The Rhode-Island American, and general advertiser — Providence [R.I.], 1810-06-19 00:00:00, page 2

th.it by this piiiujipie we were all slaves,
tiers aru*- a difficulty ar|d a question
Which could not be settled Gut by the long
est sword* On this question Dr. Rimsay,
the democratick historian “ there are
in politicks, as in religion, certain nice
joints from a close investigation of which
no good can be expected to acci*ue to m'an-
Wow was it strange, in so delicate a
2* uestioifhonest men should divide ( ?A*
tihp case with all parties, some of the old
A ' (orjes'.were men of
were not—All the respectable p.tyt of
them became good qhizc-ns undei the new
* jmvernmtot, anfl ti|f firmest supporters of
the Wa*hivgtou,administratian ; whilst ths
men e worthless part of fell into the
sink of and fjcr ready for
mischief supported the infamous and con
.J temptible Jefferson. -vj .
But away with old revolutionary preju
dices, and let no (pore empty coffins be
paraded through the streets of ( New T York
to excite them Let every question of na
tional policy stand upon its inti inqick roer
its; and though a peace with Great-Britain, ‘
jsof inconceivably more importance to oui
prosperity and security than with all the
world besides, yet when her government
\ deals out to us, one half of the injuries and
insults which we have received from
the Corsican tyrant, I for one am for war.
But it is impassible to conceive of a more
degraded situation, than that in which oui
unfortunate country now lies, and to which
she has been reduced solely by the madness,
and stupidity of democracy. Well, might
the great and good Washington, say as he
did in a letter to Mr. Adams, that **y<>tu
party was the ruin of the country.” Never
did a more true or prophetick word fall
Isom the lips of that greatest and best of
Bien. The madness of democracy, has
torn down with wicked hands, the goodly
fabrick raised with so much wisdom and
faithfulness by this usasier builder. So
long us the system established by him, was
Your party to conceal their nefarious
purposes, of making “ Napoleon our King,”
have constant resource to the savage yell
of British influence and old tory. Now it
is a fact as /ar as my knowledge extends,
that foore of the old tones are on the de
. . mocratick side, than with the federalists. I
_ eerily betutvu thet whera there is one old
W tary.fr> the state of Connecticut, there are
ten in the Southern States-—but what is
meant by an old tory, I will tell y<Ai—Pre
vfous to the American war, the people of
this epuotry were the acknowledged sub
jects of the Govern nA: nt of ,Great-Britain.
This I never heard disputed, that that Gov
ernment bad a legal power and right t?
> bind us in some cases. The question then
recurred, where will you draw the line ?
£ieat-Britain said we have a power to
hipd you iu all caset, or else we have no
power over you. Tty: colonies insisted
r vr. . -’*>* ■
I fully acquainted with my history, it was
L impossible <fr)t you could have believed
f g thatj WH a half pay British officer,. at# I
I defy you to rnigte that man upon earth who
[ ever waUboiu eight war.
old at the ohiffiflnmmentM theWlhenWn
war, and about sixteenth, termination.
[ In addition to that, I Have been so much of
an invalid ever since iny tenth that!
1 x was never called upon to bear arms in the
militia of this country in my life. And I
will tell you another thing for your consola
tion, which i», that 1 have always been a
steady supporter of the principles of our
revolution. 1 imbibed the principle in my
Childhood from my ancestors, and it has
been strengthened and matured in riper
>ge. lam no half pay British officer, nor
Jacobin hireling. I support myself and
family by constant labour on a small farm
This, by the blessing of that God, whom
< my bible teaches me to reverence, fur
nishes my table with wholesome food, while
my family are clothed from the fibres of
my flax and the fleece of my sheep. lam
far from being rich, but my industry and
ecunom are such, that lam so far inde
j, pendei * as not to be obliged to lie for a
living. * %
You and your party, Sir, seem of late
wholly to have thrown off the mask. You
long ago acted upon the French Jacobin
maxim, that the end justifies the means,
and you have received a new spring to the
principle, since Bonaparte tells you that
•• the conduct of England is auch, as to
render legitimate any means for her an
noyance.” This same horrid principle is
adopted by the democratick leaders, and
their tools in this country for destroying the
Bystem of policy, which our revolutionary
e heroes spilt tbeir blood to establish ; and
Which the dying words of the treat and
good Washington so forcibly inculcates. 11
our Secretary of State has in the face of
th” world, told an impudent falsehood re-
specting the correspondence of Mr. Jack-
V.' son—if both Houses of Congress have
{raVcly legislated upon this lie, and the
'resident as gravely added his sanction—
if mot e recently, to turn the elections in the
' Eastern States, the same Secretary has
declared that he had received information
from Mr. Pinkney, that a new minister
Was to be sent to supersede Mr. Jacksoti.
