The Rhode-Island Republican — Newport, R.I., 1810-04-25 00:00:00, page 2

The proposition once mude in Congress,to
declare the American nation “ the most en
lightenedl people upon the globe,” has been
ridiculed quite as much as it deserved. If
by the term enlig/iiened, were to be under
stood merely the degree of proficiency attain
ed by a few individuals in the arts and scien
ces, we certainly can have no preteations to a
competition with most of the EFuropean na
tions—but it it were meant only to express
the amount of mental cultivation generally
possessed by the body of the people, 1 be
lieve it was strietly true. It would be difficult
at least to name the people in Europe, the
great mass of whom possess so much of that
knowledge, which is power, as the people of
the Unitel States. Ify; however, there was
so mething of nationul vanity manifested in
the sentiinent, it was at least an innecent er
rour. But 1 couid never perceive either the
wisdom or the virthe of proclaiming the as
suredy false doctrine, that the peoplc of A
merica . are the busest and most degraded o
tNae human species. It is one of those scand
aloNgs calumnies which a number of starveling
vagalonds in Eogland, with Cobbett’s Regis
tery, anSg Moore, the minstrel of the brothels,
have b Ren for som: years administering to the
m lig 1l passions of thatcountry ; but from
the lips ©f an A nervican, it is as little the
voice Of patriotism as of truth, The lan
guase BF insult and outrage appliecd to the
propied is no better than the language of ade
ul.tiony If « tenth part of those horrible re
proschias apon the whole people poured forth
in e exgracts [ have here given, and repeat
ed wnder g thousand shapes in this voiune,
were trac the country wonld not be fit for the
residence of 4 man who he! a spark ‘of hon
ou in his cymposition. He would Ry from
it s from @ ) Jof Yahoos—-the very pre
teace of an ‘C‘zc(y’ (3¢ the fate of such a country
is worse Ihil absurd.=A man, who on the
vuansistfvs evening of the year 1805,
corid loiberately sit down and write that our
liharty wes gone, neverto return, and that to
mitizite a tyranny was all that was left for
our hopes—=l min who could believe that our
esantry was too sordid for patriotisme~=that
we had pothing but the sacred shield of cow
ardice to protect us-—=that we were of all men
on earth the fictest to be slaves ; comes with
avery ill grace, wien ne tells us how much
he Inves anl resnests that very conatry—=and
how nhis asart i darsting with anxiety for
the weilwee of thess deegs of creation. 1 re
verence the virtuzss anl the genius of Me, A.
bat [ know that 10 pzoning those billingsgate
lavsctives agaast mis country, he could not
Le i possession of a sound mind : and I sub
mit it to tie feelings of every generous spir
it, whether geuaine friendship should not
rather have been solicitous to shroud these
10finides from the publick eye, than with
snh remorseless hand to drag them into day.
He tel's us that Mr. Ames was emphatically
a refiublican~=but that he considered a refiub
lick and a democracy as essentially distinct and
opposite. Probubly this was the state of his
opinions at one period of his life—but in his
I-tter days, when the English fascinutions énd
the French antipathies had obtained their un
controled ascendancy over Lis mind, he ap
pears to have had as lirtle esteem for a Re
publican government as for the American’
people. It is not to a democracy, but to ar
priblick, that he gompares the essential rotten
ness of the white birch stakes, in one of the
above extracts. In short, he was too tho
roughiy Britonized to preserve a relish for
any thing republican ; and in the paper last
published before his decease, contained in this
volume, he says in express terms, that ¢ the
immortal spivit. of the wood-nymph liberty,
dwells oxLy in the ‘British 0.k.” ,
AMONG the many useful inventions which
this country boasty that which has been lately
announced by Hexry Hiorr, promisses em-
JAnent advanta ces. This is an improved Stucco,
or Ferruginous Cascanous Cemenryintended as a
covering for walls, The reader will be ena
bled to farm an ilea of its importance from
the following words 1~ It resembles stone,
and in a few duys after it-has been applied to
a wall, it possesses a firmaes as durable as
stone itself. Rain, wind, or frost will not in
jure it, but rather accelerates the hardnes; of
its textare, Ity qualities are, that-t prevents
the decay of old walls, and gives them a new
and handsome appearance ; and will insure
durvation to new buildings, as well as secure
them from leaking throngh *walls, if any de
fect iw: in the original workmanship or mate
rials.)
