The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1811-05-01


The frs, is, tie positive declaration 'is' 'he
execution of the laws" II persisted III, m"s',
and at all events spiu 6e resisted {. @se
sisted hox ? Ony way only remains nc
laws were constitutonaiy enacted. ihsy
have received the sanction OF the Fiesiotnt.
Congress has adjourned. The lime io' oe-
liberation has passed. Resistcnce can no ion-
gerbe made in the regular course dhe.',d
by that constitution, which every 9th, la .n"f'
acter has sworn I'D support. II canho, be si-
fec ed by petition and remohslssnct--INiS
course is impossible. toRCE then, ofe",.@~-
tess, Ehyscal Jorce, L. The only rfSisf9"ed
which can prevent the execution OIL the laws.
The ludicialy, once the boasteo lualdiah ot
your par,y's Iights--justice, once the eh'hl-
pop oi your interests and youf hoiauf, .ie
oespised and abandoned. lhe lsst spptsl -
now 10 be made 10 violence aud arms WIN
no pretence that the law exceeds 'hs i,bhl-
mate powers ot Congress, and not denying
that il is az much entitled 10 respect ano ooe-
dicnce as any other Jaw IN the statute booN,
but merely because il interdicts a trade WIN
Great Britain and her colonies, Is ~ be resis-
ted at every h, zard--snd the government shd
all the constituted aulhoiities oi tie county,
prostrated in the dust. W hat, give ne leave
TO ask, is the definition ol insurgency, rebel
lion, treason, but such open Z, sistanee TO me
law as The foregoing resolution proposes
For what is il that the memory oil Shays y
now holden in abhorrcnce, but this same spi''
rt of resistance 10 the law !---Why WAS u
that Fries Was twice convicted OF u capilai
crime and finally condt mned TO execu'lon,
but the same acIuai resistance, which thosc
resolutions declare must and riN take place.
IL ,.II ko nnlp
Fanueil-hall might be filled by men whom
your glowing eloquence could enrasc to tins
daring violation OF peace and order, that this
law had nevertheless its advocates and iricnus
---mep to whom the country and its advocates
are dcseryedly dear--men who beheVe the
oath they have taken 10 support the constl,u-
tion, would demand the hazard OF then ives
ior the inviolabic preservation OF every Nv
which the government oneots. Ii conio hoe
be unknown to you, that nslstcnce TO ,h's Nv
must be made through the existence oi NO
COVE and tina, the constitution anu the
law would expire with the same wound Nor
could you be ignorant, that before TINS law
could be successfully resisted, the blood of
many Americans must stain. the sacrUcgioes
hands of which it was opposcd---ihat me
strife of civil war must frs desolate cur ci.
OF our valuable fellow citizens be sacrihetd
in desperate conflict with the strong arm of
the state If you were serious in ad'ota,ing
the resolutiors which you SO sieEuousiy
supported, these and the myriad oil other
evils which the bare suggestion oil open re-
sis,ence 10 the law crowds upon the Inind,
must have been present TO your view. II you
we're serious, did say !, is Impossible TO
believe that the great responsibility attached
10 this name Of the Presideh, OF the Senate,
could be lent in support Of paper resolutions
which he and his harty did not htdrHfy af-
hroue. What then are we 10 think of me pa"
trioli.m Of your party What is your boas'ed
attachment 10 the constitution w nat your
regard to the union of the States when you
personally appear the advocate OF opposition
to the law, denouncc it as unjust, tyrannicai
and oppressive, and declare that H muSf oe
rcSisfcd.
Again, give me leave to enquire zuho are
The men by whom the law OF the "a Marcn
" nust and will be resisted z" Are they like
yourself, distinguished by the honours OF tho
people, elevated by the same, by talents and
by fortune Have they, as you have families,
and friends, children and dependents VIII
they put all these on the hazard OF civil war
Are they SO sick OF lie, with all the spien'
did charms by Which it surrounds them, that
on the desperate chance OF success they Will
venture every thing most dear What adj
vantage TO such men would be an opposition
TO law, which il unSuccess/ni, would be term
ed rebellion, and if successful, would be re-
yoIution TO you sir, and to men elevated
like yourself, revolution would be poverty,
and rebellion would be death. Do you ex-
poet that the yeonianry OF our country viii
Join in the cry Of deuunciation, and leave
tteir farms and their families to resist the
execution Of the law VIII the Mechsnick,
the Manufacturer, or even the Merchant,
qu, the fair prospects which peace and tran.
guilty present, to run the doubtful chance Of
better times, by resisting the orders OF the