The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1821-08-01

yolys herself beyond tue cower OF eXuica'ion,
in ell the wars Of interest and intrigue, Of IN
diyidnsi avarice, envy and ambition, which as
sumo the coiors and usurp the s.andstd OF
freedom. The fnndamental msxims of her
policy would insensibly change from h6erfy
TO Jo,ee The ffonlet upon her brow would
no longer beam with the ine fable splendor Of
freedom aud independence but in It's stead
would soon be substituted an imperial diadem
flashing in false and TAI nished lustre tie mui-
ny radiance OF dominion and power. She
might become the dictatress Of the world.
She would be no longer the ruler OF her own
spirit.
Stand forth, ye champions Of Brittania, rul.
CT OF the waves! Stand forth, ye chivaiious
knights OF chartered Liberties and The rotten
borough Enter The Isis, ye boasters oil in.
veniive genius fe n'ghy masie,s Of the
palette and The brush Y improvers upon
tho sculpture of The Elgin marbles Ye
spawners of fustisn romance end lascivious
lyrics Comn and enquire what has Ame ica
done for the benefit oi mankind 10 the half
century which has elapsed since me d DlclaTa.
OF American ependcnce, what have g0n
done for the ben.h, OF mankind
When The hemisiocies was sarcastically ask
cd, by some great musical genius of his age,
whe,ner he knew how to play upon the lute,
he snswered, No but he knew how to make
a great ci,y VI sHaii one. We shall not
cOntend "Hh you tor the p ise OF music paint.
ing or sculpture. We shall not disturb the
extaliC frances OF your chemists, nor Gail
fom tho heavens the dent gaze OF your as
uonomers. We will not ask you who Was
the last 7, eoident Of your Roya, Academy.
We Will not enquire by whose mechanica,
combinations II was tha, your steamuoa; stem
The currents OF your Iiyeis, aud vanqlish the
opposition OF the winds themselves upon your
seas. We will no. nafne the Inyento, OF the
cotton. gin, tor we ieal tina, you would ask US
The meaning Of the woid, and y, p,onounce Il a
provincial ba' bar,sm. We will not name 10
you him whose grave deiies he Imitation OF
ioige'y, snd saves the labor OF you, execution.
er by liking tom your g. eaIest geniu.es of
robbery Ihe powe' OF committing tho crime.
He Is now among yourselves and, since your
philosophers PEI mit.ed hiin 10 prove to lhem
tne compressioiiI'y Vt water, you may perhaps
claim hin Tor your own. Would you soa,
10 tame upon d rocker, or burst IN gio y from
shell We shall leave you TO enquire Of
your nava heroes their opinion of The Steam
Battery and the Torpedo. /, Is not by ,he
contnvsnce OF agen.s of destruction that A
merica wishes TO commend her inventive
genius 10 the adGnI aion OF The gratitude of
after times; nos ~ II even IN the detection
ot the secrets, or the composition Of new
modlfcaIons, oi physical nature.
Exc udent ali spirantia moilius IRA"
Nor even Is her pu pose III. gio Vt Roman
ambtoh cor" / u regere Imherlo populous"
her momen,o 10 her sons Hei sio,y IS not
dominion, bn, liberty. HeI mach is The
march OF mind. She has spea, and shield
but the motto upon her shield Is-.-FyeedonI,
Indehendence, Peace This has been her
Declarst'on this has besn, as ia, as her nee.
essaiy inteIcou,s win the rest OF mank I'd
would permit, her practice.
My Coun,rymen, Fellow Citizens, and
Fiiends 4: could that spi'it which dictated
the Declarauon we have this day read that
spirit which "prefets before all temples the
upright heart and pure," at this moment de.
scend from his habilation in the skies, and
within this halt in language audible TO
mortal ears address each one o as here as
semoled, our beloved country, Brit,anis ruler
OF the waves, and evety individual among the
scepered lords OF human kind, his words
would be--Go THOU, AND DO LIKEWISE