The Rhode-Island American, and general advertiser — Providence [R.I.], 1810-08-17 00:00:00, page 2

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HI |4V. *rt combined, and identified, the va-
V HdHi interests of the farmer, the merchant
S and the manufacturer. That in re-elect*
ing them, they have no reason to fear that
■ their efforts will be employed to the injury
H / of all, in the vain, mistaken, and unjust
H policy of building up one portion of the
H community, at the expense, end on the
H tpins of the rest; but that it will be their
interest, as most certainly it is thehrdiu-
B position and wish, to fester, protect and
B encourage the whole., Tbe freemen will
B- perccivfi that the opposition to them arises
B Solely from party spirit, and that every
B engine pf misrepresentation and slander is
B- put in operation to deceive and mislead
|l the people, to interne their passions and
■ prejudices, and to divert their attention
■ from those considerations which akne
K ought to have weight. They must as-
I suredt^observe these things, and will be
■ on their guard against then).
I Jt is not sufficient for us to be told, that
B Brown f<’rtlows the respectable occupation
B of a firmer, or that Hazard never fol-
■ lowed any occupation at all. Before we
I give them our votes, we are bound to make
I .further inquiries. solemn dictates of
| conscience, the sacred duty we ow<?|*our
I country, and a regard for opr own Kappi
| ness and welfare, imperiotply demand,
I that we examine into their qualifications
| and pretensions; and that we form our
judgement, not by emptv professions, which
are fallacious and deceptive, but by evi
dences sure and certain. In point of per
sonal merit, character, talents, informa
tion, experience and publick services, they
will not bear a comparison with the other
candidates. They are moreover conceived
to be under the influence of an illiberal
and rancorous psrty spirit; to possess an
inordinate thirst for office, with little sertt
puloshy by what means it is acquired ; and
to entertain foreign prejudices and par
tfelities, and political sentiments and views,
highly dangerous to the true and perma
nent interests of the country. On the con
trary, f Mr. Potter and Mr. Jackson
have Men proved. Ceiled by the people
to various and important stations, they
have ever manifested an ability,“lntegrity
Wnd ardour in the cause of their constitu-
I eota, honourable (4 themselves, and useful
■ to the S<Ate, and to the nation. By electing
theae, we incur no risk of being deceived,
S and of having our dearest interests sacri
ficed to foreign influence, ambition or par
ty attachments. We know by experience,
that they are worthy of the highest confi
dence. By electing the o there, we venture
on a new and untried experiment, un
necessary and hazardous; which can be
productive of no possible advantage, but
may be attended with consequences fatal
‘tothe peace and prosperity of <he country.
It h sincerely hoped, that the freemen will
take these things into their serious con
sideration. With candid, impartial and
unbiassed minds let them inquire tor them
selves, and decide conscientiously .with a
’ sole regard to the publick good.
The present is a most eventful period.—
We are surrounded with difficulties and
dangers, which every day become more
embarrassing, portentous and alarming.—
. It Is therefore of vital importance to whose
care we commit the safety and welfare of
the,nation. The subject demands the so
lemn deliberation of all. The awful state
of the world, and our own perilous situa
tion forbid experiments now. We have
need of all the wisdom and prudence of our
best and wisest men. In moderate and se
rene weather, when no danger is near, or
dinary hands may be allowed to steer the
ship. But amidst storms and tempests,
encompassed with rocks and shoals, surely
It would be the extreme of folly and mad
ness to entrust the helm to any but skilful
and experienced seamen.
Who that voted for Potter and Jack
son at the last election, can now come
forward and say, that they hav'e disap
* pointed his expectations ? Has not their
conduct been such as their constituents
wished and calculated that it would be ?
