The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1816-01-10
TO MIR. STRONG,
Gopersor II fhe STATE IF Massachusetts.

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AS 10 liberty, does il not as.oand any one
10 hear II said, that the mome0t the French
people shook off that government which, in
Eng'and, had always been deemed a horrid
tyranny, the government of that same Eng
land made war upon them And, though the
ooJeci never Was distinctly avowed, is IL no:
pialo, that The wish Of this government al.
ways was TO force the house oil Bou, bon buck
WITH people, who had freed the msclycs
from their tyranny How, ,hen. do you JUS
iiiy your appeilauon How do y.u maint ain,
that this government has bcep tue 6ai~arS
~ H6eTfy ! IL The government Of ihe Bour.
bons was not holtIa despoiism F; ii. IL WAS
not such government as 20 make IL The last
degree OF baseness Tor the people 10 submit
20 1t, the writer's and ora,ors oi Epslsdd had
been Tor ages The mos, malicious oi liars
Aud, 1t twas such despot,sm, could this
7 government be the bulwaIk Of liberty while
II was iaboiing lof the rc.e,tab!iSLnlent Of
that despoIism. You will, though, pe,hsp.,
avery ,uon,Dg man, find II difficult, 10 escape
from this dilemma. But, si, s,e you pre-
pared 10 say, that the eovefumen, ol f,snec,
eisii and feiSious, Was, uncer the Bou bons,
such as me people ought 10 have submitted
pic u FIonee ought To hase continued 10 en-
dufe the Besiille, C"'vees Ssigu.ural OPP.
pressions, and the exacucns Of tbe Church,
together with the wan, of libsuy OF con.
scienee II you are, you must be very un-
Jue aud cruel man YOU must be destitute
o' humanity. Ii you arc no, how Con you
Jnsiiy The calling Of chose The bu,wsfk Of
iibeh!, who from lhe ffst dawuing of The
revolution IN France, showed The hostility 10
the frCuth people end 10 the change thu,
they wefe making
AND what hos 0een the resuh Has this
govcrnmen,,whic boasts OF complete .ueeess,
observe, proved Itself he buwa,k of liberty
~ fsance by the money which i. has psid
10 GetmaD csui,s and a;ruies, IL has bcsu O.
bic TO carry back the Bau,bons in spite of
tue French people, who had, las, year, SO
de,lnedy sast them out u .ecoad time. II
Is quite clear, that The people of France alb
nVr the bourD rDons, or that The invaders have
aeeD gollly vi monsuous treacbcfy. The
sight We have oehrid Is this /; The Bourbon
king mar ching TO Paris ovct the ca, cases Of
the slaughtered people. We see The Eng.
hsh and Ge'msn armies occupy tic Capital
odd yrsal pal, OF The county. They pro-
ciaini themselves the ftiends of the king.
The soveieigns and onmandsrs are cares
sed by Tim. They lay tbe people OF all ranks
and degcees ander hesvy contributions. Our
newspapers tell US, that they sometimes
fog, the FrehGb people. Now, ciihef the
French people approve oil the king, or they
Go sot. Ii ,hty do tnis il is wanlon cruelty
end most foul lreathe,y, oD the part Of those
in tho pay OF England II they do not, ihty
are no" ondet governments fofced on thtm
by foreign bsyonets orged on by English
moDsy. lake your choice. Seat yourself
upon which horn OF the die mns you please !;
and thence 10 your indignant count,ymen re-
poa,, II you are foolish enough, that the Eng.
Gsh ministers and their forces and money ore
the bu!wark Of i.Jeriy in France. Your coHn.
uymcn, in I776, ihseighed most bitterly o.
gaiust this same government, for endcavoriDg
by force OF arms 10 hold lhcm in state of
subjvgs,ion to sovereign under whose sway
they had been singuIaily prosperous, happy,
and free under @hose sway your country
mco boa.ted OF their liberty. II tbis. gov
ernment, wasI in fhaf case, the enemy Of
liberty II 1t then meri,ed the reproachcs
and the curses, bes,oa cd upon IL il 10 en-
ploy German armies On tnat occasion deserv-
ed your exccralioos how do you reconcile !,
10 luotiCc W Cdfl III now lDC DuIWiIk ilDcI-
y Had not the people OF France as gobd
right TO make revolution as yoo had Had
they 0oi right 10 dismiss their sovereign as
much as you had 10 dismiss yours ! Had
they not as nruch RIG sh IN choosing an I'm.
peiot, or a consuI, o. an assembly. 81, you Gsd
in choosing a congress or q presiden, II
they were rebels, you were, and are, rebels
Your revolution Is ooy fou teen years older
tnsn theirs. If the BoufboDs have right TO
feign in France, having been restored TO The
throne BY force, there can be no doubt thar
he king Of Ensisod has right TO subdue
you, to reign over you, and TO employ for
sign armies for he purpose Of his restora-
lioa, aud also, as in the case of Lonis ie d.,
sifes TO garrison your towns 10 order to 10.
sure and perpclua,e.
Teerc Is sn grafton, which have secn,dc-
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