The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1815-07-12


.:d D. cyAs. on.tin 70 do him 4 lns orr;
for 1, /. done ,hroash b friendship of The great
obligations of gratitude, or in confederation of
nis n,crit, or from the expectation that good
will 5e the result, or from fear, OF IRON this,
thAt a man nay be forced when be Is not dis
posed 10 comply with good will, or because
one suffers hi,nself 10 be dszzled Ny hopes or
Nv promises, or, ss we have often seen, IN the
RsuubIic because one is gained over by
eribc," f x,
..Now, the best WAY OF preserving wha'ev-
er nor.isn ol Gre dir and consideration we may
haaoaato possess, is 10 make ourselves beloy-.
ed, aud The WORSE, is 10 make ourselves reared
M,r as l, Is very happily expressed, Men
hate those whom they fear, aud desire to see
nose perish whom tney bate" Though We
h. not known from any other SCARCE that
,herc is nelhec power nor grandeur woicn
can hold out asains: the pubic ha'fca, may
which we have seen would nave taugnt't So
us. But The assinaLion OF that yrani lN.Isaf)
who has oppressed the republic 2y the loree
Of his armsr and who sMll Rolas u IN scrvni
ude, though he is dead, 10 not the sole exam
pie which has clearly proved now per"'c1ous
ma s..., " xne marc cxaI,cd rank is1he Pob.
lie hatred. We see IL, besides, In the end. Of
all the other ,yrants sho have, almo,t with
out exception, petishcd 10 the same manner
We must acknowledge, iiset eiorc, that hatred
is bu. an indifferent gusrsntes Of long life;
and that, on the contrary there is no guard 50
safe as that of love and even that there - no
s.a,s of3old safety but that. 4 q .,4..,l
/" Let us leave severity and cruelty 10 those
who think they may hare OCCASION torits, Tor
the purpose of keeping in subject ION pco'
pie whom they have oppressed by torce Us
for those who enjoy the bensbts ot cavll aod
political freedom, they cannot possibly adopt
n moro inconsidefate line OF conduct thau 10
behave in such nanosr as 10 cause themsel.
yea 10 be feared for elthough the laws ate
a, Il " tre, buried under the power OF an IN
dividuAl, md hat liberty is conhoed through
fear, they sometimes raise their lead and
because tho people give hinls whA, their SEN
timents are wthout any formal explanation,
and that By egreement they raise AT once TO
the sovereign magistracv persons quaiiho 10
d'aw the republic rom oppression now the
rc,urn Of liberty, Yhich lay under restrain,
and Is interrlpIed, causes itself 10 be much
,nore cruely teit han any thing which the
people might suffe; has il been pern,itted TO
subsist:
W. see ,ha, the welt known clemency OF
Cpsar did not preveis his oe,ng regarded AS
o Iyra5t, and tha, tho attack made on his per-
son .was approved Of Cato went much
further iength-he thought that good King
was an impossibilly.
:, Ifit be adyanscd, That the doctrine oil Pagan
authors ought to be rejected by us,,i would
ask, why the sacred writing which are full Of
the same doctrines, serve US foundation tor
public instruction But If We are inclined TO
draw our maxims Of government from the
sacred solnmes, IL will be much woCse. The
doctrine Of King killing will be found establish
ed by the prophets, and kings selecledas the
scourEes Of fGoc--families murdered, and the
people exterminated, by the order Of the All
Powsrful----a furious intolerance preached
up by the Ministers of that Lord who is. full
OF compassion.
No,wi,hstanding this ineffsbls doctrine,
which TO all appearances, Princes do not much
read, but which Priests read very often, and
which tSe Jesuits know by heart, IL IL justly
established ae n principle among civilized ma.
lions, that thc person Of the King should be
sacred and iovioiaole but the tuesning and
application are not well determined; one, for
instance, asks if this maxim takes place only
In the case ofle climate So,ereigns, OF wheth-
sons Of Csofpers Another iaQ lires, what is
that positive distinction between an vUsurper
and ale climate King II 10 demanded wheth.
CT we ara TO ress j as sscsed and inviolable
thosesp'inees ia whose eyes nothing was ever
es'ceme I rs sscred and ,nviolsble. Whe,her
Iibsrasa, Sardanralus,a Nero, Caligula,
Hs!iosaboius, an A,tls, Chilperic, Free
d'gonde, 81 lsabeaa Of Bavaria, Mahomct, a
Ch'istssn, Pc;srthe Cruel,a Sextus Quintus,
an Alexander the w. SC. SC. SEC. ougnt to be
considered rs soyereigns whose persons are
inviolable and sacred It may be asked is,
Mh;n there were at Rome two, three, and four
.Empccors, at the same time, elected at once
by as many armies, all THOSE Empcrors ought
70 be considered sacred and inviolable, -
These questions, and a great number' of
others OF similar kind, respecting which men
are killing each other since, the beginning of