Was It not expected by all, that they
would direct 'their efforts to relieve tbe
country from the pressure » f measures fast
sinking it to destruction ? Have they not
done ill Have they not ably and honour
ably performed the arduous duties imposed
' upon them > Are we not at this time enjoy
ing the,benefits of their labours ? And are
. we now, felJoW-citizens, to be petsuaded
upon mere party principles, to bestow up
on these faithfel servants the weight of our
, displeasure, as the reward for their fideli
ty in acting conformably to our wishes and
for th* benefit of their country ? Shall we
now discard from our service men, who
have been the successful instruments of
good to the people, and place odr reliance
and trust in those, who have been the ad
vocates of a miserable embargo system,
and Of all the arbitrary and despotick acts
adopted for its enforcement ? Consistency
'■ and honour, patriotism and freedom united
ly answer, no.
had been our Representatives in Congress
for the last two years, and that the policy
they have supported had been pursued.—
Whst would have been the situation of the
United States at this time t Should we not
Still .have been groaning under the opera
tion of an unlimited embargo, enforced by
Let us suppose for a moment, that Na
thaniel Hazard and NatmaN Brown
The times which have passed over us,
from tbe commencement of our national
independence, have been at uo period more
perilous than now. Our confederacy of re
publicks; is the only nation in the known
world that so much as bears thv republican
name. In name and manner of govern
ment, we stand alone in the earth. The*
republick of Holland, the little republicks
of Venice and of Italy, tbe confederated
republicks of Switzerland, are all swept
aWay, and there remains scarcely a rem
nant of their farmer political institutions.—
France, lately the pretended nurse of re
publicks, is the mqnster that has devoured
them. She has burled the liberties of the
other nations of continental Europe in the
same tomb with her own. Such of tbtir
eminent patriots as escaped the swurd and
scaffold, are languishing out their lives in
her prisons and dungeons.
Thetfe are but two nations in all chris
tendom, or even upon the face uf the earth,
which can now be properly said to enjoy
political freedom; Great-Britain and the
United States. The former is left, slooe
and single-handed, to maintain the mighty
conflict with France, aided by all her vas
sal states and kingdoms, and led on by Na
poleon, whose astonishing talents and pro
digious resources are all directed to its
overthrow. Great-Britain is struggling for
national existence. She must fight or pe
rish. She durst not, under present circum
stances, make a peace with France. This
is scknowledged or all hands. It is ac
knowledged in even tbe speech of Govern
our Gerry. Its express language is as fol
lows :—“ Thus unhappily chcumstanced”
(says his Excellency) “ is Great-Britain,
and she views her safety in war. She con
ceives that by peace, her great and only
national safeguard, her navy, must be dis
mantled ; her numerous foreign seamen
will return with joy to their native shores;
that her fictional seamen, in part, will be
compelled to seek employment abroad;
and that, when imperious necessity shall
again require her navy, in its present vi
gorous state, an event which would rapidly
follow, the measure would be impractica
ble, and the reeult her conqueet." This is
the situation of Great-Britain according to
the statement of Governour Gerry, who,
nevertheless in another part of his speech,
censures and reproaches her for continuing
the bloody struggle! A hard case, truly.
If they submit, they are slaves ; if they re
sist, they are blood thirsty wretches.
But though Great-Britain is struggling
for every tiring that is dear to her, though
her very independence is st stake, though
she is magnanimously determined, if she
must perish, “to die in the last ditch yet
has she never asked, multi less demanded,
that these United States should become a
party with her in tbe contest. All she pro
fesses to wish, is, that they would not be
partial to tsr foes. Whereas the Empe
rour Napoleon, on the other hand, insists,
that they join him, by making war on Eng
land. He insists on this, as a nine qua non,
as the only means to obtain his forbear
ancc; and threatens us with his utmost
vengeance in case of refusal.
Things are brought now to a crieia : a
moat important and solemn crisis. Politi
cally speaking, •• life and death are set be
fore us”—Li/e, if we act wise and manful
ly—Death, if our nation submit to the man
dates of tbe French Emperour. Not to
mention that the very act of such submis
sion would be a complete relinquishment
of its birth-right, Indtfiendunce, and would
give tbe French, forever thereafter, con
trol ing influence la its councils ; the whole
train of consequences would be fatal and
destructive. A league with France on such
I conditions! “ There is death iq the pot."
