The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1816-01-03
A0isrclIatip.
From Cotbefi's PsAfieoi keysster, Of Or. 49,
TO MR.. STRONG.


speech TO the Legislators, 1 believe; called
the government Of Gtest- Britaih, "a the but=r
wsrk Of religion and liberty" aud who sssiEh-
ed this as reason tgains, resisting BY ie(tQ<
OF arms The impressment from on bosttl 'bfl
American ships on the high seas You sp-
pear TO have been SO much frigh,cHed al Isl 81
sound Of Napoleon's name the pso,situ,edi
press OF England, eo.oppcraiing with lhdl
silly federal press OF Ameiies, sppeat 10 hasv
90 scared you, that you forgot that |, was pH2x.
sible for Ametioa TO find sh enemy In tiiS
whole world, except in the empArcrof Ffshcs:j
the will. and as being likely 10 possess s:;SL
power, of taking FROM your couht,ymen iheif{
religion as well as their Iibcr,y, aod this, tbos
at time when he was not making, and hcseN
had made, any attacks upon either. As they
fashions Of dress pass with great q6ickhsil
from England 10 America, SO tho lashion OF
thinking appears to have passed; and; otit
vile press, In dupipg the mass Of The psobl6'
here, appears, by tho satne tricks TO have
dopcd all those in America whom paris, etis
w, and animosi,y I'D predisposed to reesitd
their deccptions. To this cause must asx
cribe the above ts,eNsorable expression; iotl
to osupposc that il proceede d from u,er party
spite, would be to leave the public 10 eoncluati
that you are hypocrite almost without d
paralel upon the face Of the earth.s y 3ess
Time now shown what this eoveinfntht
has done IN the work Of defending. rehyibH
and liberty. What il has done ar hofae 4
shall no, atteinpt to describe here. That
description, will be found, from .ne 10 iitnej
10 the snfticrsenfs TO ne toiurans OF the Reg:
lister, beginning with the volume 2s, Which.
was closed ON the sC,b Of September. Bot;
wha, II has doae for religion and i5etsy III
other countries is Of more general importance,
and fdrf Of that, at least, l win how enden-
vor 10 describe. SO" 't'ei titFF
To begin with trauee, What has this Eoss
erhmeht done for religion and liberty in that
huc and populous country When The war
began, III 1893, the monks had been driveh
from their rich estates, their beds of downs
their luxurious eating aud drinking, and tnc
scenes oc their dcbauchctics. The priests
had been deprived Of their ,y,hts /: the itso-
lent noblesse of their power to rob aud mur-
der the people. Ought n6t the yoscrntnent
Of Epgisnd to have discovered pleasufes at
such change Ought Il not 10 have dond
all 10 its power 10 make the revolution sue.
eessfui? . fA" 9y7Nl f'yTt cutie isb gi
lfEnglisbmen look back 20 lie Zines of
the S,uarss, whose prosecutions, religious az
we'll as civil, drove such men Us tViliiam
Penn 10 inhabit wilderness, DO We not find
tina, those ,yranus were uniformly iuppbftcd;
encouraged, aSetied by the hou.e OF B6urbon I
Did no, that house bring ruin dpoh Ffsheeim
it's efforts 70 force back the ,yrsnts Upon EhE-
land IL we read the works Of Addisbn,
Steele, or sny other of our political and NOR
al writer's, do we hotfnd the old goyernnitnit
Ok France described as hoSfid tyrannYl
Were no. the French always considered by
Us as beings worthy Of nothing bdt our cbh;
tempt, because they Submitted 10 yft old Eov.
eminent II is impossible 10 have iead lhsxS
writings, or the speethts ii pafiiatncht, OF
even 40 years ago, vi,hodi Wishing 20 SEQ the
old government OF France totally ahhihilasd.
TRa, the French were base and fooIibh peor
pic; for submitingto 10 the government Of tho
Boo bohs, s6d the cx,o,,i6ns Of the prieAs
made part Of every Enslishtnan's ersed..pp
What, then, oiIght to Nave been the scnii-
hfept, and tie tooddet pf ffis Eosefhhhchf,
whefi II ss8 That the French ps6pIe had o,erl'
thfown theft olH govcthme0t when n Saw
that Il had leve!Ied 10 the earth thn dsposism,
propped up by superstition 'CuRh, II not to-
have rejoicedi Oug7t :, rot 10 have aided
the revolutionists, il ,lfsy had s,ood Id heed
of aid Ought h not ITO hsve fiAsesocscd ~
power betwcehtIfe French ga the Boufboos
aud Germshs, Who we're martbihg into Frafce
for The asowed pGrpose Of restoring tBat an
eient. srid terrible system OF governments,
which EngIishmei had always held 10 abhor-
ehee n II had dono this, il would, indeed,
have rne.ited tho sppeIlasion which you be-
slowed upon itnft l1 He dlvsq ~ fctG 81
a, the lime sbeh ESslaSd 81 sssS vsf a.
gainst France, al religion, that 10 10 say, ,.sIt
religious eMabiishments had been abolished.
And, why no,! Your cons,i,osion sbsol0teIy'
forbids even the congress 10 make any essaU-
ished religion. Il sasges no exec psions, cx-
'c,s no feIigicas test ofsoy sort Your presi-
lent may bee Catholic or 90 "A yrn. WIZ,
hercfore, were Tie French NOT TO sbo,iss, re-
igion ii the same way fbers wefs certain
men, who, pushing ,hings on'toyextrenes,
rdicuIcd tha, WISH most fnen deem, saertd O.