The Rhode-Island American, and general advertiser — Providence [R.I.], 1810-05-25 00:00:00, page 2

|J S ' the Stew.” Mat-uA Rapd&ih t<;ils you that
j’ yoy «re imprisoned in yourownpelace, Ac.
W by the Smith*, the Qilca' and the Lsibs.—
, This iuaohri ent wfoggy Interested in de*
anti We well ie
jJT| when bwdcclMed, hit COnfuli nee
* fol yOW wan gojwKfarever. Yet he now
presides tq judgtyou—he, like
umpire. Sits, *
I And by decision more embroils the fray—
SupjMMng tlim-e wasjdauger in one direc*
| tk»u, he woatfrhnye yon shift your quarters
L toe worse—-snatch ybdfrom Scylla, to in*
i’_ gulph |on in Charybdis. These remarks
f of Randolph bring me ton subject which 1
shuuldpcvei* hunt approached, but that
I fio<f it notorious at Washington—the
p*. • tnlsuMei standing between Gallatin and
1 Cther*.* source 1 attribute, (in a
| great part«) 4hc distractions in Congress,
hod the tfafhcSnou table attitude of your be
loved chantry, hmong the nations <rf the
world. 1 Mil be candid on this, as on
every <rth« toßsck ; and admit, ‘ that if
w»pe4 truth, Mr. Gallatin was
t ~ not wry liberally dealt with at the organ
! Isstlen ofyonr present board-of secretaries.
W* <e her reflrenge ; and pursued it
been systematically
dUfdtctivei cold, ptrffomatick, cun
»lhg—he has* capacity for business ; and
he had acquired In former times, a popu
larity, > Which still continues to gild the de-
Awbdity of his afkwtacy— -*n apostacy Much
fill lately, Ire contrived to mask from those
Cabo did Got penetrate his wily action* with
. A staedfisaf aye—ltat, Me London firinto
IpaiTfJSpf our embarrassment; . they
seemed \o have fathomed the cause ; thp>
predicted that •*Albert Gallatin would
■ teach us better,” than to go to war with
England; they discerned our situation, and
foretold our submission.—We have submit
ted. ,
Should you cast a “ reluctant glance”
over theapost state uf eur country ; should
»' you recollect ifte high and ardent expecta-
V tions antcipated by oar citizens before the
meeting of Congress; should you have
’ couragg and patience to look at the journals
E of yfvr month* nothing j you will not be
surpiiaed at the discontent created
appointmeut. Your messages, as come
say, fsreathed war; according to others,
they Contained peace* Equivocal language
justifies any comment. To mend the mat
ter, the reports of Gallatin were designedly
’ calculated to Ihspire tears in the breasts of
I ignorant men, who know not how to esti
i mate Our resources. Hence, Congress re-
r tired from the vindication of our rights;
they ignominiously fled from the ground of
resistance—and have moot manfully at*
; * tacked the constitution. Yes, Sir, though
our honour was fiawntd to support Camp
bell’s resolutions, wo have seen
L —*• Nothing but mutation * ay, and that
“From one bad thing to worse.'*
Submission is sealed, and our honourable
house -have quietly sat down to consult
about selling a bank indulgence to English
f I Stockholder*, for a million and a quarter of
- AUlara ’ lam awaip of the difficulty you
Will experience in reconciling Mr. G’s zeal
ous efforts to obtain a renewal of this char
ter, with the former profession* of the de
mocratßk party, and with a plan proposed
by himself. Hi* artifice may make it plau
sible; and X believe something else made
him its advocate. There is a true adage
in French, about Switu 4>enality t which I
heed not copy. I cannot imagine that this
man has so suddenly divested himself of
his parsimonious character, at his own ex
pense.! But, Sir, whatever be done, or
not done, committed or omitted, you will be
made responsible in popular estimation for
your full share of blame—you may be cen
sured for thia or that. To decline the per*
I formance erf your duty in a bold and open
manner, atal to leave members to be guided
by treasury hints, will be Co forfeit ail
the popularity you have acquired. The
people will not patiently suffer, a national
cfenh, (hired for keeping an account of re
ceipts and expenditures,) to supplant the
president in Afr duties. Though we do
not desire the vulture to rule us, yet we na-
Idrally despise the log.—l am sure, Sir, you
| hear no language like this at the drawing
room parttes uf ** the white housebut,
it is nevertheless the language of one of
yeur beet frtewda, whoi» honest etWJUgh to
warn you, of your danger. Beware, Sir.
lest Gallatin drag you to destruction. The
pajsiveaess and neutrality, which prevails
at Washington, are unknown in the coun
try.
