The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1810-12-21
Friends and neighbours t!

Friends and neighbours
SOME OF you may have yet to learn, that
newspaper has been recently edilod in this
town under the style of The khod. -lslsnd A
mericsn-and others, that It's primary oljec'
| was 10 publish slender in coarser ems ti,sr
| he Editor cf he GAZETTE wcu,d acinlt
| Nth a view IL bring the Stale and Nctiona
| Govrsnncnis into c0ntempt. Cine Fart OF ia
nsme,',o wit, Rhede-Isfand, might misead the
| rtatra,As The paper is really printed On the
aao'a-lshd,' the o;ler,io VII, .1mefstan, Is ap'
| propra,c in che sense. Every origmai piece
| by It's cr~i,iinde bctrys~its Lvmcstun,otisin
/, is indeed an .1niefiean n'onyae.are OF tie
| worst KIND linscy woolscy,' Of coarse WOO
| zen, without tie iniormiXture OF Merino
The following paragraph is extracted from
| that paper OF November Soth ult.
Yesterday was observed throughout this
| State ss a dsy of Thanksgiving and Praise
| PublicS worship was attended Ly tie diHeren,
| Religious Societies in this town, and collec-
| ton made for the poor. We ave happy to
| learn, that His Exceiency the Govsrnour al
! tended Divine Worship This instance oi
| piety We Cannot iorbear noticing. No, salts.
| lied With his oRsfcnary devotion and religious
exercises on the Lords day. His Excellency
| a. poinlcd day Of devotion OF his own, anc
attended wolship himself Ihi. ought 10 sat-
| i.iy his enemies, that he docs not III epery
| '6tng follow the examples of lis PREDE-
| CESSOk"-( Meaning His Execllcnry Ar
1HuR fENNER, who departed this hie num-
| Der oi years ago.)
| Those oil you who esteemed the late Gov
| ernuur, ho Witnessed Tor more than hi,een
| years bis sesriccs and his merits, who gave
| oim your vo,cs ind The aHeotionate attach
inen; OF your hcaiis-you also Witnessed the
| torrents o cAiumny and sl0ndcr poured forth
/ On him without In lei mission during the Sane
| pencd by his mics From those torrents
| 20 sunctnuyy seemed 10 offer ,fsC.f tVt The
| grave 1nere you hoped, spd you had a
| right TO hope, that the weary Would find rest,
| ana the wicked cease from troubling bu,
! even that hope, the last con fort of the
| vre,ched, has failed your weagy friend II
| not pcrmitted to rest, even IN hs Srasc--noI
| 10 the wicked cease from troubling him in
| that sscred repository.
Cnciv,ized and savage men throughout
The World respect The rights ot scpuiture, and
A,arte with horroar at those who wanton!y
enter The mai.sons Of ,he dead. Where you
saw, and many Of yon could only sec with
~
| pied multitude OF your mourning lellow-citi-
@ens, the remans Of the late Govelnour de-
pusucd. even there ths mansions Of the dead
have been violotcd The msu.dering victims
Of death continue the victim ol parry malice.
lie is raised TO your view in the Rbode-Is!-
and American (humani'y shuddcrs and
Chrisuan blood recois al tie traDsaciion) he
rs raised 10 your view TO bc irsuaed. The
solemn scene Ct Thanksgiving day is in,so-
duced TO torture the feelings and wound the
heart Of his surviving partner, OF all oniy son,
ot d train OF amiab!e and delicate females, ot
| b,s family, Of his blood, residing i'll !hc i,m-
| ily mansion house, and of his numerous
| friends.
Oh worse than savage manners 7. In such
| a state Of Society, where brutal outrages cot
| the bonds o. mutual intercourse, disreg egardng
| all distinctions OF character, the venerable
| and the vile being moved down with the
| scythe Of slsndcr--w. ere those outrages even
| pass that protected and irremcable line which
| separates the living from. the desd-in time
| oil such awful degcneracy OF manners, may
| not every good man devoudy pray for res
| torstion OF the manners and hunlaiie usayes
| in the DAYS of ST. Iammany or that Safan
would stop (if all other means iAii the career
| Of his children, lest they put their father To
| shame.
| Yc valiant engineers bc! .'3j;hc walls, who
have engros.ed all talents, prove the qua'i'y
! of your powder and the cslibrc Of your ordi-
nance in attacking dead man and, We sc'ib-
bling fry, their underlIngs, whose severe des-
tinies, in cruel Jest, took you from useful IL
Dour TO lumber newspapcrs,t advance and
shew their heads or paies, whether you frown
or scowl, or grin or smile, alike mniignant--
| We who have known how to bring disgrace OH
some families aud slander OH others, state
| your charges against the venerable ghost you
| have raised for SONS OF you are qualihcd to
Its writer's are even ashamed of each other. See
/ last Tuesdays paper.
.tRru,cs find Out where there talents lie,
l A bear villno attempt TO fiy