I~ an old volume of Rovrvix’s Ancient His
raruy which lately fell under my notice, |
found an index drawn on the margin of one
of the pages, pointing to the following pas
sage, with the word, “ Rhode-leland,” written
underneath, in the hand writing of a celebrat
od revolutionary oficer. “ Here* the geniu«
of a state composed of merchants, discovers
itself, who know the full value of money, but
not the merit of soldiers—=who make a traffick
of their blood, as though they were goods,
und always go to the cheapest market. In
sich a republick, when “an exigency is once
answered, the merit of services is no longer
remembered.” . *Carthage,
FOR THE RHODE<!SLAND' REPUBLICAN.
Mocx displays, nd specious names, are of-
Licecary dDiscellany,
“\ —_—
MISCELLANVEA, NO. XVIL
HIORT'S NEW STUCCO.
RHODEJASLAND.
follows i==t TlLie enemy, this morring, re
peated their attcmpts to annoy us in the con
struction of the new battery of the Sulero ;
Lut the fire of the enemy was silenced by a
brisk discharge {rom the launches, and the
battery has been completed und mounted
with four 18 pounders, three 12 pounders,
and oné 8 pounder. We have also begun a
new breast work on the cuauseway, which is
com manded by the fire of the new advanced
battery. This evening the enemy, to thw
number of 400, attempted to impede our pro
gress in this work, by attacking our covering
parties.. The latter were compeled, in the
first instance, by superiour numbers, to fall
back ; but the encmy’s corps were attacked
in their turn, under the cover of the fire of
our batterics, und repulsed ; and the brest
work is now considerably advanced.
The same officer writes, under the date of
the 19th :—=¢ The new brest work is in
such forwardness, that two light guns have
been wounted on its parapet et barbette. By
means of the launches, and some parties of
infantry that were sent out, various attempts
have been made in the course of the day to
assertain what the enemy are doing, and how
we can best form our ‘extreme advanced
work, which is at present intended to be con
structed in front of the bridge head. These
attempts have been attended with no loss on
our side ; the enemy, according to the ac
counts given me, had three killed in the
morning, and in the afternoon, four men and
“a horse.
ten employed to blind mankind agzinst a just
verception of the injuries done them by their,
tyrannical oppressions. Under the show ol
gudrding the people’s rights, is frequently
wielded the sceptre of übsclute authority.
‘l'his was the case ‘n imperial Kome. While*
the people were amused with the appearance
of a senate, with permission to elect their
prtorsitribunes, &c. the emperours were ex
ercising despotick power, and wantenly sport
ing with the sscred immunities of their sub
jects. These seeming guards of liberty were
hut the veils of tyranny and vice. The kings
of France were real despots, uithough the nu
tion was illuded by the visibility of parlia
ments. But these parliaments never dared
to dispute the inclinations of royalty. The
monarchs of Spein, though attended by their
cortes, swayed the rod of despotism ; and
the government of Portugal was completely
tyrannical, notwithstanding the Junta dos tres
cstados, or council of the three estates, '
« Tur most pl.cid good nature, and sweet
est of disposition,” says the poet of Ayrshire,
a warm heart, gratefully devoted with all its
powers to love, vigorous health and sprightly
cheerfulness, set off to the best advantage, by
a more than commonly handsome figure ;
these, I think, in a woman, may make a good
wife, though she should never have read =
pige, but the scrifitures of th» Old and New
Testaments, nor have danced in a brighter as
sembly than o #enn<hay wedding,”
FEB. 22,
On the 20th an exertion was made to com
plete the brest work of the Portazgo. The
enemv, as usual, tried to impede our progress
‘but notwithstunding all their efforts in con
siderable force, they were cempelled to yieid
to the bravery of the launches, and our cov
ering parties of infantry, and to retire with
out carrying the posi, in which our men pas
séd the night. Our wirkmen left the en
trenchment dug to a sudicient depth. The
enemy, lost eight men, on our side there was
no loss whatever.