Whatever fine things may be said In fa
vour of moderation, at levees, and dinners
A given anQ received by the secretaries,
clerks, masters of ceremonies, and office
huuters ot Washington, Mr /keq/t/e will not
be easily appeaad at. dereliction of princi- j
pie. “ There are no tricks in {their] plain
anff simple faith.” 1 will follow this train
no farther—You have received some bints
of its truth, in the reception of
rest's nomination by the Senate. Improve
•UnfourxLji reports have been artfhlly circu
lated to submpre the federal and Gat Istinisn I
interest, which is new “ ope and indivisible ”
S Ed. Wbjo.
> f Dinners upon dinners have lately been
given to certain squads or members of Congress,
by the secretary of the treasury— mi unusual
thing With him. • The object, 4la sasd* Was to
i ■
• The drawing-room parties, or levees, who
>ay their “ homage due” to Mrs. Madison and
e,Ch "*fht, ***
t “ He (the President) from time to
I JC’f 10 Con K reM information of the
' late of the union» and rtwmmend to their con
sideration such measures as he shall indre ne
cessary and expedient ”
V. X amtiMien, Sec 4, drt. U.
Did you feel a noble glow of indignation,
and tell that body in the hearing of the
people, thi»t national extinction wa< even
preferable to national degradation; be
cause in one case we should preserve our
honour— but should lose it in the other i
Unfortunately for you, Sir, you mustan
swer all these interrogatories in the nega
tive. You behaved like a spectator, not
as an actor—you have disregarded the vi
tal concern* of the nation— and attended
to the trifles of the drawing-room. You
have beheld dangerous schism* in your
Cabinet, (as ’tie nicknamed,) but you did
not endeavour to compose them. You saw
one of your secretaries plucking the reins
from your feeble hands, and driving the
state chariot down the steep;—but you
never felt disquiet, nor expressed concern.
Now we are sticking fast in the slough j
•nd all the nations of the earth may pelt
us with impunity. Stil| 4 Sir, I believe you
are too good a Christian, to be tempted in
this dilemma to pray either to Hercules,
or Jupiter to extirpate our wheels from
the mire! There we must stick; -and
Gallatin may smite at 1 his siaktaft the na
tion, he was disappoint* 1* gwlerning;
until another election 4hgJLpla.ee an inde
pendent Congress in the Capitol; or the
•ext presidential.period YMtTlbring a more
enargetick and manly tenant into the whifa
houoe. What I lack, 81r, in adulation, I.
shall supply in frankness and truth. If
you cannot govern your secretaries, but
permit one of them tollrill ••••• Mem
bers of Congress, if you cannot nominate
republican consuls, but suffer yourselves to
be duped or coaxed into a nomination uf
beings like K. F. who will suppose you can
govern the nation f— You are fast losing
the Confidence and respect of the people.
In the bold character of an highwayman,
there is often times an energy, or magna
nimity, which half reconciles us' to the
man, while we abhor his profession ; but.
Have you performed your duty, during
the late session of Congress f »
When you saw submission preparing to
cover our country with disgrace, did you
interpose your arm or your advice, to pre
vent, the sad catastrophe,?
DW you fill your constitutional trust of
recommending! proper measures to Con
gress ?
“ With unavailing grief* thy wrongs I see, ‘
" And, fur myself not feeling, feel for mi.*
Thoughts such as these ytlooe become
you. If you resolve to represent the grief
and humiliation of our country, you will
wear sackcloth, and bestrew your bead
with ashes. For you must bear your share
of accountability; you were elected to per
form the active and provident duties of a
father and a guardian of the United States,
not to remain in the criminal, imbecile and
inglorious neutrality of King Log. Be
fore the American people, I put these
questions:
"Prey on my life, and with thy blood are fed.
