The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1817-02-19

sell tor having made full meal. But lis
gresteH delisht IL In buebesr. This he
must have be The consequence what IA may.
Whoever sil give him that, may lead him
by the nose, and pick bis pocket at the same
tiue. An idiot in country town presby-
terian parson, dog with sannisier tied 10
his tail, bull bait, or fox hunt, are irsesis,.
able attractions 10 him. The Pope was
formerly his great aversion, and lately assu-
Of liberty is thing he cannot abide. He
discarded the Pope and dc fed he inquisiop,
called the French nstien of slaves and be =.
gsrs, and abused their Grand Monarque far
a ,yrsnl, cot of one kings head aud exiled
another, sc, up Dutch S,ad,holder, and q
lcc,ed an Hanoverisn Elector 10 be king
over him, 10 shew he would have his own
Way, and TO teach the res, OF the world WHAT
hey should do but since other people took
10 Initiating his example, John has taken 10
into bis head 10 hinder theui--will have o
monopoly Of rebellion and regicide TO him
self, having become sworn broiher TO s,As
Pope, and stancs by the Ilqaisition, restessa
nis old ene missN the Rourbons, snd reads
greaf nora iessOn TO their subjects perfosdes
Mmself that ,be Ouch Sad holder and the
Hsnoverisn EiecioI came TO tcign over him
divine tight, and does all he csn TO prcye
himself bess, to make othsr people tools.
The truth is John was always a suily, med.
iiesome, obsunate fellow, sndof late yssrs
his head has not been quite rieh, In short
John is grea, biockhead and a greet bully,
md requiies (~hat he has been long Isborne
Tor hundred years of slavery to bring hiua
20 his senses. Ne will have il that be is
great patriot, Tor he hates all Other eounirissy
mat he is wise, for he thinks all other people,
iools that as Is honest, for he calls all other
people wHors ard roeucs. II being in 40
lii hnoor sN&,e's life is the perfection of
of human CatsFe, ihenJohn is sery osar il.
lie beaIs bis vile, quarrels with has neigh.
oo-s, danas his sefvsnts, and gets drunk, 10
Kill the tire and keep up his spiri,s, end
firmly believes himself ,he only une xeeption.
ableSaecomplished, moral and religious char.
acter in Christcndon. He boasts Of the ex.
ce'tenee oil the laws and the goodness Of his
own disposition and yet there ore more
people hanged in Englan than in all Eusepe
besides he boasts Of the modesiy Of bis
ccnnuy-women, and yet there arc more
prostitutes in the streets Of London than in
all the capitals Of Europe put together. He
piques himself on his comforts, because he
Is the most oncomfortsb4e Of nortaIs and
because he has no enjoyment In soeiety,
sSSNs - % w suy - ut Oio htG-SiuC, NUeI0 No
may be stupid as matter Of course, sullehss
a matter OF right, and ss ridiculous ss be
chooses Without being laughed al. Hs lib.
eriy Is the effect Df his surliness his relig.
ION owing to The spleen his temper 10 tho
climate. He 10 an industrious snjmal boz
oause he has no taste for emusenen,, snd
had rather work Elk days IN the week than
be idle one. Hias .awhward a,,empts AZ
gsir'y ere the les, OF other nations.
( "They," Ohe English, pys. Fsoiusrd.
speaking Of the meeting ef HsufS a Ind
Francis I, +" amused themselves sadIy, aeeor.
ding TO the eostom Of their county" Sc
yjOisoiens sri,fement, seion Ia sonsrms deie.>
hays. Theis patience Of labor is eoD6ued 10
wba, is repugpant and disag,esaale IN issslf,
20 The diudgefy Of the mechanic arts, And
does not extend to the fine arts that IL, they
are indifferent TO pain, but insensibls 10
pleasure. They will staDd in . trench. or
march upa breach, but they can not bear TO
dwell long on M agreeable obieei. They
can no more submit to regularity In art than
decency in behavior. Theic pictures are aa
coarse and sloYen'y as their addrcss--John
boasts OF his great men, without much righs
10 do so not that he has not had them, bus
because he neither knows nor cares amp
thing about the N but TO swagger over oihes
nations. That which chiefly hits Johns tan.
cy in Shakespear, is that he was deer steslS
er IN bis youth and as for Ncvton's discov-
cries, he hardly knows 20 this day that the
earth is round. JONAS os,hs, which are
charieorcstie, have got him the nickname oH
Monsieur God damn ne. They are profans
Frenehman's indecent. Ore swesrs By
his vices, the other by their punishment.
After all Johns clustering, he is but dolls.
His habi,uai jealouy Of others makes him the
dupe Of quacks and impos,ers Of all sorts he
goes all lengths with one party ou, Of spiis
10 another; his zeal is as furious % bis sntip.
a,hies are unfounded, and there is nothing
halt so absurd or mischisyous as an English