The Rhode-Island Republican — Newport, R.I., 1810-01-31 00:00:00, page 3

" and their rumq. They approved the spirit
with which he_had repelled it, and they did
* not o('lmn4cr in idie debate those precious
moments they had sworn to employ in de
fence of their country.. . ol S
There were then no dissectors of semnten
' ces, to unatomize its diff.rept members, and
who like those of the humau frame cannot
read théir lectures on, the parts until the life
T and spirit of the whole subject is eyaporated
.and lo.c. No diplomatick dancing masters,
- to teach’ grown polificians, what ai¢fie 10 tuke
in cases of doubtful insult, how often to bow
before the impertinence of an envoy or, with
- what-ceremonies to receive the indignities of
‘an’ ambassadour.
dress of a letter-to your general, in which his
" title was omitted, was considered as an intol
erable insult. It cume from 3 solewpn em
bassy. The olive branch was impgessed on
its seal. 'kt purported to be the prejiminary
. léa"e,‘an'd to contain offers for putting an
end to a war-you now so greatly - dread-—a
- ‘war with Britain !—Yet the letter was re
turfied, the seal was unbroken, and your high
minded leader rejected the overwres of
peace, because they were not made with the
respect due to him, who commanded the ar
mies of an independent people.~The Con
‘gress of those days considered an indignity
oftered 10 their General, as one to themselves
Such was the conduct of Washington, and
o' the patriot band who then guided the des
tinies of our natien. Such were their senti
saents in times, not like the present, of pres
zeri:y, wealth, union, and good government ;
ut io a time of distress, of poverty, of dan
gerand disorganization ; when the risque was
pot merely thut of a few ships, or a litile sé
perflucus riches, but of fumily, of fortune, of
libérty, und oflife. Yot were these put at
issne'! Yet where these found light in the
balince when weighed against your honour.
By conversation with such statesmen,who
seeing and partaking their labours, yeur pré.
sident acquired those sentiments which
-prompted him 1o act on this occasion. ' ‘And
every day’s reflection on the subject, will-but
give you more réason to admire the conduet
which has been formed on such modéls, afid
30 prize the good fortune of having one dranch
at least ol:."dsr government guided by sach
- It is true, and the reflection is a melancho
ly orie, that those high minded men are chicf:
*hw»-Ygl the dead are to be cnﬁodny,
ey dropped mccessi'vei{ into the grave-s,
surrounded by scenes of prosperity which
had been purchased with their toils, their
<oundils; ahld their blood—they looked back.
wich pleisure, on the fatigues they une
slergone. Nor would they have exchas
for millions, the recollection of dungers,
greater & thousand fold, than those which
their decendants gannot now anticipate with
out horrour. The survivors a=e to be fuitied,
They bave lived to see the noble spirit that
scorned wny compromise with dishonour, the
apirit thyt supporied them through poverty
a .« pain, that Jed their country to indepen
dence and peace, they have lived to sée that
xd&ekw for one of cold calculation,
ith has a tanf for every indignity, and can
tell to a fraction how much, by submitting to
any given insult, we are to gain in the cur
rent coin of dishonour-—~which hus rendered”
the heart callous to all those feclings with
which it beat high, in the glorious period of
youtr revelution——and hus degenerated the
' ‘1" amuse miyseif with the idea .of ene of
those ‘mincing Statesmen, 3sapering up to
Washington in his tent,ynd telling him, “ Sir,
‘you only imagine yourself to be insulted. 1
efn prove to you by Wicquefort, and Bypker
shoek, and Puffendorf, and Grotius, and many
ethers, whose names I have learned. on pur
‘Pose‘to overpower you with my leathing ;
that the insinuation you think contained .in
the direction of this letter, that you are a
mere private individual, is perfectly. invisidle,
that English commissioners w!:,rg Justified .:
dedents at the /rear ‘ex _
ﬁolﬁ which E\lglh'nd will never 'rgnew ' after
ml have returned her letters unopened.” A
Jook to abash even the orators of the capitol,
would have interrupted his harangue, a voice
tever heard without reverential attention, a
#oice that seems now reverberated from the
tombi, would have answered—-
"IN @UBLICK 48 IN PRIVAYS LIPS SUBMIS
SSION PROVOKES INSULY. REVERENCE ToUR
SELVES OR YOU WILL NEVER BE RESPRCTED.
Tnere 1s yo_' SAFEYT WITHOUY HONQUR.~
PEACE 1S THE PRIZE OF COURAGE, AND
CAN ONLY DE MAINTAINED BY THE REPU
TATION OF YOUR ARMS.