- ■
I there ttfrfvtntage. If Paul Hamilton b
tx (mne for evincing his posses
sion of “pfttHfl faith;” if he is fur
throwing hi* ” prwdeliciiaoa”,
overiieard; if he is disesteemed for dismiss
ing » tfUtfUty gentleman whose crime was
his stubborn integrity, and appointing a fa*
vourite of Captain Tingey in his room, the
lesson ought to be beneficial to you.
.The people are vigilant—and canhot be
long deceived. They will compere profes
sion with practice. Bat, such 1 trust, will
be your future conduct, that you shall be
fearless of every ordeal of investigation.
1 hope you will be able to lay your hand
upon your heart and say
Hie murus aheneus esto.”
Adieu. TAMMANY.
From the tame fiafi.fr qf the 3d inetant.
TQ JAMES MADISON. , .
I send you a valedictory note ;—having
resolved to retire from a fruitless political
Contest, until better opportunities shall
inspire me with the hope of being useful.
Should this hasty address meet , your eye
before you sli<l have been enveloped in
the smoke, or dazzled in the blaze, or
turned the flattery and «om»,
pUmental nposense. of to night’s parade,v
it may answer the purpose of the atfon-•
dant, who in the Roman triumphs remind*
ed Kings and Genorals, that they were but
men—mere men.
Several Members of the present ignoble
Congress will crowd your levee to night,
bow to you with becoming grace and sub
mission, and bid you an affectionate, at
least a ceremonious adieu. When they
decline the head and bend the knee be
fore you, what reflections must pass through
your brain ? “ They bow to me—but they
ha'd previously made genuflections to the
enemies of our country—they had submit
ted to England and France—they have
left me without power—and the country
destitute of .honour,
”O my country! weak and overflowed
“ By thine own sons—betray’d—devour’d
“ By vipers, which in thine own entrails bred.
A LONG‘TALK
1 Delivered the Tammany Society
I of Washington, at -ikt Anniversary
I meeting, on Saturday ithe 12th <f May,
I ,1810.
£ BY HErtOABORN.
I ißbotbbws,
I To a person who has seldom, if ever,
I ventured to engage the attention of his fab
I low-citizens to any oral or written commu-
I nicaikm, it becomes a task of <no small
I magnitude to aqqdg hinpelfin suc*h a man-
I ner as to receive his own, or deserve their
approbation. Sensible of th* imperfec-
I tions which scrutinising criticism may, and
I probably will select with microscopic! pow
ers and mmutene* of perception, to place
in battle array against one* it is, potwith
standing, a duty that, with your permis
sion, I shall exercise to encounter the
storm, and submit to peblick view, the un
disguised sentiments of an undeviating re
publican, a friend to the present constitu
ti<msj>f the union, and of the Individual
States which compose it.
Bmotkbks,
I consider it totally Mnnecessary to refer
to the principles of ,<m£ institution, op to its
emblems, so for aathty relate to the mem
bers of our orderj the latter can only be
known to those who have been, or shall be
regularly admitted into our Wigwams,‘but
with regard to th® former, let it be de
clared to the world, Apt as genuine friends
to liberty, abdU Agsnil which gave many I
if not all of us birth ; we shall with be
coming spirit and fimtneta* mairitalAthe
t ights, independence and honour of ay
country against the insidious machinations
of foreign foes, and thfc subtle, undermining
arte of unprincipled, aspiring traitor* of
. native' growth among us, who would with
unfeelihg apathy, sacritce the dmirest in
terests of the commddty in which they are
fostered and protected, and reduce to atoms
the great charter of our privileges and
sovereignty, for the purpose of establish
ing a governmentin its stead, by whose
authority titles of distinction known in Eu
rope might be bestowed £ aud that these
ambitious, restless, avaricious tbirsters af
ter power and wealth, might trample with
impunity on the nedU of the “ swinish mul
titude, ” as a herd only flflfto contribute by
a servile fear of this would be. nobility, to
their pomp and splendour.
