Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1804-08-23
" !, was plaialy pe,ceived ,ha, longer um-

'.It was paiaiy pesceived that longer ume
kss AecsDary ne~, committee of ., conieIess
Vas appointed 90 procure il, If poflible. The
soosesses who had been wnh the conmiIioGcrs
,elose," believing iteonld not be Obtained, and
Isging beea accuisd of receiving bTibes from the
,oscfnmen, bs lhoie very pe,fans tor whom they
lad iabprsd 20 ptocuie an amnetiy, deciioed se-
epliog a iee9oa appointment, I" snd IL new
: tonle,ecs were arpoipied. It whom oaly s vail
a or the commleioneu at Pieib irgh. who had
! not In sheir pawes 10 gram. longer time as
heir Own authority was,So expire In few diyss
"Oa the terms prpposed by the commif.
ianer. not being decided on by the eonmiuee of
10, they wilhdsew them, and foba:tnled new
dncs TO be fubicr,bea ~ the people individually
u their toxn meetings, or election diisuets.
1se iea 10 he iobfcibrd ass IN the following
wofg,s, "I q 10 ioemrly promifc hcncrfcrth I'D
s.fubmu 70 the laws OF the United States; sod
~ihat | viii not directly. or indirectly oppoie
Y the execution OF the aa for raiing rcvenec
4 cn oiaitcd ipiri1 and ellis, and Thst will
. iuppoSt as far as the law requires the civil au-
" charity in afofdins ,he protection due 70 al
g oiEcsrs and oih.s citizens. ~
=" 1hrie terms were agseed TO on the
Sxpiember, bot il wasthe 4th before they were
l0t printed ready for the cnniefees to leave
Pipibu,yh, conlqucntlS there was but hx days
10 ipsead the pcceiiary information through
country, containing 10, ,oco inhabitants. (exclo,
sye OF tho exieahve county of Bedford, for
ehieh The teh was aifo iu,ended) ipIeal over a
tyfsiio,y not much leis ex,eni.ve than lhe State
81 4, ,onnetlicot, aud irtc';peHld by mountains
aud large bodies Of cnirstcd lands. -Four Of the
epnietrs not s'tandiog lei. fone large dinrit,s
ht,l a. nh rk spla hut
though esertions were made TO circulate the ne
cciiary lDlvrms,ioo, yei there was no oppoItu-
nisy ol smCiug cn ,he cautious ci,lzeo',
fendine al; the iufmer meetisgs, the receibiy OF
s,,endiag ,hii one. and the peopie generally had
np, opportunity OF veru!ine the teh they were
,tduiiti 20 fabfcribr, until the hour they met
on The ground 10 hgn their names; nor ,hep had
they had time or opportunity Tor deliberately
making cp ,Esir minds. ,,
g The word foimcny was conGdered - an
oath, snd from hencefor,h, as sn acknowledge
tnont 0. having offended heretofore, which with
much tho er-sier narnber OF the Inhabitants IN
eerc,al, spd many diarieis with rrfpet 10 the
whole inhab.sahu, was not true. The cominii-
luners indeed agrc,d that ihoie Objectionable
word, ihoold he ancken CUT, and ynbiiihed it
in me gazette, tot the gszs,,e did not, nor
could not arrive in mott places I'LL after the day
Of l:sning. To iome places however the people
iupptefed ihsie words themie!ses. The word
Indirectly wai uhderaood b, many as calculated
10 bind ihCm from even pctitIoDing asainh The
excite law 'Or tie future, and the ihort fpacc OF
an hour or tyo a, aconfuled meeting did not at
fo,d lciiure nor ccmpcfJre tor thoie who were
czpahle, and 10 ddpoled, 10 inform and sdviie
the peoplc." Oihsr circumstances ALTO. contrib-
u,ed ~ iac,eaG the difficulty OF procuring
rencrs 20 ;he IcE Of iubr,iGion. >" The nanber
and lrnaineis OF the diitrtts in @hich they we're
convened, gave an opportunity for fuch as itl-
dom attended elections, and Whale voice was
ncve, hcatd on other public occsiiops. to attend
the meetings and oysra1e them. Thia dcirrip-
,ion Of people sas beconc bod and dangerous
a, ,his period and the nor attendance o. great
proportion OF ,hoie who having given 20
offence were de,crniqed TO sgn no tcR, gave
the greater opportunity in iore places Tor dill
orderly psrions to dominser; they did 10 40 'omc
places 70 luch degree rs to prevent in great
mesfo,c the dehen Of the meeting from beng
obtained. Ia the fsfult, however, cot OF about
forty different places cf meeting for the purpoi..
c, Of iubfc,ibing the sGaranee', at only swo ct
them were the paprrs torn by defperate ban
6tti. Thcic, however, who had been deeply
engaged in the exceGes generally fgned. except
a lev of il,c moa igncran; and obninare.
..In fonc Of the tor fhips next TO 'he from
,;er.. even the reoplc who attended the meet
ing, abiolo,ely re'ufed TO Ggn. becaoie there
~ere none aalorg them ~ho bad given offence,
or at any tine oppofed the esecu,ion OF The ex-
Gle Law. They took it amis that they were
called upon and faid, let them ian 10 the place,
where they arc involved. The ehole county OF
Fa,erte s6cd on the fame principle.
&c The comrifioren returned TO Fhilade'.
phia t.iore the day Of Ggning, esceP, Mr.. kc'',
whs Gayed to receive the lias OF iubicnbe",
ard TO obierve the temper iha, would be diieov-
cred on ,hs, oscshon. lie aho was obliged to
co TO rhisdclghia before all the returns we're
core 10 hard. The ,umulfs that took place on
the day Of signing. ard the hea, and ssita,io"
which difcosered isfeif in few places, pau'cu.
isrly among the uniniorned part Of the Germans,
70. few day, sf.er IL, induced feve'al OF the
,,soe. and other pc.fcns of insufmstion 20 n