. BEFORE I proceed 1o investigate the
resources of our couatry, 1 will offer a few
conjectures on the probability of their being
required cither for attack or defence. I shall
not split sentences in order to discover
whethier the British Ministcr has insulted
our government.— Ihe curious im such dis
gussions, are referred to she philological de
bates of a great assembly, which might in
my opiniun have a beuier object. It is not
logick nor syntax, but feeling, that must de
cide this question—and 1 envy not these of
the men who cun doubt on the subject ; nor
do [ want fifty columns of ditfuse reasoning
and close printing, te convince me that I
ought to feel injured when my yeracity is
doubted, or to give rules for messuring the
exact provocation I ought to bear. ‘Vhere
was a time—some of you cannot remember,
but all have heard of it, when the very ad-
From the Avroka,
“MILLIONS FOR DEFENCE —-DUT
ANOT ONE CENT FOR TRILUTKE™
THLE NATIONAL STANDARD.
- No, 11.
T 0 THE PEOPLF.
». q -
We understand, that three or four persons
be_longing in one family, have Jately died, at
Beaver, Pennsylvania, of a mulignant Spotted
Fever, which rages in that place.
% 2 " Philadeifihia papier,
- Turkey—Late accounts frqm the Mediterranean
say, that the English Amb ssadour at Constantinaple,
doubtful -of the success of his negociations on ac
mof the prevalence of the Frepeh Influcnce
re, had sent for a Frigate to be ready to take hun
home in croe of fuilire ; and that the Rossiin Arniy
was within 4 days march of Constanumople.
The inhabitants of the Ledrone Islands are
carrying on a troullesome war aguinst thg
Chinese.—The islunds are about 1800 miles
E. of Canton, 16 in number, excinsive oi in
lets and rocks, and are very popuious.
A CAKD, ,
Capt. Gace begs leave, in this pablick !
return his thonks uhc.pt. Evstis, conumanding Fagt
Adams, and L.eut. HziLema x, commanding at
Wolcoit—for their ki asgsistance ip w%:
Sinp Laurel and Cairgo, while on share at the
place, m the severe gale of the 19th instant,
Newport, Jun. 26, 1810. 2Nt
w hat we are obliged to defor the
e re that we are te
cuiudcﬁu.kd“k' lmd}_
od 0o lste for insertion this week.
Many articles omitted fer want of ronm.
Alarming Mertality—ln Dana, Worcester County,
M. 1), :ui‘ompl.ur, aged 37. He was well on 3.’«
21st inst and a corpse the suceceding day. Five
other grown persons snd several children, have,
within 3 week, dicd in the same town of the same
disorder, viz. Mr. Simeon Gleason, aged 43 ; Mr.
John Hall, E. 23; Mr. John Whitmore, . 27°; Mr.
John Johnson ;. Miss Saily Toluwmn, . 17.-Mr.
Whitmoere wus well and at work one day, and dead
the next. Miss Tolman was at the funersl of Mr.
W.and died herself, the following day. Severul
were seized withi this ruortal distemper the day the
bearer of this aiticle iefi that town. It appears line
the spotted fever. Some are tuken with a sudden
stoppuge of the circulation of the blood ; some be.
come immediately speechlcss—yellow and pu
spots appecy in a few hours. [Patiadium.]|
Rhode-Isiand.~Tn this State the R epubli
cans have all along had the Governour,but the
Federalists possess a small majority in the
Legislatute. - The former are tiking meus
ures for securing union and exertion ,at the
April Electioh ; and we have'no doubt they
will then be completely successful,,
' [ Bost. Chron. ]}
* Gov. Gore, of Massachusetts, delivered his
Speech at the opening of the session of legis
lature, in a suit of American manufacture ! !
This coat, however, will nst hide hic British
principles ; nor this hypocrisy give him any
additional votes, at the ensuing election. We
think the governour had better resume s
old British coat——it suits him infinitely betier
than an American onk. {
sons of "“mﬁ: abject followers
of fortune, untt made ther ..ﬂ.. of thic
virtues, as well as the religion of their an.
cestors. But though pale and quivering it is
not quenched. The heuverdly flame iy wos.
yet extinct! Hidden under fulse fear; obs
scured by mistaken interest, and almost ex
tinguished by the baleful breath of foreign
influence, it yet lives, it yet 'ak_:g’s. iny coun
trymen, within your hearts. Nor shall it die !
