Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1804-08-23
their minds. delivered iu ltyls wcll adapred to


che hearers, and which could not give oEtnce.
contributed gteaty to procure the All ,ernmeng.
"Mesns were uIed TO prevail on the armed
patty to retire that night, and the next day the
gallery OF f,ectstors was rucch ,hinncd, but re-
ports were calculated that BianioId who lodged
On the Warrington Gdc Of the river thar night.
had bound hintef family with number OF 9TH 7
ers to fopPors the oppoGtion by force of arms.
until government would be broeehs 10 agree un-
equivocslly TO their own terms. I,appeatcd by
what followed that the idea ot complete reso-
luton was now taken up Ivy Bradford, and It wa
certain that ieverslct the mof obainatc Of ,hoe
who originated the pscfent violest meaiurcs
were among the fpet,ators, and perhaps Tome OF
them ri-mben of the committee; but MatihaI
and Others of the ri,oa refpeelable men among
them had torslly Withdrawn from their inse.eis.
lie meeting wss opened next mora
icg, by long. fnGbe and eloqueat ipeech by
Mr.. q silatin he alone would vensufe 70 open
the bnine!s III this dircA manner. In this
fpeech. no motive 10 fnbniHion was left unsx-
planned, nor any ohjeSiion lelt unsnfgered !; he
was iapportcd by Mr.. Bssckcnridge, who hay-
ing no ne~ ground 0! a'gument lett uneIp'sined,
enforced and enlarged on the Arguments Already
offered, srd addreG-d their conferences and their
fears; bis arguments was Of the more importance
th%t il was deeiave; ,i1rmerly he had icmpor-
lied in iuch manner as &C induce thc rioters 10
believe he was friend TO ,hr:r cauie.
&C But like the fp,r;t which at tfnlfsSy oc-
caeons aaua,ed the nraclitifh king, the'phrenzy
which, aetus,ed Bradford during rhe whole oil
this period; az this Unucks moneht impe!led
him TO rife and aidre!s The committee In a nnpt
extrayssart haranguc, 10 the oopie OF ~hich he
urged the rrppriery of etettiUe an inde.'eDdcnt
government, and allelaed that ,he tedelal gov
ernment had only ta'npeSed with Spain and
Britain about the Mifihppi and the weaetnl
potts, and trihed With the laGiaes. lie, ns bc
independent laid he, and VIC will accomp,ih
thcle Objects in a few moaths. For iouIce of
fuppNes he rrcpoied killing the fFit army that
came ags;nt US, and inppying cu;ir.ves wrh
arms and sanoniuon "a the Fsench had done.i
Thi, haraDaue did nos contain fufcieHt goon
ienie TO b. reiHhed, even by macy OF b,s admir-
c.. though i'cxci;ed tliciT iphlms;iop, and fill
n,ore intimidated The committee, who l,om the
foppofcd combination formed over night wee,
many o' them, aFfsi1 that this iphl na,osY
difcou,Ge was The isnal Of at'ual violence. They
were however miftxken. II this vas The mof
abfcrd and incopC;ent exetiion Mr.. Bra1ieta
meeting when he law the vote went assiua him,
and Afterwards Ggnca the terms o! .ubmiiion,
and aavifed othc,, 10 Ggn ,hem bot rehsciing
tha, it would not rover the oftnce he Lad COM
mi,,ed a. this rrc.ipg, tx lcfs the country bc-
fore the asmy came ~.
a. The atgnren,. were eoncirded BY Mr..
Edgar; i,yne part Of his fpreca etuck ny altcn-
ton 70 much, aud | recoIett it 70 vell, that
will trouble the reader vis fhort exuact Of il.
h "Hc Rated, that he bad teen membsI of
the convention which fatii:d TIE FEDERAL ccnft-
tuition, and had in il objected tn The Ons .a!iaed
power OF levyins exciics. bot that they hsd iub-
mitted to ir, many Of them had advocated il il
all its parts Tnei. oiiiceu, legiGs'ivs. ex;cu-
tive aad judicial had fworh to fappou it, and
they had all voted for mt ;noers OF Congref, snd
applied TO the government for protection under
if, which was fJlcmn acknowledgment of
their allegiance to il. with si tic powe's with
which i, was yeGed. That what they might
think ptemaf0re and ine&pedicnt excrciie OF
the power Of levying excifes. could never juaisy
them in renouneiog allegiance to the govern
ment, and would equally juRiiv rehaanse 70
every law, becsufe every general Law cccaioned
complaint from fome on whom IL pfei!ed hard.
Bot after all that could be done by resloning,
II was matter Of great difficulty 70 gets vote
taken. rtt.t
When the vote was taken, the piecfing
were not unanimous, there were 81 yea, snd
e nays; FIX men, IL is aa:r,cd. fsid Afterwards
thss shey bad given in thc Nay ticker iofead OF
the Yes, by miaske the certainty Of this can
oot be known, though If IL had not happened
they need not have told il. for no ore knew how
another vote1. The vote was on the following
rcfoIat:on. "Th,t in the opinion Of this CON.
Z" nittce, il is the iotefca of th- people Of ,his
/" country to scce6e to Ihe propofa's made bs the
" commilioncrs Of II. u. States :" The msj>-
ri,y through fear refuGea TO pot the quefiou on
the laA proposition. though it was on sg,eeing
10 it tha, the eventual fucceis OF the meeting de-
pended. Their team were certainly 3 eater
than their danger, FOR though fevcral members
fpoke deciGveiy in favor Of fubmifioo. moi iufolt
vas offered to them. have laid before that
fcveral of the committee men were not cell &C.
leeted. fome of them knew 70 be Of the moa
inasnatory ehustfcss.