The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1818-10-21

rban my be TOO poor TO puIctass zeal es- J,
late, oi the value usually feqDised by our
election laws but poor aod ali lect as he Is,
10 he moment of dsnger, he acquire. On iD-
po,tsnce commensura,e with lhe extent OF
his services. His courage, his love OF COM
uy, is found 10 be not itss than that oi The
privileged orde' ard yet absurd as il Dsy
appear, he is required 10 rally round e.of
men, and sssysftm oi measures, which, If
,hsy bsve not s0byer,sd his civil liberty, hsse
sl least denied him the a. est invaluable p,isi-
lege of freeman. CCniormsblc 10 cur laws,
declaration OF war must emanate from tho
representatives. Of The people. his sacred
uust is eon6ded 10 The popular brsneh tho
original riehr which every man formerly pos
sesssd, IL here fully teccgnstd ;.-the risAf
Of evtry Cinzen (sVho 10 eafeote Of beafsng
armsJ 30 be heard on fhe question OF Pecee Or
War.
No one act of the Representatives can iu.
voive more serious and awful oonsequsnccs,
than declaration OF war. ICis a calsmiy
which has laid thrones and Kingdoms pros
trate b and has bsiit up one nation, On tho
ruins OF another. Can a Republican besilsto
10 say, that every man who rnay be compel.
led 10 share It's perils has Ugh, 10 decide oa
its justice and i,s policy !--But however iuss
or unjust may be the privilege OF him who 10
possessed oil real eslate however repugnont
to all our Republican feelings and sentin ents
il may be 10 involve the life sGd properly Of
any CITIZEN, without consulting bis jude ment
and his will (; no non Of any psrty, can hesi.
tate TO say fhof lhe eide 81 sons Of frsemen here
nor dfrived /rom he God Of natEre, any nie's-
sCl sutt,iorify aud shey snshf moi 10 b. in
vesfed suith any suherior fripttege. !, is
stain On the annals of our Ie gisla,ion, that this
aci of Injustice has no, sooner been blotte4
out. Let il be remeu bestd, that il is COS
natural 10 our soil-ig L. an exoiic.-I,is tho
fruit Of British poioy--and u va. eng' cited
90 our stock. beioe the tree oi Lites'Y No
been planted, TO oyetsbsdew the Wessstn
Con,intc,. Epglsnd has seen, has flcns
known, ihe sbsurdiiy Of that law, which IN.
vests the elder son with privilege, which
the younger cannot erjoy. The younger
Pm, ~ he force of uaortiEaly 'ss'nis,
reached The highest summit OF sovereign Ia.
vo'; while the elder, as " TO marx The %.
sutdny of custom, was snH,ted, with his
meaiocfiIy oI taleDts, his privileges, snd his
honors, 10 stand on thst lower station. which
nature had assigned him Examples are not
wanting to prove hat cur sleeuoD law Is I'm.
,cuDd bur IT'S sdvccaies say, the Rtound -
sacred, and VIC s,e required 20 pass 1t by with
reverence, leyt We sbtu'd ,rfnpie On The very
rQot Of order, ard lice n'ioUsaess should sprsne
Up IN The wslks of society.
iftbe fair fabric OF civil freedom and OF
social o,der, could stand on any basis, o,her
Than hat OF p1tIc siuue srd Il Jnsi sEd
equal tights, We nigh, have cause TO issY
thar when its eoots were thrown opsn, The
Constitutional Chsr,ei would be trsupied
under foot. BU, foupdec IS it is. On the zeal
ard YHec,ion OF every citizen, 1t will s,sns -
No matter how mary cn,et INTO its eou,,s no
matlcr hCw snaiy participates 10 It's benshts.