The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1816-04-10

nave Increased hunurcd fold. But oir, al
] look back to the days Of Pehe, do no. per.
eeive that there is much proof Of an increase
OF the Quantity Of The highest talent. IT, BY
ho!ish aud rcjfaemen1, are meant hyhoerisy in
all its various branches, we have certainly ar.
rived at Tho very pinnicle. But, as 10 the
Americans being IN rude state, OF what is
the notion founded Their dress, their q.
musements, their manner of eating and drink
Ing, arc so much like ours, thar, were Il not
for the absence Of beggaty, misery, and filthy
streets, man dropped down In On American
town would imagine himself s,ili in Eng land.
Vaete is DO science, no urt known in Eng-
land, which is not studied and praciised IN
Amsfica and In Bumrr rous instances, wilb
greater success than IN Engisod. Their
courts Of justice have the same iorms law Is
administered In the same manner in many
cases IL is the same law. In matters OF COM
merce and navigation, the Americans almost
equal US, and are in fair way Of surprising
Ia; and as 10 The affairs Of war whether by
land or by sea, they have made rs feel, and
they have eon,inesd au The world, thn, they
want no lesson from any body.
9" Where then, are ws to look for the marks
Of con patativc r1dsnessg Not in the speech.
es made IN Congress /; not 10 The NoIcs and
other papers of their diplomatic ministers !
ior, as 10 these latter, Il nskes one blush for
ones country TO view their vast superiority.
Is il in their friendly and disnifed deporl-
mont towards foreign nations 10 the wisdom
and gcntisness Of their government and laws
in the peacesble behavior OF ,heir citizens !;
in the absence ct crimes, and in the want OF
/ Rotten boroughs, and "nep droa :" Is il ia
any, or 10 all Of these, that we are " look for
proofs of this alledsed rrdeneS 2
Csc far, Sir, from its being true ,hst The
Americans are 10 mass, compared 10 us, in
ride state, the very contrary Is The truth.
In America there ace none oi those broguc
| or dialects, which distinguish Scotch, aud
Irish, and English, and Yorkshiremep, and
Wiltshi'emen, and Cockncys, from each
other-Thesc cease with the cmierant,
whose children all speak good and correct
EOglish. in America, reading and writing,
and something Beyond merely these, are uni
ver,al. The American farmer has other
charms under his roof besides those ef at,en-
dag to his hospitality. lie can converse
with you upon almost any subject. The BIZ
Bile alone does not form his library. lie
CONES In from tho heat Of the sun. sttipped
10 his shirt, takes down q volume OF his En-
eyelopcdia, or some book Of science, travels,
history, law, politics, or poetry. When he
has rested himself, he returns to his fields or
his yard. There is no law of his country, no
regulation, which he does not understand !;
no right that he possesses tha, he does no,
know how to 60 10 work to deiepd no pub
lie question 10 which he does mol feel lively
interest, and as 10 which he is not able 10 ex-
IRE mi. I h. &c
course, to speak with exception. There are
stupid men in all countries. But, as gen.
eral description, pledge myself tor the truth
OF what have here said, with The expectation
that, 10 less than 4 months, this letter will
find its way to every part Of the country Of
which am speaking, and with very powerful
reasons no, to be looked upon, in thar country,
asa dealer 10 falsehoods, and more especially
as a fAiterer.
"Well, then, Sir, If wha. have here stat.
ed be true, will not you, with all your un-
shaken attachment to old England, land which,
alter all, cannot refrain from participating
win you with oil the sorrow iha, you must
ieel a, seeing distant regions carrying OF the
fruits or The tslents, the labots, ard the sul-
ferings OF Sidney and Of Tooke, will not your
rising envy be s,ihed by that generosity which
VIII make you exclaim---" Blasted be the
man who would destroy the harmony and
freedom Of such people"
As to the effect OF great individual for.
tunes on the liberties and moral state Of the
Americans, sneh fortunes already exist, and
have long existed. There arc men in I'm.
erica worth million of pounds sterling essh h..
Butss these riches have not been derived
Iron iares, they have no, impoverished and
degraded any part Of the community in their
accumulation and as il is impossible that
they should be employed IN the purchase Of
o'rsHghs, tbsy do not appear to be DANCE.
rous to public liberty. The Edinburgh
Reviewers Asner themselves, that these
rich merchants will, in time, become the lords
oil the country snd they will tell US tina, our
government ought to eoneiIiste their friend
ship OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES wise eri,:es know,
very little about the matter. They seem
very uneasy at The existence cfa great de-