The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1810-01-03
AMUSING MISCELLANY.
FHoM THE ANTHOLOGY.
Original Letters, from an .Hmerican 7r~peller
IN Eurohe, 10 his friends ia this country.
LETTER TWENTY FOURTH.
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s. Asyou leave Rimini, you coast along the shores
OF the Adratick, till you reach Ancona, a distance
OF sixty or seventy miles. The view Of this sea pre-
senting horizon to the east and SOUTH limited only
BY the corvexity of the earth, cnvincd and diycrs
he'd by vessels sailing in every drection while at the
same time, the anslprospcct is variegated with hills,
and covered with olive trees aud yincyars. produces
combination ct scenery, truly enchanting. Moth
ing is more beautiful than the Italian fashion of build
ing their cities upon the tops of the mountains.
Whether the idea of superiour salubrity in a hot
climate, or security from those attacks. to which
these unhappy people have been the constant prev in
all ages, induced tEem TO this mode of building. is
unimportant all which the traveller knows, is the
delightful effect and could not refrain from re-
marking, thar if they had done il to beau,ify the
country, for the qualification Of strangers, they could
not have paid them happier or more agreeable
compliment These mountains, the Appcnincs, are
almost universally cultivated, shaded with forests of
olives, are decorated with vines
Asaong these hills, near Rimni, and wishin view
OF the road, stands the celebrated republick of ST.
Marino which owes more than half its reputation to
The eioquencc OF Mr. Addison, who visited and tes-
produces great changes in the affairs of men, and o
course in opinions. 1t was mighty fashionable and
pretty thing for literary men, in Addsons day and
snc", TO write sweet sounding sentences about a
species of liberty which nobody had tried, and Of
course nobody understood. The practical lessons
'~'' ''"'S e~ebhe U.s. Tic part OF tnat
same century, has given birth to new and more cor
rect opinions on that subject. We agree, that al
though It may be possible for seven thousand Door
fsSowcrs without property, without commerce, with
that sort OF real equality which arises from general
Indulgence, as is the case al St. Marino, 70 maintain
mere democracy, yet that the thing is perfectly Uto
pian in apopulous, rich, and growing nation, were
property must be unequal, where the ~als and the
fences must be secures in proportion to thc value of
the treasure they contaio That free epublick can
be maintained even in countries Of the last descrip
tioa is true, but not thar Of cree republek which
Mr.. Addison, Dr. Moore, and. other writers who
have thought and reasoned, rather than ft, upon
Che subject, would give US. I, must be free rcpub-
lick, with sufficient stability, energy and force. to
resist the spirit Of democracy and faction. TO prc
serve the rights OF person and property, and which
does not owe its strength, to the mere force Of popu
hr opinion u'ing never fixed, often erroneous, and
even when right frequently upon improper grounds.
But what dish of poIitieks am serving up, out
of so small materials as the little rcpublick sf ST.
Marino. II is like the French or Italian cookery, SO