Whose conduct was reprobated by the Bri
tish minister, and after the purpose is an
swered, virtually acknowledged the whole
to be a lie, what are we to expect from
their inferlour tools ?
If the people of this country could once
be persuaded to believe the truth, demo
cracy woujd then mee’l with its merited
contempt; but the misfortune is, that hon
est men are often imposed upon by de
ceiver!. And when they hear impostors
expressing tbeir extrrrttc concern for thei>
rights and liberties, and above all their
ardour fbr reptablteanniTi. the snare
often been fatal/’ 4>efhis great a despAt as
a Nero—rtf'Ws greaV-ncnt-throat as a Ma
rat, or Rotospterte as great a hypocrite
as a Jt-fferion—as great a pirate as a Aa
ley—as great a blasphemer as Paine, or
his defender Holt; only come forward as
being good republicans, and (such being
the delusion of the times,) they will often
gain the confidence of an unsuspecting peo
ple, who, fascinated with the charm of the
name republican, will be prevailed upon
to support men and measures, which have
WW more just title to the name of republi
can, than Nero • himself. Had a British
.minister proposed such a law as that com
would soon have been broken. And when
evet seme daring demagogue shall at
tempt to seize the reins ef government in
this country, and establish himself on a
throne by military power, he will begin,
like Aaron Burr, with declaring himself a
genuine republican, a servant of the peo
ple, one who yearns for their happiness.—
Thia Was thk way that Julias Cesar be
came' master of Rome—Cromwell of Eng
land, and Robespierre of France. Such
nas been the melancholy history of man
in all ages, that they are more prone to
believe the lies of an' impostor, than the
<ruth»*>f a real friend.
I have said, that the fact can be demon
strated ; and I appeal to their own mea
sures, if not to their own words. Have
they not giyn up all their “ wise und
strong measures, and their restrictive en
ergies,” by which they were to bring Great-
Britain upon her marrow bones and pacify
the universal tyrant, after finding that in
creased the property and resources of the
former, and furnished the latter with a
pretence for robbing us of every cent which
comes within his grasp.
If ever this country regains its former
prosperity, it must be by a dereliction of
democratick principles, and by adopting in
substance that of fedoralism. Democracy
has been Weighed in the balance and f« und
wanting; but how long the acts of de
ceivers will keep the people in their pre
sent delusion, is known unly to him who
knows how to measure out his judgements,
to a guilty land.
The greatest political calamity which
the justice of the Almighty has suffered us
to Ire afl)icted with, is that deadly enmity
to England and devotion tn France. The
story of a single murder done in England,
a thousand years ago, will excite more
sympathy among democrats, than the mur
der of a million of people by Bonaparte the
last year. They weep with as much sym
pathy over Copenhagen, as Bonaparte
himself does, and appear equally chagrined
with him, thgt he could not have the Da
nish navy for the invasion of England.—
They have as much sympathy and concern
for the Hindoos, as the back-woodsmen of
Kentucky have fur the sailors of Boston.—
And Mr. Jefferson has been quite as sin
cere in trying to settle our differences with
England, as he was in appointing a commit
tee to dispose of the surpluss revenue, when
he knew theywould'have to loan \several
millions of wllars, in ot*der to fulfil their
present engagements.
1 How dreadfully is this truth realized in
<><rf--unfortunate country at this time.—
I fet'e a combination of odious aristocrats
and tyrants, by profaning the name of re
publican, have by their seductive arts, so
completely imposed upon the people, as to
hold their confidence, even while pursuing
m equity, the self-tendency of which is to
iuin hnd destruction. .This party consists
of the lordly slave-holders of the south,
the unprincipled demagogues of the north,
of many honest men who cannot distin
guish between professions and practice,
and between a sheep and a wolf in sheep’s
clothing. Against this host it is that the
federal republicans have to contend, and
let this best of partits, (every mem
ber of which is dear to me,) consider
that they never contend in vain, for how
ever great the majority is against them,
they may have the reward of an ap
proving conscience ; the pleasing reflec
tions of having discharged an important
duty ; their success hi a degree is always
certain, for even to fall in such a struggle
is glorious. Their exertions have hitherto
saved our country from that darling object
of democracy, that greatest of all calami
ties that could befall us—French alliance
and war with England. Their exertions
UaqjkPtt free, or at least contributed to set
UiimßJbtoMil <>«”* country prosper, but
when this treaty expired, and left demo
cracy at liberty, by fair experiment, to try
the efficacy of ita principles, it has brought
the country as it were« to the brink of the
grave. There is no exaggeration here,
the fact can be demonstrated with as much
precision as that two and two m.ke four.