FROM THE CONNECTICUT COURANT.
•• Thk BLACKNESS or Th a DAY"
the strong arm ef miHtaey power; the
productions of agriculture perishing fo<
wanttof a market, and our seaport town,
qoaVerted into the desolate abodes of fa
mine and despair f Or perhaps wo should
have boon suffering all the calamities of a
rulaonp and unnecessary war with Eng
land, pad tbe still more dreadful cousc
qnencesof an alliance with the fell destroy
er* jpf the peace and liberties of man
kind. The miseries of Holland, of Swit
sorland, and of tbe other republicks and
nations of Europe, who have been betray
ed, conquered, Impoverished and enslaved
by France, might then have been experi
mentally known to ourselves. Thank hea
ven, those evils have been, as yet, averted.
We are still freemen. Let us exercise our
rights in a manner worthy of that exalted
character. In giving our votes at the ap
proaching elect wn, let us be governed by
those sure and unerring marks, which we
know will not deceive us. Uninfluenced
by party considerations, or the will or di
rection of any man or combination of men,
let us exert ourselves to secure the re elec
tion of the candidates, whose merit has
been established and proved by their con
duct ; men whom we have always found
in whatever station, whether in private or
publick life, to., be true to their country,
the friends of tbe people, and the disciples
of Washington.
** But lo I where sunk in deep despair,
“ Her garments tom, her bosom bare,
* Impatient Freedom Ues.” Collins.
A FREEMAN.
Captain S»UTH,; t from Martinico, in
forms that Admiral Cochrane had sailed
ior Gu ad a loupe, from whence he was to
proceed to England, as a witness against
Captain Lake, lately tried in England,
for leaving a seaman, (Jeffries,) upon tbe
Island of Sombrero, as already stated in the
papers. The Admiral has ordered the dis
charge of all American seamen in the fleet.
Burr’* conspiracy it seems Is hatching
over again in Europe, and is In rehearsal
under the patronage t)f Bonaparte, who
lung was a democratick idol, and is not yet
fallen altogethca into dispute with them.—
Among the persons accused of a participa
tion in the original plot, there was not more
than one conspicuous federalist, but many
democrats. There were Wilkinson, Adair,
Swartwout, Smith of Ohior Bollman, fire, all
democrats. We do not mean to imply that
any one of these but Wilkinson was actually
guilty; for the government in all its eager
ness convicted nobody of any offence, bu'
the accusation of its prosecutors found none
except the one federalist above alluded to,
to light upon, with however many of their
own kidney. It may therefore with justice
be considered to have been a democratick
plot. -Since the federal constitution was
established, every scheme and conspiracy
to ovefturn. the law or sever the union that
has existed, was of democratick parentage.
Tbe grand Spanish plot, for which Sebas
tian was discarded from the bench uf Ken
tucky, Wat pushed with the knowledge, if
not the agency of Nicholas and Innis; the
latter of wltom, though a judge of the United
States, and notwithstanding the example
sit by the state authority, was suffered to
keep his seat without impeachment, even
after he confessed his crime. Mr. Gallatin
and Co. were the authours of the first in
surrection in Pennsylvania; and the obscure
persons concerned in the second, ware all
hardened democrats, who had been insti
gated by the* traborons machinations and
inflammatory misrepresentations of more
knowing ones.
If England were subdued and enslaved
by Napoleon, and with our aid, what but
miracles could save ourselves from falling
under the yoke conqueror ? We, at
once, should be in his power and at his dis
posal. The moment we are brought to en
gage in his cause by compulsion, or through
fear, we shall be more thanhalf conquered.
The moment he gains his object as respects
England, and gains it by our help, he would
have little else to do but to parcel out our
country among his minions. Would he re
spect us for having yielded t 6 his mandates,
and for the help we had afforded him ?