Bmothxbs,
Let it not be supposed that the picture I
have drawn is a meye visionary chimera
of my own ; examine for yourselves into
the avowed approbation of some persons of
high standing among as, of the acts of one
of the belligerent powers of Europe, whose
conduct for a series of years past, has
evinced a hostile disposition by the im
pressment of our seamen and unjustifiable
restriction of our commerce; yet that na
tion finds advocates and supporters even
from distinguished natives of thia soil,
against the measures pursued by ths Coo. 1
stituted authorities of these united tribes ;
we should also be vigilant to resist the
machinations of every other nation) and
ll?* We pqbiish the following specimen
of stupendous and almost incredible non
sense, as the most effectual libel we can
utter against the authour. The toast we
likewise give publicity to from the same
motive. We hope hereafter that the gen
tleman when he utters the word “ con
tempt," will have more prudence and dis
cretion than to furnish his enemies with so
severe, mortifying and deadly a retort. He
cannot complain of* unfair treatment when
we furnish society from his own lips such
decisive and incontrovertible evidence of
the justice of his own reproaches; and
" now, Mr. Orator, tobreakfast with what
appetite you qiay/\ We only wish to as
sist the reptile in bursting. Wo produce
this as an evidence to our Indians of the
rapid progress in barbarism their tawny
brethren and confederates are making.
. U‘ ' f •. jr ' W i '
I in |be coatemptible'bfinref aaantralpre
sident, the eye wanders over the ’drear
vacuity—ant finds no point which it can
I bear to contemplate with satisfaction.—
| "Such barrenness of character resembles
the world under the dominion of the flood;
I the thoughts which strays towards it, is
frightened with the prospect, and soon re
turns upon itself like Noah's dove to the ark.
Our former relations—our wrongs—our
honour—but why should I cauterize the
wounds of the living, or invade the sepul
chres of the dead I Time may awake the
one and heal the other. I wish I could be
lieve in miracles: J wish you had never
believed in had done your
duty, and ceased to rely upon chance. I
sat down with the intention of* taking a
review of our affairs at hgme and abroad;
I cannot accomplish the task. My soul
starts back withhorrour from the scene.—
But, Sir, I entreat you to reflect on our
wretched and dishonourable posture. Re
flect on your oww reputation; and choose
some sort of cbaracteristick feature by
which you will be hereafter distinguished
. from the crowd, and saved from oblivion.
Nero was a great harper; Domitiab, an
excellent marksman: Commodus a famous
gladiator. Perhaps,* Sir, you intend to
seek distinction by doing nothing. What
must become of ouy . pountry under such a
negative government ? I leave those to
feel who will not think.
Adieu. TAMMANY.
■— <» • <>■*
When I view the various productions
and advantages incident to odr Climate and
soil, from the northern and eastern to the
southern and western extremities of our
eStenlive territories, it Appears to me, that
the great and beneficent spirit who rules
the universe, never yet crested a land oo
which he has dispensed more blessings;
ahd shall we madly and ungratefully spurn
at those numerous and unmerited favours,
and by rebellious presumption, provoke
him “ who doth according to his will in
the Armfes of Heaven, and among the in
habitant ft the earth," to withdraw* all
his benetm, and to inflict severe punish
ment upon us ? I trust we shall be more
wise: And by a strict adherence to virtue,
brotherly love, honesty ahd good faith
among each other, endeavour to perpetu
ate the inestimable privileges of liberty,
independence and equal rights, which we
now enjoy, to the latest posterity.
Toast drank by Henry A bom, the Orator,
alluding to a fiiece published in the
Rhode-Island American.
The sneaking imitators of negro dialect
in Rhode-Island. They were sufficiently
contemptible before the late effort to in
crease their nqeanness by a pitiful effusion
impotent malignity.— With venom let
the refitiles burst.
y Political.
THE EXAMINEJE...tio. U.
“ Wuuld’st thou to honours and preferments
climb ?
