The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1811-01-02
NY A MEMBER Optic QUIzzTCAL SOCIETY.


CANIO i,-lOHcludfd.
IN vain now invoke my muse,
Still does the arrant jade refuse;
A .engtb, compeil'd 10 grope along
Il half prosaick, clumsy song,
I,Dump my pase--then bite my pen
Arra'gn old eighieen hnd'edten
TO stand committed on the charge
O. ti.ing JrfIraGsts al large
Wnicn, wlth some others, is prefcrrd
81 many of the royal herd;
Not Laons( 10y, yse's or poie-cats,
BIZ; feIerai 1,issocrats.
M rad, of spe hcations
Conclude this bundie of notations
IN which each crinie's arranged impartial,
And pourtr.y'd a-la-mode court -n.rtial.
To sh,w my brsthre, that they're all
Worthy Vi notice, great and small,
Til here repeat the charges 10 We,
Their mighty consequence to hcw ye--
To wi, :--Pur iahty To those
Who're c-id republicans, demos
And despoti.n,'s deadly foes.
Yrs, the yea eighteen hundred ,,n,
Oar eonst nj enemy has been
Though we we're ola BY our confessor(I3k
s1'wouid lar excel it's predecessor,
An,i witness 90 ~end'rng world,
ID noorac. Z oblivion huli'd.
A,s, oow false! th' Emdaryof fver
NJ sooner t,n7id, thar sunk forever
Were all ue castles which we'd raisds
Ar,rbians t,as mother Britain pra'.'d.
Despsr succeeded sanguine hope,
And broke IN tw ain our sandy rope;
A host Of opposition rose,
b. 4 o.ck our tlnks with deadly blows
gsrmoni FIRST boldly led the van,
M-de choice Of Demos to 3 man;
TIE ted'raiists from office fois,ed,
Who're only worthyt0 be hoissed( l4).
.Ncre-H -Hampshire next deserts our ranks,
l.nlic'd away by ais years praI!ks
And notwitistand.ng we'd Jssi.
Oh .hassaclusetis gone at last.
Rhode is'ondtoo, and Deiarrare
Have catch ii their noses Ia the snare
And our hast hope, Connecticut,
BY Late accounts appears all but
But what ! Oh, hornd TO relate
All but demscrdtick State.
Behold, to mike the chain complete,
York's and Rhsae- Islands fingers meet,
T'leir arms extended o'er the heads
OF that hst.bed of sturdy feds,
Connecticut, who's aately bosnd
3us, ike hog or mule IN pound.
E'en in the councils of tie nation.
W. hold mose degraded station
Than whes', in eighteen hundred nine,
Oul thund'nng eloquence, divine,
Bade ignorance oppose the lsws(l5),
And anarchy opc wide her jaws,
Kindlcd rebellion by nod,
AMI held the ,siper Greys"( l6) arod,
Ger the devoted heads of those
Who dar'd declare themselves the foes
OF smnggkrs and confederalions,
OF nriss of Ill nam, and nations,
In opposition To the rules
l. IA Gown IN good cid Jedrai schoots(17),
Bat now--oh, torineat, To De check'at
NJ longer W. command respect,
Our nsgnifcance appears
Most slaring IN this worst Of years:
THIS year OF woes the vilest traitor
To our tong -,s,naed sfaunch de6oter(l8 l8).
Who boldly dAred 10 declare, ,-u
|" Britain ne er nym'd us a hair :"
A man, whose Il ming pr med sbeeches
Wouid f,ea Duehmon's leather breeches.
That so much wortli should he despis'd,
Is what we leas, OF ali surmis'd.
Alas this curst, ungratcful year,
II = cost the mother country deal
H. 6rapess champions defeated,
And firm 81 advocates brow heated,
Appear ds spending at the sight
Ot toryism's darkca night
Tlus, friends, yon sac that raadour guides
NJ through the year with rapid strides
A ID that It's not yonr cause alone,
Which have VOLUNTEERED to moan,
But dsappoiated England s---Oh!
!" Ii makes me feel III over so"
She, by presenting us her bc!f
fear has rmned hcscTQ9)s
And lost to her is all the guild
For which our country has heen cold
In spite of her aavr1ces, never
Can we expect to shake or serr
a Union, which the frmer binds
As We disclose our dark desigas.
Here let me pause--here Let me waie
Til rccollectlon fills my pate
1s'i mem'r, drags before my mind
1>se atful intiigucs we've desgn'd
'Ganst country. liberty and right,
For which we've s,eo,n "a nerer fyhf
Then will gain resume my moan,
And DER oai gloomy prospects groan.
NUThS.
(l2) "Nof Lions, tigers, or poie-cats"
era'iss do not possess he msgnanm,y Of the
and are, therefore, unworthy of the appella.