The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1824-02-12

beffieEd the cause Of Chfistisniiy Thai you
will resusciste, ss teenep, o people who
once were slaves That the cons s,iyely
misInfo' med will be instructed That BY 60
imporsa, charity you will incu's siighi in
conseaie j. not The concern OF kepub
iicsnism, cur concern, ell over the world!
And shall We not cepse TO be genuine Ame',
leans, when we erase TO reverence the integ.
ri,y and ysIof If Phocion OF Leonidss, OF Up
sylsnti OF Bozxsris
Perhaps IL may DO said what business has
our Government 10 intef fie'e in The civil sg
,s,ions Of other powers! Il certainly is vey
true iha, while any people are IN . colonial
state, and fairly liable 20 suboId Idinstion, We
have no right TO interfere in their behslL
Yet when independence has been proclaimed
10 the world, snd thst indie ependence SOL port
cd, by q series o: undoub'ed inaf,iei achieve
menis, the matter Of righ, no longer bocome'
. question. il is then 9 subjeci Of policy ont
expedIency only. Whether q ctisis like this
has arrived, end how long it may continue,
ought, before any deci'ive step be taken to
employ The utmost considerstiou Of ssg scious
poiiicisns. Iris conceded however, u were
as we'll TO be csutious--not to commit ouf
selves by acts Of hostility, or expose our
merchants, or our sailors to the insuits OF The
Ottoman Porte, or the cruel d,pre ds,ions OF
infamous savage Pi,stes.of the Mediieusne-
an. Ye, whatsoever course ou Adminis'ra'
tioa might cboose TO toke--whe her TO recog.
Dize the national existenco oi the G'eskS--io
send them q Consul or accredited Agenl-of
merely to acknowledge wo feel q sympathy
Tor their situation and tbs, our sstfIoic se..
time nls ore in unison with theWs. As iSdi-
vldusls we can have no hesita,ien in declaring
they deserve our unbounded snd unsnimUus
applause, ou' approval, our respect, ou' par.
usIi,y, ous extreme Of aGmirstion. And who
ere these Tu,ks, their oppmssots A race
oi ba bs'ian hotdes-of vsgabOnd Ss'scsns--
whose minds are still az rnculivs,ed as the
barren deserts whence they derive their ori
gln-whose Joy j, mn'd-f-whoss deiigh, 10
blood--whoss ssli,isction is the torture they
ina'c,--whose mercy is desltuction---whose
law IS b'u,ahty--whose mo- ais are the pesse.
COTTON Of Christ and OF Ch, isusns- W hose
gn.pr, Is The sword---and the quarter they al
low is bondage or death. Figure to YOU.
selves, Fellow Ciiizens, rom the back ,eule.
men,s oi your county, inmense moltnudes
of untutored, hor,Id and supessti,'co' tribes
Of tho forest, bursting in upon you--imsg'ne
that you see their half naked iimbs,--,hsi,
mahswks and weapons Of woe no, you nes
The yell OF thep wor.whoop,--the terror OF
their war songs,--snd their noisy pte.sges oi
victory TO come. Imagine with superiority
Of numbeS; imagine, l say, they should in
vsde your hsbita,,oos should devsstate yoor
cultured harvesu shourd Sc, ere to your
dwellings should profsne the house Of God
should sacrifice The priests oficisiing nt the
sla sh -,
and children. or Dive them helpless, violated
and forIoi q, into i,temedisbie csp;i,i,y. Sup
pose the populated towns you once inhsbi,ed,
a heap OF ashe, but few btsvs detetnioed
defenders left, 10 lingsr around the' once be-
loved hearihs; TO restore their ruined gan
dtu' Of society, or mourn over the g,nc'ai
cslsmiiy. What = scene my American
b. 'e,b'eo IL this and ye, how faint in compsr.
ison osthe disaSers Of those unhappy Euro.
peoos, ere conquest began to lighi on tho
Gtecisn bspner,. Stiii the red natives Of cur
western wilds, would have it Tor o ptciex,,
they fought only 10 regain the righ'iu, soil OF
which their sncssto's by Ues,y, fraud, OF
force had been di,possessed. Who are the
sggrsssovs IN tho present instance Are tho
Creeks TO blame, any more than the NeApoh
) ,sn., the Sardinisn,, the Spanis'ds, who wish.
ed, and vainly wished ie recover THEFT iiber-
ties 3 Then tho South AmetIcsns, who ave
IN fair rosd.,o. glorious independence
Then any nation OF s'aves, who ere smbi,ious
to be tree Ask your own hearts tAe cues.
uon--nsve they not, TO ssy the lesat, the sams
claim as their former tyrsn,s, TO ,hst tetri,o.
W ,b'y challenge BY sn older title than they,
rom ,hei, ancient ptogsnitors Yes! heroes
OF ThetmopyIe, OF Msrah hon, OF Sslsmis and
Plu s', you' pos,~tny has r,cb'y Inherited the
land, that your cou'sge had rescued ou: OF
the bard grasp Of Persian oppression. Could
you rise ON your honored end long moui.
ds'ing rsves, you need not bIash ., the ex.
piois winch your children are ccns,sn,Iy es
ssy'ng against my,isds ot foes--ioes ss M
morous as ihe host Of Xe'xes, that crossed
The Heliespont, never 10 re,ufo.-As q Re.
public our na'ioa has always recognised all
other republics. In some cases even, our
acknowledgment hes been premature. We
will there fore exercise the gres,est prudence
and discretion But can We be de Of Ia suffer.