The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1810-07-25

", which has SO lamentabiy charectefiz ca
,he life of more than one OF your sons. Ii is
a melancholy trait vi the deprayily OF tie
human heart, wh.p desire to depress ano
yitiate the pubiiok morals, and to riot with
mpuniy in the most iceDlious deprayity, sig
nalizes the conduct Of those on whom birth
and station has conferred superiority. One
might wonder how il should eve happen that
princes should prefer being feared 10 Icing
owed, to spread around them the chi.iness OF
unsocial srandeur, rather ihan the wermth OF
reciprocal attachment. But, dangerous is
The delu ion, wien any man relies more up
Oh his power than his merit. 1t must be Cn
minds truly contemplate, that mere RINK
and title can operate as an apology for the
commission OF every vice and the transgres-
sion OF every law human and divine. 1t is
fiom courts, examples are taken and CON-
ing from the greatest, they spread the wider.
The taper may illuminate the private family,
but Il Is the sovereign sun alone which spreads
is influence through Tie universe. The Iib-
ertine deg:udcs nobility. In proportion as a
prince claims the publick esteem and respect,
pe onght IL least be conscious whhin himself
,hat he deserves it. But if be deiies publick
opinion and renders himself odious by the de-
prAvi,y OF his actions,he may arrogate TO him
sell dignity, but detestauon and contempt
WA be his tte. That these propositions ,and
t1is species OF re asoning, should be rendered
necessary for British subject, III the homes,
GiscF sree al liz GuI, 10 his country, To az
dress to his sovereign, apd 10 his sons, i, :
source oil poignant retec lions. But The pe-
rod Is arrived when to Fl uel is to betray,and
10 cor 1--WE at princely delinquency would be
to promote princeiy de struction and public !.
ruin. The publlck duty of d king must no
longer DC lost in the tenderness Of the f,ther
--nor the energy Of the patriot in the loyalty
oi the subj
Your sons, Sire, must reform, or their VIC.
es must not only be exposed, but corrected
lhe sccptre Was consigned TO you, as a sa-
cred trust for the guardianship OF the people,
and tie security oi the country must not be
iartner endangered TO crafty the venality oi
nhListcEli ambition, or to satiatc the lust OF
roy a depgaviy and incorporate prodigal.
ity
What, Sire, must be the prospect Of peo.
2!e, "nh Il parliament on one hand, sacrihc-
ag me interests oi their constituents to pro-
note The merccnAry views of niinister--and
i.t pTobabics successours to the throne, OIL
other, riotins IN every excess Of voiuptu-
"Us,dtb.uchety.' l. such men arc TO conduct
ma regulate the great affairs of state, at a
crisis 81 awful as the present, we Can 10 Ion.
ger won,ier at our want Of success, or be al
/ loss Tor the latent sources which have pro-
iuced tae decline oil our empilc. If, in this
. advanced state Of the life Of the monarch, (al.
most arrived at the grand c!imactri k)his sons
are TO 5e sutfered thu. 10 insult morality and to
40 Wit ~ IT. ltlNy
| puniy, and the majority of our Senate is to
| be hded with beings mean q. they are worth
less, alike desiituie of pubIick virtue and pri-
vac honour, VIC may cease TO be surprised AT
any calamity that beiAis us. But what sust
! excite q, still more lively regret and poignan,
remark In the breast OF every patriotick Brit
ON, must be, IN times pregnant with such 90
iarm when the empire is shook TO its very
foundation, TO view their king so infatuSteu &
as To continue TO trust the best and dearest
lights oi his subjects, and cue security of his
diadem in such hands ! feel the most d.
cute compunction, when the ecnse | enter
tain OF my duty as = Christian, and patriotick
subject, compel me thus 30 address you.
But there is still time, Sire, for you 10 res
cue your country from bondage and To repair
the errours of your Teign.--But the momen,
must be seized with avidity, and the Career
OF rapine, o'oodshed, p"odigal waste, and foul
iicentiousness, mus, be Immediately stopped
by the determined interference of the mon
arch. The misfortunes and expressions of
the people must no logger be neglected, nor
the wanon spill,ng of British blood upon
foreign shores be silowed TO be continued.-
Onanimity MIST be promoted at home, by
conciiiatory, and not coei siye measures, and
he treasure and blood of the empire, must
DC preserved for the defence of the country,
should II be rendered necessary TO apply it in
80 sacred a struggle, The rights and privi-
eyes of the people must be Immediately re-
stored, and the intrigue and corruption Of the
minister abolished. The criminal expedien.
cy OF purchasing seats in Parliament must be
abandoned, and the Peer who darcs, by such
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