In the morning of the 21st, the working at
the above mentioned brest work was resumed
and at the same time the construction of the
projected battery, under cover of the laun
ches and piquet parties ; the enemy only ma
kinga mepacing movement, and retreating
the Instant they were attacked. They kept at
such a distance from the work,that they affor.
ded an opportunity of not vnly going on with
the battery, but also of pulling down the hou
ses in front where they had placed centinels,
and used to cover themselves from our fire.
Manual Maria Guerrere reports from the
Isie of Leon, under the date of the 18th «as
“ Most EXCELLENT Sel6Nloß.~=Thonzh
the valuable circumstance of the Spanish
squadron now lying ready for sea in this bay,
having been entrusted to your command,
does not permit us ta doubt that it will follow
the fite of the nation ; the sitnation of its
anchorage with respect to the English squad
ron, the defective state of the crews, and the
advantages which an epportunity of a coupede
main ey olfer to the designs of the English
Cabinet, compel us not to lose a moment in
acquainting your Excellency, that His Ma.
jesty penetrated with the evils to which the
worthy Oificers, und their respective crews
are about to expose themselves in so hazdr
dous an emigration, and with the desertion
which threatens their families, much more
than with any concern for the loss of a few
vesscls that are, for the greater part, rotten,
has authorized us to m‘lo known to your
F.xcellency, and those serving under your or
-leritlu_t your honours and interests may he
completely preserved ; and to convince vonr.
selves of these bensficient dispositions of the
The fo'lowing is a copy of a letter sent by
the enemy, with a flag of truce, from St. Ma
ry’s addresse to His Excellency D. lexacto
Maria De Avava.,
BURNS’S CHUICE OF A WIFE.
trORAGN NEWS,
Spanish Papers.
v Y
CADIZ, FEB. 21.
King, ond 1o prevent any step fiom being ta
ken withéut due information, your Excellcucy
cab und'dcpu&cl, snd appuint apy place of
interviewy afloat or on shore, where we may
bave an oppor-unity of entering into explunu
tion so conductive, at this moment, to the
welfare of the naticn in general, and of so
many afflicted fumilies in particular.
« May our Lord preserve the lile of your
Excellency many years ,
( Signed) s ' '
JOSE JUSTO DE SALCEDO.
PLDRO DE OBRLEGON.
MIGUEL AERMOSILLET.”
« Puerto de Santa Maria, Feb. 17, 1810.”
To this letter the Admiral sent the follow
ing answer = ,
“ Most FxceLLENT SEIGNIORS.~When
your Exceliencies do me the justice to con
fess, that unshaken in the principles of loyal
ity which I have implanted in my beart, |
am resolved to follow the fate of a bruve and
generous nation, which gloriously defends its
sacred rights, and those of its lawful King D.
Ferdinand VII. whom God preserve, you
might have reflected, that | could not listen
to, and must have regarded as msuliing, the
offer of honours and interests which you
make in case of my acceding to your propo
sition. The generous conduct of the British
nation does not present the slightest ground
of alarm with regard to the presperity and se
curity of the vessels that are under my
command, as your Exccllencies with great
injustice suspects ; and, accoidingly all the
worthy officers belonging to it, disregarding
every consideration of rank and interest,
place our honour and glory in firmly perser
vering in the defence of the just cayse which
we have sworn to support. 4 .
* The nation recognizes in the Council of
Regency the supreme and legiiimate author-:
ity which represents our beloved. King D.
