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

Pohey Oh our government MID be pursueds uii Na
na'arai 'e"densis' are acet ;AsAed."
We remember that eTk were among the
last hutterings Of nesaeiA system in run :.
But when upon this paNs,k vc find noe
at the bottom OF the pasA inrorn,ing the
reader that Mr.. Ames "coulA scarcely speak
oi his children, during the iFsf fer nonshs Gf
his kje, without expressing his deep apprc-
tensions Of their future seryitude To the
French" We ask whether the annosasor
means it as sarcasm upon the passage, or u
recommendation of the sentiment 1t CON"
tains M t.,sit.ytr
We are told by the hiographicel euioGist
that MIR. Ames had read Virgil, in the org
inal, within two We, ~ of his death with ih-
creased delight How much is II to be ia-
mented that the admirable mixture oi phi-
losophy and poetry in the Ceorp'SHs naa no.
produced the effect of cogsosi"s ms "iho
to some portion of trar1uii'y''~
c.g,. o,,; s..af rerrm cognoscerc casssas !;
a., ,r-as ofsnis ef incrsrabiic jaftsm s,
Sub@eai pedi5as, streptuaqus s3ehero'ris avars!
Hmm mon pspuh fares, non pv,pura rsywm
/ FYcaSf, Ct iasSdcs ugytans 1sssmvfia frafres
.isa coNj,gafo desesndens Dacis a6 ihssro.
Noas~s Ro'nanae peraera9ne rsgne.
The sense OF this passage, SO opposite %
the direful aamentAions oi Mr.. Ames, may
be rendered more accurately by "a parapbrasc
than by any cxistng translaiion--the follow
ing will convey ue substance oil the ideas
How blest the man, whose philosopher mind
The real co,ses Of events can find!
who spurnI base feSr, defes the bolt Of chance
No ravesef Hell Lkrocracy, and France.
NJ. 49, ,urrobes not Srforss .,i c.,,.
Not yeady suffrage sfll convulse his frame
His drsAms shape oi iBuonspartc scares
His oAildrehs' limbs no pAsntom Prenchman tears.
Upnov'd he views thd vSnt's Transient sway,
AID smiles at iron crowns nd E~pires Of day,
4 This, however, was notAe good fort,nc
of Mr.. Ames. The cxtracNS in this paper.
are but few, out of many, whiN, from am 81.
tentivc perusal might be collectd "a, and which
indicate the state of his mindsw.cn ,hee
were written. 1t was a proverbAl exprrs.
sion among the sncients, that |" fer wa. q
bad counsellor" and certainly so il
pvoved to Mr.. Amcs. For !, totally broke
Gown that genuine independence Of sfri,,"
which in his speech against Mr.. MadlSn'e
resolutions in 1894, he had called upon us,c
assert. .-4fs ~
II was this fear, which, mingling with the
his imagination to the British navy, as tho
only hope Of salvation To mankind from the
Tartarus of France and democracy In hx-
ing the attention OF the reader on these pare
ticuar paasages, 10 which shall conHne this
paper, wish him TO indulge me with few
remarks, which shall make as short as pos.
siblc, and leave them to his own medtations.
| .NFirst--Excessive terrour is sentiment as
l by< <,r ~ ,,,.h.
| coming In man. As a basis for politics.
! system, it is utterly incompatible with any
| prctension to independence.
! Secondty--A man ne. pgrhaps be allova
TO .frar, more for his children than for hirpsif
but he ought to bring them up in the fef OF
nothing but OF God To teach pusillsinity
| by rule, ID il to make your. children y'!aras
| if they were not born such. in C"ehles
tragedy Of the Horatti, when u.;9en-
| ger Informs the father that two. IA Aed
h.d been killed and the us.;or. over
he breaks out, not into lag.s;n., The ia,
the dead. but into indignatiqaSt "a what ho
kgativc SURVIVOR and wh1 :, ,hrec. his am.
would have him do, one S,d" This is
sser is" he should N ~ contract in
thAsubIimc- Of sentiiM ,av serve as
the wtract from MI E.me' '"'
A%.iean &c sas instead Of asking IN ,!., you.
/ hearts " s.hps or children are to DC feseu'
ed from snssar,c eon,e,g,ion 3 sy = '"s s.a",d %r
be ne4essarl 70 die tr their country. axe
your lesson 6 parcnt, affection as Wen esos
n,triotick yiri from ,orneil!e's Romans anu
! not moi from the f:,hless sicnd., who nave =,
vulgcd the wckncss Of Mr. Ame's "'s
| hours.