By the memory of your heroick fathers, whe
fell in its defence ! By the independence, they
achieved ! By the O£M geniws of our
countty ! By the God who breathed this di- .
yine essence in your souls, it shall not die. It
hall burn to shew the danger of your present
aputh{.—‘.lt shall kindle to make you emulate
in defending your liberties, the heroick deeds -
by which they were established. And if 1
have assisted to fun it to a flame, the reflec
tion will shed a ray of pleasurey on my hum
ble, my unknown retreat.;
I have been led awuy by an enthusiasm I
know not always how to centrel, but I will
now speak a language more intelligible to the
statesmen of the present day ; and liying a
side all consideration of national henour, will -
pursue the favourite practice of settliug .state
questions—-by calculation. First——on the.
chance of any favourable change in our for
eign relations. Second—on the -loss oMguain
of continuing in,pur present stwie. Thirde"
on the probable. consequence of “putting the
nation in a pesture of attack or defence, the
expence which those measures would reqjuire.
Lastly—l shall examine what are the ris
ques to be incurred by a war, that we 'may de
termine whether the trude of imdependence
will bear the preminm vecessary to ensure it. ‘
These shall in the order, be the subjects of l
my future numbers—and 1 trst [ can shew, |
by the orthodox ereed of the compting house
—that interest ought, if no other motive caf,
induce us to tuke efficient measures—ll shull
offer my opinion as to those measures, ‘and
prove 1 think to demonstration, that no ud
vantageous change can be expected without
them==that any pecuniary lose will be greuier
from. the then state of things than a war
would produce.—~that the expence of prepur
ation is greatly within our me.ins=<that in a
war the balance of acquisition wust be in our
favour, and that even in the account current
of mutual injury, it wili not be aguinst us.
Except a report that the ¢ American Nuvi
gation Act” had passed the house of Repre-.
sentatives of the United States, nothing new, -
was received from the seat of government,by
the last night’s mails. :
- NEWPORT :
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1810,
VINDEX.
quence of these outrugevus and xg‘medﬁali‘
~ed insults, the Exeeutive ‘Governiment - has
manifested & just ‘regard to its own @imty,
“and honour, -as*well as to the character and
~interests of the Americen peopley—That the
letter signed Frameis. Janies' Jackson; heuded
¢ Civeuljur,” dated 13th of November, 18¢9,
and published and. circulated threugh. the
_countiy, is a still wore diréct and aggravated
_insuit wnd affromt to the American people and
their Government, ays it is evidently an insidi
ous attempt to excite their resentments and
- distrusts ag:inst their own Government, by
~appealing to them, through false or fullacious
. disguises, against some of its.dcts ; and to
- .excite resentments and divisions among the
. people themselves, which can only be dishon
. ourable to their own characters, and* ruinous
‘to.their own interests ; and the Congress of
the United States do hereby solemnly pledge
themselves to the American people, and to
the world, te stand by and support the Execu
tive Government in its refusal to receive any
furthier communications froin the said Francis
James Jackson, and to'call into action the
whole force of the nation, if it should Be
come necessary, in censequence of the con-
.Commeércial Information. - -
\ 3 : )m;?ﬂﬁ 1809,
T!IE Consul of H. C. M. is dirccted
4 10 inform the Merchants wﬁ\um
lar Distuict, that afl Maurters of bound for any
port of the Dominions of Spain, are to deliver to the
o pelor e peace with g e i regn
'::un hkmew& 31t December
1802, not on dccount of the war Ut then existad
with this said Nation, but as & standing erder to reg
ulate commerce e
~ " Benjamin Colman, - -
y PHYSICIAN & a{maza.&.._ A
\livmi\';ws. the inhabitants of New
gt oy ot )olb B 0
'%::n Janiary V 7, 1810. EX e 4
service 9us p Practitioner —Pawronage is respectfully
& Represertatives of the United States of
Americe, in Cougress @ssemdiendys That the
expressigns. conained in the official letter of
Frungis James Juekson, Minister Plenipotens
dhruf':ah Britannick Majesty, near the Uni
ted dated the:23d day of October,
1809, .J' addressed to, Mr, Smith, Secretary -
of State,. conveying the idea that the. Execu
tive Government of the United Stites had o
knowledge, that the arrungement lately made
by Mr. Erskine, his predecessor, in behulf of
his Government, with the Governinent of the
United States, was entered into without com
petent powers on the part of . Mr. Ersk
ine for that purpose, were highly indecorous
and insolent.~l hat the repetion of the same
intimation in his officivl letter, duted thé 4th
* "MARRIED, . ... . _
_ln ‘this town, nﬁmmﬁim by the
Rev. Mr. 'Welbb,” M. Cufrsrarnes Ngawy, Mer
chant, of Alexandyia, (Vir.z to Miss HAuXIO g Base
ron, daughter of N " Baston, Esq. of Ml
town. i . 0o f ' N
" At Portsmouth, by the Rov, Mr. Eddy, Mi/Puir.
