The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1827-09-20
TO THE PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA.
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TO THE PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA.
No /.
III must be obvious To every observer o
J passing events, that the present sspect q
pollticoi affairs Is highly unpropit ious.
not alarming. The time has arrived wbe,
neutrality may be regarded as criminals,
indicating an insensiblhty lo tbc success o
our happy institutions, or a sordid and sci
fish determination To hazard nothing lo
their preservation. With these ,onvic.
tons, ask leave 10 submit, for your de
lbcrate consideration, some of the view,
which have occurred TO me as worthy of
your notice, As have nowish To aid them
by any Fictitious circumstance, aud am @.
| Qually unwilling that their influence should
be impaired by any unjust suspicion of the
quarter from whence they come, / Offer vou
a pledge of my sincerity IN designating bv
my signature the pursuits of my life. am
| no office. seeker believing that no public
station can be more honourahle than thu,
winch already ENJOY as an independent
| farmer feel that am exempt from any
improper bias, and that If there are errors
IN the views which present to you, they
| are errors of the head, and not oithe heart.
| In addressing you, trust shall not forget
the respect due To nv feuow.ci,,,eus I'm,
shall at the same time sneak lronLly ot
men and things ns they appear to me. The
circumstances under which we arc called
o act forbid tiatcr or even torhearunre. @.
The times are dis'cmpered The omeus
are threatening: and It behoves every man,
conscicutously aud 'carlessly, to take his
station and 10 do his bart. hy such means
only moy we avert the scrious evils which
qre hoycriur over the future.
| bpp leave emrh,iically 10 aek Of vou
,yha' has produced the extraordinary state
oi aGl.rs 90 which have alluded Three
Years ogo aN Vaa tranquil. The vessel ol
.tata ghdod rCaceublv along The admin
.-tration ot public atairs--Which was then
conducted ~ the same splril ~ unw-re
"rN'd thc general appreciation al HE a.
merlcnn pcopIe; and concord and good vii
.HevaIlcd throughout the Republic. a
'o.tcal millennium seemed To hotc arriV
cd. But, what Is now orr condition D's
cord and ali nnchantabIcness are ever!
where prevailing. The charnctsrs oi our
most l.jasirlou- citI2ens are hssaied WITT
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1bJect OF more consequence ID our eyes
nan Inc pest interests o' our o"unry-a'
nong when J mean 10 IhcIuoe 'ioerty IT.
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now cou'idcred ny Sc'Ie AZ ono"p Snl',
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owing sentiment h"cg''pco 10 -, s"'nron ,,,n
3 above all o'her coi,s'ueru',ons '' MS
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