The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1810-01-10
AMUSING MISCELLANY.
FROM THE ANTHOLOGY.
Original Letters, from an Ametiean 7raveils,
In Earohc, to his friends in this country.
LETTER TWENTY-FrFTH.
NAPLES, JANUARY I, 1895.
MY DEAR SISTER,


MY DEAR SISTER,
do not know that can more advantagcouslv,
am sure Icannot more agrceably. ccnsecrate the
anniversary of the few year, than by dcvotng it 10
nv transatlantick friends. That tender them the
usual Kind wishes Of the season, prosperity and hap.
riness cannot be questioned. and It my good viii or
..xcrtions could procure them, they would most GER
tainly be the happiest of mortals With the entrance
ee a new year, we arc naturally led to reflections
upen thepast, and to prophecies as to the future !;
wc.comparc tho present with the last anniversary,
and we form opinions as to the next At the last
wears day, Il was in a country (Great Brittany en
vcned BY Industry, enriched BY commerce, governed
vita moderation, conducted by wisdom. The rich
secure To poor clothed and fed, amply protected u
aiast te insocnce Of the great, the stale calumnes
against it to the contrary Notwithstanding The
government strong to its enemies, mild to its sub
iccts vet firm and stable. The present year, am
in country where the government is terrible only to
the weak feeble to its enemies, awful TO its subjects
spenddly oppressive to the poor, and contcmptibly
suppliant to the powerful Courtng the Emperour
Of the French, yet relying wholly the proves Of
the English nation idle, yet luxurious proud
yet cowardly debauchcd, yet superstitous. It's no.
bty ostentatious, yet destitute of wealth its poor,
oppressed its commerce. languishing its religion,
mingled with superstition, to degree. THAT renders
it at once It's disgrace MI its ruin Fatal to indus
try, as rinous even to morality the superstition OF
the Neapolisns is equally subvcrsiye of private vir-
tue, and OF publick happiness. tt
O, the next anniversary, should be spared to
Witness it, Eshall be happy my beloved, my native
shores. Ny attachment to my country woul induce
IN, to draw favourable picture, but my regard to
truth forbids the suppression its shades. Sur
rounded by every cosiot and luxury which the old
est richest and proudcst nations Of Europe boast;
with habits Of industry. enterprise and generally of
virtue, the domcstick picture Of country is infe
rour TO noac il indeed supcrior any an the ,csrd
IN no part OF the babitabe globe docs domcstck So
ccty, tho only foundation Of private happinness stand
upon foundations so stable, respectable, and so
honorable, as ip ours. Where will YOU find patcr-
nal soicis,dc, maternal tenterscss fal reverence,
faterna Affection the tdes of kindred, tho disintcr-
ested sentiments of friendship, general Hospitality,
Abcrality TO strangers. proceeding from pure mo-
tves carried to so hon uablc Insight in the Unit
ri States The heart Of an American Is congcalcd,
when he encounters the frgd indifference of Europ-
can manners. But there is wait of stability in our
systems of every species, particularly our govcrn-
ment WHICH thrcatcns their subversion.
We do not feel security IN our cnjoymcnts, with.
mt which all pleasures lose half their rest Our po-
lt;oi divisions create an aspcrity which nvadcs and
hrrstens 70 enpoison all the spring. of individual
esiaymsnt We cap soon reconcile ourselves 70 the