Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1804-09-06


-.-.naeady that she above menriooed charge in the
Newport Mercasy, originated either in Ieso.
lANcs, Of IN MAIics.
Z. JsIy 1905. WILLIAM TELL.
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For the RHoDs isLAnD RsrvsLtcAs.
"A Ma. FAasswoRrn. +,
NBSERvlNG apiecc in che Newport 'Mer.
n csiy Of the asth inf. under the Signature Of
o.. Mcchanic." snd knowing him to be .
bunglef By HE bad johns and sosgh work.
satnfsl eonieqeence to one who does not COM
psshend the als Of the plumb and fquare. iat
myielf down with an intention OF correcting
5ome Of HE blsdden, many Of thsm, however,
! fouud 70 baSefacedy fafe, that shought they
would 60 ias towards expo6ng hh great igno-
rance - writer, and dearoying his name and
Iepatasion - mechsnic. The very fira obfcr-
.ystion Of bic - sS0,sy ,issd & brsfbey mscbase"
IL no leis worthy OF notice he ininuatss that
che change Of administration has been q. ruinous
one 70 Newpcss:, Had he faid ruinous one
90 himfelf. hould oot have been 70 ready TO
have doubted the srnth Of IL, a. he may have
lately, by means Of the change, unwillingly va
csod good fat O6ice. or sfeetuslly dcAroyed
his hopes Of getting one; and as he 10 not very
dc6sous Of returning 10 his old trade for live
lihood---he goes on in the decline OF buiipeis,
and not - he seprsfehu il, buhncb being on
the decline.
y, In America, II man 10 honea & indpasiouf-
iy difpofed. he can always fnppoUs himirf and
family. IL 10 not with W a. il 10 with the op-
pfcf5ed lf.fh. Who have taxa,ion upon taxation.
.snd alien Aad iedision laws TO ttrive agsinR.
Are not the fame Laws in force nov tor the pre-.
.fssvasion and protection OF trade and commerce
a were three years agol Have not our mer-
chants and Citixsns she fame opportunity -
then , Are not oar own manufactures Aill more
,encourssed By heavier duties upon foreign impor-
sat;ons :" Mechanic" may then hy that Il is this
.dssy thar csamps our trade. IL is nos the import
er or merchant who pays this duty, but the con :
fun,er. Il u of very Ii,se importance then TO the
merchant how great ioever the duty msy
be, provided he can ieII HE goods and realize hs
cullomary profits. Arc we NOT a. namefous
and more 10 than we were three years ago
.Are there not more houscs--more merchants
mechanics, and lsboreD, than at that period !
And q fos confidence In Governmeut, (which he
had better fsid nothing sbout) ss what fime Of
Mr.. Adam administration, I would ak, wrse
there ieventcenths of.she States hsrmonizing
exactly with the General Government and only
TWO IN direa oppo6tioni He reminds me Of
a mad man who conGdered the whole world
wrong while he only was in the right. Mr..
ssMechanic" has no faith Ia Mr.. Jefcffou, becaufe
forfooth Ms. jeHerion hss no faith in him. He
talks Of "a sin,ernal harmony and PROPERTY" Of
the town. He ought to know that il 10 not the
town, no more than fuch mifcrable beings az
himielf, that will conduce to the harmony and
profpesity of il ;---far from il. IL 10 the bcne.
violent. induarious, enserpsixing citizen. that
contributes to the felicity and welfare OF the
place 10 which he may reGdc. Il IL srue, by
the deceafe Of . late induAfious citizen, our
commerce has in iome degree lcHcned for
while and for THE she infdel muR make his
complaint to the Sapreme Being, and not to Mr..
JefcrIoa. The gradual decline, however. ofa
human traffic is another very great rcsfon Why
our trade has 70 much dccresled Of late years.
This commerce, in which great part Of our
commercial Citizens were engaged, hss become
qaite unpopular & much reArained. The WeR-
India trade, which was oar next gsesteR fouree of
profit, and which relied principally on that,
in conieqarpce Of its rapid decline, has become
quite ts;nins, in compariion IN what il formerly
wps.--Pc, fone other vent will be found for
ihc merchants enserpri6ng genius, which will
fuppy the place of thelc.--As for the happy
days." which he talks 70 much about, they we're
conkued, I ftrongly iufpcet, to the time the Brit
I ih were in quiet poiIeflion Of our l0e. He
may then indeed have tatiened. as he would like
10 again, on the fpoils Of hi, fellow -cirizens.
Thh wss HE "trosd BATS" on which he boat.
20 have once food. and on which his contracted
foul expected to have 'sremained permsneni."--
Money & proviions, fsys ne, ~erc then plenty.
And every body knows thar at thar sime, there
was nose work called for By tho Britilh, than
! sll the inhabisann could perform sud that wss
20 drive them out foe their inhuman psataices |;
and shis wM not confined to 6nEle day. or
h~sle week. or . 6use JOB. or eceIe year {:
For many individuals were con6aea ir prifons,
prifcn.hips, and durgecns. Zoe yean ,--snd
hill mose cent fupperiekso bed. or heard the
csies Of his wife and children" without being
sble 20 s6iA them in the leaR. TheSe we're
the dsys Of good King George. TO which MI.
Mechanic" muH have had reference, chen