The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1810-08-22

name. when his noisy, but insignificant Ca
iumniators are lorgotton "nd buried in obliyi.
on, Madison win be RENE mbered from age to
age, as the orisin,l and comPre hensive ecni-
us, as the consummate civilian and scholar,
as the writer OF elsasick elega and purity,
and as a reasoner of the preeminent class Of
Hume and Paley. All his ardent virtues,
all 6is unrivaied talents arc conccn,c rcd and
devoted TO the service of his country. Yet
you are exhorted by your federal advisers TO
distrust your President 10 withdraw fom
him your confidence and support as a weak
and wicked man, or both. AS if they, with
their puny hands, could veal the power of
this country more to its advantage, than u
Madison One feels struggle between the
emotions of Indignation and laughter, al such
impudent and ridiculous vanity. The address
10 the Freemen of this State by Jne Of the
federal Candidates, circulated in Pamphlets
and Newspapers, to get himself rc-eiected 10
Congress, is a curious monument ot the con-
tempt in which, he holds your understandings,
and of the grossness of the ariiices, which he
conceils will answer to dupe you into his sup
port, against that of your own Candidates.
You are the friends of Administration, the
.Adi,linistration are your lriends,you mutually
conhdc In and support each other. Mi. POI
te: is the enemy of both. and mis- object Is 10
break this connection. Hegcomes with his
pamphlet and tells you you have misplaced
your confidence. SANhat are his motives
Any regard for you! Not the leasl,--out 10
serve his own ends aud those of ais party.
Were you 20 become the dupes OF his arti-
fice he would be the first 20 xugn at your
Jolly, and openly to triumph in the Gex,erity
of his management. Were my enemy. ani
the enemy of my friend, TO come to me win
a tale as .inst ta~l friend, should be very
cautious how listened to hinl,---I s,,Guid
ns;-ect that he 'oeanpto poison ouI fricnl-
ship 10 crafty ,io ,nnily &C, 10th. : If saw
that the spccious lie Was palpabiy framed 10
answer his o IN private selfish ends, should
at once treat il with disdAin. The case is
parallel. You have not a more, determined
enemy; nor have your friends in the Admin-
istratiLn ;--the pamphlet is obviously desisi-.
ed 10 set you al variance, and the rcby~ to a.
YOUR his election, to give him AN opportunity
and the means Of acting with greater eiiec,
against both. Do You doubt bis hostility, his
ranoorous hostility to your friends III the A@-
-mnistration The pamphlet teens from be-
ginning to end with the proofs OF it. The
whole communication is tinctered strongly
with his spleen az aims, * bitter dislike ofyour
friends. The grounds On which he inlers
eensure, shews that he Was bent at all events
on elimination and that II he could not find
the occasions, he would make them. He
would have you condemn and desert your
friends in Congress, not on the grCund OF,
Laws they passed, but Oh the ground Oi laws,
which, they did not pass---laws which were
proposed but rejected. He would have you
transfer the blame of cur commercial injuries
from the belligercnts to our own governmenr
He even makes II the fault oi government.
that the iederaists defeated The embargo,
though they had the aid OF all the New Eng
land State Authofities 70 enable them 10 TO il.
But what Is more. extraordinary, he ,woul0
make government responsible for.sthc pro-
duct1eness OF commercial cntcrprize 10 the
revenue OF the codntry. lie imputes TO the
government partiaiity TO France, though nc
is very careful TO resent. the mpntation oil his
own parliality to England If he is conscious.
of being injured by this imputation, ought
not charity to have taught him that govern
ment might be equally injured by the oppo-
site imputation. 1t he claims credence to
his disavowal Of the imputed partiality, why
does he refuse ii to the d.savowal Of govern
ment. The chargers much more plausibly
supported against himself Though he. admits
q. Britain has done us much injury, he
speaks very tcndery Of. here conducl,--he
throws mantle over it by the generality of
his expression. He does not fcel--is careful
not TO excite one sentiment Of hostility to-
wards her. Our own government he crimi-
mates on all occasions, and in all particulars in
the spirit Of bitter and vindictive hostility
In the disputes between our government and
England, he has thrown his weight into the
English scale. II was the interest of Eng
land to raise our embargo, he co-opera,ed
with them who compelled our government to
raise it. The Ministers of England insultcd
our govetnment he took the side of that
minister He says he could not. see the in-
suit, in that perhaps he is not to be bla-
med, but certainly he is to be piticd. Still,if
Mr.. Potter is exempt from all British paf,isli-