t?» W, Lawron, 10 Miss Luvcy Borpeys, duighter
of the late Mr. Willium Borden, of Forremouth, . -,-
of Noveraber, 1809, after he was apprized by
t!\e asseverution of the Secretury of State;
duct of the Executive Government in this re
spect, to repel such insults, and to assert and
maintain the rights, the honour, and the in
terests of the United States, .
3. B. VARNUM, Speakerof,the,
Houee of Representatives,
GEO : CLINTON, Vice-Pregident
of the Unived States, and President
; 'd‘ ‘”PGCM“’ PN .
JANUARY 12, 18104 PPROVED, . £
pol v JAMESCMADISON.”
A B e
§7 Printers of in the Maritime trogs of
M%lﬁ\ Mﬁu .J-QI
Conne cticul, are to inseret the above Ad
vertisement, ond forward their Bilis is Ruivell & Cut
ler, for pugmens.
that the Execusive Goverpment had no'such
knowledge, and that, if it had possessed such
knowledge, stich acrungement -would - not
bave been -entergd; inte on the part of the
United States ; and also, after being officiul:
ly apprized, that such intimation was inad
missible, was stili meove insolent and affront
ing ;. .and that.ip relusing to receive: any fur
ther communieations from .him in conse-
In this town,on Friday last, Mr. Pruivir. M, Boss,
son of John L. Boss, Esq. -sged 16.—Heé wis taken
from the treubles of this evanescent life, at a nhomerit
when nearly every circumstance that possibly could
agitate the breasts of his afificted parests with the
dread of dissolution, conepired to render the sepera
tion puintul indted ; as they stilt wished his continu.
ance on earth vintil the consummation of those virtues
and talents, which, like the tender bud when enliv.
ened by the genial rays of the sun, were just shooting
o life—bul— G adelnf iz
*“ Like other tyrants, Death delights to smite
“ What, smitten, most groclaimo the pride ol’ power,
“ And arbitrary nod. His joy supreme,
“ To bid the wiretch survive the fortunate; -
" MARINE LIST.
' s—— '
. PORT OF NEWPORT. . . .
Entered—Brig Brandywine, Davis, New-York;
Schooner William & Mary, Coit, do. ; do. Pelly &
Nancy, Lawton, do.; Sloop Thetis, Child, do. .
Olpared-»sloop Fames Waddetl, New-York ; do,
Golden Age, Cottrell, do. ; de. Fume, Duvis, de, ;
b- sy:‘f‘“, nw:. d?-.,‘.“. M. M..“- . : >
“ The feeble wrap the athletick in his shroud
“ And weeping fathers build their children’s tomb.”
In this town, on the 23d inst, Capt. Lavis Sasson,
in the 72d year of his age. -
RESOLVED, by the Senate and House
RESOLVE OF CONGRESS,
"DIED,
o
| “alaeFOR SALE, -™R
o By BSURIBER, 0
A' FARM%%M Judich, contain
a large Dwelli W(ﬁ‘b{‘ ed
i ‘!"k‘."‘.ﬁ‘“ %4\-3 etvands of swe
.mﬂﬂ' Mm“‘ wall ; ' : Ac
Wy, o of o g gl 4nd ri < NUch ghn
u’nml.n.g:‘v. of its ﬁ}w’
‘wise a'!:.ac:cydemﬂ o
up on Mn ’ s
l)'l‘lmm' is .dinlubz’ said furm a Pier, twe
Stores, a Dml: | , and'Boat, 00-clb'llg:“
of repair, which will be d’..&rmﬁpﬂ“ w,
-or together, as may best suit the purclaser "m
chasers ; which place is equal to iny one m the
e s
on, a R Seere e
; ‘OI' : “r‘.. ) ..‘ p ) ’
. g B I Bm R&!RSUB.
South-Kingstown, Jan. 31, 1820 = ° .
} AP R
JF QUK Lots of Land, sityuad wdjgine
h;‘( the town land, near-the - ouse
L G
tothe‘;ubunlnrn“.’ Py e |
w » } AT
FOR SALE—A second hand Chalise,
d o Horse and Tac UL R T R
e‘, 'Ff“,_p‘.*'\'\v’aun NICHOLS.
