PAPERS OF MrnAREAU BuoNAPARTE LAMAR 93 cipled aspirant whose only aim is to form steps of the mangled corses of the patriots of his country over which to clamber up to the throne of dominant power Tread lightly oer their ashes fellow citizens they were your countrymen And proud am I to claim them as such; and proud do I feel to have the privilege of defending their characters from the foul aspirtions attempted to be heaped upon them; and still more proud would I feel could I get the aid and co-operation of my fellow citizens in devising the ways and means to restore them again to their ungrateful country, and the bosoms of their much distressed and desponding families Much pains has been taken to misrepresent and in;i.pugn the conduct and motives of this brave band, as well as that of our Navy Actions, should be considered the true touch stone, by which to arrive at motives It is not common for pirates to attack armed. vessels, as did our Navy; nor is it common for bandits whose object is robbery, to attack strong places against the advantages of artillery, and ten to one in numbers, as did our Mier band Let the public mind then be disabused on these subjects; and instead of pro- mitting, or incouraging pursecution; let us the rather be aroused to a sense of justice for the injuries and wrongs inflicted on our patriots,- warm with sympathy for their sufferings, and use all laudable means for their restoration It is not the wish or object of the old setler to break armistice, produce war, or anarchy and confusion; but by a timely and prudent action on the part of the people, to prevent those much to be dreaded calamities; and if possible, to purpetuate the armistice on honorable terms, through all time to come The abolition quacks little think how immorally they act in rashly medling with what they do not understand Their delusive good in- tention is no sort of e~cuse for their presumption; in their attempts to meddle with the political institutions of States, or countries, in which they have no interest, and over which they have no right to hold supervision or controll They who truly mean well, must be fearful of acting ill While they conceive themselves, perhaps, to be inoffensive, and their conduct praiseworthy, they are sowing dissentions and feuds. Crossing the lines in which others move, they create confusion and awaken resentment. For every man conceives himself to be injured, when he finds another intruding into his affairs, and without any title, taking upon him to examine his conduct Being unlawfully, improperly and unnecessarily disturbed, he claims, property, the right of resent- ment, and the right of disturbing in his turn, those who have thus wantonly assailed him Let these quacks then at once be informed in language not to be misunderstood, that this is not a suitable latitude for their operations. Particularly those who go shouting about through the country, troubling the waters, breeding confusion by attending to every bodies business but their own Let these shy-pokes be admon- ished, that this is not a suitable coast for their frogging operations;· that our waters sometimes become very deep; and however long their legs, they might chance to wade out of soundings; and then unless they are webfooted the game would be up This species of fanaticism is not endemical in this latitude, and only introduced by these shy;pokes,- the abolition quacks, in its epidemic form It is known to be a species of insanity which horrifies wisdom and against which she can furnish no sort of resource. The experience and practice of our sister Re- public proves, that, the strait, or rather striped jacket, with venesection,
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