The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1817-01-15

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see peusioned press 'denominstcs ,tarqui.
ity.--oh woe TO the land threatened viii
such neutrality-suspicious. Jariun., hacer
affeEant--lt is not yet the tranquility O
death--bst if yor would know what |, is, r,
forth IN the silence Of cres,ion--when evei,
wind is hushed, and every echo mute, and si
nature seems to listen in dumb and terrified
snd.breaihless expectation--go forth in. sus
an hour, and SEQ the terrible tranquility b,
which you are surrounded How could IL b.
herwise-whea for ages upoo ages, ihysn
tioD has faiigued itself with expedients fo
irritaiion--wbcr, as have read With hor,
in the progress OF my legal s,odies, the homi
eide OF "meye Irish nan" was consiuere,
iustifable, and when his ignorance was tn
cdgin Of ell hi, crimes, his education We
prohibited By .det ef ParfamfnE !--wien tn
people were Eorts-eaton by the odiou, we'd
min which CIurch aud State adultery haI
spawned-wben q bad heart end brainies
head, were the fangs by which every foreigl
sdventurcr ond domestic ,cei,or fasye ned upB !
oihcA--when the property OF tho native wal
bur an invitation TO plupder, and his non.ac
quiescence the signal for coz oefisca,ion--whe
religion nseif wasSmade the odious pretenc |
we've slternatiyely lighted with the cross, AN,
qoenched in the blood OF its defeneeIes fol
lowers speak Of times that are passed d
but Can their recoliections--csn their conse
quences DO so readily eradiea,ed. Why
however, should refer TO periods that aE
distant I! Behold,a, this instau,, five millio,s
OF her people Disqualified on account of ,hdr
ta'tb--and that by country protesting Tre- /
dom and that under o govcrnment calli9
Itself Christian F! You (when say you, {
so0rse mean not the high-minded peope
ot England, but the men who misgovetn Is
5otb) seem TO have taken out a rowing con-
mission 10 search Of gricvHnees abroad, Whit
you overlook the cslamiles st your own doc,
,pd Of your own ipflictioD. You traverse DC
'coan TO emsncipate the Az, icsn--yoh crss
he line TO convert the HIndoc->-you hlrl
1our thunder against tho savage Algerino--
,o,, your own brethren at home, who SOCK
he0 me tongue, ,ac acknowledgment same Kjag.
TO the same God ,eannot got one w
{ froD your Rfnerdn! humanity Oh, sue ba
ystem Is almost too abominablc for name-t
monster OF impiey, impolicy, ingra,iluts
nd injustice The pagan nations OF antiqu,s
earcey acted on SUCH bar5arous p rioc,ple,.
look 10 aDcioDt Rene, with her sword m
ne hand and ber constitution in the olhur,
ealing tho injuries Of conquest with the en-
race Of brolher hood, and wisely converting
ne captive into the citizen. Look TO her
reat enemy, the glorious Us rthageuian, al
no foot of the Alps, ranging his prisoners
ound him, and by the poli,ic option of cap
ivity or arms, recruiting his ieglons with tho
cry men whom he had literally conquered
nto g'autude They laid their foundstions
|eep in the human heart, and their success
lain of the violence Of the Irish Catholic
an you wonder he is violent IL is the con
eQaence yoor owe iDfl,ction- ~
The iesh will quiser where the pincers tear,
Tie blood will follow where the knife is dfiven"
our friendship has been worse to him ,han
ostility--he feels its embrace, but BY the
ressuro OF his fe,ters He fills your exc hsq
sr, he fights your battles, he foeds your clrr.
y, from. whom lac derives no benefit, be
hsres your burdens, be shares your perils,
c shares every thing, except your privileges
~cdr you Wondsr he is viotent? No matter
,hat his merit, 90 matter wha, his claims, no
nstter what his services---be secs himself
ominal subject and real siaye and bis
hildrcn the heirs, pethaps of his tolls, per.
APPS OF his enthusiastically OF his disqusii-
ca,iops.--enn you wander he is uioicnt? He
oeseve'y pretended obstacle to his emancipa.
ion vanished-Catholic Europe your ally,
he Bourbon on the throne, the empero. o
Nptive, the Pope friend, the asper.ions on
lis faith d'p7aScd by his allegiance TO you
'gainst, alternately, every Catholic po,enare
u Christeudou,, and he feels himself branded
si,b Hereditary degredauon--ean you ssa,,.
iky rhcs that he is viOien.P He pe,i,ioneG
,ameaess was construed into
proof Of apathy. He petitioned boldly---his
remonstrapcc was considered as on impudeB,
He peti,ioned in peuce-he was
.old ii was nor 'hc nme. tie petitioned in war
-he was told it was nor .he time. A strange
prodigy in politics, pause be.
ween peace and war, which appear TO be
Iost made for him, srose--I allude to the De.
'iod between the retrea, of Louis and the as.
ora,ion OF Bonspar,e---he pcti,ioned then,
md he was told ii was nor be time On,
,ha .c shame shame hope he will pc.
ition no move Parlisn,ept so eqslvoealinc.
am not sorry they did so equiyo.
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