V - ' f ’ ■■ " . T’V- • it
in epeeatfon, to long the couiJbjkprospM-ed
beyond e»mjlfe; «B Mpg as Jefferson's
hands wtre tied by the treafy which Waih
ington ratified with England, (and for
which, thrjetmxrats wanted tn murder
Called Giles's forcing act, his bones
As this is the first time, and perhaps
will be the last that I shall ever appear
before the publick with my signature, I
would take the opportunity to call upon
men of all parties, who are not estranged
from the moral sense of duty, to consider
the consequences of encouraging and sup
porting such wretches, as you, and the
generality of democratick editors are.—
Since beginning this letter I have received
information, that the lie which you have
published about me has been republished
in every democratick paper in the state of
New-York, and how many thousand votes
it has been the means of throwing into the
‘.lemocratick scale I know not; doubtless
it has had its effect, for it is the curse of
this count 17 that it abounds with demo
crats, and that democrats will lie, and that
lies will be believed; and who will vote
for men, who will appoint half pay Bri
tish officers as Justices of the Peace ? I am
sure I will not—And 1 believe that all your
bawling, about tory and British influence,
m the federal republican party, has just as
much truth in it, as there is in my being
tu half pay British officer.
Never since the peace of *B3, has there
been greater exertions by every art of de
ception and falsehood to excite a deadly
mil ruinous animosity against our parent
gauntry, thatf Mhhe present time—rea-
is obvious/it is to shut the eyes of the
people against the unheard of aggressions
of Bonaparte. How astonishing is it, that
with the facte that now stare the world
in the face, allthe pajrers of the democrat
ick stamp should be stuffed with nothing
but denunciations against Great-Britain,
and either direct or indirect apologies for
the consummate vlllanies of the French.—
If it was any time for laughing, our risi
bility would be greatly excited by the sud
den change of.tone among the democratick
war-hawks of this country. So long as
there was any hopes of provoking Britain
to declare war against us, their pulse has
beat amazing high for war—what if we
had no money, we could borrow it—if we
had no ships to fight the British navy, 'we
had gun-boats and a militia, and a Wilkin
son. But now finding if there is a war it
must be with their dear republican brother
Bonaparte, they have all at once discover
rd, that we are in no situation to go to war,
they say we had better have all our ships
aken and burnt than go to war—that the)
who could easily find resources to fight the
irresistible navy of Britain, can find none
for fighting a few French privateers ano
pirates—they had rather have all on ship*
taken and burnt than fttempt it. O Ame
rica ! how art thoti fallen—Heroes of the
revolution ! was it to bring such times as
these that you spill your blood !
1 would now recommend to every man
in the United States duly to appreciate
the concluding words of Mr. Pinkney 4>>
, Wellesley—that “ England and America
are never in their natural position except
when they are engaged in offices of natu
ral kindness, and largely contributing to
the prosperity and happiness of each
other.”
free, after Its anoiMlWM by
democrgtfck madness and sapidity.
1 haite spoken above of al great a blas
phemer or hit defendetefiolt. Is
it not a fact that Paine In bis age or Rea
son, aays, “ That we bad better suffer a.
thousand devils to roam the earth, than
to suffer such monsters as Moses, Joshua,
Samuel and David, that the Jewish Kings
were a parcel of rascals and the prophets a
pack of liars, that Jesus Christ was an im
postor, St. Paul a fool, and the bible a
ttupid lying book.” And did you not write
t “ defence of the Age of Reason,” called
the “ examiners examined •”—Do you not
among other blasjrhemous stuff of your own,
commend ami recommend to the people of
his country all the blasphemy of Paine ; do
you not say that it is “ the peculiarly hon
ourable Jot of Thomas Paine to be the firm
and intrepid champion of truth”—And did
not Thoma, Jefferson, after Paine had thus
blasphemed the Saviour of the world, and
after be wrote his Infamous letter to Gene
ral Washington, send a most affectionate
invltepß to Paine, then in France, to come
to this Country “ to continue his useful la
bours, aflh receive his reward In the thank
fulness of a nation.” And do yoy not in
the work above-mentioned, say that many
of the clergy of this country would be glad
to preach up the principles of Paine
\las! I fear you have once in your life
spoken truth, for some of the clergy I
know will come forward and vote for the
Jefferson ticket.
I shall now take a final leave of you and
of all concerned, in the language of the
great and pious Dr. Watts.
