The Rhode-Island American, and general advertiser — Providence [R.I.], 1810-08-10 00:00:00, page 2

Who opposed the adoption of the fonettye*
lion, who were the advocate* of
money system, and the revilers of the great
and immortal Washington.
ALFRED, jun.
a FOB TMK R HODK-ISL AND AMIUCAM
To the Fjtne.HKN of the State <f Rnodi-
Island.
r«.LLOW’CITTBFN« •
You nerd not at this time be told, that
die right nf suffrage to the vital principle
Of liberty, and that on ita exercise depend
the ipiscry or happiness, the shivery or
freedom, the <legr*dation, or the grandeur
of millhmk. For if you elevate to office,
and invest with autliority, men either in*
competent or unworthy, you violate the
first duty nf citizens, and abuse or endan
ger the first rights of freemen. On this
occasion it becomes us to pause, to delibe
rate, to take “ sweet counsel together,”
how we can best perform this sacred duty
to our country, how best exercise a right
established by the swords, maintained by
tbe courage, and seeled with the blood of
eur gallant countrymen.' Above all, let us
never forget that the abuse of liberty must
tend to its Mfoersfon ; and that in times
like these, not to exercise the right of suf
frsge, would be a censufi&ble negligence of
duty, hazardous to our liberties, and per
haps fatal .to our Constitution. Moat of us
recollect the melancholy, the deplorab.e
situation of our country, during the years
3808 and 1809. We know, we have not
forgotten by whom, sender Napoleon, an
•mbargo was imposed; and we still re
member with gratitude those patriots, by
exertions, under Heaven, it was
.•Removed. How deep, how wide, how gene
ral tbe distress and ruin which that mea
sure occasioned ! Clouded were the hopes,
mined the fortunes, and wretched the lives
of thousands of our worthy dtisens, who
were precipitated from affluence to povei -
ty, to that.dfoe of general calamity and
expression. The voice of complaint, of In
dignation and remonstrance, burst forth
from one end of the Continent to the other,
la this State, audible and commanding was
your disapprobation. You, fellow-citizens,
did then promptly dismiss from your con
fidence, those who had betrayed it; and
gave them an opportunity to repent in sbli
suik and disgrace, of their manifold tritA
gressipns. x This watchful jealousy—.this
noble spirit of freedom— this firm and dig
nified conduct under oppression, has beer
opprobriously termed, rebellion and die
sMiea 1 But this is perfectly natural anc
In character. Tyranny speaks an uniform
language. Our fathers too, for firmly aoc
gloriously maintaining their righto, were
oaoe by a tyrant termed rebels. That the
federalists with for a dismemberment of
the States Is an assertion which those who
utter know to be fake, and those who
hear cannot believe. A more stupid im
posture, a more detestabff falsehood Dever
was offered from the lips of folly, or of
guilt, to the credulity of mankind. Would
to Heaven, that tbe charge of French in
fluence could be as easily repelled! Who
ever heard of a single instance of French
barbarity, iiyustile and cruelty being cen
sured iu a democratick print ? Do not,the
democrats palliate all her iniquities, wink
at her attrociotn designs, and already ex
,ult at her anticipated subjugation of Sjmin ?
Are such men worthy to be your Represeri
tatives, or rulers ? Would they ensure the
.prosperity, maintain the dignity, or in
crease the glory of their country ? Would
they nut rather retard her prosperity,
prostrate her dignity and glory, and re
duce her character, if possible, to the con
temptible and infamous level of their own ?
Men, by often repeating, at, length be
lieve tbe very falsehood which they at first
■ invented. Ou some principle like this, only
can we account for the audacity of the
democrats, in asserting that Washing
Ton was in favour of their designs, and
the friend of their party. Light cannot
be more opposed to darkness, than was
Washington to them. But if they en
trench themselves behind the high author
ity of his name, why do they not imitate
hie conduct, pursue hie policy, and govern
by hie maxims ? It is easy to make extracts
from his valedictory address, but is bis
character the model of their imitation ?
