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. Republicanism INVOKES HER SONS. .tELLOVv-CrTTZENS—Amid the warm Hmilkions of patriotic feeling we have witnessed the deluding stratagems, and heard the unequivocally false assert,ons, of our rancorous opponents, if we have been slow to sue; ••k t our u - r , ion thus aroused, near slumber more. Beware of those who artfully mbhkc an act of political necessity, on tM nound J moral considerations, which operate only between peaceable individuals. Suspicion itself, which is a vice in nun,lx ithe verv v iml auce of virtue in polities. Ihe patriotic spirit of pure indignation, whinli has flown from breast to bn ast amouP- us w'u'h .■lee tneai velocity, must be kept up. Beware that it subsides not. We have seen, with pride, that tit : ex, client and pat, ioiie re. solunqn relative to East-Hortda, with the lamented e.xocpbon.of avert/few Americans, is opposed mil vby a ‘ or-,hi,union of avariciously mercantile adventurers, the agents or co-partners of English merchantand thus dependent on our tr ade to t beat- Bntain for t,icir sa-anes. I hat. such a detestable combination is opposed to our measures hlv ukl continue, as it now is the source of our most exquisitely patriotic congratulation. A kagite with .... h. miscreants woukl fix an eternal blot on the R( pubucan character, and we envy no man those feelings in Which such contemptible wretches participate. Parly ‘distinction of every description, excepting the great and important one of the revolution, must now disappear. Men must be for us. or against us— JThigs, as true Americans ; or Tones, as British adherents. T Motives of personal animosity have, heaven be the witness! no agency in this address ; but no earthly consideration shqii, or should deter us, from the free'and unequivocal expiv.vTm of our lnnstolelibu-ate conviction, it is the general and dc- Cisivi.-opinion 0; tne i epubUoan cdtz *ns. < cat 1 HREis-fOUR i, lib die * ‘aeons who composed the late meeting were in la ve,i of the lexOiUtion concerning Rast-Hqrida. i here is no sua-low >i doubt on their minds, however, hut tha x two-thirds, at the very least, surely were. All 1 how would the lofty ; pirit of Republicanism li ive been humbled, had oite of her orators deemed it requisite lulsomely to reiterate his deck, ati<vr.s of love for ‘country! —i -raeiouu God! who is he rovon us, th.t would not have hung his head in silence, and, in that posture of abashment.” have meurned the weakness of tin? orator? ■fortunately for our speakers, they had no capacity to vaunt of a ieelir ■; whirl, is ali v i„ the hearts of all, save the most unn>. tural of wretchesi (fur orators did not, with disgusting profession, tell you of • mir pati iodsm; but, by the energetic mninten ance of our government, proved that they were ready to confirm it by their nation ‘:. The rotundity of elaborate periods, the , ■ pedantic gravity of expression which clothes hacknicd metaphors and unsubstantial declamation,* evince that the performer * might officiate with some credit, perhaps, mr.ong boys on tfie c of a college-hall; but they prove, certainly, that lie has but little knowledge of those avenues, wh.ich lead to the aflectibns and convictions of matured men’s intelligent minds. Mellifluous notes and plagiarized figures may captivate the ignorant dullard’s car; but the solid patriot lists, with an unmoved mind, to their ostentatious recital and worthless repetition. Nothing proves the vickcditess of a cause more conclusively than a resort to falsehood for its support. You are assur ed that our rancorous adversaries have resorted to falsehood. Nothing betrays the weakness of a cause more than inconsistency in its upholdmcnt. Avery cursory examination of the resolutions, which you anim itedly rejected, will prove their total incompatibility with previous resolves, that were unani -co.v.v/v incurred in. To this cursory examination let us now, then, proceed * i'hc resolutions, which it was attempted with art to substitute for the third and highly proper resolve that you adopt ok, but which resolutions, with a memorable burst of patriotic indignation you consigned ‘ the merited fate of your contempt, i■ ein utter contradiction to the spirit of the preamble and your two first resolves. That preamble-, and these voui two first re vives, were adopted, as vou #li know, without one dissentient voice. The second resolve, which was unanimously assented to, .ontains these emphatic words • “ Resolved, That the virtuous and pacific conduct of the general administration, having led to further and additional acts of outrage arid per fid v, forbearance,. if longer continued, would prostrate the dignity of out government, and render contemptible ‘his, the only free-nation on earth.” Now turn to the resolutions, which it was attempted to substitute for the third that you adopted, and then let your chari ty, if your reason will permit it, account honorably for such inconsistency as will appear. In the filth .paragraph of the rejected resolutions, are these words: “ That to render our exertions in a war with Great-Britain end France at once efficient, decisive, and honorable to our country, the citizens of Savannah would recommend to the general government to postpone the nectar at ion thereof 1 The'mover of this, among other resolutions, which were all promptly contemned and rejected, had alo.acly assented to the position that war was particularly demanded against Great-Britain, and for the expas-t. ends of preserving our rights , and transmitting them unimpaired to posterity, it had been, too, unanimously deemed, trust “, 4 >r > rarnn.ee , if longer continued , zvoutd prostrate ‘the (lit*niti/ of cur government, and render contemptible tins, the onhj free nation on earths After having coincided ‘with this explicit asseveration, the mover oftM: indignantly rejected suostitntc s proposed, that the citizens of Savannah should recommend to the general government “to postpone tic- o- o tv, ar. I lie postpone . unnecessary to tell vou, would be longer forbearance; and the mover :. oa- .en cd o a <e i *.■. f ‘ nnin..tK>n mraitcc “ would prostrate the dignity of your government, and render your country contemptible. _ > >ltei as tet that pratraciedforbearan.ee would render America contemptible , and prostrate her government's dignity, still he. honing the war, longer forbear. By forbearing longer, to widen, by postponing the war, he -.vas hy bin won.d, * •to what he had just asssenteo to, render pur nation contemptible, anti prostrate our gy err mem, sa.-yufy. *he expo inconsistency has been performed as an indispensable duty, ins-• ie has c> one v hen *ve nun.:. do, us veil as know ■our pm... _ie season is critical, and we must speak with simplicity. It :s trying, and wc must ve prepaied to act like Ameri -cans. Danger, whether it appears to us in our aggregate or individual capacity, must he looked upon as the poor man views his poverty : It has come to our doors, and we cannot evade it. Let us prove, appealing to the out God of .all fur tec or.er.t integ rity of Our motives, that we are willing to encounter it, while v/e humbly supplicate :us blessing, w uch vx. be ‘-h r tuie ena bler to overcome it. The Spirit of Republicanism. Savannah, June 8, 1812.