° Be bold in mischief, daHftsiMmighty crimM
“ Which dungeons, dratflftr hsnisbment de®
serve."
1 hi degeneracy and corruption of man—
the ascendency of passion and abrogation
of reason, are surely strong evidence that
democracy will prevail. Our fathers were
honest, upright ifod patriotic!, and found
ed a government on the best principles in”
nature, and second to none on the habkdM
ble globe: Their sons, blinded by
dice , and passion, corrupt and deludasßlr
have nearly prostrated this pride of mflßo
and it seems as if heaven, indignant at thesll
vice and corruption of the American peo- ’ 1
pie, had sent democracy as a scourge and
a curse upon them. How long we shall
deserve this severe sufferance it is beyond
the ken of human vision to discern. I trust
however will wipe away the
sin and maktKpuaJfihrdon sure. In this
state we wild, and re
jected fpr a season we
enjoyed. ' lfl|Kle<<mftftiitickB. that
a ROvernmeWTHtt^atedW Watect and *
defend the pe< qdmihisteie<l
by men ixmeming nit cvJrftWbadow of
virtue, and. thaMMTql übandaMMfl should
V - 1 -* • •* ■ . • 1
We may go on in the increase of a ficti
tious credit, until the bubble bursts ; and
we shall then find to our sorrow, that we
have been' as foolish as TEsop’s boy in the
fable, who killed his goose to grasp at all
her golden treasure too soon.
BxoTgxas,
Whatever may be the conduct of nations
across the great water, let us remember
that we ought to keep bright the chain <f
union among ourselves from Pasaamaquod
dy bay to Baint Mary’s river ; if by means
of powerful corrosive acids, any of the
links which compose this extensive chain
should appear foul, or shew the appear
ance of a cankered state, let us take time
ly measures to rub off,the rust, before it be
comes too deep,' and hazards thd destruc
tion of the whole. Let us always recollect
, that •• united wwfottfnd, divided we fall.”
While we are friendly disposed and
true to each other, from north to south,
and from east to west, no foreign enemy
whatever, can materially injure us, With
out our obtaining ample redress. Instead
of cherishing or disseminating' the disgrace
ful idea that we have been, are now, or
ever will be, pusillanimous and unprinci
pled partisans of any government across
the great water, let us not forget that we
are citizens of a free, ejg|jbive and rising
republick, which might Itemade the erAy
of theseastern quarters of the globe.
If intrigue, corruption and luxury, should
prevail (too much) among us, let us check
the growth by all proper means, as having
an inevitable tendency to subvert the best
interests of the country. Our Sfirest wealth
will be the industry, frugality and temper
ance of the inhabitants of these tribes, and
not the monopolizing schemes of specula
tive aggrandizement among a selected few.
How necessary then will it be”at all
times for us to exert our utmost endea
vours tbucounteract, as far as we are able,
this nefarious policy, destructive to the
freedom, safety and equal rights of the
people of the seventeen United American
tribes.
BaoTHias,
unite v cur whole energfeijn the support
and maintenance of our national rights
and privileges—unawed by the threats—
end uninfluenced by the arts of foreign"
powers. It cannot be surprising that any
foreign nation should insult and endeavour
to injure us, when they are abetted and
supported by partisans, whom they depend
upon as having sufficient influence to sap
the foundations of our governinbnt, and to
foment disunion and prejudice in the dif
ferent sections of our land.
