The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1815-12-06

the safety Of The Prince. Those desires,end
itose fanu,ical passions which would have
disturbed an order Of things so auspieicts %
the general good, would gradually have 'htd
away, or have been los, in the emptiness q
an intellectual opposition. Your suby IS
would have submitedto TO your laws whatever
their opinions nigh, have been, OF ibeir io'-
mer condition. The Republican or the I'M
peria pa,,y Is no longer 10 bs feared ihe
mass o he nation wish only for ibeIiy and
ueneuili,y. Foreign Cebincis, in seeing
Frene hmen raIis round your throne, would
have limited preiension, which then you
might have wrhstood.
The CONSTITUTION hayIng rendered us &C.
sponsible Cor the acts Of your sb,hoIiiy,awe
proposed 10 regoa,e j, by those principles
which We have here unlolded. We soch bad
to s,ruggie with The ignorta.ce, the passions,
ADD The persons who surrounded you they
soon begsn 10 inermeddlc with thc Govern
nent. Orders were given and measures
doped i. whieB we did no, participate. Roy
ol CommiSsaiies went pnd kipdled civil war
in the provinces, gave the arms 10 the sedlt!
ous, directed their feroci,y against peaceful
ci,izens, and spread around terror md dis
may They easily succeeded 5u.this, whcp
they announced iha, foreignetstpawerc thcirN
aux.Iiaries, when thty proisne Tie name ct
your Majesty, by Invoking it in,,beir address
SEES, and when in the South, which Foreigners
did not yet occupy, ,heypermit,ed the en-
trance of eighty thousand Spaniards. a
Marshal OF France was murdered on tho
banks of the Rhone, and his assassins where
neither apprehendel Dor punished. Was
it by oppression lha, The people were TO be
Inspired with love for your agpveininent
Outrage soon exisnded itself /; W some cities
colots were displayed V bic n ,.wcI einot thoso
of your mojes,y. Frenchmen themselves
wished 10 dismen.ber your kiogdom, and se-
para.e the nofth from tic south. Your ma
jesty became sensible that it was necessary
reca! TO their Submission The blind parii-
zans oi cause whose iilegitinacy was &C.
knowledged Our orders were not lisierId
10 magistrates whom we sen, in your nam.
were sacrificed, by those who acted in I! 4
name OF the King we remained wihc
power; secret instructions repGered all o
efforts and intentions upayalling. 10 ~
circumstances, Whist could your majesty
ministers do ? The Duke of Otranto, whe 4
Napoleon still rcigned, had succeeaed by ne
goiiaiion, in disaiming La Vcnde. Your M.
lrsty was scarcely seated on the throne whe
insurrection broke out in this same
Nendee with more violence than ever. W #
could be ITS object after your restora,i
Your Minister al war declared that be ha ~ !
troops with which TO subdue these PROVING
u was not the intention Of your court
;his insutrccllon should be opposed.
We cannot conceal from you, Sire,
these attacks are ieveled at your thror
you suffer legitimate authority TO be de.n
ed, aud he authority of faction supplies
place. Factions produce revolutions, Q.
those whn triunph 10 day, may be over
thrown tomorrow your thione will no loii
ger have even the support of their lille ~
mate authority. Your ministers, always
voted 10 your person, still endeayored s,i
pose this reaction the princes Of your iou
the Dobles of yosf court tddsigna,ed as o,intS
and as attacks upon your clown, their ci M
to restore order and submission to the la
we lost all Influence wi,tpyour Majesty
became guilty IN The eyes of the nation.
j ne elections were made Fictitious
| oority directed them that minotiiy aou
represented Tue choice which they reco
uend to your majesty for the Chamber
Peers, indicates the same spii,.
Ministers, without autbsrity, prey TO
prosecutions OF the Court, without supj
10 the public opinion, exposed to the op %
ton OF The Chambers, what shonid we
bic 10 reply 10 the elsmors Of the peo
when al length they shall dsmand the
sons FOR so many oaami,ies
Meauwhiie, foreigners possess. France
coDqueted county TO civil discoIds Il
add the ravage of provinces they dissip.
the funds which ough, TO f0d their wey ir,
the treasury; they dorour the provisions
the people, who are threa.sncd with an an
proach''.g tSmine they carry OF. the n.ags
zines OF arms, the anmuniton of war; en-
the cannon from ,hc ga piparts Of our ciies-
The white aAg floats only over rains Tho
desp"l Us OF cur public instruments. The io
eos OF our fornlef glory ;thcy seize The me
umeDts OF art, which alone remain i5Ai al,
twenly years OF conquest. 1t /. dishond
Sire, which the people are most reiuctan,