Would these compliances and servile offer
ings soften the heprt of a man, •• who has.
systematizedrapine, and converted murder
into a science ?” Ltt Holland answer the
question. The Dutch submitted without a
struggle. Napoleon gave them a King;
they quietly received him. He imposed on
them a horde of civil and military officers
from France } they acquiesced. He com
manded them to shut their ports and anni
hilate their own commerce; they obeyed.
He ordered them to send their young men
abroad, as conscripts, to replenish his ar
mies, and to die in foreign lands ; they sent
them, though hopeless of lheir return. But
all this was insufficient to soften their con
queror. In spite of their earnest remon
strances nnd humble petitions, he has at
last dismembered their country, and made
a large portion of it an integral part of the
French empire.
Our fellow-citizens, the question how is
not concerning party politicks among our
selves ;rbut the question is whether as a
nation, we will “ stand fast in the liberty
with which God has made us free,” or
tamely submit to be yoked, manacted and
fettered, by one of the bloodiest tyrants the
earth was ever scourged with, and become
a bye-word to the world, and the scoin of
all future ages.
The Legislature of Virginia openly pro*
pagated the principles of rebellion and dis
union, about the period of the latter insur
rection, in the form of resolutions, which
were elaborately vindicated by the present
President of the United States, in a volu
minous report. The sum of their doctrine,
though elaborated Into every shape adtaft
tandum, as the learned hero of Mudfort
would say* was no more.nor less than, that
if the general govern meat assumed powers
not given to them by the constitution, 'the
state governments were bound by duty to
It would be like the fabled league betweep
'tip wolvpp and the sheep. What? A
league with France to conquer England;
o subjugate to the frightful despotism of
he former, the only nation but our own,
'hat has the shadow of freedom left; to put
into the hands of Napoleon the British na
vy, and thereby put ourselves completely
In his power! Il would be national sui
cide. |Vh*t man that has the soul of an
American, but must view the thing with
indignation and abhorrence ? What man
whose heart is warmed with patriot's blood,
but would rather die than see his nation
submit to such shameful M d ruinous con
ditions ?
BALTIMORE, August 9. -
CHARLESTON; July 31.
the JBaife.
On Saturday night last, a small building
lo Court-Street, occupied by Messr*. Colby
and Bootman, as a plater's shop, and own
ed by Mr. Abijah Hunt, was discovered to
be on fire. The wind was high and the
adjoining bouses (one owned by Simeon De
Witt, Esq. and occupied by Mr. William
Fowler, and the other owned by Mr, Truax,
and occupied byMr. Hunt as a tavern)
were immediately enveloped in flames.—-
Tiles* buildings, together with a small
store and dwelling-house, three mechan
ick’s shops, and three barns, were destroy
ed. Mr. De 7 Witt’s large bouse, Mr.
Hodge’s house, and several other buildings
in the vicinity, were much endangered, but
were eventually saved by the exertions of
the fire companies and the citizens.*r>
Though the houses were generally of wood
and not highly valuable, yet the occupants
have suffered considerably. Nothing was
saved from the plater’s shop, and some
part of Mr. Hunt’s furniture was consumed.
Before the citizens had recovered from
the fatigue and confusion occasioned by the
fire, a second and still more destructive one
look place on the following (Sunday) even
ing. This last commenced in a storehouse
on the corner of Montgomery and Orange-
Streets. The wind, as on the former occa
sion, was very high, and the flames spread
with astonishing rapidity. Before the pro
gress of the fire Could be checked, a row
of wooden buildings in Orange-Street, own
ed by Mr. Peter Sharp, and occupied by
different tenants—-a large store-house and
stable belonging tef Colonel Cornejius Van
Vechten—a stable and carriage-house be
longing to A. Vah Vechten, Esq. and seve
ral small buildings, (in all 14,) were de
stroyed. A number of d<v«Uing-houscs
were much damaged, but eventually saved.
