The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1816-04-17
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On ths lath OF Jone, 1919, the Congress
Sfthe Uniled States, actibs under tho soiem-
No. Of their oa,hs, which bound them by the
most obligatory tics imposed by Heaven TO
sct for tho good OF their country, declared,
Ia solemn council, that bosililles existed be-
>ween Engisod and Amerioa, and, appealing
10 GoD for ASSISTANCE In a Just cause, they
subnit,ed the des,iuiee Of tho nation 10 the
9a,e Of WAR!
Hence fos a moment let us pause and con-
,x.iyr the importance OF the consequences
-Ao%ing from the eveht which was TO follow
this de- claration, aud ne shall then be better
.able TO jndse of he'rnerits OF men IN their
subsequent conduct. Hero le, Us draw
yell over all former party distinction, and
cast aside all tho rancor of pastizans. no
question Is not whe ,hef this or that party snail
triumph, but whether the nation SbaH hVs or
she sua OF its freedom got 10 rise no more !!
Where is the American that could Wow the
tsene with spathys Where isthe pa'riot, the
statesman, the freeman, whose hear. did not
beat anyiously for the late OF oor country
Liberty, the beque1 OF our fathers Inde-
fsendence, the inhoritsnco OF sireeoorn race I
Our lives, our homes, onr altsrs, all, where
;at stake upon the Issue.
+ At that eventful crisis none could hesitate
"a to the dictates Of patriotism. She imperi.
ioLp,y demasded thar every American shonid
vAlly around the standard OF his country, and
there before the hallowsd shrine OF freesom
l@eG to defend the soul OF her residence
from the Polluting touch OF foreign oppression'
y Was this the result Would 10 God we
COULD forever blot out that page OF our his'o-
~, wherren il stands recorded, that we had
men amongsi us who were so tar carried away
1y the ph,eozy Of parry as TO torego the most
aolcmn obligation due from 'hem 10 tnei'
country Regardless OF consequences they
seemed wholly bent on taking advantage OF
the distress Of tho nation TO regain he cmi-
n1nce from which they had boon hurled by
the indi gnaut voice OF the people. nc
whole obirc, was TO RULE, and If we may
Judge from their conduct, we are Jus'ihed IN
saying, that rather than be disappointed in
arriving a, the scene of their hopes, 'hey
would wlliingly have mar ched into power
ever;the smoking ruins Of the republic
Let US bes onde stood. We do not mean
to bes,ow ee,sufe en- masse ~ The opposition
patty. Mny S71ts Gr6 men yielded pro-
Pc suppo iothIi county IN tho hour oi
peril. Lake ,he apostles ol old they eame
ou, fom ,tsopg them and shook ,be dust
from of thei feet as testimony against The
Ssiends We doubi not thai many OF the
< snijdiins c,.ss, and nrsriy all Of those who
/, move N more humble sphere IN that party,
ar afeda'sd by homes, mo,ives, and 20 them
IL Is ~ would wish &, SCI forth tho co0duct
oEa "a readers IN IT'S true light In the
rhrds course Of the late wae have these lead
@f~ ejoccd or our triumphs, or Tnourned Tor
3 90 iosses? Have they not rather hailed every
. disaster as a prelude TO the dissolution Of the
Popularity Of the present administrator
And on the other hand, when The so1pd oil
triumph hs made the welkin ring have
not their couatonance lowered like those
. whose hopes Dad been blasted ?--When have
they failed To pa,iiate the outrases OF Eng
b. Eshmca upon u Was il at Hampton Was
, IL al Havre do Grace---at which places the
most outrageous scenes Of civilized bar6sr-
ify were committed--whero female inno-
. gccnce was violated--and tho suffering victims
/, afterwards bsyonetted Did ,hey condemn
! the authors oil crimes thore committcd,which
made the angels Of high Heaven weep Or
AT Darfmoor, where none bat 6end OF hell
Is coula stand unmoyed, say ye, have they not
cndeaVorad to extenuato tho crimes there
pc pstraJed Whom has tho savage brutali-
ties % EDgland's red allies kindled the latent
spacA OF patriotism in their busoms. They
- c0nmIted deeds which " cried aloud 10 Hea-
zen fer ve5geanes," yet these men stood IN.
moved, cor laughed TO acorn the suRerings of
those whose heads were cleft asunder by tho
battle a&e, and their mangled corscs left .
. Prey TO vu,tures.
We don't wish unnecessarily to wouad the
. feelings oil our political opponcts; nothing
but seoss OF duty could have impelled us
:: thus far TO convass ihoir conduct, and obedi-
ence to thar alone commands us 10 proceed.
II you would cure . gsngrcpcd wound you
must probe il TO the quick, md because the
operation be Paoful to the patient would you
hence infer IL to be the duty Of the operator
to sssn6on his labor before his task be COM
plerely 6nished. We cau reason only from
anslogy--we judge Of the tree by the fruit i,
!, produces--we can only form an estimate ol
man from tho language he holds, or the work,
which hc performs.
We state, without fear Of contradiction, be
caos, it is a fact as notorious as the trsnsae
toes OF but yesterday, that many Of tho most