Ferdipand VII. and is recognized through
the medium of that body. 1 have been a
mong the first to render it my obedicnce ; i
and my loyalty does not permit me to give
any other answer to the letter under yester
day’s date, received from your Excellencies
by the flag of truce treiucca, which carries
the present, ‘
“ Muy God preserve your Excellencies
many years. 3
“ On board the Santa A, inthe Bay of
Cadiz. ; Feb. 135, 1810,
Gorvernment, we understand, have receive
ed officiul despuiches ficem Col. Roche,
who hus been attached to the Spanish army of
the Centre for the whole of the last year,
giving the particnlars of the total defeat and
dispersion of that army on the 20th ult. The
Spanish position in the Sierro Morena exten
ded from Monteson on the right to Puerto
and Leno on the left,a distance of fifteen
leagues, in the centre of whic) is the strong
and celebrated pass of the Peraperos. To
cover this extent of line the Spaniards had
but 22,000 troops, 5,000 of whom was de
tached to Almaden de K Acoge, (the famcus
quickssilver mines) situated on the Comina
de Plata and which leads from La Mancha
to Cordava, by which road it was probuble
the enemy would attempt to turn the !of
the Spanish positiony, and which turned out
to be the case.
On the morning of the 20th ult. at 8 o’clock*
the I'reich, 60,000 strong,attacked the whole
extent of the Spanish line, and carried it at
every point in two hours, A :
Col. Roche was with the General in Chicf
at Puerto del Key, and narrowly escaped the
same night to Jean. The dispersion and
route of the Spaniards was general ; and their
wmiagazines of clothing, arms and provision,at
La Caroline, fell into the hands of the enemy.
The plan of the French operations was executed,
it must be confessed, in the most masterly way. The
three corps, after driving the Spaniards before them,
united at Cordavo. Joseph Buonaparte was with the
corps under Soult and Victor, which passed by Alma
den. Mortier passed from Infantes by Monteson to
Baeza de Abeda, and by his route formed his junction
with King Joseph, while the centre corps of the ene
my, penetrating by the Puerto del Rey, flanked and
turned the celcbrated the pass of the Perip tos, and
also united with the army at Cordavo, wiich lust
place received BuomJnrte without a shot. Areizaga
who commanded and lost the greater part of the
Sranish army at Ocana, was most unaccountable
continued at the head of it, after he had lost the con
fidence of every soldier under him,
The accounts received by government from Col.
Roche, add, that he proceeded from Jean 1o Granada,
which last place was entered by a corps of 10,000
French on the 28th. From thence the Col. proceed
ed to Malaga, which the enemy reached, 6000 strong
on the 6th. At this last place the Freuch found
80,000 pipes of wine. These detached corps are
now on their mareh, after levying various centribu.
tions to re-inforce the army beseiging the Isle de Le
on. Joseph Ronaparte is at Puerio de santa Muaria,
opposite Cadiz.
Private letters from Turkey mention, that the Fog
lish Envay at Constantinople, Mr. Adair, has been re
quested to to take his departure ; and that orders
had been already given to strengthen the forts of the
Dardanelles. It is also added, that negocictions ure
carrying on for peace between Russia and Twikey,
under the mediation of France. '
The Gazette of Saturday contiins a notification
from Mam Wellesley, that all the ports and coast
of spain, (‘:}'on to the French territory, is de
clared in astate of striet blockade.
By a new Decree, the duties on all colonial produce,
whether introduced by capture or othervise,into Hol
land, are doubled.
A regular series of Moniteurs to the 22d ult. arriv.
ed vesterday afternoon.
" T'he Senatns Consultum for uniting Rome t» France
has been published. * The City of Rome is v be the
mdhr.k“';the enpin.‘;n;‘e Hereditary i
w Prince cldest son o we
Dose) is 1o bear the titl of the King of Kome, =
i
TURKEY, e,
VIENNA, TER. 10,
LOMDON, FFR. 26,
"‘c. 80 .
The popes are required to swegr to attempt roth-.
ing sgamst the provisions for the irdependence of
ihe Galician Church. A larded revenue of twomil.
lions of franes with a palace st Rome and Paris, are
allotted tothe popes. A Prince of he Blocd, ora
Grand Dignitary of the Fnipire, is to keep n Imperi
al Court of Rome. The expences of the College of
Cardinals and the Propaganda, are tobe defrayed by
the government.
REVOLUTION IN SOUTH-AMERICA.