Werport, T, SpAAM, LR
. GLOQVE-MAKING ‘BUSINLSS,
W)&NTED Immediately, twa .of
' ¥ three' 'smart Girls to werk'at the Glove-
Making Rusiucas: - Inguire at the Office of the R. I.
Republicam. . December 13.
- Looking-Glass Plates, Jewelry, e,
K - F ‘. e 1-"7" Rt 4. :
NIEHOLAS Gﬁ-‘g‘&pv;mﬁxa
i 8 Customeéds and
received 'froll\-ldk manufacto H%!:.h:’njuf
sortment.of LOOKIN Gﬂmﬂzp ‘NJ-
Iy, whieh,will be ready for dgle.in & few days, as sfdn
~th¢x‘s*b'ﬁwm- AR
S e ey, 14
ooy . on Vs ‘ . :
- 4 00Ks ; _ 4 i hrags
" .' ! . rm‘)
.Wﬂ wmd;mm
King §. 2 und Muccoboy many
other articles, teo numerous to particularize.
Waloh Repairing Business hqanlz
Bt i Bty S &
gree and Pearl 'w?a':t. ‘&‘lr ork!-'g:djc ﬁﬁ:
.e>L ] . ;
ent shapes, round, octagon, and n.tm.b.:ru. o ;
The mn price given for old Silver,
agreeable to its standard. . o , ‘
He thanks His friends jor their customenid will
well those articles at & Very smal advance. '
Newpors, Jan, 34, 1810, , L
" GODFREY WENWOOD, &
P . " HAS FOR sALE, |
© . On the modt reasonable Terms, © ..
A QUANTITY of fako and” Cabin
"M n":read y Alcl:‘dﬂ‘ng’ l:.r.tork{ Flour of
and blown Sajt {y' the Mel‘;‘,ﬂﬁq and f‘wl-a‘p: :
by retail-—. 210, Mystick Tyle by the dozen, and
Phitudelphis Bricks by the Trandued by the
Wheat Bran by the bushel mgzxm%r
wnd ; Malt by the bushel or smalled Guantity ;
A quantity of Bricks ang Tile, made of - Clay
‘sujtable for Oveuns. e e duretiion
o 2 8 ' “W"M'wn-m’o g
W
v JOSEPH BRIGGS,; -
R 1 \No. 835 Thamesestrees,
HASlor n’an—loohﬂl.?rlme Pork, war
; ranted 5 in,per;:‘i'?e. ey
. AlsomAn assottment of GROCERIES.
« Nu 'B. He teaftéacts, Commission Bmlnn?.
Tl)'m'ﬂla'«-_ﬂt*dhpoo‘el}to favour him in this
lir'x& may -@epend on h ‘ngnhm-lni‘ugu be
half, - U o A, 3 B o
STORAGE for goods iaybe had by aps
plying a 8 subove. C et July 26 ‘
William and Hepry-Mdore,
© OPFER POR BALE, .« v o
- ATt ThziaS7tone, Ne. 5, MARKE T SQUARE;
For Cush, Country Produce, or afipreved Cradit, ot-g0 .
. bwﬂnuc:kﬂr“‘dﬁm oA
80 boxes cxuumu--wckl‘) it
SR
: ; o, LT N
2000 wt. exicellent COFFEE; B
xommm TEAS 4 ' ’
. 5. .dou Qo 4
’ ‘,o' onm ) “’& R '
'lO cagke R ' \
;ﬁ( t .a?:m':w:lm' '
b b .Sk ?}'&:I g
0
-,llzo‘r‘c’%;;'dii‘v. CUTLERY, and HARD
AT of il Winda; ' -
_ '“c%é?z"‘l:y } ok
-Sundry Goods ;
T 100, THAMES. TREFY,
A general and cxte::i::‘.:wnmeu DRY ‘
Gﬁn:nﬂmmrwm be sald at wholessly o
-petail. o : P 1
u-:mm. are desired to qn'ud um:a same
And therbigm prlcn'giva_. for gend cleaa
FlazSeed, TowLCloth "Wanted,
v "+ LApply #t No. 5, Masssr- Squans.
BB B . oole it mlin Ay
10 DOLLAMS REWARD.
[ OSTz:n Friday ‘aictunon uet. o
iy e et
the » shall receive the ahove rew «rd,
CIDEON CORNELL
- Nowpert, Jan, 3. 1810,