Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1805-01-24
For the RHJpk.IsLANp REPUBLicAs.

THE Lsb.la lazItr All! I have made fuisil
L intake the Lasdbsidsr, as he calls hlaI-
feM l,nd il is probable he holds as mach land 40
fzraR did when he proudly offered al fbs hing
6om' Of ibe 4Os,ld a, bounty y the Lapiardsr.
we hauld have faid the Laodhoidcr. becauic he
has Jaiz "a, though in fr6tneb he ought 10 have
blended the two and called himfeli the LerS-
iafpsr This Land-lapper. or L,rd-luboer.
feif filled " the Laas1skSsy," has in she LA Mer-
cory come out with la, fourth number of 1ry
ibixg or nofbiag." or the Lord knows wh4tl
for IL futpa6cIh ihc fasaci,y of the ion OF man
TO conceive the drift and osj.ta OF theIs ra,e
productions. They briog % mind rhis old. aid
therefore venerable isyipg. thar
II nan u qo0,ai, ard not sf d,cSs
IL IKE a ga,f,a mi Of gsetd..
Iiis tfne they give Ti!e 10 current of slough, +;
bat thea il is ea,ifcIy OF j'ering, ludicrour
delcription, inch as is essmPllhed Ia the fellow
ing anecdote.
Thetc war cerra;n Lawyer aho was re.
ma'kably flrint eyed end the nose his iSnsi-
biiries we're excited, the moIe bis eyer woai1
iquint. He happened TO be concerned 10 sesy
intcreitg cafe, and the zeal which he iclI in il,
operated TO diitort his optical organs 10 40 up-
ufusl and noly Imaginable degtee. A bro,het
lawyer ~ho IA, over againH him, aad who had
atten,'vely obierved the ambiguous, and isicrn
table cst OF hi, eyer, hnnornoily inqoiscd oi
him what he was looking az 7 Looking! Why
tsid ne, an looking at ise fras fsinf " ibe
| CAFE
The Land jubber who writes in the Mer-
curry, may have had his attention occopied BY
III iyx< seg,s Ct cet, Bat his msaoer Of wsis.
ing, Ekc inc Liwycas eye, is 10 vesy moch ?.
iquints that we are not only at Iofs about ths
point, bat even about she cafe itfelf.
5, it has been faid that at time whcn
lodge Cbaye prefidcd in Circoit Court 10 this
town. he abruptly topped one Of the Lawyer, "a
his argument, and gravely ioquired OF him
| which hde he was of This, howcvcr. we "a
NOT mention az being applicable 10 the L~sl-
isbbrr. Whatever uncertainty may attend a
conjecture relative TO his particular otjeet, few
viii doobt 'he completion of his general priaci.
pics IN politics.
Suppoie il mould be propound.a thai he
was prepsring for. and paving ,he way TO tht
| Spring Elet,ion or the next choice Of Repre-.
ientatives TO Congref, or ofa Pfefaens OF th,
United St,se,: VINO. jodgine from what he he,
ve, fad. would scqnsfce 10 eiths propoGtion
lar that he calculates upon beginning de ssue,
and educating the public in thc fccnce of pclitca
according 90 his oSn m,xin, af iudici,us,
and profoerous adriniarat;cn If Ill people 81
Rhode-laand, aipirins 70 hi, inproSiions, be.
come improved by his council, public srsiitede
rcquircs they Ihnuld rally round his perfon. snd
remember, and reward him.
IL is mote than probable however. that hi
far hrft numbers. however scnerouly and pa.
tfiotcsily meant, will eventually Prove to bt
fuperRuops; for as there is a poflibiity Of ttav.
cling TOO far heck, tho il we've evco IN the iau-
dable tax Of reformation, 70 there j, an appear.
ance that the Land kei6er ha, laid hi, sudmeot,
too low for the profit OF thofe whom it would
fecm h: conGders az his pvpils.