The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1821-01-10
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For shs r. r. RsputSsan.
"IwuevArrou awful iunovasi on setting one foot
o. Europe, the other on Asis-- while iis dismal.
dsmnd, and borrid front dasksns the hcsison Of
America - Charts J. Pr \
THL struggle between legitimate gov,
Arnment, and The might and the majesty
OF the peop seems to be approaching
crisis; it nay rivet yet stronger the chains
OF the opfrrssor. it may bring back the
days Of ficudul bondage and OF vassal ser
vifudc; or It may terminate in rrccg-
milton Of rights and Of privileges, para
mount to all existing institutions, and to
all the prescriptions Of arbitrary power.
The events which have passed before
us IN rapid succession, which, have pros.
rsted the arbi.er OF Europe, and left him
an isolated being, divided by an impass-
able ocean from the arms and affections
of millions (which have elevated SOW
creign, now lord Of the ascendant the
patron Of religion and of peace, yet hurl.
Ing from the wiIds of Russia, brand,
that may light up another conaagration
in Europe -he whose new zeal for the
church, at no very distant period, may
pluck the Crescent fayh the walls Of
Constantinoplc and plant the greek Cross
on the ruins Of European Turkey. And
even now, while his eye is fixed ON the
.struggles between the opprcssor and the
oppressed. he counts the powerful arms
that have a6conYlished the des,inies Of
Kings. and threatcns once more to mar
shaI his Cossacks on tic fertile plains Of
the South; and rcinssatc iii the full ex-
ercisc Of his spiritual and temporal pow-
cr, dcsccndsnt Of the House Of Bour-
bon.
We have beheld with admiration a
despotic Prince, dispensing she blessings
Of peace, cnacting equitable laws, and
enforcing naxims ofsonnd goveritmcnt
he was hailed as AlcxanderJ great in
the energies Of his might, and greater in
lis subservicnce to those maxjfns oi
public good, which can only make = SOW
ercign dcscrvcdly respected, and a peo-
pie truly happy.
\ sincerely hope that he may have
paused between the rights Of the sub
jcct, and the prerogativcs Of royalty !;
that if existing institutions are preserved
in the circle where his authority is de-
setvcdly respected, he may not look be-
yond the Pyrsnnes, and throw his sword
in the unequal scale. Beneath which the
representative and constitutional charter
now prcponderatcs.
The. House ot Austria, having been
compelled more than once, to treat with
avictorious enemy in her own Capitol,
views with suspicion and alarm the storm
which is gathering around her; and
which threatens to wrest from her crown,
a-jewel more precious than was ever COW
cted by the aspiring genius Of Napoiem.
Prussia, once 6rf Of Poland. now en-
tIroxd on the spoiis Of that divided
kingdom, and cnirenched, behind the
bayort Of disciplined soldlcry, displays
towards the spirit ol amclioration and
reform. q front, that may appal its lead
SIS and ultimately check its progress.
Britaie, tlr emporiun Of commerce,
the patron Of arts and sciences; she
whose wealth has subsidized so many
kings. and has betrayed the expence Of a
war urlcxamPled in its duration and cx-
tent--thc august sovereign oetsis Uni.
ted Kingdom trenbles before "a,
daughter Of the House OF Brunswick" !"
and awaits with fearful soliciludc, the II.
s,sc Of a contest betwceu the descendant
ofsovefcigns, who, for many centuries
have welded the dcstinics Of Britain,
and that cause, which Mas numbers, and
ssrenA III. and talents which support d
cissf and stligions liberty under the reign
.of. the Stnarts, ard having accomplished
a. change in the order of succession,
transferred its hatred Of tyranny, with its
allegiance to the House a Narrower,
Believing As We do, that a whole peo-
pie may assume their natural and inher-
cns ptiviligss vixen the stipalations Of the
social compact sro violated by an exer-