man on the
fufpicion only, that he had been guilty OF an IL
| licit connection with his wife. Have they for
gotten 70 foon, that a. Gen. Hamilton tell by
the hand Of Col. BUR-, 10 fell DR.. Scater by the
hand OF Mr.. Rut!cdge. And yet we fee 10 the
fame paper in which a,e infertcd thesc feverc re-
marks on Mr.. Burr, the iSotmaiion that the
town soai bon0,ed with the company of Mt
Rutlcdge. that in fhc Hamitonian proceilion
among other nlpraabk itrsngers was recogniz
ed ,he bororabie Mr.. Purlrdgc.
| We arc told that MIR. Burr added infult to
injury ny APPEARING with friend in the freets
Of Philadelphia, foon after the duel. Yet MIR.
Re,ledge is conGdered as bou9riEga public pro-
ceilior & anemb!y in the town OF Bottom, himIclf
beiog equally criminal. Whole year, Of peni.
te' ce (as certain paper faysl are Inefficient TO
wipe :hc foul fain from the character OF Col
Burr but leh than two fommer funs are COM
| petnt 10 bleach the reputation Of MIR. Rorledse.
Baic byPocrify Shameful inconhNency II
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! The C0isnaiafisg Crstinti. paper long
pre-eminent 10 iaucy folly, and which may be
conGdeHd as the AoRTA Of Columbian monar.
chy, conveying the hearts blood OF the Ry0i
FaAies Of New. England, obierved yeaeIday
that the hifliags Of Jacobiniim and Democracy
are now dead in france, and only to be heard IN
the United States and that they arc only pre-
ferved here, becspfe the Yi,ixeE (this Italian
VOID can admit of no poiIibie Ggni6casion here,
/ even in tbe fenie that the writer xoold enforced
have NOT yet Efficient power or courage TO
efee their pnrpoies without them. The impn.
dent inference that is drawn from this ignorant
hsrement, is, thar the prefent Chief Msgfira,e
would become an Emperor if he could We
will anfwer this usiterous mitchell, by a0uring
the writer thar joHS ADAMS labored TO intro.
ducc Standing Arny and Sedifioa Bill, which
were the only means he could eifettualy ufe for
the introduction ofsarbitrary power & that Pre-
hdent JrFrsEsoK is decidedly oppoied to thuic
AriRocratic atts.
| rhi. anglo-iedcral viper, aiks this quenion,
evil Americans willingly frbmit TO tate. far
| more degrading than that which Frenchmen
have bowed to "--We will anfssr thus you,
and all our Regal Fa6isn, knew, that Ameri-
cana viii not fobmit to any fpecies of degrade
tion whatever. During the Ex.AdminiHra-
uon, when Gen. HAMILTON was permitted 10
lead Mr.. ADAMS, and when he was not-and
even when The high name Of WAsHINcToN was
| abufcd to cover the moi a,Tocious deGgns
sgaioa the liberties of the people, that people
were always on their poa TO SeG8 the in6dous
villany with promptitude, and decided energy.
They chofe THomAs JsFFRRsos for their
Prciident, As focn a. the opportunity occurred,
and Rrans;sd, with an herculcan effort, the fer
pent, ~hile in their focisl cradle. which would
have deRroyed their a,eng,h before they had ar
rived at fate Of political manhood l-Thus
they did, and thus virtuouAy they viii do again.
in defpite Of all wiles. infolence, and virulence.
that could be exercifed by PIrT, or the very
Devil himielf, whole lieseman and coadjutop
| they arc admitted and fworn. BsS. Cb,aa.
The profped Of the reelection Of Mr.. Jsr-
! rrRson to the Proficiency Of the United States.
by an slmoa unsnmocs vote, appears more and
more probable, as the period for the election ap-