The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1811-04-03
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basis OF liberty, II VIII De our uhoeasinS u"'|
| TO watch over the steps oil our poli,icai opPo'
ncnts. Party spirit that has unhaDpiiy grown
10 such gigaDtck stature is making DALI ell
for;s to paralyze the energies OF the govern
men, and destroy the efficacy oil our national
institutions The feuds OF arnachy and the
restless dupes Of disappointment have since
the morning of ;heir political growth been
striving 10 irri,ate the prejudiccs OF the weak
and inhame the minds OF the credulous,every
ar, that dispair and disappointment could sug-
pest has found way into their operations, and
all the constitutional bitterness OF faction has
been spen, upon the officers OF the Executive
and Legislative Departments. AT this time
!, behoyes us to come forward and in the mild
but distinguished voice of liberty declare our
selves the friends and supporters OF our gov
eminent, TO proclaim to the community and To
the world that we value the blood OF our faith
ers and duly estimate the prize it gained. We
daily and almost hourly hear the delusivc songs
of federalism chanting from the hightoned
organs of her members, and we see the names
of Washington, Montgomery and Warren,
written upon their whited sepulchres to de-
ccivc the unwary and catch the unstable eye
of fatal credulity, while treachery 10 Rcpub-
lican institutions, ard devotion to the interest
of European Cannibals turks in every avenue
In solemn procession they march to the star
OF their country and chanl their unhaIlowed re
QUEENS TO the spirit OF departed worth. They
bow to the genius Of liberty and PROSTATE
themselves before the father of their country,
while malice to the one and the most damna-
bic mockery of the other pervates their gen.
eral conduct ; shall the vigilance of RepubIi-
cans cease ? and shall the exertions of Ameri-
cans languish for moment upon the lap of
inactivity Examine, fellow citizens, the
traits of character exhibited so your disgust
ed senses aud while you recoil from the ma
lignant picture, remember that your exertions
are the earnest OF yoursuccess, and that with
ont diligence on your part to discharge the
duty you owe your country, your situation is
inevitable and your abascment confirmed.
now, ieliow-citzens, as member Of this
great and distinguished union, address my
self to your judgment. address you not in
the language of fable and in a system OF un:
tried theory, but in the voice Of reason and
from the establishments of practice. You
have long witnessed the growing consequent
ces of your country; you have enjoyed peace
and every blessing which freedom OF speech
and conscience can secure to you. You have
truly in the course of your enjoyment met
with temporary privation. But reflect for a
moment'that the God of nature never design
ed for mortals an uninterrupted enjoyment oil
felicity, lest by an ignorance Of adversely they
would lose knowledge Of their dependence
on him. And In the nature Of things TO sup
pose season OF uninterrupted sunshine is as
vain, as in the nature of divine revelation to
hope for the heaven without assuming the
cross OF our blessed saviour. You have seen
your country "rise from the smallest begin
nings" to its present stale And TO say that
state is not enviable even to the proud tyrant
OF the ocean or the mad assertor of ambitious
unPenial rights, is what none will pretend.
Has modcin federalism achieved this mighty
work Did she nerve the arm Of our immor-
tai patriot, did she steel the manly besoms of
cur fore fathers or did she inspire our shat
tered and uniecblcd ranks to plunge them
selves into the hottest place of battle and try
the ordeal OF British cruelty and all these
10 erect this molly fabrick, at once the man.
sion OF peace and safety, and temple of re-
ligion dedicated to your God. You saw with
gladful hearts, and with g,atitude's incest
feelings, yonr matchless hero placed at the
head of your political fountain, directing Il
streams of Republican majesty in what di-
rection to flow. During his reign, the fierce
un5rided tongue of faction, cleayed to ils
unhallowed domain.
1t is the nature of the human mind to re-
coil from an immediate exhibition of gross a.
postaey from established principle. But were
a demolition OF virtue is slow in it's progress,
and its progenitors determined in their dead
y work, gradual compliance with their de.
lcterious motives is to be prevented alone by
v'gllant warning of their danger. While
Washington lived, Hamilton and Picker
ing siifled their inbred principles of monar-
chy and restrained the licentious feelings of
destructive Ambition. Nothing but con-
vincing sense that open disgrace and the foul
est infamy would attach itself to their me n. o.
ry, operated as acurb upon the ruling pas
sion Of our most prominent loyalists They.