The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1810-05-15

branch of separation, 10 slif,cn Goddess INTO
frost, 10 exaspcrste indifference ino ranccur.
No, IL is to aggra,ate the' very esil OF which
we complain. Crinlipaion md ,eproaeh ira
not the natural instruments OF rctnciiiaticn.
Unjust reproSch inevitably csils forth and dc.
serves RESENTMENT; its aetistal Offspring arc
hatred ono revenge. l eannot waste words
upon an argument 10 prove that the first Of
human blessings 10 this country is Union. Z
must take this Tor gEn,,U and then L say,
Legislators Of America whether assembled
in,ne halls oi Congress, or in the Assem-.
bli.a OF the incivituol States; Whether exer-
eising the n.usis,r.cy delegated by tie peo-
pie tEd your consutunons, or that natural
mrgistrncy, which snsone ,itloous peep:e,
is the pvc,ogati,c OF genius sod virtue, desc-
gated by heaven, and operating by the ilfil-
cree oi your writings and examples let it
be your first study TO draw together these cl-
ements which are too loosely associs,ed--Pro.
mote spirit Of conciIia,ioE--solicn asper-
ties--cherish good understanding With your
neiyhbou,s--exhibit to them confidence in
their integrty-----an accommodating disro-
si,icn toward their interest," cheerlnlncss in
the support Of common hurhens a candid
acknowledgment of participation in common
cnjoymen,s--a SooSt hUnouf and bensvoit nee
such is seldom fills among n En- with lny st.
gree Of civilization 10 meet with a III. lc.
turn. Do not totally esusnge from tuch
other those whose common misfortune il is
not TO be closely enough allied. po'no, nlskc
national enemies oi thost who are not suiR-
cicntiy fellow ci,xens. DO not enkintle tsl.l
Iernal fury among those whose greatest want
lisa sufficient ardonr OF frate'nal sfiectiohs
There is no rera orrosi,ionoi microscopic
tween amy one part os this Union and ano,ser.
Nothing but disunion can create such ala err
position but that would CT cate il and in lis
train nn endless perspective ofSune nextinr uisa-
able war. Union is peace; and reate Is iib.
er,y. Dismemberinent would from iis origin
breed war and deslio,ism II single birth
When Burr ,snd blsnnerhasset were as-
tempting aprojet, u disuDion, 10 be lgtcscd
by division of the Westerrf States, they cir.
culated, in conve ersations and newspapers, tic
same excitemt nts among them 10 jealousy
and envy against their Atllntick sisters, MS
we find in these extracts against the strug-
gIers of the forests They urged that tlc
western peoplcwerc oppscssed Ly the con- >
inercial states !; that we had'madc them out
uibu,aries; tina, they had Paid a shca,y load
| OF taxes for our. benefit; thst the prodncs hf
fh,ir lands was applied 10 pay our debts; thht
| the national government was niihoEf energy,
and that from all this must follow within hse,
or even two years, me dissotufion Of Me ~.
ion. This laDguage was 'as plausible, and
not more dclusive than that held forth 10 oar
selfish PASSIONS IN the 4" Dangers of Ameri-
can Liberty" Dy partial and insiaious re-
presentaicn IL things, nothing can be more
easy than to paint any one part OF the Unioh,
as under cpprcssion from tire STA JUST res
presentation, wbicl drawsa candid balsncc Of
advantages and inconvenicnces, must PROVE
alike 10 every part, that the anchor of tEeir
salvation is Union that the last hopes ci inn
proeemept in the condition Of NTH, would
perish forever III oui Giyision. e fe"
Mr. Ancs, 10 the last our Of his life, ape
pears to have taken pride in considering
himself rs disciple oi the Washington
school OF Amcrie IN poiiiicks. i will not tt-
peat here the words Of that great man, in
which he cantons bis counliymcn ~ Ysins,alI
such addresses to their local plcjudi,cs srd
reciprocal ieaio,,sies es--Thcy have been so re.
cent. and SO often repeated in The putIick
prints, that they must be upon the me ncfy,as
! would they were in the hearts of ali ny reaS
dcrs. Between these sentiments and
those Of the" Dangers oi American Libeiiy."
the contract is too striking not 10 be pcrcciv-
cd by every person who will compare thers--
But in rerounciDg The. political principles Of
Washington, Mr.. Amcs could rot help re-
nouncing Eis own. These scorniul and coii-
tcmptuous structures upon the inhabitants Of
the Western States, how poor and unainisbIe
do they appear, when compared with those
beautiful passages In the speech upon the
treaty Of 1894, where he Urges the situations,
and the s.tercs,s of those very western peo-
pie as arguments for the appropriations re.
CURED by that Instrument. These passages
compose perhaps the finest specimen Of a.
merican cIoqucncc tha, ever was pronounced.
And in what docs their supcriour excellence
exist In what, butlhat ardent feIIow.leeling.
that blaze Of patriotism, that keen and vivid
participation in their dangers, and that car