Impudent tongues I
•• You should be darted through,
** Nailed to your own black mouths, and
*• Useless and dead till slander die,
Till slander die with you.”
Z GOLDSMITH.
Southold, ( Long- Inland.}
FROM THI NORFOLK LEDGER.
The list of American vessels and car
goes, published in this day’s paper, fur
nishes a mournful view for our merchants,
of the rapaciousness of the tyrant of Eu
rope. What may be the amount of these
vessels and cargoes is difficult to ascertain,
there are about 110 in number, ant} if pm
“ According io circumstances arising out
of her political relations with the United
States,” which in plain meaning, is to say,
if the United States, will unite with France,
the Emperour may restore this property,
if not he will confiscate it. As no terns can
convey the indignation which every Ame
rican who loves his country, and rejects
foreign usurpation must feel upon this sub
ject, we shall not even attempt to express
ours.
The time is fast approaching, if it has
not already arrived, when harmless invec
tive must give place to energy of action.—
Bonaparte is not the man to be resisted with
town-meeting resolutions, embargoes, non
intercourses, and the host of means which
philosophical statesmen have employed
with so little honour to themselves, or of
advantage to their country.
If warned by the fate of other nations,
we do not prepare with heart and hand to
support our rights, we may ere long find
ours added to the catalogue of enslaved na
tions. If we could be so base as to attempt
to soothe the tyrant by submission, are we
nOt assured by a host of exaipples, that we
should meet the reward which our treach
ery would deserve? We challenge any
one to show that the friends or foes of thtft
scourge of the human race, are distin
guished, when his ambition or interests aye
to lie promoted. That nat'nm which boldly
defies him, commands his respect. If the
efforts of some nationshave been unsuccess
ful they have the consolation to know that
they ar® not more oppressed than those
who have basely surrendered their inde
pendence—Austria is respected while Rus
ria is despised. Spain grapples with the
tyrant, whilst Prussia, and the rest of Ger
many, have put their necks under his seat.
“ All merchandise brought by Ameri
can ships into the ports of Holland, since
January, 1809, shall be sequestered and left
at the disposal of the French government;
who will dispose of the same according to
circumstances arising out of her political
relations with the United States.”
down at 10,000 dollars each, they will
amount to upwards of eight millions of dol
lars, which is what we have heard them
estimated at. To this may be added the
property whloh before this day has shared
the same fate in Hamburg, Tonningen,
and other nothern ports, to nearly the
same, if not a greater amount—'* But the
•• loss will not be 90 general a one, as some
“ have apprehended. Most of it is Bri
** tish property, smuggled in under forge
** ry and fraucl—the sentence has been
“ already felt in Liverpool—where seve
•• ral merchants have broke !I” Thus
says the Richmond Enquirer of the 29th of
last month * Our merchants unfortunately
for them will not find the consolation which
is offered in the words quoted, and the
writer does himself nA credit in making
a*? assertion which is untrue* If he was
informed upon the subject he would know
that the London merchants have not so
much confidence in Bonaparte as to let
their property go within his reach. The
loss will be greater than appears at first
view, inasmuch as most of the vessels had
arrived at their ports of destination, and in
many instances, the cargoes being landed,
neither vessels nor cargoes will be protect
ed by insurance.
We abstain from the expression of those
sentiments, which we feel, at any attempt
to mislead the people in regard to the views
of Bonaparte towards this country—rather
do we hope, that sensible of their past er
rours, those who hate been deceived will
retract them, and unite with others who
had long foreseen and foretold the storm
which is about to burst, and which we can
nut avert and remain an independent na
tion Proof on proof, is daily afforded, to
convince us that we have no alternative
left, but of being the ally, (ur rather the
slave,) of Bonaparte or his enemy. Can
there be any hesitation, with a people who
love and who abhor slavery ?
The note of the Due de been
followed by the indiscriminate seiaure of
all American property in Franca, Spain,
and Italy, and to cap the climax, a treaty
has been made with Holland whereby ail
American property in that country is to be
delivered over to the French government.
The 10th article is in these words:
Count Regnault de St. Jean d’Angcly,
Counsellor of State, being introduced, closed
the session with a speech, of which the
following are the principal passages.
“Gentlemen —The labours of your
double session, the events which have pre
ceded and accompanied it, will leave to the
nation great recollections and hopes. The
civil and financial legislation has, during
ten years, advanced by an uninteq*upt
ed progress towards perfecting the princi
ples and completing the system of the
former, anti alleviating the weights of the
contributions imposed by the latter. The
internal organization is ameliorated ; in
dustry has followed in the course of former
Selected from London fia/iert received at
JVew York hy the arrival of the thifi
Eliza-Ann.
