The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1824-01-15

tors, who In the fUlnsss Of their msfcy end
compassion, will BE- sure 10 chsrhh the same
kind Of love, % the wolses did tosmerIy f,r
the ioeoosderate sheep, thst were oiscsd IN
dss their wise guar disnship. BIZ, will the
people suffer this Will they smeiy become
reconciled 10 the svowsl in . western nsvs.
paper, tbst every originsI exercise NJ voting
IN the choice oi Prssidentisi Electors, 10 .
mere innovation, end oi modern ioseo,ioo !
IL they have slept on their posts, thus supins.
", ill their constitutional immuni,ies are
we'll nigh lost, will they not think IL is time
10 arouse from their siumbsrs, and to resume
Important ptivils gss, which are 10 danger oi
being s"ogsted from them . Is /, no, evidept,
that ell delays hereafter, will involve the most
perilous conseque oces, amount to o prevsi.
cation Of right on our part, and perbsp,
plunge Us before We are swsse, into the black
snd horrible gulpn Of oligsrchicsI faction !
Should the members Of Congress. for . mum.
Der OF successive terms, be silently permiued
10 choose virtually and in effect our P,esi
dent, IL may then be too late TO repent, We
have authorised by repeated example, such
moBsrous usurpation. Custom vii, have in.
u,ed Us TO the sbsufd habit Of implicit ob.di.
snco. The particular Legislsiurss indeed,
might endeavor to summon back ,hc Aee,ing
visionary shade OF obsolete elsirns, iohefnsd,
and s,iIi seemingly used st second hauc by
their constituents. Bur ell exetiions must be
onavsiline, TO control the irresistible tide, (or
so IL would bs considersd.) Of s,sts necessity,
which, swecpiog down IN its torrent every
thing valuable, The precursor Of tho storms Of
civil rebellion, might produce On opposI,ion
OF divers ioteresis, tSe psris end the confeds.
rated whole, iD spacious sr'ay sgsiDst one an.
other, end bring shout Q 6asi dissolution Of
tho bands OF Our union Let any re- tflecting
msD, suqulro Of his own bosop, the p, obabis
result. lnd:viduals, much more pnblic Off
Gers, are tenacious of the power, however u,
legitimate, they once have held. Members
OF Congress, IL encouraged, witt yet, as hors.
toio'e, continue to eominaie, even 'houeh d..
vidsd among themselves, 10 Tho object vi sp.
po'n'mcn They may possibly Of course.
sPht in,o different csbsls, each one sHscting
s"enoousiy 10 support ito own candidate. 10
the hsrshness OF conten ntion, the popular
tight will eithsr bo forgotten, or nominations
from ths, quarter, regarded as subjec. to be
overroled. II, as tho case shall happen, we,
or our pos'eriy sup'dly scquiesce, Congress-,
whsn they Can agree, will be the h's,, last end
'oie electors OF Piesdeat and Vice. PFC .ident
-for the sovereign people, as We now con.
cs',e them, viii thea no longer possess any
sovereign su,hori,y. That the clemens 81
our republic might 80 bs resolved into sn
sris'o 'acy, by insensible degrees, unque,ilon.
sbiy requires 40 iurther proof, thso the broad
rid,culs which hes been cast, in the face Of
plain day hight, on the patriotic appeals ,hs,
are frequently made to the collective commu.
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And nevertheless, soms dlscipiss Sf Mr..
Crawford, are notwiIhsandios their effected
and srhsps rssi disdsIn, complete eourie,.,
sod msSing as7iduous advances, - fsr - cir.
coms'aDcss will POI Init, and their PoIi.y csn
Justify, Into the good e. sces Of their dcsp.ed
mss,srs. Yet, We should be di.crsetiy on
our guard, sgainst these sudscious i'm mposlo's.
Proseus' like, thcy ere meismot phosed thro'
a variety Of ot,ous, or aAt,s,ing shapes They
con, piimen; 9 metimss u 10 trve, but IL il on.
~ 10 deceive and os,tsy. They have no cer.
tain refuge, save ~ tho tricks OF cunning, and
6eep.lsid Aufui hypocrisy. l refer to their
principles, 10 cons mslion OF this unvssnish
cd assertion. Truth stands undismsysd 10
naked boidness, and needs not the usppings
and Disguise OF fictitious enbe ellishmeot. She
Is, whom nuadoi ned, adorned tho most"
The gsntiomen aforesaid, have taken the vt.
most pains, by unfair conclusions, 10 dep'sci.
Ne Mo. Adams. MOE haze the followers Of
MIR. Calhoun, though loss sbusive, and viru.
lent, been silent. They have rep'eseoted the
posts Of Foreign Ambasssdo, snd Secrs,ssy
oi STATE, ss Of ve'y uH'ng moment. The.s,
II seems, sny man Of common sbii,is. msy
fill. Thousands IN the Blush Domlnions,
Che w,i,er who affir this, does no, appear
To be iamiliar in the concerns Of Our nsIve
couotuy.) perform the diplomatic du,iss with
esse, and the ioreign secretary often sc,s with
no skill OF his own, bot under the moro ,m.
mediate controlling influence sod direction Of
the Prcsideut himself. Be IL 90, and let ei
,ber Of tho foregoing fsc,s, however faise aud
ilitounded, tor the sake Of argument, be cd
mited. An Ambasssdor IN general, conducts
but oeHec,ualiy, without NAV uctions and
secretary L. bound faithfully 10 execute the
busioess, carved out ior him IN tho csbinei.
Yet even on this sdrvission,. each may ,ngen.
iousy add much TO his orders, and usual me.
chsDicsl dex,eriiy, 90 dehcae occasions, 70
which the welfare OF his nation Is involved,