The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1813-01-07

I his personal L0crly--he avllis Ia ie bosoC
| Of his hmily-his hard.caned pittanoe is dis
triboed among that familywi. ccnjuga
and pasen.al affection which even blunls IN,
| sting of nlisery-he has partner to sooth'
and Tighten his cares, and children 10 engage
and share his affcc,ions--whiIe the serspl
Hope buoys up his spirits with the prospec
of happier times. The IMPRESSED Amcri
can, on the contrary, is separated from every
friend and connexion dear in life--thc &c
membrance Of friends, of relatives, Of par
eats, perhaps of wife and children, and OF
that LIBERTY which is his birth right, serves
bu, to render more poignant the misery of
his condition---he is made the abject slave OF
unfeeling task-inasters forbidden TO set his
foot ever upon land and is compelled TO la
Dor, 10 light and risk his life, in the service
OF foreign tyrant, and in a contest against
his own country, iD WHICH he may become
the unconscious murderer of father, OF a
brother, and perhaps. of son This is no
action, but sober reaiy--truths which would
Dc verified by the at,es.ations of THOUSANDS
of impressed Americans, were they permit.
led 10 return 10 their native land
Shall they not be permitted to return
Nay, shall not the tyrant of the seas be COM
Try, and to the rights of freemen, those OF
our brethren whom he holds In abiect slave.
ry AMERICANS 'tis for you TO decide.
The last earthly hohe of these eatombed AZ
mericans, these WHITE SLAVES, rests upon
the effort now making by your government to
elect their emancipasion--to reanimate them
with life. Will you blast this hope, and con-
sgn them to despair If so, Join the oppo-
sers OF your government--abet the enemy
cry hecce heaee white your brethren are
writhing in excruciating tor,ure--and you
viii merit, as you cannot fail 10 receive, their
dying curses, and the execrstions of the civ
ilized world. Have you brother or a friend
among these wrctchcd sufferers II you
have not, strive 10 peipetuate the acursed
practice OF irypressment, aud you may, as a
Judgment for your monstrous depraviiy, yet
Coont among its victims ,hose most dear 10
you IN life---perhaps an only son. Submit 10
imprcssmeut, and the practice will not long
De confined 10 tue ocean fleets will enter
your waters prcss-sangs VIII parade our
streets, and, without adding whit to the
enormiiy oil the crime, will drag their vic.
tlins from the sanctuary of the parental roof,
AMI from the embraces ot "a wife pctrihed
With grief Where is the misanthrope that
could behold such scene unmoyed Yel
tell Us, ye upho!ders ot BRUSH iniqu.y,
wherein lies the difference, in principle, |
whether your son is torn from your dwelling,
or kidnapped upon the ocean You complain |
II your sons are called upon 10 65ht for your |
Iountry, 10 protect your property and your |
rights, aud 10 avense the wrongs of the Ma.
lton; and yet you can view with complacen-
~. tyi ha ll.Je enr
lerings Of thousands Of your brother frcemen,
wnosare eomheHea by the enemy 10 fsht a. I
gaisst Hc.r connry--can kiss The rod that la |
oerates lhem--.anG invent excuses for the !
cpaduct OF the rnlscreant3 who thus outrage |
Sery feeling that gives dignity 10 man. If |
we cannot lay Just Claim to the appella:ion of |
q Friends 10 Peace, Liberty and Commerce"
without wading through this mire of subn,is-
abandoning 10 despair and to
iie OF slavery, Americans, who have the |
,aae relish for, and right 10 liberty as your
selves /; and the same claims upon the pro-
eGion OF the government--apd without JUS
.iying and abctting q practice which is not
osrated by laws either human or divine---if !
We say, none but men who can GO all this,arc
xohhy to be called" Friends of Peace, Lib.
srty and Commerce." God forbid that we
should ever merit the sppellation. We new
declare, that we are the ardent
friends OF peace--such peace as our Presi-
lcm has proffcred 10 the Government of G.
Brisin--a peace which shall recognise our
and 6 guarantee the rightS Of IL
nercan scamen : Such peace, and such an
'ne only, would be cheertully embraced by |
,very mar in the Republican party.