The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1820-11-29
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PHILLIPS LETTER,
70 THE KING or EAGLAhO.
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y ~" SiWt yShS uciOiS, Sic sOuCucu TIC
shores of England! The day beam fel
not on happier creation
caught new colors from her presence,
joy sounded its timbrcl as she passed,
ard the flowers OF birth, of beauty, and
OF cA.valry, bowed down brcre her.
But now, alone, an orphan and widow
her gallant brother in his shroud OF glory
no arm TO shield, no tongue to advocate,
no friend TO follow an o'er clouded for
tune. branded, degraded, desoluie, she
Hung herself once more upon the wave,
10 her less tickle than husbands prom
ises! l do not wonder that she has now
10 pass through severer ordal, because
impunity gives persecution confidence.
but | marvel indeed much, that then,
after the agony Of IN enspartetrial, and
the triumph OF complete though linger-
ing excupation, the natural spirit OF En-
lish justice did not stand embodied be-
tween her and the shore, and bear indig.
nant to your capital. The people, The
peerage, the preiacy, should have sprung
into unanimous procession; all that was
noble, or powerful, or consecrated in the
land, should nave borne her to the palace
gate, and demanded why their Queen
presented to their eye this gross anoma-
b Why her anointcd brow should
bow down in the dust, when British
verdict had pronounced her innocence
Why she was refused that conjugal res
tltution, which her humblest subject had
right to claim Why the annals OF
their time should be disgraced, and the
morals OF their nation endure the taint of
this terrific precedent, and why it was
that after their countess sacrifices for
Jour royal house, they should DC cursed
with tins, ,pagc1Dtty Of royal humiliation! {!
Had they SO acted, the dire sAliction OF
this day might have been spared us.
We should not have seen the filthy sew
ers of ItIy disgorge living leprosy u
pon the throne and slaves and spies, i'm
ported from a creedless brothel, land,
80 atlaiDt the sacred Majesty Of England
But who. alas! will succour The uniortun.
atc9 The cloud Of your displeasure was
upon her, and the gay, glittering, count
less ilisect-swarm OF summer friends,
abide but it the sunbeam She passed
a@ay-"ith sympathy doubt not, but
In silence.
Who could have thought, that in
foreign land, The restless fiend of pefsecu.
ton would have haunted her !? Who
could have thought, that in those distant
climes where her distracted brain had
sought oblivion, the demoniac malice OF
her enemies would have followed? WHO
could have thought, that any human form
which hid an heart, would skulked after
the mourner in her wanderings, to note
and con every unconscious gesture;
Who could have thought, that such a
man there was, who had drank at the
pure fountain of our British law who had
seen eternal justice IN her sanctuary who
had invoked the shades of Holt and Hard
wicke, and held high converse with those
mighty spirits, whom mercy hailed in
heaven as her representatives on earth!
Yet such man there was, who, on
the classic shores Of Como, even in the
land of the immortal Roman where every
stone cmtombed sn hero. and every scene
was redolent Of genius, forgot his name,
his country, and his calling, to hoard
each coibablc and rabble slander Oh |
sacred shades of our departed sages a.
vert your eyes from this unhalowcd
spectacle; the spotIess crime is unsullied
still the ark yet stands untsinted in the
temple, and shohd unconsecstcd hands
assail it, there is lightning still, which !
would not slumbcr |! No, no the judg. |
nent seat of British law is to be scared, |
not eravied to +; it must be sought upon
IN eagles pinion, and gazed at by an
eagles eye; there is radiant purity a.
round it. to blast the glance Of grovel-
ing speculation. His labor was in vain, /
sire. The people of England will not
listen to Italian witnesses, nor ough;
thcy. Our queen hss been. before this,