: g
Extracts of letters ) wm a resfectable Jriend to
a worthy citizen in the neighbsurhovd ¢f Su
lem,
assassin, will stab with insolent iinpunity, the
inocent youth at mid-day, in the publick
street, and a corrupt court shield the gnilty
culprit from condign punishment. No law
less governour, or other civil officer will dare
to excite und encourage sedition, and revolt
aguinst the luws of the general government,
| and a fanatick legislature(creatures of his will)
protect the offenders from punishnient and
mfumy ; in ficty, justice—~=unerving justice,
unrestricted by party rage und fury, wiil be
ecnally dealt to all. It is to your patriodck
exertions, repuplicans, that the happy rei:n
of justice and good order is soon to be #s ab
lished. Every prospect of felicity Lrighiens
aronnd yougs—extending to vou the kond of
pleaty, security und happluess. Abuse nct
RIO-JANEIRO, DEC. 8, 1809. * Much is said here
about an insuirection in the Spanish part of South-A
merica, suy what is called the niddle country betveen
the provinces of La Plata snd Peru, in which the
mines of Potosi are situated ; it secms that the reb.
els ure desirous of an indcpendent governmicnt; (hat
they have defouted the king’s Lecps once o that
they have taken snd keep pessession of the mines
of Potosi; that they bave burnt the king’s registers.
“In their proclamations, one of which isin this
city, they compliment the citizens of the United
States in the r.ighcn terns ; they soy,~“Let us
shew to our brethren of North-Amsrica that we ate
equally fond of frecedom as they rav: and that we are
determined to be equally as fice, 45 indc pmdcm’, wnd
us happy as they are, or PERIsH AN the sttempt. .
“Thatis nearly the langu.‘ze of itas lcaun pget it
But this is known only to a few people, and those
prineipally foreigners.
On wednesday last, the election of General Officers
und Repredentatives was held in this state. Notwiih
-standing the utmost eflorts, and strenuons exeitions
of an expiring faction, sided by every species of wr
tifice and deception, the Republican party, animated
by thu love of Freedom, and mndignant at the outra
ges of the British government, (‘;\hirh had been so
"enelauivocally' advocated by federalists) cume for
ward in the majesty of their strength, and guve the
death blow to tfw'uf hopes of scparating the union.
The following is an uncfficial statement of mujeri.
ties in all the towns ; we believe howover it is nearly
correct. .
Jamestown'
Little<Comprton
Tiverton
NeweShorelam
South-Kingstown
North-Kingstown
Exeter
Richmond
Hopkinton
Westerly
Charlestewn
Cumberiand
Warren
Bristol
Barrington
Waraick
East-Greenwich
Coventry
West-Greenwich
Newpiore
Middletown
Portsmouth
Providence
North-Providence
Glocester
Scituate
Burrillville
Smithfivid -
Cranston
Johnston
Foster
There are certain accounts of the election:
of seven republicans in the place of seven
federalists, who were returned as representa
tives last August——which leaves a repubiican
majority of four in the lower house. The
whole of the council, inclu ingthe governour
and lieutenant-governour, being republicun,
will make a majority of sixteen, when in con
vention, which is always formed for the ap
pointment of officers.
We congratulate our republican fiiends
throughout the state, for the successful tri~
umph obtained at our late election. It is to
that unanimity that now so sincerely and cer
dially exists between our republican breth
ren, united by one sentiment for the publick
good, that the True Republican Ticket was
carried. The governour,. deputy governour
—-the senate, and a majority in the bouse of
representatives, is the blessed result of thug
united voice raised in the state, producing a
success, merited by hoaest zeal, and the pul
lick good.
Under the reign of pure and disinterested
republican principles, every citizen, without
distinction of party, will be happy and secure
in his person and his proparty. No ruthless
hand of tyranny will dare to drag the innocent
and unoflending from the pillow of repose ut
night, and commit Lim to a gloomy gaol. No
Lriumph of Correct Principles.
RHODE-ISLAND ELECTION.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1810.
948
Republican Majortity 237,
Republican net gain, 878.
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