The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1817-10-08


with hunger pale, with wounds and toll oppressed,
Are we moi Brethren l----------------"
Ofi, when wandering 10 the grave yard,
splendid monuments arrest my progress,
adorned with all the scalptpe's art, to perpet.
uate the memory and virtues Of us mouIder-
log tenants ~ have also remarked with what
indihersnee many tread apon the humble
gruc, whe~v the tufted sod alone, shows bs.
meath, arc the remains Of fellow creature,
who slesps IS peAcsfol ss its kindred dust,
shough cnshrowded in all the panoply OF
wealth and grcstaoss.---Thero in this seques-
tered spot. behold the rendezvous for sof.
fcring mortalss-.>the last stage ofthc journey
OF iifc. rhs-e tho oppresser and the op-
pressed, have finished their probationary state,
and obeyed the command OF Heaven. "Dust
shSu arl and un,o dust thou shalt return"
Tnerv the protuse, the spendthrift prodigai,
and 'hc vfstched mendicant have forgotten
their wealth and piensy--sod tho scsnty pit.
tance watch the needy often sought for IN
vain. Splendid honors arrogance and pride,
sod wild Ambitions, finds its issue here.
There tho wretehcd negro, finds his kind re-
Lease from slavsry's iron yoke death breaks
asunder the Calling chain Of the captive slave;
and be, whose bosom often blcd bencah The
cd as bis lordiy master. Buried in the dusi
,uli distinction ouds--.,he worm riois On tho
noble and ignoble friends aod foes promis-
.asous lie in the grave aad tho voice of dcs-
petism aod suppIieation is hushed into Tor.
eetfulosss.
y There, then, vain mortals, learn the Wis
Ion Of suUlunary greatnsss--trcad, then, ye
ahoughtless and gay, lightly oa The turf which
lays cold upon the bosom OF our iello" clay
and remember chat We who are now in The
enjoyment Of life, most soon go so tha'
Ae1rnr from wbenr. y .vett-r returns"
> Selected for she knoa ~ ID Republican.
"Every partaksr OF hu nan nature, whien
~ besl is weak aud unstable, is deeply inter-
ssted in this solemn admonitlon OF an inspir.
ed writer, lot him that ,n,nkcth he standeih
take heed lost no fail" rhn moral man is
sp, 70 look down Win scorn upon the culprI,
that Is ovcrwheimed with crime a1t conse-
Qleu, wrotcbedness. He feots n,mseif
Atstnyiy " mtrenchcd Ia MS own virtue where
as a angie cunsiderat,0n, ii duly realized,
wpuid Sake the pillars at his srros. sncs ind
Seal sufRsisncy. i.is th,s; no mn kiows
bns he h,snseb may yer commis some cafitaf
yrime and mike hs srt ont u he'iD,rid In
The mosl disgracrjat minaer I'VE os Intle
10y "wna, day may bsiny tor,h," In re-
ppec, 20 our own mocais, az IN respect TO oar
Mus, SnMes and dan gers, of which we arc
in 10 wisn aware, may Dssat our path or
shere may be some latent weakness, some
secret obiquityin the asar,, waicn ~ never
knowa ult the fatal hru- of prevailing Temp
Ss,lon arrives. A Dom, aod thousands Of
Others, VINO have fallen into the CON orission
ofcapnaj ccimes, for which they suffered an
ignoWinious death, werc, perhaps, lew
Years, D, even u few weeks or days previous
20 thor Fatal lapse, as little apprehensivo Of
such fall, snd such dsgrscciul exit, as
any COW ere among the children OF men.
Z Thersforc, "be no, mig b minded, but tear"
Hl,o the crime--pity the criuinai--ake
heed 70 thy,ef"