The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1817-09-03
POLITICAL MISCELLANY.
From fhe Boston Yankee. 81
REPUBLICAN SENTIMENTS.

The mode adopted in the northern section
OF the union 70 welcome the President Of the
United States, has given rise 20 much ami.
msdversion AZ the sou,hward, and seem ms 10
be viewed 10 ~cry different light, by men de.
cidediy of the same political sentiments.
Whciher their estimation of our conduct be
Just, or otherwise, II is TO as source Of On.
effected pleasure 10 perceive the decided and
simost universal attachment Of A Americsns 10
tho simplicity Of republican manusrs; The
marked sbhorrence and disgust for every
thing like sristocrsuc parade s. man worshin
There are always certain indivld0ais whose
habits and tsstc induce them 10 fawn with
crinsing scrviiisy on elevated rank who
would think Il mo dchasrment OF tho q human
farm divine" 10 bend IL in nno fold pscssrs.
tton TO the sorban ofs Mussulman, or to the
shoe OF catholic pope: but happily for the
people Of tlIe United States, such persons
here ere only found among the sophisticated
votaites OF fasbions. These things arc ab-
horrcnt 20 the rational aud intelligent minds
OF Americans in general, TO whom they have
never been recommended by parental exam
ple, nor pailiated by thc force Of hsbi, aud
they never fail, from the conscious dignity Of
their charsc'crs, to sporn sueh hufniha,ing
admiration, with the same haug h,iness they
would refuse menial and servile employ
mcnt.
| This reflection is q source Of much nation
al pride when these sentiments arc compar-
ed With those which prevail in even tho most
enlig countries Of Europe. We re.
collect sometime since of turning with per.
feet disgust from an article in some Amcri-
can newspapers, copied with characteris,ic
serviii,y from the English journals Of the duy,
Notifying to the statesmen, Legislators, and
Others, the enlightened population Of Eng
land, thar the princess Charlotte had, on such
dsy, 10 company with certain other young
ladies', r.frtshed herself wifh a sea baih The
thought sugEcs,ed itself Of wha, the rcacc-
,ions OF that young girl must have been,
when she was jumping and romping abou,
IN the water with her merry companions,
that her motions and sbiu,ions would have
breo ,'umpe,ed forth 10 great and learned
nation, and even borne across the Atlantic TO
| the 81 cal continent Of America. What Q de-.
! grading fArce--whst an infamous perversson
| OF the human intellect! AZ abborrent in the
/ light Of angels and superior beings, as ,hc
reptic seryiIiiy Of an eastern slave, kissing
Y the soil that his proud master mas rroddsn
| upon. SO lar as the health Of sovereign is
connected with the stability Of the govern
meut, or ITS capacity to transact business, il
is subject of public interest bot that he
took ride or walk, chose TO stand up five
minu'es, or sit down six, or, as the papers
have IL with tho princess Charlotte, washed
herself with salt water in the room of fresh,
can have no interest in the minds Of people
which is not founded on the most contemp,i-
bic and abjecs spiri, Of man worship and idol.
| airy.
When our southern ellow.ci,iaens mani.
fest dislike at an Imitation In our country
OF spirit like this, We do no, wonde. at their
hearty detcstation and ii must be confessed
some OF the transactions Of the Presidents
visit' which have been uumpeted forth 10
the nation, are too nearly in tho track Of their
European prccedents. II is we'll to describe
to the world the manners Of the Chief Mag
istrate OF the nation in his intercourse with
tho people, because il illustrates the charac-
ter OF our governments, but to follow him step
oy step from the time he pot on his neck
cloth IN the morning till he took il off agais
OF night; whose door no knocked at such sn
hour, and what lady's house he went TO see 10
the evening; that he conversed with such
gentleman, and bowed to such lady, and
laughed with such q miss---the man who
thinks these things worthy Of nation's rec
ofds, We leave 10 the contempt Of those whs
have the spirit to abhor them. In numer.
Gus instances Of this kind we find sufficient Of
arisioeratic scrviii,y to jostify the snImadvcr-
sion OF our southero brethren: but there is
such thing as excess 10 the application even
oil just principle {; and the conte mpt excited
by dcbssement of the human figure in an
excess OF eiviIity, may unconsciousIy justify
the opposite extreme of rudoncss and inde-
| oorum.
For ourselves we saw with lively pleas.
ure, The respect evineed for the President OF
the United States on his entrance into every
New-England town. The most venerable
and respectable citizens Of both political par.
ties went out to meet him; the military
cheerfulIy escorted the man who in pArtic-
ulsr emergency was their commander in
chief: the children were assembled 10 res
pcct the head Of the great family Of the nation
The bells rung, the cannon fired, and the