Rhode Island Republican

NEWPORT, Thursday, Nov. 15, 1804.

GLORIOUS NEWS.

Republicanism has undoubtedly gained a complete triumph in the truly enlightened, powerful and opulent State of Massachusetts. Notwithstanding all the arts of chicanery played off upon the people, by spurious and degenerated federalism, the independent yeomanry of that State have arisen in the majesty of their strength, in support of the wise and patriotic measures of a JEFFERSON.—The Essex Junto are for the first time defeated. We trust therefore that federalism will no longer hold up its hideous head in New-England at least that there will be no opposition to the Man of the People at the ensuing choice of President. If Massachusetts gives Mr. Jefferson an unanimous support, will they, can they pretend that he is elected by negro votes !! Perhaps they may—for such is the inconsistency of the federalists.—By the returns received from 236 towns, as published in the Boston Chronicle—of Monday last, it appears there is a Republican majority of nearly Two Thousand votes for the Democratic Electoral Candidates.

The following remarks on the subject are copied from the same paper.

Electoral Ticket.

The glorious result, for Republicanism, which is displayed by the returns of votes from the different towns, in this very respectable State, must be truly consolatory, not only to every genuine American who feels for the dignity and National Independence of his own country; but to every Philanthropist, of every part of the universe, who has a sufficient portion of intelligence to understand and honor the Revolution.

The venerable & virtuous State of Massachusetts had been selected by the enemies to EQUAL RIGHTS, as the focus of torytic sedition. It was her Capital that the late Gen. Hamilton designated as "the head quarters of Anti-republican principles:" But the recent honorable event, has proved that it was a libel on her general character. She might be deceived, but she could not be corrupted. The insidious foes to the mild principles of our government, have employed every means to seduce her from an obedience to her own declarations, and to cloud her intellect with misrepresentation. They affected to deplore an endangered state of religion, which had no existence but in idea; while they were actually destroying the food of morals, by coarse detraction, and every art that falsehood, malevolence or folly could suggest. They held a majority of the people of this State, in an aristocratic slumber, for several years, by continually administering deadly opiates, with the superscribed alluring appellation of "order and good government." This fatal delusion was upheld by consummate artifice and incessant intrigue, until it pleased Heaven to destroy this unnatural Anglo-tory endeavor, by the means which they had adopted for its support. And the "sleeping Sampsons" have at length awoke, and shown their strength.

In the plenitude of a political lunacy, it was resolved that Mr. Ely, of Springfield, should openly move for a violation of the last governing testament of Washington, and create such a difficulty between the Northern and Southern States, as would contemplate, on its becoming a law of the land, the Dissolution of the Union! Tho' every institute, both divine and human, seemed to forbid the measure, it was squeezed through the Legislature of this Commonwealth, by a majority so limited as scarcely to be indicative of approbation. All the Republicans were alarmed, and the moderate federalists began to ponder upon the disorganizing boldness of the proceeding. The sensible yeomanry argued with each other upon the misery that was in perspective: they well knew that a reciprocation of advantages was involved in the pure conservation of the Federal Compact, and that all and every State, from Saint Croix to the Mississippi, were bound by policy, honour and humanity, to resist this terrible inroad upon the common good. They well knew that New-England was the carrier of the rich produce of the Southern department of the confederation, who receive thro' the Northern States the produce of the Indies and of Europe; and that altho' the duties to the government are first paid here, that the consumer ultimately bears the weight of the impost. They knew all this, and consequently saw the awful danger of Mr. Ely's attempt to derange the system, and make a political volcano of their parent State, from whence the destructive fires were to be belched forth upon her associated Sisters in legislation and strength. Their apprehension made them think with more depth and precision: that thought awakened their duty, when they immediately clung to "first principles," and expressed their repugnance to the proposed innovation, by giving a decided majority against the promoters and friends of this calamitous attempt.