The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1810-05-23


putting the individual (howevcr we my de-
pore MS present snfcrings) ont of view !;
shongh, al the same time, every man ought 10
consider the case his qryn because should the
SiheiPie, upon whicf the Gentlemen of the
mouse OF cohimon3npye thought proper to
Sst IN TINS instance, 9c9nce admitted, it is inn
r''s.o'c ior any ON nlheetconIecture how soon
.e Himselt may o. hmoned from his dwell
lung, ard be hurri lesyithout trial. and with
on, oatk-made AZ l.hhst him, from the bosom
o' n's iami'y into the clutches Of ailor. II
- therefore, movable time to resist the doct-
Iihe upon which Mr.Jones has been sent TO
-Newgate or, II is high time 10 cease all pre-
Ienslons to those liberties, which were ac-
CURED by our forefathers,after so many strug-
giles and'so many sacrifices.
Either the House Of Commons is authori-
zcd TO dispense with the Law of the Land,
o"is not. 1t the constitution be of so deli.
safe texture, SO weak frame, so fragile a
substance, that IL Is TO be only spoken of in
trms at admiration, and To be view'd merely
as piece y. c.curious but Improbable work
a.ansnlp' '.".na Cbarta and all the whole
sumo Laws "a I"S-,9d be dead letter, in
rhNt Case iNc Az" u'@N.o Vt the proposition
NAY be Adnitted butt the t>,s,;,n,;nn Evo.
I.tn nlx,t
nappiDcss OF the community, the perf,c, CO.
rury Of The liie, liberty and property of each
Jncnidcr and all the me n,bers of the society
;ben the affirmative OF me proposition can
never be Admitted then must we DC free
men |; for we need no better security, no
rliore powerful protection for our Rights and
liberties, than the Laws and Constitution
We seek for and we need ,eek for, nothine
Ca.
sathers insisted upon as thor own we ask
Sor TO more than what they ,bequeathed unto
rs VIC ask tor no more than what they, in
she Testament which some Of them had seal
ed, aud, which the rest OF them we're ready
10 seal, with their blood expressly declared
TO be g the Bir,h-riyhf 'f the people of Eng
iapd - DamcIy, /" TW LAWS OF ENG>ANp,"
----t tr-sc Laws W have right too look,
wi,h 80 .idencc 10, security to these Laws
the in5iAium nov imprisoned, has, through
nne, epY, ,icd for cdiess in vain. Those who
havs ~. ison,i hia,,have refused TO listen to
NV voicr. weekly expressing the strong prin-
einias tf tb law, the undcDiabie claims of
s,i~ En- phman's {" Birth-rghf", Your
20 ,n come with more force may COM
n na ,.tater respect {; and, am not without
H. .5e ,at IL may prove, irresistible, if it pro-
c!sily{o this House OF Commons. in the
san tone AS the tongues of our ancestors
prriultcd to the Kings of old, " NoLUMUs
lgGHs ANeLIAE MUrARI !" or, in our own
mofc ear, and not less forcible language, !
I" Tue laws OF ENGLAND SHALL NOT BE |
cHA Vccp"
thc i'rincipIe, Fellow. Citizens, for which |,
We arg now contenc ing, is the same principle |
for which the people OF England have con-
tended rom the earliest ages, and their go-
nous success in which contests ore now upon
Record i'll the Great Charter OF our Right and
l. Lber,its, and in divers other subsequent Stu
.u,cSoi scarcely less importance. 1t was this
SINE great Principle, which was again attack
NJ by Charles the First, in the measure Of
Ship Money, when again the people OF Eng.
and and an uncorrapted House of Commons
renewed the contest d contest which ended
in the Imprisonment, the Trial, and condem-
nation, and the Execution Of that ill-adviscd
King. The seif-samc Principle it was, that
50 daringly violated by h,s son James the
secondly for which VIC Ia,ion lie was compel
led 20 hes ,rom the just indignation ot the
People, WHO not only stript him OF his Crown,
trut who preyented that Crown from descend
inS to his tadNV. In all these contests, the
courage, pc'seA,rAuce, and fortitude of our
ancestors GrpspAuons as they were, were not I
more SO than toeiNyisdom /; tor, talk as long
Is we will about RNp,s, Liberties, Franchy |
IS, Privileges and tNpum,iss, of what aril
NC any, " at! OF thcse 1ogether, if our ter-
ons can. a; TIE Sole win nd ommand = any
nan, or set OF men, be sa sed ON, and arown
mo prison, and there kepf2Nring tix pleas
re OF that man or set q mexp !-7ht every !
ne of you, be liable, at sty timsS DE sent
} Jail wi,hoat trial, and fithout Of iade a-
ainst you, End there tobe detaipd as IoSS as
p.cases thc parties snding yu there (pN-
aps to the end IL youj life,) )wy yAout any courfN
} appeal to, Without ay mvyhs of redress
this be the case, shall we till boast of the
avs apd the Liberties OF Hgland? Volumes
I'VE been written by Foreigners as we'll AS
our own Countrynen in prise of that part Z,
our Law, whictrfn SO admirable a manner