The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1817-04-02

be bst psetarious commerce, held at the suAerance
Of other nations and the resources to sustain even
that would soon be dried up. All the arts OF peace,
without the security Of person andpropery, 50 essen
tal to their growth and amen would languish and IL
naly disappear. Add to this, all the ho~rd internal
wars, and devastaions, and revolutions, which would
naturally grow out of this state Of things. Dsunon
would indeed be opening Pandora's box OF evils, and
letting loose upon U.s. all the calamites that well be
imagined to befal nation.
Yet this Union 90 fertile in present blessings full
Of hopes of still greater the federal party have been
willing 10 exchange for sniOn pregnant with evils
OF this horrid description. Have been wiling did we
say they have actually attempted to achieve disun
ion-yes, to perpetrae this of national suicide AT
one time they were posing upon the point of separa
tion and only waiting the consummation OF the calam
tiles of country, in some disastrous chance OF the
war, which they confidently expected and devoutly
wahed, to hoist the signal Of revolution and dsmem-
be1ment. The glorious riumphs of our country, over
her foreign enemy, by land and sea, snothered for
time this paracidal project The enemy viewed our
Union in its true ligt--in the light it has now been
depicted to you. They saw in it the germ Of naval
greatness and they plotted its destruction. The ted
eral party Co-operaed with the enemy pursuit OF the
same object and selected for its accomplishment, the
very crisis when it most likely to succeed, and IN
which it would have proved most fatal to the country
Let those who doubt the reality of project OF disun-
on revert TO the proceedings in Massachusetts, which
led 70 the HARTFORD CoNvENTIoN-to the publ
cations in the federal newspapers--and the sermons
from their pulpts, and they cannot fail to be satisfied
1t is charitable 10 believe that many ederasts did not
concur in this sinful project of their eadersthat some
who did not of the consequences that must
attend its success 1t is certain some distinguished In
dvduas of that party avowed their abhorrence OF the
scheme, and openly denounced it, and were therefore
denounced in turn by their party But that there was
such project formed abetted and attempted to be exc
cued, 20 one ought to doubt. 1t is impossible to
quit the federal party in this state from participation
il, this neiarious protector they united with Massa.
chusets in their great q Convention at Hart
ford, and il must haye been with the same views.
The state sovereigntes limited in their spheres
of duty but are capable of being perverted and abused
to the imminent peril OF our country and ito limpor-
ant interests, have in the instance referred
to- and might be verified in other instances which
have Llcured in the short history Of our experience
Let tn people ewaken to their dangerslet be
sgan entrusted with the power OF the state who is Ca
pabe OF perverng and abusing the trust, in the man.
ner have witnessed and to which have alluded.
Suffer yars to wieij those powers. but the known
friends OF the Union-those who feel to be the first
Of duties and the most sacred of obligations, to pre-
serve it inyioate in ali events AID all hazards. Then
you viii 10 safe Such friends, such men are the can
ddstes of the KEPUBLlCAN PkOX. They have
all titles oyour confidence and support. Rally round
them--carry them into ofhce-ther triumph will be
yours and your country's. The right of suffrage is
power in the hands OF the people, retained safe.
guard of their liberties and happiness This great
iginal power called upon to exercse--it is
important that We should exercise it on this occasion
LET EVERY MAN BE AT HIS POST, AND
DO HIS DUTY.