The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1809-12-20

ploysd, is such alfnan as rurguson thrown
out Of service Is it because nc took the sim
gle resolution Of doing his duty with equal
hcroism in the Senate and in the feid Or
is il that you think it but fair TO ;acquaint US
with the principles ON which higher rank
may empower you to act, and take this op-
portunity Of declaring that no man can be
prepared to serve his country till he has tur-
ned traitor to lis conscience, and that the
duties Of TIE aFny are contrary and hostile
90 thc,rgdts Of the people
u maybe for your interest to mediate on
those charges have still some hopes Of
your Oamcndmcht.--I will confess, that ON
thisj point, the general opinion is opposite to
hniac. Your friends attribute your past con-
fthct to jpcrscvcring folIy--your enemies TO
Z IN obstinate vice. Both agree that as your
Ecrrours were the work Of nature, it Is absurd
Ito hope for~thcir reformation; that, as you
rushed into crime without reflection, so will
you continue in 1t without rcmose.5 But in
my intercourse with you, have observed a
CERTAIN principle which has been termed the
beginning of wisdom. The most degrading
stain on other characters, is probably the paw
dng of virtue in yours. If your feelings are
not 10 be touched by the wrongs of the pco-
ple, let your fears be reused by their resent
ment. The wrath of British men is slow
but tits progressive; the effect of heavy in
Jury, cmbittcrrd by continual insult not ca
silly reused, but, once reused, not to be laid
without substantial justice it will not be
satisfied with cutting off tho contemplate
niiHions that cling round and prey upon you
lit viii. be neither in your hereditary rank
nor in your remembered scrviscs to protect
you The conHagration which has hitherto
slumbcrcd, or only thrown out its casual
blaze shall awake 1t shall not be content
with feeding on,the dry and worthless weeds
that lie at yonrfcct, it shall rise to the mighty
Of the forest, and, in their parchcd and blast
rd yerdurc, leave only the more striking
monuments of its unsparing desolation.
Publick forbsarancc has been exhausted
the people cannot submit to further insult
they Will not comprehend the honest policy
OF rcdeeming your character ct the expense
OF your country and, by the appointment of
such mensas Chatham and Dundas, proving
TO the nation that youf's are not the only
hands by which it may be ruined.
is my Lord Chatham q man fit to be put
at the head of British Expedition What
are his merits! Where are his exploits of
successful intrcpidity or practiced skill Is
it for his political virtues or his martial PROV
css !. Is it that your love of justice has been
cpraptured by the good naturcd impartiality
which has made him the plant instrument Of
SO many administrations Or is it that you
reason from his civil to his military accom-
p,ishmcnts, not nnjustly infering that the
man who has spent his whole life in the bar
ter Of Office, will be peculiarly dextrous at a
convention, and in spite of Hondscotc and the
Hcidery o5Iiscrate even your rcnown in the
art of capitulating with the enemy.
You arc not yet totally ruined. dare not
bid the vilest criminal despair. Your duty is
plain; dismiss those substitutes of yours ;
send old Dundas 20 Chelsea and his pension; !;
send Chatham to his cheap indulgences, his
rcversions, and his half pay tell him that
the people will not suffer him to serve them !;
that they arc beginning to know and despisc
such men that their service is not the pri-
vate sinecure 1t used TO be and that, if they
have punished the tripping honour of q
Prince, they will not bc more lenicnt to the
stately per6dy Of Peer
Then, Sir, instantly retire misfortunate
has but yet done half her work she has
brought you to shame, let her now bring you
to repentance 1t would be useless to dis
guisc from. you that the period must be long
and the rcmorse sincere, before the empire
can consider you the Son Of its sovereign.
but once more warn you to beware OF
retrieving your character by any sudden ex-
pertinent on popular applause II it be true
that from Lord Chatham's inc0isicity you look
to his III sneeess, and from that to your assum-
ing the command with some comparative
ec<at, no language can be strong enough for
your cprobation. But the plan has too
much of labourcd trcachcry for your indo-
lcncc. This would not be the spirit of the
soldier struggling fairly in the great cause
which would cnnoblc his fall. There in a.
mother character; it has probably suggested
itself to your royal highness it is the cow
ardly marauder, lingering behind till the dam
ger is over, and then stealing forth in dark
ness and security, to insult the bodies of the
dead, and bring home an unrcsisting spoil
from the desolation of the field