Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1804-08-30

ca iwerc il worthy oil her notice) would Seclinc
with sching heart, and In tho angoSh Of her
flul faed tears Of blood ihe would di6cover in
is the lurking potion that is artfulIy preparing to
dcf}roy the nation 10 envelope the minds of is
citizens win the drowfy deiirum of an opiate,
and when ioh in the leathargy, to wref from
them their liberties l--sos bctray their fidelity,
and viftue l---Americs IL il for fuch an iGae
that thy generous. and iouepid defenders. pref
fed with the glowing sfaour Of pasfio;ifm, tbro'
troubled fccnes of hopcleis conformation, trsv..
cried thy wide extended area TO give battle 10
the infulting fos who fought thy cosqaef 10
IL for iuch an iiuc that she foo~y mountains,
or the frohy clods of the valley, were tingcd
with the crimion current that trcklcd from
their naked. bnr determined feet Is it for iuch
an ifIuc that they conformed to beds OF earth.
aud mingled their broken nombcn with the
3 dews Of nigh, 60 watch. and defended from an
Invading lyrans thy cxpofcd ihorss Il it for
fuch an iiIae that that " noble army of marfyr,"
we're fpoilcd of their lives amid the form Of re-
vouiion, and funk into their graves in the ad
of atcheving their country's redemption ! No.
il Is impoiEbc |! "All naturc cries aloud" il
cannot be tf
II Il vain, and ridiculous ito Gay nothing
Of the treafonsbIe enormity Of the proiea) to
attempt to begoic, and miilead th- good fenfe
I OF The American people. by any cfNi 10 aHimi-
late their political deltiny with that of France.
By what modification OF reafon, by what niek
Of logic 10 il, that thoic plightcd organs Of
guilty faction, can pretend an identity Of infer
ence from Pfenifes extremely diasrenti Will
NOT every man OF common undefAanding, at a
moments glance. difcefn the sbominabr ia!Iscy'
8 iot fuch fuggeaion isAod will he no, a. fcadi-
gly Join in the execration due 20 lach an outrage
Why then viii they ron nc hazard of their own
conionmase infsmy Why make common
fpon OF their reputa,ion----a vulgar, and dc,ett.
ed ptoyerh bf theH nanci 10 what a difmal
q depth of heedcis tefperatioa muA they be re.
? duced even in their own conv ittions NJ.
~ tns" Republicans, France" (as in dc-iiion
they are pIesied to Gilr her > t" Republican
Mance" taud would 10 God fhe was rcpubli-
= can would that all mankind we're fsch.; for
until they are they mpl continue to be the de-
q voted victims OF artificial fuiFerings j :" Rcpuh-
lican France" FAY, at the dawn Of her revo-
/. lurion earicd from point, far, Ear behiad thar
fsage of cultivated resion. and improved intel
lect, from which oar country role in the sG.rion
hof her fovereignty and freedom. Toa. my coun.
rsrymen for csnno, participate in the glory Of
2 the achievement Nature then had not clothed
me with exifencc bu, hope my elder kindred
contributed the fharc: Ton, in that evrnttul.
intefefing day, had not. with your teeth. to
fle and remove fet Of mafly chains which
had been riveted for ages! You had not ao sr-
duous way 10 force through Besily, or the lcis
folid earth. 10 which you had been broken and
reduced by a long courfe OF fyhematic tyranny
You had not by its baueful policy been rhrua
70 far below the ordinary fondard Of man You
had not that loUg, and inauipicious couiie to
rrn, which gretches in batetu!, It's abhorrent
diasnce, between the pcrirti fave (benea,h the
reptile thar feeds upon rho doa) aud human at
tsihurcs You had not this dieanee to run be-
fore you we've prepared TO commence yonr workl
No: You did not buTf from frozen fste of
abfoiule fubjcetion OF beytS3 .Rdpey You
commenced your immortslcsreer flor Hook back
20 the usntat,ions. attending the Gsmp-at,) 10
the foil poGea Ut " rational libsrty." Your
minds were hale. and vigorous Your fpirits
had not been trammeled, and broken, and re.
duced and eppfeaed, ard infoltcd through
painful course OF protraeted time You food
upona foil which had rewarded your labop
with luxuriant karvea,': You retained, and
eleri,hcd the facred impu,ie which gave il for
your inheritance Nor had you been deGlsd by
ihe petlferous had Of a erafpine. and abandoned
tyrant. You fot, indeed you hmely rofe,
and with adapted energy. and fririt, 20 asest,
and repelthe attempt. Previouny prepared, by
full, and general difaiion OF knowledge, a
knowledge which inculcsted the iueaimab'e, &
indiipeniable principle OF EJ gsvernme~f, no
feature Of enormity diflorted and difgraced the
tenor Of your way bat purfung with feady
eye, and calm determination the objce before
you. which was already dedniiivcly sfcertainsd
and prcferyed in view, the road TO triumph wa.
plain, and certain. Nor 70 with ill-fated, or, II
they pleafe. '' ,spsbleS~ France )" for ,eos6L
ran he arueeles AID groans 10 be; though in
turiare ambition has pil!aged her of the happy
boon. She had 10 eradicate. yoo but 10 avert I:
Hsr tak was to en,s a msrfai scIsdy which had
Crept shrough all her fytten,, and become ieated,
and orirned by time You bur to k,et eFa
lyOrkr which you had fudicd masurely, aud
kocS, with certainty us eifcSiaal preventative.
Your foe, however iniuated, fortified by nature
and by art. and wrapped Nd within the impsga-
bic fhorss OF her own ,cssi,ory however iniidi-
Gus, io,rigreing, aud abandoned !; -oa, not fis-
Hfed spfsix sivs Leagses Of yosy coad, which her
emmiiaries might appsoach with facility ard
lsicesase the boicm Of your country with ex.
fenGve projects ol bribery, and CORRUPTION con.
5piracy, and afsiina,isn. BeGdes, the fsscs