The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1820-11-15

religion int pendent OF us Has any man
q night to square the solemnities OF mar-
yiage accosIing to his rude caprlces? Am
Iyour lowly subject, to understand that
] may kneel before the throne Of God,
aud promise conjugal fidelity till death,
and seIf-absolve myself whatever moment
ii suits my inclination?" Not 50 will
that mitred Bench who sec her majesty
arraigned before them read to you this
ceremony. They will tell youit is the
most solemn ordinance Of man--conse-
Grated by the approving presence Of our
Saviour-acknowledged by the whole
civilized communicable source Of lile's
purest pleasures, and Of deaths haPpie't
sonsola,ions---the rich fountain Of our
Me and being, whose draught not only
puriiies existence, but causes man to
Eve in his posterity ;--,hcy will tell you
that it cannot perish by "inc'inatun,"
but by crime, and that if there is any diff
ference between the prince and the peas
ant who invoke its obligation, it is in the
more inlarged duty csysssssa spo' him, to
whom the Almighty las vouchsascd the
Influence OF an example.
Thus, then, within o;ic year alter her
marriage, wa. she ilnug 'ike Ioath-
some weed' upon the world, no cause
assigned except your loathing mcina-
don! 1t mattered nothing, that tor you
she had surcnded all her worldly pros.
Isects--4-that she had lett her home, her
parents, and her country that she had
Oon6dcd in the honor of Prince, and
the heart of man, and the faith ola Chris
6an; she had, it seems, in one little year
q outliyed your liking" and the poor,
abandoned, branded, heart-rent outcast,
must bear it all in silence, for--she tuas
9 defeacslcss woman and a stranger. Let
my man of ordinary feeling think on her
situation at this trying crisis, and say ne
does not feel his hearts blood boil within
him! Poor unfortunate who could have
envied her her salaried shame and her
royal humiliation The lowest peasant
h her revcrsiona,y realm was happy IN
the comparison. The parents that loved
her were far, Ear away--the friends OF
her youth were in another iand---shc was
alone aud among Strangers, and he who
should have rushed between her and the
bolt of heaven, left her exposed 10 rude
worlds caprices. And yet she lived
without murmur her tears were silent
.--her sishs were lonely and when yoU
perhaps in the rich blaze of csrth's mag
nificence forgot that such wretch exis-
ted, no reproach Of hers awoke your
slumbering memory. Perhaps she cher
ished the visionary hope. that the babe
whose "per,lous infancy" she Graded,
might ooe day be her hapless mothers adj
yocate! How iondly did she trace each
faint resemblance Each little casual pa.
,crnal smile, which PLAYED upon the lea-
lures of that child, ard might some dis
tant day be her redemption! how, as IT
lisped the sacred name Of father. did she
hope its innocent infant tone might yet
awake within that fathers breast some
fond association! Oh, sacred fancies |!
On, sweet and solemn visions OF moth
er---who but must hallow thee! Blest be
the day.dream tha, bcgui'es her heart,
aud robes each cloud that hovers o'er her
child in airy colours Of that hearts crca-
ton! To soon iite's wintry whirlwmd
must come TO sweep the prismed vapour
into nothing.
Thus, Sire, for many and many a
heavy year did your deserted Queen be-
ruile her solitude. Mcaa while for you
q flattcring world assumed its hGrfo,
smiies--the ready lie denied your errors
---tlie villain courier deiied each act,
which in an humble man was merely
duty. and mid the din ofpomp, and mirth,
and reveiry, ifremorse spoke, twas mar
ticulatc. Believe me, Sire, when all
the tongues that Aattered you are mute,
l.