Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1804-06-28
NE w P o r T,
Murjday, June aS, 1904.


sgee paper. Ii 10 fcsrceiy 10 be dssined what
refsgss will not undertake TO shiser. He
will lie Ike Jsfsa; he will fand 20 the mott
palpable abiurdities; he will fophiRicate a
mighty ,gafcohace OF courage, when, put him TO
the teR, and he turns out TO be the mott arrsns
and villanoas of all towards And ibs refugee
paper partakes of this defcription. This paper.
under the Library sufpices of feveral Of the ref
ugec kidney under the pecuniary aufpices Of
feyeral of the fame kidney, has run riot in eve
ry sbufe; has run riot in inioicnce of every
name and nature; with defperate and infer
nal malignity has grafped evcfy term that bore
with il the leaa tendance Of opprobfiuu, and
continued TO apply it, until il became exhaaaed
of its virtues-yes, It's pirtaef! for The mott
crooked and internal of all qualities, conftitute
the cardinal ui,fasI Of tbs 9imps and Pandt's Of
tbe r.fagn paper.
9bt ,sfxgee yapt,l They ak what we
mean by il. We in return have afked them 20
define the term Toy. This they have declined,
no doubt for the fame realon that certain weak
nerved Doctor rendered for objeeaing to read
his own Recommendation. namely, beeasif IL
came TOO mneb HSon bimisJf! "Pity the weak
nefs of the poor" young men We excufe them
from il; though, as was fad befc.c. If they
could muter forti'ude enough to define il ia
their own terms, az II is more than probable thar
there are fome fIiking features Of fimilarity be-
tween il and the term rrtsg~, which they writhe
and gag at with fush amazing qualms, il mighr
aid 'htir Understandings in more fully appreci-
a,,ng the force Of the latter. Bur, perhaps, it
ought 10 have been recolleeted. that the ground
to them il deieaie--rbat it il "tendcr point
the munirnents of which, venality scan better
teach than they can write" Be it 70. ana Let
il excufe them. We puh aide the fupid
fcullions, aud for this once condeicend to do
their work for THEM.
The term TRY deigostes an enemy to the
principles Of the revoiatican. In lie original
fcnie il hgniiied favagei and was adopted by
the /oxy Of iberty in America, at the dawn Of her
independence, a. Characteristic OF thofe who ad.
hered to the policy and efpoufed the caafe Of
Great Britain who were averfe, and malignant.
iy hottie to that fpirit of freedom and ief-gov-
crnment in which the feeds Of the revelation
fpontsneeuily grew. Ii viii be obfsved that
| the tstn tory implies degree of conhRency and
uniformity of character. Il il therefore too hon-
orsble to be applied TO the blood. fuckers Of The
Msyesyy. which is emphatcally aud 10 the true
ienie Of ttss word a ,efxgr< PAPER. A f0.7 may
be faid TO be srfpialsd in his politics, howcvee
l'monitroas they are: Bat refugee has mo pris-
cibk. neither Of toryiim, nor any thing elies
| He il . nurdeier in hear, complete dr0vs :
sdatk and malcvolent aaafin. The two mott
prominent features in his character are eeqcsYzes
and crime. Give him but The fcent OF fpoil, and
piage, snd plundcr, and he will wafh his hands
in human blood, and, like thirty dog, lap ia
gore. Not ooe CLEAN Of fympathy and sfcc-
zion enters his grim, and fulcn, and mifchevous
foul. Not one ray of homsnity illuminaies his
countenance, which conasnt!y yearns in one
continued. excrnciating fcewi, intent on laughs
ter and deyaRa,ion. But In executing the dia-
bohcsl porpofes of his heart, he 10 fure to Rudy
the tafety Of his head. Will he meet an enemy
on fair and open ground. and ftrength 20 efrength
oppofc 10 honea, bold exrrtioni On fpch Con-
ditions he 10 not for conteff.
A wfsgee, more appropriately defined, is
one who, in the tine of the revolution, from
10th or cowardice, or the sGurance of reward .
turned his back upon his country, and e.opel,
Ito its enemy. His inducements were the pro-
curemcnt to himteif Of certain exemptions from,
danger and toll. ard the additional profped oi
plenitude Of money, Though the gracious ope-
ra,ions Of BriIifh iibelsiity Half pay for life wa
80 him an irefaible confederation. The ide'
of dubious and protraded conaet he could moi
brock Peril and foil were, even In proipeff,
TOO formidable for him. And for what, he
; would ak for the hbenies Of mankind, civil
and religious i--Ecr myfelf 1 want no fuct
thing. Were il for the Liberty Of fire. piasdtr
Of Gulking under the banners Of mercenary
army, and iallying out, and preying upon the
!. fub6ance of thoie infatuated enthuiaAs, whc
arc fupidiy difpoted TO contend for the inienf.
Die iounds Of civil and religious liberty, psihap
might talk with you sbouts 1: But no cihel
kind of liberty can CRAFTY me. am for my,
ielf: Let each take care OF one; and itt .
: noueht the obligations of neral, civil, and reli
sioss lsw Thss faith the r.fxgu! and thu
would FAY the unlettered and untusored favag'
that roams through the wilderneis.
~ But beyond all this, who 70 d.aardfy enor
nous. 70 wantonly mifchievous. 70 audsciop q
fellonious ssa ,.fsgerl Even Raia~ himielf
who fet Gre to JameRown-razed every houfe
! and bsmt every blade Of graf, that food bcfor'
. him--thas fame Wallace, ~ho, with one hare
made ERus Of friendfhip. and With the other a
- e.. :.0.cs ;cucaseed deashs IN the r, I'm,