PARIS, April 2.
LEGISLATIVE* ASSEMBLY.
SITTING OF THE 21ST APRIL.
foreign intelligence.
*• You have seen an August Messenger
of Peace, a sacred pledge of eternal alli
ance, arrive in the heart of France, which
has thereby been intoxicated with joy, hnd
transported with love. It has been your
destiny to be witnesses of the solemn bonds
which will for ever unite Napoleon and
Maria Louisa, and have at the same time *
united the interests of France and the in
terests of Austria, for the happiness of the
two nations and the trahqqillity of the
world. All the allied nations bless Ml
event which completes the establishment
of their power, and cements the ties which
unite them. Enlightened Police, and cofi
soled humanity, give it equal applause;
the reason of Europe sanctions it, but itbu*
longs in particular to France to feel all ife
value.” r ’ *
LONDON, April 27. •
Shaw, the Messenger, aYrhetf last htght
with despatches from Cadis, tyhich repre
sent that Cky in a stite of complete confi
dence in its power of resisting and repell
ing any attempt the enemy maymske
against it. The apprehensions that were
entertained of n deficiency of water have
been removed by the discovery qf some
wells in the vicinity, of a very' good quality.
It is supposed that a system of defensive
operations will be speedHy adopted, and
that an attack will be made upon the
French in their position at Chiclani.
Meanwhile they are said to. be suffering
under a want of provisions wcasieaed by
the frequent interception of their convoys
by the armed peasants in their rear. It
seems therefore to be more probable that
they will retire from the neighbourhood of
the Isle of Loop, than that they will make
any more serious demonstrations against it.
Their grand hope of making themselves
masters of Valencia, was founded less on
the strength of their arms than on the suc
cess of their intrigues.— They had bribed
some persons in the city to raise a dis
turbance, in the midst of which the gales
were to be thrown open, and the troops ad
mitted. But the plot was happily discover
ed, and the General, Don Joseph Caro,
having arrested the traitors, the French
immediately retired, harrassed in their
retreat by the troops and peasantry that
were crowding towards Valencia, to assist
in its defence. The number of triitors was
200, twenty of whom are said to be tried
and executed.
** If the wan still growls in those regions,
the pernicious power of renching, which
the English yet retain, it is either at such
a distance on the frontiers of the Ottoman
Empire, that Europe cannot long suffer
from it, and Asia also is menaced (unless
the Divan return to better principles)—or
for but a short period beyond the Pyren
nees, until the ports of Spain shall be open
ed to our arms, and closed to England.
From that moment the peace of Europe
may be regarded as secured by the sancti
ty of treaties, the extent of power, the con
formity |>f interests, and tfte superiority of
genius.
The American ship Adelaide, has ar
rived at Liverpool, after a voyage of 30
days from New-York. The general opin
ion in the United States was, that Coo-
"You have witnessed. Gentlemen, the
Senatus Consultum which unites to the
French Empire the City of Rome, the an
cient patrimony of the Caesars and Charle
magne—This act of the Constituents of the
Empire, indicated by History, counselled
by Policy, and decreed by Genius, joint
parts of the Western Empire which have
long been separated, and establishes an
alliance between the Tiber and the Seine,
between Paris and Rome* Finally, this
act respecting the authority, always sa
cred, of the Church, and preparing the
true glory of Religion, secures the inde
pendence of Thrones and the respect of
Sovereigns.—A new Department will be
formed under the name of the Department
dee Bouchea du Rhin, and the remainder
of the ceded territory will be united to the
Department of the Deux Nethes, which
will thus be rendered one of the most con
siderable, most important, and most weal
thy of the Empire. Meanwhile, the con
federation of the Rhine has its considera
tion increased, its power confirmed, and
the ties which unite its Members draw
closer. ,
raecev. The plans far all the great pub
lick labours, and the means for their exe
cution, have been decreed—great poli
tical views have extended, with wisdom
and moderation, and always with advan
tage, the limits of the Empire.
The continental peace, which before
rested only on-tr. ttiea, and the perpetuity
of the dynasty, which bad for ‘.its founda
tion only the genius of a hero and the
power of a great nation, have now for tbeir
basis a prosperous, holy, august, and eter
nal alliance.
“ Such, Gentlemen, is the picture which
you have to exhibit to the inhabitants of
your provinces, and of which I have only
to recall to your memory the principal fea
tures ; your hearts guarantee its fidelity,**
The Counsellor of State then proceeded
to enumerate the laws passed during the
session, and took a view of the interiour ad
ministration of the Empire. Passing next
to the state of foreign relations of France,
he expressed himself thus:—