No. It is not, It never was, It never will, or
Can be, tHI their views, principles and de
signs are radically changed. His publick,
as well as private life, was replete with
integrity, theirs with injustice, his with
resolution, theirs with pusillanimity, bls
with dignity, theirs with degradation, his
with firmness, theirs with indecision; in
’his character were equity, courage, pru
dence and every virtue ; qualities which,
had they possessed, our country would not
have fallen from her high standing among
nations; her rights Would not have been
violated, her dignity trampled under foot,
Iter power scorned, and her very name
outraged and insnltrd with impunity ; nor
would every breese bear on its wings, the
complaints, the groans and frantick de
spair of unr wretched, imprisoned coun
trymen. Since such is the character of
our rulers, such the deplorable situation
of our country, shall we, follow-citisens, sit
unmoved in apathy, indifferent spectators
of ojr country** ruin; or, shall we exert I
ourselves at the approaching Qongression J
It is really wonderful to observe with
what frequency and audacity the Tamma
ny meu quote tbe sentiments and sayings
of our beloved Washington, to establish
the solidity of their own opinions, and the
correctness of their own measures. In the
last democratic* paper printed in this
town, there was • number of quotations
from Washington** Farewell Address,
which, from tbe accompanying glossy ob
servations of some political wiseacre, was
intended to be represented as exclusively
applicable to the federal party. It is cer
tainly very singular that the party which
in the lifetime of our first President were
inveterately opposed to many of bis mea
sures, should now presume to declare them
oelves his disciples, to the exclusion of those
who .were his supporters, and have ever
been the defenders of his fame.. Yes, a
certain great man of democracy io Con
gress was opposed to testifying his respect
and gratitude for the services of Wash
ington, as he did not approve of his ad
ministration, and boldly declared his opin
ion that there were others equally worthy,
and capable of guiding the destinies of the
nation. And yet the very men who have
ivowed these sentiments now dare avow
themselves his friends and supporters.—
Presumption indeed I But let not the citi
zens of thia country be deluded by such
trash. In order to understand the true
Application of the sentiments contained in
the address of our great political Father,
we must advert to the times and. circum
stances which induced it. It must be re
collected that the present dominant party
was then a minority, that strong foreign
predilections were manifested by it, that
an attempt bad been made to sever tbe
«Union, or at least to overawe admiuis
f-at ion; that ibe proclamation of neutral
ity had been strenuously opposed; and
French influence proclaimed that tbe pa
triot Washington had deserted the prin
ciples of an American, and assumed the
garb -of a British partisan. Should any
nave tbe hardihood to deny this, the rc
r. .rds of Congress, the leading prints of the
tppoeition manifest its troth. It was to warn
hie countrymen against the deleterious in
fluence of this, the present donocratick
party, that the retiring hero and sage pen
ned his last legacy. He foresaw, with
dreadful apprehension, that if this party
should gain the ascendency, his beloved
country would long be agitated by •• the dis
turbed and fleeting dreams of fancied good,”
and.in some dismal hour awake to misery
and to slavery. These were his induce
ments, and we shall see that his every moni
tory lesson is applicable to the democrat
ick party, and to that alone, guided as it
ever has been by artful and designing men.
But to refer to his own 1 words—“ If bene
“ fits have resulted to our country from
•• these (his) services, let it be always re
** membered to your praise, arid as ah in
“ etructive example in our annals, that un
** der circumstances in which the passions.
" agitated in every direction, were Ila
“ ble to mislead—amid appearances some
” times dubious—ricissitudba of fortune of
“ tea discouraging—in situations in which,
“ not unfrequently, want of success has
•• countenanced the spirit of criticism —the
“ constancy of your support was the essen
‘‘ tial prop of the efforts, and a guarantee
” of the plans by which they were ef
” footed.**
Who was it, we would ask, that ” agi
tated the passions in every direction," who
that caused appearances to be thus du
bious and discouraging ?" Who were they
that countenanced and cherished, nay, with
unheard of malignity, abused him with the
“ spirit of criticism ;'* and upon whose sup
port did he rely in the hour of danger and
the day of adversity? It was upon his
friends the federalists, it was upon the ma
jority of the people, firm to the princi
ples of the revolution, uncontaminated with
French influence, unawed by the glare of
the Napoleon “ Comet.”
The unity of government " is the point
“ in your political fortress, against which
•• the batteries of internal, as well aS ex
“ ternal enemies, will be most constantly
** and actively, (though often covertly and
“ insidiously,) directed ; It is of Infinite mo
meet that you should properly estimate
•• its value.”
Who were the internal enemies that
endeavoured to destroy thia unity t In the
conduct of democratirk Kentucky, in her
combinations against government, against
the government of which Washington
was the head, we shall readily find an an
swer. In the whitkey insurrection, justifi
ed and supported by Gallatin, and'a
host of democrats, we shall find an answer.
These were the men who not only chet isn
ed the wish but openly manifested their de
termination to destroy that reciprocity of
, intercourse between the east and the west.
al election to defeat the madiioatio-t o f
her enemies, rescue her from degradation,
moult and contempt, and once more render
her “ a praise in the whole earth."
