Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1804-09-13

conuu IN tnc nhhoSco pfcccpt OF deng 10 Noep
ar f5ey 4va~1 be done ssfo; or in the fcriprutal
difpoation Of deisg jssis. ievisg @y1, asd
aoaikirg bHa5Ly, bsfo1,fbs God Of Mature; or IN
the evangelical delre of peace spss tsrfb and
gs,4 qviHa among mes ? In this particular we will
nor Judge of them otherwiie than by their con.
duet. By sbeiy f,ah @aH t6y be kaapyr; and
let hin who is omniicient exerciie his holy pre-
rogarive. IF they are hypocrtes let them con-
fider the fentence proclaimed aeainf hyPocritcs,
while we haitcn TO the point 10 hand.
The Lay" about the future validity OF
which. they arc labofng under foch deep. and
nervous fenfations, foch violent twinges of the
III 1T tender and fuiccptible part of the human
fyftcm, is that by means of which they have in
times paa, aud in comfortable degree, proPa-
gated kind of political trepidstion through The
public mind. A complicated variety Of " Tub
plots"-" Tailor. plot."--" Ocean MaGacres"
-" French Inva6ons" -" Clews TO confpirs-
cy"--"X. and D ncgociations" have TO this
end been iuccehivcly invented, and their efica-
cacy experimental to ,he bats end and, for
feafon, they were attended with fuccef'. The
polirical world 10 prone TO alarm and the impo-
ii,ion' which nave been cternally praetifed upon
IL, renders this propeniity not only jnaihab!e,
bat eminently mcritoTious. Watchtulneis, Wig
lance. and alacrity TO dcied and cxpofe the cob.
webs of delufiou. which anifice and Intrigue are
continually weaving and hanging along the roads,
which we Ai NUT travel, 90 catch, enthral. aud
dcAr3y the credulous and unwary :-Theie
things, I fay. are indifpeniably neceAary, and
will continue TO be neceGaIy 70 long AZ political
vices cxia. When vrtuous individual dif
covering 'hcfc deep laid iiare,, points them oot
to his ocighbor, and 6iicoveD them 10 the world,
re is entitled to the higheR eaeem, aud richly
deierves The moa perfect appreciation. On the
other hand. he who would give faJf alarm, In
order to betray them into thefe snares, and to ex
pedit: their thrSldom, deierves the bitieref
cxccra,ion. and fevereft puniihment that can be
inflicted by an injured county"
In virtue of This " Iozv," iaseYreren,
which is but nenler branch of the admirable
fyfcm they have dsyiied, it is the conaant bent,
and aim OF certain fct of inipirsd, executive
and privileged Law. gvcrs. TO raife up and fet in
array t~o u,etaphy yfcal, Fanatic beings, the one
Of which they have baptized by the name OF Fed
tyaiyu, and call il the image of i5.i, faith The
other. they feem yet at variance among them
felyes, what definisve name 20 give IL; but
halt sAong a variety. as if in fotIorn fafpcnir,
! for eill more genuine dcfornity TO frame one
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heard OF. This they very gcneroo1y transfer
to the epoGellion and enjoyment Of their political
opponents. Their own they characterize a. holys
jua, and true--as meek, and lowly, and contrite
--ss omnilcient, aud benehccnt--as omnpotent
and propsious-and induRriouAy labor TO deck,
adorn and gsrnilh il with tinieled glare, and
fafcina,ing fplendor: The other a. fierce.
| bloody eyed. fiery hearted monaer, laden with
cs;mcs, :. and dIenched 10 Aaughter." Thefe
two artificial beings il may ea6ly and well
| be fuppoicd, are natura and implacsble enc
mics. And thus ia FsdesaLis (which is nova.
dsys another name for understandable political al.
fumo;ion & ufurpation y Thus is ftdtyaijEu. and
jaeo6inu, ALA, ,rtxdieeru. alias dtmoe,aey, ali
as ANARCHY asd eogtxsn, alias piiage AID piardtr.
alias g.1gbter and dfdysaio~, mott judiciouly
arfaFed in contett! Thus zse ffdtraliSs and re-
! pxbi:ecw placed at i1uc.
Nov this mutt be a warm arugglc for
here IL He1vex and H.N in direef oppoGtion,
! and actual combat. On the one hand, we 3 hold
4rget difcoma,ed ! Chcrubims. and Seraphims
routed and pat to fight! Go the other, infer
nal devils triumphant, and hearing off the palm
of viaory with loud acclaim!
HH,S is TIE sa&, and li6Fesh 10 deem,
Wbitke, y@aN btay fbs balance dosvs.
Let ~ attend, for inonen, to the prog.
refs Of this parsdosicsl connies. Itis, il feems,
indifpenfable tor the Axseis thar they are confd-
cred, and believed to be foch, or csc they are
radically. and ie' faas deprived of that quality.
and all the virtues snd advantages attending Il !:
Aud thar the dtvi5 sreconfidered az, and bcliev-
ed TO he dsviL, or they will wax hronger and
Rronger 10 proportion a. they throw off and re-
deem themfelves from the cruihiog weight Of the
imputa,ion; and the angelic hoa be eventually
cat down to the manGons Of defpair, where there
u noughr bu, eOeepisg and a0aiii.g. and an un-
svziling gxe@i~g Of teeth. Hence every an
gelic limb and joint is brifkly at work: And
hence that paragraph 10 the Cosnel7itss Gazesie.
| eff tfays thar paragraph there be any who
{" ihink this dcicription la mott glowing one IN
"deed which Il had previouly given) 100 high
ely coloured let them perufe the follosing 5iB,
I" fome yesrs 6oee insrodsced by democratic
&c member into the Legilaturs Of Rhode Lqasd.
" bearing in mind that the fame refiefs jseo5is-
I" zeal fpirit which dictated that Bill is now a.
" mong us, employing every means which wick
I" edneh can faggcft to overtun our State gov.
ernment. aod erea on iss ruins fabric ofcou-
+" fr6on."
Thar the reader may have fome idea