I be the only passport to power. Strange
as thio may seem it‘is no less trae;fc
scarce * vestige of virtue has been suffer
cd to survive the late election in this state
Were the good people of Rhode-Islam
view the characters of their ruler;
through the. medium of honest prejudice
their hearts would recoil from a scene w
foul, and their Just resentment would hur
the presumptuous miscreants from pwer
His Excellency the Governour, a man bm
“ darkly wiae and meanly great,'* is bw
illy calculated to bear the test of virtuoui
scrutiny. Securely reposing in the “ teal
of hie fat here," the hereditary chair of an
independent state and an elective govern
ment—-and confident of the extent <cf bh
iU-gotten popularity, he soemrto sat «t de
fiance all exposure of crime end scorns the
thought of accountability, even to the peo
ple. With a view to reconciliation, he was
unopposed by those whose kindness he has
repaid by treachery, and whose honest en
deavours to allay the fervour- of party hash
been followed by an exemption from the
offices of the state. Had his Excellency
.been. less , active .we should have been
silent and" Judae forgiven but justice
demands Jhat disgrace follow such
glaring perfidy. To hi« the Kat/ are in
debtedMf ihtt.triump* cl jacobiffipk in
tolerant* amt hrjhw laMearies otfegri
science* Who'have befe elevated to the
bench of justM to determine the people's
rights, when forfeited their
own. To his Excellency are the people
indebted for the recall to office df th*
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the
State, whose only tide is prescription and
sychophancy to the powers that bf. Ta
him are we indebted for tbatCpart of wtfsr
count and drfioait, whose the
name 111 according with his'nature, and
whose associates are better fitted for th*
life and banking depreciation,
than for that seat, once respected and once
honourable. In June will be complctedtha
task of proscription which began in May,
when every snivelling democrat will be i*-
vested with the insignia of office. Let'tns
however warn those who wield the rod of
power, not to trespass on the customary
season of electing a Senator to the Con
gress of the United States. The suspicion
is afloat that, for want of better stuff the
Vicar of Bray is to All that honourable sta
tion, and that he is to be crammed in be
fore another election by the. people. la
God’s name what are we cotfifog to, when
for a Senator, we can find none but such a
man I
•• Who’ll Say'or unsay at his jttteons nod,
“ And do the will of all—sarißbat of God.”
To return, however, to the head, of whom
we beg pardon for this digression. His Ex
cellency made hte entrance into publick
life under*Circumstances peculiarly unfor
tunate and embarrafofog. The habits of
his early days and tnhturer years, hat illy
fitted him for that station to which, hi*
father's influence so suddenly raised him.
As a Senator he conferred neither*honeur
on the State, or credit on himself, and, ha
condescension to the*peepfe's voice, he con
sented to relinquish his seat for the rhair
of State. The characters, the conduct and
qualifications of men In power are always
open to publick investigation. “ jfa £ x .
ceUency ret himeetfufi like a Shrove- Tuea
day cock, to be that at, at fleaaure,** It
will not be deemed presumptuous to ask
what are his qualifications to the." poet of
honour,’’ that he holds. Is he a statesman f
All who know him must answer in the
negative. Is he a.patriot I If an unquali
fied attachment W the prefitht and past
administration—an unhmited acapJesbeace
in the embai gohnljlh rentriMfre cowwnk
tarns, are prodfe^patriotism, kt kaeerf
first I trust that th*
citizens of Rhode-Maad are heartily sick
of French fttriots. Is he a item whose
mild dcportmeht and accompiishdrents en
dear film to tfos,society in wfefch ha wan
born ftd reared < Ms
cellenly would receive Wa sflb<K MM
■of thefrnemen’s votes—wherdJUshaa
lired, Wk hardly knefoa. putrid
the leaned and police, kn<£ M that M
bretakes the air of Heaven. 4 Irhe box
X WASHINGTON, May 10.
<T
Mxvaaa received inffiMblfiMi Mve-
b«» fitted and smsfivlh.
fothe Whereof the IMW
Mint to reMasc dMonte bKii
Klgn A
Btetes are at ffivernmeat filß isiatllt
to institute pfiptCautiosu agaiasC
A WV 9Ona w hateveejwho nity:hawdte«h
or shall hereafter be concerned hrth* fit
tfog out and arthing of any such vfcsaeh ar
in the augmenting of the force of any such
vessel.— InutUgencer.
ter late than never. Perhafia tame the
miachief which there fucarwne intend,
may yet be prevented.}
BOSTON, May 22. .
LATE &GLISH KEJVS. L
We were yesterday favoured with a DubX
lin piper of April 9, received by the ship '
Iris, Captain Conway, arrived at Saleaaz—
This paper contains London dates to April *
“—one day the latest.