Some of the buildings, though of wood,
were valuable to the owners ; and the oc
cupants have sustained considerable loss
es. Mr. John Taylor, an industrious and
worthy man, who occupied one of Mr.
Sharp’s buildings as a soap and candle fac
tory, lost stock and utensils to a large
amount. Of other damages we do not learn
the particulars. •
Our correspondent at Philadelphia, in
forms us of the arrival there of the ship
New-Jersey, Capt. Hutchinson, from Lis
bon—sailed June 27.
A Portuguese paper of the 19th June,
contains some particulars of the sortie
made by (he garrison of Ciudad Rodrigo on
the 19th, on the French besieging army.—
The attack commenced at 6 o’clock in the
moring and continued till 3 in the after
noon, and from half past 3 till 6. The ’
French took possession of a wood, but were
driven from it and routed. The French
left 1000 dead on the field. The loss of
the Portuguese is not ascertained. This
Messrs. Warren and Wood, have pro
cured a lease- of the Philadelphia New
Theatre—and are engaged in making im
provenqsots, alterations and additions in
every department in that extensive estab-
the fail.
appears to have been a brilliant affair to
the Portuguese, who chiefly fought with
the musket and bayonet.
On Wednesday last, at the Court of
General Sessions .♦the Peace now holding
in this city, come on the trial of Anthony
Morales, calling himself “ General An
thony Mor alee, Charge det Affairt aid
Cental-General hit Majetfy the King
of Holland, retiding near the government
of the United Stattt” on an indictment
for obtaining by f Use pretence from Wil
liam W. Rudman of this city the sum of
forty dollars. The circumstances disclosed
on the trial were, that some time in June
last the prisoner came to lodge at the
hrnse of Mr. Dyde. where Mt. Rodman
was then a . That on the morning
But let us not forget the late resistance
of the state of Pennsylvania, to tbe authori
ty of the United States, called Snyder'a
rebellion, in which he arrayed his militia,
against the Marshal’s fioaae. Neither aught
it to be forgotten, that the insurgents, after
being duly convicted, werf promptly par
doned by the executive of the United States.
liahmciH. The Theatre will be opened in
prevent the operation of them within
limits, and that the alien and sedition
were usurpations of precisely this
tkm; consequently that those two Area,
though admitted to be constitutional by the
judges, ought to have been resisted by th«
several states, by force of arms.
So much is disorganization a part of the
means of democracy to reach and to retahi
power, that, as we are credibly informed,
at a caucus of Members of Congress, held
in the year 1801, to consult respecting the
means of securing Mr. h fferson's elevation
to the Presidency, the question was put,
among others, whether the constitution
should be prostrated, if necessary, to pre
vent the election of another; and it was
carried in the affirmative. Nor would It
be any very improbable anticipation, that
if the ruling party were to lose their influ
ence in the general government, they would
not desist from the struggle, till they had
shook- the union to its centre, or levelled it
io the dust.
ALBANY, August 7.
ALARMIJYG FIRES! !
NEW-YORK, August 11.
BOSTON, August 14 •
RHODE-ISLAMD COAL.
We are informed that Mr. Ebenezer
French has made an experiment in Dorches
ter, which has not only been profitable to
himself, but may be of great advantage to
the p'ublick. Some unsuccessful attempts
have been made to burn brick with the
Rhode-Island coal; notwithstanding which,
Mr. Sumner had the enterprise to repeat
the experiment, and succeeded fierfedfy.
He burnt 124,000 btkk, valued at 1400
dollars, and the process was so complete
as to remove all doubt in hi* mind of its
uniform practicability. The use of that
coal for this purpose will, in many places
be found a very great saving.
August 15.
NEW PORTUGAL.
By the Niagara, from Rio Janeiro, at
New-York, we learn, that Mr. Sumpter,
the American Envoy, had arrived al the
Court of the Prince Regent of New Portu
gal; that the Prince was highly gratified
with this mark of attention ; and had made
to the Secretaty of Legation, and to far.
