The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1817-07-30
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| Joy they express vi his visit, and thc happi-
ness he musy experience in being onaiiisncos.
iy received by his fellow citizens wish OPEN
arms and throbhing hearts, iotmsa s'fiking
contrast with The wrcicbed snoaticn in which
the Sovereign OF Europe have placed them
selves by their inJudicious and unnautal con-
duct. When We behold the King Of France
guarded by FIVE thousand swiss, v Lo are e.i-
y skirmshipg with the French pc opc ,se
Prince Regeot Of England assaulted aud shut
al by mob 90 the short wsy from hie pal"
ace TO the PafIiamsnt House, ,hc King of
Spain surrounded by on army Of lngoisi,ors
and Monks NOT daring TO put his foot Leyond
the walls Of bis residence the King ot Sar.'
dina trembling ut The sight Of . feemason,
and planting through his don,inions the rack
and wheel 10 awe his subjects into submls-
sion the King Of Naples under lie protec-
,ion OF twenty Eve Thousand forcisnc 81,
who, like the Janissaries Of Constan,inuple
keep him under their pnbtidlcd sway; the :.
III, one OF Sweden invested by conspiru,ors,
who will not allow their Prince 10 enjoy .
single nights res, the King Of P,ussin De-.
nounciDg as treason the Association OF ihn
Patriots, by whose cxertie0s he was enabled
TO regain his domnions all the other Euros
,pean 'sovereigns rclyiog for their security
on their s,snding armies, wlhout whcm ,hcv
would lose their crowns in.lcss than day
and when we behold in our own hemisphere
the cruelty Of tho Spanish Rcyalis,s, aud ihs
King OF the Bra2ils at optn war with halt Of
mis- subjects, we turn with disgust from such
disgraceful scenes, sud We re ejoicc 10 live 10 4
county whelc tho eye o! the philantbro-
phis, will dwell with deligh, on the sublime
spectacle Of a Chief Magis,ra,e elerred ty
the unbiased voice of INC people, travelling
as u private ci,izsn through un ininenss
country, with no guard but The lovc and res
pcct OF his fellow citizens, with no srmoor4
bat That Of the law, which he has never vol
lated, and Carrying no arms but those Of tho.
Consi,u,ion, which he has sworn to defend
These reflections were heightened into en-
tacy when on the 7th of this monl, I ives
standing on the steps of,hc Stale House ia 4
this town, enjoying the most pctores cue
view which nature, combined with arr, eau
\ eSHord; seeing sroppd mo sn assemblsgc cl
ladies, whose graceful chains allowed nc
\ imc for admiration Of the tasteful neslness
Of their dress, eve,y one OF whom seemed "a
have sprung from that noble cleucn,, which
baths the western shore OF that oshah'sJ
. spot; every citizen bearing Oh his healthy
coun,cnancc the imprcstion Of liberty and
zens soldiers, artayed In martial order, sBd'
pcrformng their cyolu,ioDs with wondc riyi
precision the chief Of The Nation riding ia
their front IN the simple dress Of citizen,
who with the true republican ehivalry, at his
adyancsd age blending the groeeIul ease of
the Hero with the dignity OF the Magistrate.
was receiving their homsge, and paying hi,
respect 10 the constitutional defenders og
their coun,ry--,ba, county, whose ipdep PEN
dcnce forty years before be had scaled with
his blood Even the glowing pen Of Rouse
seau could give but faint idea Of the eho3
tions felt at that moment.
have seen the summer encampmen In
Austris, where half OF their armies exercised
under the stick Of German cororst were
psfsding TO boat the vanity Of an individual
Ishavc seen, sixty thousand Frsnehmen ia
The most splsnded attire, fling oT before
the caglc-eye or Napoleon; have seen
twcnly thousand Gu,jsh regulars drilled uny
derthe lcst.o.ninc tails, il. the most costly
uniform, passing in review before their King.
Such scenes are undoubtedly imp posing for ,hs
eye, but they do not reach tho heart, and *
they do, il is only TO provoke the painful re-
lection, that the lives of so many ihousand
Of human beings depend on the csprieious
will Of o despot. Far different are the sen.
saiions excited slthc view OF 0 repUblicanafm7
who never draw ihc sword bui in defence II
their rights and liberty. The most cruel
butcher Of the human rsee, who looks for
grandeur and subIimity only in bloodshed srd
carnage, and the gaming hypUcrile, who core
ccals his cowsrdicc under the protest that il
is unlawful for him TO iopcb ., mvskef even
in defence Of his native soil, feel slike ss
such sight, in their cold bosom 8. the CHEER.
iog glow Of humanity and patriotism. small
as my fortune is. would willingly have Civ
en- part Of IL, could have, transported on
lbs, day to my side somc Of those tniscrabje
sc'iLblers 10 Europe, who see in every re-,
publican canibal, who find no order, no in,
internal securily. hut in The bsyonet, the lash,
or the chain and who proclaim Il alouc,,
that o government founded op the sovereign.