Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1804-10-18

body, tin contequencc of his infeniiblc AruegIes
with ti.e bricks which he had taken from the
chimney. and other rubbifh in his apartment,)
wss lacersted & bruiied. in a manner more eaGly
conceived than defcrbed and notwithstanding
every pof6blc means were admioiRcfed for HE
relief. il proved Intellectual. His 6,uation was
fuch a. mockod the power Of art--for within
twenty. Tour hours after his removal, he was en-
rolled in the bill Of mortality.
Coranto. now being desd, nothing moro
was sequille for kim than 20 give him decent
intcrment, which was accordingly done under tho
direction of the keeper. Within fhort timo
after the Court were in feilion. when the keeper
preicn,cd his bill for funeral charges, &c. &c.,
By chance the bill came 6rh 10 shc hands Of
ysdss Csmpaa. Who alter peru6ng il without
any coniultation, declared. ' sbaf IL esEld sof
ssyGgsxily be taxed ty fbs CSssf. to which dec
la.a,ion his Hsssar the chief Juice acceded. and
told the keeper. " be msS tysjsnt BIZ biN 10 ibs
Csmmiffse on aeecmsfs. for fbe Csmw0s1oesifb -
70 which the keeper replied, "hc knew no pes-
ion 10 the cafe but his HsasSt, the chief Iuaice.
who had employed him. and had pledged his
word hs would do all in his power Tor his COM
penfaton i"bnt after fome time the keeper had
liberty to Withdraw his bill, and as far as the
Court appeared TO know. OF care. he mghs
Mase his eau tor payments BY ,his proceeding.
you may difcover the danger Of depcndiag on tho
promifc Of his Hosesr the chief Jaiice.--It 10
further obfervable. that at the fame Court, M.
Sbsr prefen,ed his bill for diet and other erpen-
ccs thar had aroie on Coranto, for the full a.
mount of which the Court drew in his favot on
the Trafarer.--lt 10 ALTO extraordinary tlsac
their Lsxokt, ihould eserciic the power Of or,
desing the confinement Of perion againf whom
no crime had been alledgcd, tunder pretence that
fomething might be committed) and keep him
in loathforpc Jail, under the weight OF corfod-
ing fhackles, until he had fuHercd 10 death. and
Mould afterwards difcrimina,e between the cit
izrns. 70 tar a. TO cancel the demands of one,
while Others in the fame cztc) are left to cncoun-
ter the evils that arc often engendcrcd and grow
from the violation Of pfomifes.
The foregoing. -citizens. together
with numerous other stis of oppreflon, (whicls
may probably hereafter be pubIiihed, } aie Aow-
log from the adminihrasioh Ut the Jodicisl sc.
thori,y ia this county and which, without fea-
fonable interference and conAi,utionsl prcven-
tion. may lead 10 fometning not IeIs defpotie.
thsn tic laws ofthc Roman lnquiftion, or thofe
Of the late Battle in Paris for while their
Hssos'i have power 10 imprifon perfon, with
Out guetion-without tSo commiiiion, or even
che charge Of crime, and hold him a. ielon,
during the fr.iion Of their Cont, and for fcgeral
weeks Afterwards, until his life 10 cxhauHed in
the moR pitious u,aoner :--I FAY, tcllow.citi-
xeps, that while tholc powcY continue to ope.
rate, cannot but view il az = dangerous sgc
in which we live conceive the people are fob
jed 70 che hancfuI tifctis of opprefYion and ty-
rsnny 10 their moa refined forms--for IbeIieyc.
the lamentahlc circumfsnces relative TO the
foregoing cafe, were never exceeded by yiruo
Of sny power contained in Laxr q caielxf, or
under cover " fbe msarsi@g easebn IN Frax".-
The relation Of many other enormities. might,
and probably will be advanced, fuficient we
may fuppofe. "to fouie the n-eping Sampfons Of
New Enslaod," and iudsce them feriou1y to
"paufc, before they give their fsffisges Ia fu-
tore elections For verify believe il 10 from
an improper sxercife Of executive power, thas
the evils herein detailed, have ifIued for in tho
felettion Of perfons TO 6It the Judicial depsrt-
ment 10 this county, III my conjetiures are cor-
fett) the Governor has neither regarded sbilities
or probity, ss requid,e Qualifications, bat has
feemed determined to grati!y few court fyco--
plants & more particularly 70 indulge the wifh-
e. Of his :" srua Javs,hs Rfwsrd." Had tho
cafe been otherwiie, had his Excellcncy been lefr
TO sa himfeIf, and had not been csjolcd by thofe
imps Of apoascy, an pehssded that fevessl
Who now hold commifions for JuRiccs Of tho,
Peace, would never have been appointed.
After /" psu6ns" on the foregoing. Icon
ceive the necefIity will be obvious for purRing
the fountain, from which those Asesms Of
pollution arc flowing. The voice Of Pre-
dence will snnu' the idea. and fspprefs shpfe
Easbarous proceedings. i viii vissi'y wosnd
the plant from which tholc infamous branehes
sre foceoured-is will srref the career Of ,holo
shM appear TO have got above shemfelves.s snd
viii pso1rafe D1f@iayn.f before the ssibunsl
Of jufice spd sczfon.