The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1817-07-30

meant for no other. They are sent over TO
bind and rivct upon US those chains, which the
British ministry have been so long forging.
And what nave we TO oppose to them Shall
We try argument Sir, we have been trying
that, for the last ten years. Have we any
thing new te offer upon tho subjccil Moth
ing. We have held the subject up in every
light of which il is capsule, but il has been
all 10 vain. Shall we resort to eplreafy and
humble suppIicationg What terms shall we
find, which have not been already exhausted!
Let Us not, besceeh you, sir, deceive our
selves longer. Sir, we have done every thing
hat could be done TO avert the storm
which IS now coming in. We have petion.
ed--wc have remonstrated--we have suppli-
cated---we have prostrated ourselves before
the ,hrone, and have implored its interpesi.
tion, to arrest the tyrannical hands of the min.
istry and parliament. Our petitions have
been slighted-our rernonstrspces have pro-
duced additional violence and insult--our
srpplieasions have been disregarded, and ,we
have been spurned with contcmpt from the
foot of the throne. In vain, after these things
mpy wo indulge the fond hope Of peace and
reconciliation. There Is no longer any room
for topc. If we wish to be frec-if we
mean 10 preserve inviolsto those inestimable
privileges for which we have been so long
conier ding, if we mean not baseiy TO sbsn.
don tho noble struggle, in which We have
been SO long engaged, and which we have
pledged ourselves never TO abandon until the
glorious object Of our contest shall be OBJ
,sined--We mus, hght! repeat il, sir, ~e
must fight! An appeal to arms, and 10 the
God Of Hosts, is all that is left U:!"
"Imaginc to yourselves" says Mr.. Wirt's
correspondence "this sentence, delivered
With all the calm dignity of Cato Of Utica;
imagine TO- yourself the Roman, senate as
sembled in the capitol, when it was entered
by the profsne Gauls, who a, first, were awcd
by their presence, as If they had entered an
assembly of the gods !---Imagine that you
heard that Ca,o addressing such o senate
Imagine that you saw the hand writing, on
the wall Of Delshazzar's palacc---imagine
you had heard voice, as from heaven, utter.
ing tho words, I" we mHsf Eghs," as the doom
Of faic, and you may have some idea OF the
speaker, tho assc mby to whom he addressed
himself, and The auditory Of which was
one."
"They tell us, sir" continued Mr.. Henry,
"that We are weak--unable TO cope with so
formidable an adversary. But when shalt we
DO strongcrl viii il be the next week, or
the next year! will il be when we are total.
ly disarnled, and when a British guard shall
DO stationed in every house Shall we gather
strength by irrssolution and inaction Shall
we acquire the means Of effectual esistsncc,
oy lying supinely on our backs, and hugging
tho delusiye phantom OF hope, until our co.
enies shall have bound us hand aud loot I
$50 Of those meaes which the God OF nature
hath placed Car power. THEE millions of
people, armed in the holy csua Of liberty
and in such a country as that which we pos
sess, are invincibo BY any force which our,
enemy can send against II. Besides, sir,
we shall no, fight our battles alone. There
is just God. who prcsides over the des,i-
nies Of nations, and who will raise up friends
to fight Que battles for us. 1he battle, ais, is
not TO The strong alone; il il TO the vigilant,
tho active, tho brave. Besides, sir, we have
no election. 1t we were base enough TO de-
sire II, i, is now TOO tate TO retire from the
contest. There is no retreat but in submis-
sion and slavery. Our chains are forged;
their clsnkine may be heard on The plains Of
Bostoo. The war is inevitable and let .,
come repeat il, sir->-Les come!
81, is in vain, sir, to cxtcnuatc the matter
Gentlemen rooy cry, "Peace, peace !" but
thsre is no pesco; the warts actually begun.
The next gale that sweeps from the north
will bring to our ears the clash OF rcsound-
inr arms; our brethren ore slre esdy in the
field Why stand VIC hcro idle What is II
that gentlemen wishi What would they
have Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as
to bc purchased at the price Of chains and
slavery Forbid 1t, Almighty God know
not what course Others may take but, as for
me-" cried ne, with both his brows knit, ev.
cry feature marked with the resoiu,e pur pose
of his soul, and his voice swclled to its bold
est note Of exclamation, g. Owe NE LiBKnvy,
OR Owe Ne pElrH."
He cook his scat. No murmor OF fapplause
was heard: the effect was too deep. After
the trance Of q moment, several members
were seen to start from their seats. The
cry "to arms" seemed to CULVER on every
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