Balsh, a grant of 1000 acres of land.
The reports from the Spanish colonies of
the Floridas conth ie extremely vague and
contradictory. The most trust-worthy are
those which state, that Spanish loyalty will
not separate itself from the fortunes of Fer
dinand, nor submit to French domination.
Enthusiasts, and •• choice spirits* eager
for change and bustle, are the product of
almost every clime ; but when not misled
by falsehood, and time is allowed for re
flection, the good tente of a people win pi
let them in the course they ought to
i This Russian Plenipotentiary, whose wit
and pride were almost proverbial, wan
once employed by Catherine, as Ambassa
dour to Poland. Thugut having been sent
thither by the Emperour of Germany, was
on the day of being admitted to an audience
by the Polish Monarch, introduced into a
saloon, where seeing a man gravely seated,
and surrounded by Polish Lords who were
standing respectfully before him. Thugut
took him for the King, and began hia com
pliments. Stackeiberg did not hasten to
undeceive him; and when the Austrian sa
voy discovered his mistake he was greatly
piqued and ashamed. That evening, play
ing at cards with the King and Stackei
berg, he threw down a card by mistake,
saying “ the king of clubs.” •• You are
mistaken,* said th* Monarch. ” it is the
knave.” The Austrian, putting his hand
to his forehead, very archly exclaimed,
“ ah sire, pardon me—.thia is the second
time tn day that I have taken a knave
for a king!” Stackelburg, 'though very
prompt at repartee, could only bite his lipa.
August 14.
The court over-ruled this, and declarei
that the paper must be proved to be genu
ine before it could be received as evidence.
The prisoner not having done so, it must
be rejected.
After an able defence by hie counsel,
Mr. Blake, and a very singular one by Dr.
Graham, which were replied to by Mr,
Colden, the District Attorney, and a charge
from the court, the Jury returned a verdict
of guilty. An arrest of judgement has been
Nothing has yet transpired of the nature
of the despatches from England, received
here in the TatiiaahmSah. Mr. Ervir.g the £
bearer of the despatches, left this city on
the 2d inst. and. as the Heads of Depart
ments have left Washington, it is supposed
he has proceeded to Montpelier, the Presi
dent’s country seat.
made in behalf of the prisoner.
Mercantile Advertiaer.
rival he applied io Mr. R. ftf
[the loMMeOfert/dollars, representing him
self to b/Uharge des Affairs and Coneol-
Gencral of the King of Holland ; and that,
having on his return from Washington
been his servant of his trunk ar-.t
money,’Hbwas in some dfficulty, and re
quested We Joan at tlrn above sum until he
could negotiate bills on his government.—-
To support this representation he pro
duced to Mr, R. curtain papers and docu
menta in the Dutch language, but which
Mr. R. did not understand. In consequence
of this representation he obtained the loan.
A few days afterwaida the falUty of his
story was detected, and he was arrested
for swindling.
In his defence he produced a certain
parchment which was said to contain his
appointment, but which on examination
was found to be only a letter of credit in
the uatne of the Batavian Republick, in fa_»
vour of Mr. Anthony Morales, authorizing
“ hia honour" to draw on the Dutch gov-j
for such stuns of money as he
might think proper. He likewise produced
an Exequatur issued by .the President of
tbe United States to him, recognizing him
as Consnl-Gener.il of tbe Batavjan Repub
lick, under which he had acted for about
one month, when he was dikcovered lo be
an impostor, and the Exequatur recalled.
It was urged by the prisoners counsel that
this pap»r was genuine; tfyit the paper
itself was evidence of his being what h>
represented j and that, of conkequence, as
a foreign Miniater, he was privileged from
prosecution for, any offence short uf trea
son ; and to support this position the coun
sel cited the law of nations.
COUNT STACKELBERG.