The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1815-07-12
NEWPORT, WEDNESDAY, sJULY,rla,. ,.ls
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r. Inc social isae,, suph ks we SlSw Az, Is,
properly spsakios, aotting but ., eon.inpJ
strsggle, beywesn the Z Sire OF ruling, on the
one side, and the wist withdraw from syb-
Jvcton on the olherNnf.h Ste,t o., as-,, ,s,s
In the eyes uS. aarusans Of indehni,e
iibe'ynall paw,f la slt ever SO conbnedgs
Allegi,iwa,e in s rses oi the par,is9ns OF
sbsolAe goselpS sCi gGery species OF fbc rly,
be IT ever so tH l0 1913 az abuse. BY ihe
ice@cs Il canr9., 20 sgssiyed by What right
anys man eoulS sla,l ss TO govytn thcm--
sbe Iaater can9p' eNgst t wha, ,ishi any man
San. have 70 aiser3-1 ol ~ iimi's 10 their au-
llieshy. T1sS Ssas,b0D psinlains the perfect
equality OF all moe .is her 'be inmate pre-
tasatiye which so@, ss.sasp sp2ssess TO hold do
mlnicH over others. Dta. ~ aI,eflt ~
From this copne, of .aa aion and prcten-
sion have arisen our intesnnes divisions, and II
Is difhcult .while the imaginauc " rs influenced
by the horrors of those disordersslc arrive at
an impartial dsclsion in a discassion of this
nature. Each party is eager' 10 charge the
other with all the errors which have been
committed. Those whom the former state
OF things had placed over others impuic oil
our misfostunes 10 failure in submission on
the par, Of the latter, whilst the latter attribute
them to the arbitrary privileges OF the former
aud TO their obslIna,y in defending such alb
surd and ridiculous privileges. a
, 10 be impartial on such a sublcc, a ineh
should be able to diyest himself Of all kinds
of pre- ludice should transport himself 10 idea,
into future ages, and even in this case should
be Ignorant oithe historical results and divest
himself OF The Irresistible propensity OF judg.
ing OF evcty thing by the event. & I'll .5.
= IL is true that this manner al deciding most
questions is, in some respects, justified, on
account Of the errors TO which abstract theory
always leads. The revolution furnishes mel.
sncholly proof ofthls 10 future ages, tbst was
prepared by volumes Of publications po'e,y
philosophical; the mind, raised by the eApec'
la,on of degree Of happiness I'LL then un-
known made excursions into the regions -
fancy. We thought that we Maid 'aold OF
the phantom of national felicity. Welbousht
il was possible to ob,aiD.a repnbhc without
anarchy; on unlimited liberty .wnhout disor-
der perfect ~ stem OF equality WITHOUT lac
tons Experience has unds cciycd Us mos,
cruelly. What re mains to vs after 40 many
cbimeres vsipiy pnrsued Regrets, prejudi-
ccs against all k,nd Of perfection The diaeour-
agemeut OF q muitAude Of good men, who
have, at length, seen he inutility OF their CT
fous You, men Who wished to be Tree, have
failed. and OF ccnsrQuence oil the crime Will
be imputed to you Kuu are guilty persons, to
whom pardon IS Professionally oHered--on the
condition Of taking b.ch your !ormer chains,
rendered polr nea,y by sense ot pilde,
wh,ch iept for such a long time IN a state OF
humine'ion, aud now awake, 10 the name oil
heaven, dipped in the spirit Of revenge. .s
And wha, during the revolutionary siorin
has been the conduct OF those men who would
bring you back yoer chains Have they, in
deed, right TO accuse others of evils which
they hay. suffered lsit not TO themselves
that the name Of assassin aud Of regicidc is
applicable, which they SO prodigally layisl; on
you (? And do they no, resemble those pick
pockets, who, that they may turn tho .suspic-
ion from themselves, cry out, "Stop thiei =
with louder voice than any other, whilst
they are looking for an opportunity OF losing
themselves in the crowd
What say those traitors, are not those
who have voted for the death OF the king the
rcgicides No, the regcides are the persoos
who took up arms against their native country.
II is yourselves who sre.--The others have
voted as judges spponted by the nation, anc
are not obliged to account for their Judgement
to any one. If they fell int an error they are
in tho same circumstances as other Judges
who have erred. They have erred together
with tho entire nation which provoked that
Judgement, and urged as i, were, by thousands
of addresses, sent in from the departments
and from the districts. They have erred 10
common with all the nations 10 Europe who
treated with them, and which would be, at
this very day, in peace with them, had Dot tho
one, as we'll as the others, been equally The
victims Of a new upstart. -.
But you, sirs, vino return after the storm 10
over, how DO you pretend to justify yourselves
for having 80 unnercifuIIy refused your as
sistsnce to that king whom you sheetio la.
meni--you, TO whose cupidity he sscrlheed
the resources Of the public ireusury--you
who by the pcr6dy Of yoar eounscls dew HIN
into labyrinth from which he could not DC
extriea,ed bat by your own proper enof.s