The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1821-11-14
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THE LNIiED SrAIES
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being OF man hvw sloUous the change, Which
has tn'n.d these vast hsuDts OF panth.rss
wolves aud saNages inlo the bbodes, bnd me
u'e asylum Of the opptesseo Whs, noble
,dhce has there been Iaised for hunted iiber-
yto dwell IN sccuuy' / is Impossible 10
cad ,hc soil oi America and not 10 bless IL;
impossible 10, oonsider heI srowing wsa.th
nd suong,h vIIbou, hojoici6g." V,eUs of
s0eie q and manners .dmtrie0. n 1erieS IF
oners sy an /nghsh' wo,ran, 1871
We bctu 'eiel "a tu'n GU eyes iom
onvulseo Eutope, lhe seen, oi soi,uih by-
poeiIsy and uiup phent vilisiny, To the ob.er-
,ng aspeot OF ihe Z. STATES, .rl yrg, uuder
heir pure ond bsoIg1 institutions, an .nuoo.
oed cam, like tbsr of ihe Gea,eply beoics,
ard wsiIpg ,hcse bodies IN lie sc cnuy and
cCrsieucy ol ,h,n cou' &c, nd We hope, IN Tho
stsbih oi Iben existence. Feeling as we
do, TIA, he whole human roce has de, p n.
,e'csr IN III, prosperity Of ,hst couuuy, We
s,e always esper TO feeeive the sis,snens OF
mpatus, travellers wih Wgard 20 It's cond'-
.Ior aud We gmdIy embrace the oppo'toory
which che book we hay, quoted A,'s, 30 Icy
before our reaueis--roI any new statisu.ai
iacls, but The tes,,nuDy oi N iuteiiigent eye
witness TO lis growing p'osp.,iy aud lb. hap
py fleets oi its poiiuosi osuuuoOs
l. Is justly Observed, by this enlightened
nd eloquent wrner, tha, III, Eogii peopo
Have been as Ill represented IN Ame'Ics as %
home. Few B itIsh Jewellers VITO baye VIs-
lted that continent hay, been ou.uhcd either
to do justice TO the county th,y y blessed 10
dc sc,IDc, or cted,, 10 hat which s1pt them
lotlh. The best oi them, IN thrn be 81 ef-
forts 10 be liberal, have seldotn been able to
shake of Cnti,ely the "bcgear elements" ot
the old world Hence the ST snge mistoprs-
seDtauons which prevail omong us, and un-
et,ie men, opinions oO o subject neiiher oh.
Ncure no difficult. In q q, ospeing couDiry,
with ten millions OF inhabitants, some SEQ
nothing but kItests, bears and rsttesnbkes;
in the nit tIiigent and VII ,Uuus hos6sndmen OF
ne Republic, they see nothing but d'uukeu
Doors; ~ her free press, nothing but negro
advertisements; in her Cunbress bothiuC
bu demsgogues aud IN hei mid and cquits.
De goverpment, nothing but weakness sud
ina,chy C0Dsiueti0g q, tn,sCiIiuvons M ct
OF bad insi utIons IN Vius,iBg mems moral
perception, such distorted views are Dot sur
pr'sing. fiy years ago, had any individual
III med, that such governmcn, as ,ha, of
Ht United ) lates could exist he would havo
been d DouDced as On enthusiast. That zen
millions OF men could govern themselves by
system OF uniyc sol suh Sgc, and live ~ tho
'uD'l pc lee 'tNcf bnN sctully, eDl' ybE
liberty OF speech, thought snd ectiou never
,quolied, without Standing a,mIes.--wittout a
nIera,chy OF piiests-- witbout a sbackied
p'ess; without state prosscu,ions--wibout
idle psge,n's; aud (nost strange Of ally al
most WITHOUT taxes--in short, without fDtco
appied % thcit persons, OF hpuds p'sctiscd
on thei' understandings, is u conclusion most
devouiy to be deprecated by those who hold
nj m IN ali plv al l,y hi,
c6 by ne iibrrsl minded, even sft, IL had &C.
ceI,ed practical dc monst otion. Ccnefa IONS
ye unborn will bk and honor he men who
otidcd III The virtue of their species. 10 de-
G,nce of power aud ridicule, and m ,de The
oOd experiment, the issue Of winch has rais-
q the destiny of he human race. Tho
Washngtons, the aDkins, tn Jefrcrsons,
who framed these noble Institutiuns, will be
to,over canOnls d 10 The hea Is Of he enllght-
cpcd aud genetOU',ss the gfeatGs, ben,facI
tors Of IN 4okjnd. Iheu courage aud wisdona
ave real zcd state OF society su p 'ssin, all
that ancicn' s8gcs he'd imagined IT ,hcdresn:
II tneir bsUcvolonce.-Whic their glorious
work exists, were u even IN the rerp'cs, cor.
ner OF the globe, ihese is a hope ot emaucips4
'on iof the most aouigh'ed nations. bu' IN
=. p esent stare VIC see bu' The r. ble begin.
nibgs of that Influence winch, III the iuilncs,
OF us sucng'h,i rsde,,ioed 20 cxer, oser 'hs
ate Of the world. II is de5uc,ble fom un.
disputed DIT, ,hst'in the shou space Of ono
century, the y S's'es will contain hundred
| rilous of inhabitants. Such population
| speskIng one Language, living under one gov
''nment, and en Ieyihg The benef. oi ins'itu.
] tons oalcu's'ed aboye all others To dcvo.opo
he enc eies OF mao, will be phepomenon
! { which The past history Of msnk!nd can
SC freely enable us TO form a conception The
\ me ecsr g0vet.nent viii then be q, The
hcsd Of an amount of moral and physical
force which has never been cquslltd, end
mus, be irresistible. II ty'enry shall tben
sxisJ in ony corner Of Europe, il musi be bg
the .uifr' snce Of America.
A povsspmen, so constructed Is fhe great.
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