Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1804-06-28

~ fcene of devaAation, and where the brave
Lelsa,i fell, gored in front with many Q
wound Even thcfe two hgnaI and everlaifinR
nonumenss of slaring and peftierous depravity =.
are but poor epitomes" Of the folio volume oi
their charader.
Thus much, Mefieun Editors ofthe Mr.
esry, for the I" Ell xtl1safiss." And now for the
" eetieafiss."
The weekly psbIication over which you
pre6de, il properly denominaied +" a yefxssr pa
ser," becaufe il 10 under the immediate tutelage
Of perions Of that delcription. Ii poGcaes and
carries abroad their very image and fuPercrip-
tion. Deaf. dumb. and kiOd TO every fsale Of
virtue and of honor calloos TO every fenrinent
that can adofn and ennoble hsman nature VOL
carly ignorant ofe,ery principle eaimable in
fociety, they 10 faet proclaim new fpecies Of
cxifcnce in the annals OF generation. Look
shrough the fmut,y, rhe fulphureou, pages OF
their " baie, d.genara,e" vehicle for thefe four
years pae II towering Aames from devoted
cities, villages, and to oxns, do not aicend and
gree, the ikics: If the cultivated fields Of the
hu Sandman do not prefent a melancholy view
of violence, demolition and waite II the pill
lars Of our .SsS.e edifces do not lay u,oulder-
ing on the ground in promifcuous aud cumber-
foaic decay II the fabric OF fociety hath not
boeo IeveIled with the dua, and voraciouily
tsampicd upon with unhsllowed hooh II all
shele things have nor taken place. to what are
wc 10 imeute il , 10 their will No: For
their will is good, igo,d do we FAY; their will
is bad aye. bad enough) to do il all, and more,
and worie il il were potIible. We repeat g.
Look through thofe duiky. grim, and internal
pages sor thefe four years psR, ever hece a rank,
and red hot party retired from the Reld Of equal
contef. defeated. ii!honored, and degraded.
How have their brs.,.es food How have they
frofhed and goaahed thoIe tuiks in impotence
ard malice, ready to excnterste fociety itfeli,
md vent their vengeance in one general ruin.
Every lamar, full. and change, have witneaed
two fncceiaiye aorms of verbal fury-two fe-
veral voies of poifoned arrows, Rudiou1y aimed
ffey the honor. credit, repoic, and PROPERTY
of the State aud Nation. Private character has
been there sasiled with bu,chering wea pons, and
with iavsee ferociry. and left bleeding az every
pore. From the highef to the loweR none have
cicsped. Fsliehood, pcrverGon, nander, de-
traction, and every means which le,tered barbsr-
ifrn could deyif-, have been prefIcd into their
fervice.--And why all rhisi Is it as they pre-
rcnd, hscac., hey are the friends Of the Conai.
tution IL "a aap:d it 10 inlAnity in them 20
pretend ;t.---So the rsfEg.e would FAY. that he
absDdoped and turned ag4inff his country becauie
fhc was IN the wrong: That her cauie was bad,
and muR inevitably fail. Bot would this pre-.
tenfion expiatc his cr;nei Could il RiHc for
moment the crying Ga which ought 60 hshnt
him to the day Of hi. death No more can ,helc
Msseayiai ,sfsgsei falve over the inquiries OF
their conduct by the horiefpun vail OF political
hypocrify.
And further They are ,efsetes, becaufe,
from mean, feryiIs, dcfpicaole ipirit OF concei-
6on and interca, they have fought a ryfsse.
Too puerile, and pufillanimou, TO endure ard
maintain firm, independent, and dienifed Aand,
they have been wiited down by the faltry beams of
arifocracy & looking up in trembling accents,
family mormur, :" 0 pity the uplifted whites Of
both our eyes We are ready to iubfcribe to
your doctrine: We arc ready 10 sfe our bef and
ahle6 endeavofs TO promote your wifhes; TO
bIatter, pfevarica,c, and lie in your Csufc.
Only let your fmiles and bounties hover round
us ard abufe and calunuy fhall be our con-
Raot weapons. They ihall multiply until they
darken and eclipie the Sun. and fall, with the
utmoa vigor of cor arm. upon the devoted heads
of thoie who dare TO aet themfelyes. Compare
the Merer,y in the year 'S6. with what it nov
isl Then. Under the management Of its former
Editor. ir hood TRULY centinel on the rampsrts
Of liberty. Though aratagems were employed
sssina IL: Though a wrong headed and IN
priacipled mercenary was imported, by venal
and sn,oitious men, for the exprefs purpofe Of
raoting out its sexifence; yet for comfortable
tire il food, arrayed in native msjcay and in
aexibls hrmne6. But, forrowful to FAY! the
torrent ruined with too much violence. The
good old nan, after having made an honorable
Ie6aance, was compelled TO capitulate; yes, to
furrender prifoner, with no other indulgence
thar the honors of war. But his modification,
aud his trials are over. He has not now to hef-
itstc between the monitions of well regulated
confidence, & the imporunate calls Of animal na-
lure. No wild and infuriate tyrant can now,
with bafbarous hands, wrea from him the food
which his exiAence and his comforts require !:
No sceurfed tyrass can nov bend or do violence
60 the index Of that confidence, which breathes
in felicity snd freedom, under the protection Of
In God.
Bat the immediate objed Of bis earthly vo-