A REPUBLICAN.
Beware of the democrats, for io they
shall say unto you, we are of Wash
ington, we are Washington ;
but believe ye them not, for verily they
are iroiris in shair’s ctornt ng.
FOB TH* RMODB-ISLAND AMBBICAN.
It was at this time that an ardent at*
tachment ■to France and to French poli
ticks began to pervade various quarters of
the Union, and strong desire was mani
fested to “Unfurl the republican banner*'
against crowned heads of Europe, and in
union with renovated France to force the
bletaingt of new fangled liberty upon their
subjects, the miserable dupes of tyranny
and oppression. The patriot beheld with
anxiety this was but enthusiasm, that the
absurdity of French principles and French
politicks would cause it soon to subside.—
He was, however, soon disappointed, and
the love of France engrossed every other
consideration. Happy would it have been
for our country if she had " been deaf to
those advisers, who disregarding her inte
rest, would connect her with aliens.”—
Though they may quote Washington
and make pompous displays, it should not.
influence us. The devil will quote scrip
ture when it best suits his nefarious pur
poses, and though ,we may admire his skill,
we-cannot but despise his
Though faction may triumph, let us adhere
to the sober maxims of wisdom, proudly
remembering that our great and immortal
Washington was the chief comer etone
of federalism.
MOUNT-VERNON.
Think la a report that Swedish property
has been sequestered in France and Hol
land, in consequence of French Consuls
having been refused a residence in some of
the ports of Sweden, and facilities having
been afforded for the admission of English
merchandise into those ports.
The seven American ships embargoed
at Antwerp, have been ordered to be sold.
Napoleqn has returned to Paris, from his
late tour. Immediate arrangements were
made for successive fetes. He seems to
exist only in bnstle, and to'feed on novelty.
Twenty-four hours quiet would give him
the ennui. Nations must be immolated, if
nothing else offers to keep his mind occu
pied and diverted!
At-Paris, on the 11th, Bonaparte admit
ted a Russian Minister to a private au
dience.
We bear the French government have
the exportation of grain, from
policy, not the scarcity of the article.—
However, we shall have a superiour quan
tity from the United States.
The French people are very friendly to
British prisoners. They do them all the
good offices they can, not inconsistent with
their own loyalty—and are particularly
kind io their language. This behaviour is
a just reproach to all in the world who suf
fer their prejudices to lead them to a bar
barity of conduct, and a scurrility of lan
guage, which is a disgrace to human nature.
The French continue tocrowd and hur
ry reinforcements into Spain. The usurper
of the Spanish throne was about tb go
against Valencia. Massena, the throne
veCher; had 80,000 troops on the frontiers
of Portugal.
A considerable number of Americans
have been discharged from our ships of war
in the West-Indies, in obedience to orders
from the Admiralty.
The Crown Prince of Sweden, it is said,
was to have married the daughter of Lu
cien Bonaparte. The Duke of Oldenburgh,
it is supposed, will succeed as heir to the
throne, and perhaps to the Bonaparte.—
Napoleon practises the old royal trick of
strengthening his throne by marriages.—
Thus it is that the slavery of a people is
perpetuated. ■ f
dency, were by mitrcjirttrnting the opin
ions and aims of their opponents. Wash
ington knew this, and wished to guard
the people against influence.
•* A passionate attachment of one nation
“ for another, produces a variety of evils.
“It leads to concessions to the favourite
*• nation of privileges denied to others,
" which are apt doubly to injure the nation
“ making the concession, by unnecessarily
“ parting jrith what ought to have been
“ retained.”
foreign intelligence,
Received by an arrival at Pfew- York.
Thia would not apply to the federalists,
for in moat places they had the ascenden*
cy, and no attempts by them were made
to recover the wayward, for they were
contaminated with democracy, and were
considered mad. Besides, it is a fact, no
torious, that the expedients by which the
present ‘Mn attained the ascen-
One of the expedients of party to ac
” quire. influence, within particular di
“ stricts, is to misrepresent tbe opinions
•• and aims of other districts.”
ll.e net l?i and the sooth, so eloquently re
commended by the great master federalist.
And who were the designing men who
inculcated the sentiments of disunion ?
Was it not thoselwho ** propagated suspi
cions among our western brethren of a po
licy in the general government, and in the
Atlantick States, unfriendly to their Inte
rests?" Here the federalists cannot cer
tainly be referred to, for they were the
men who united withand supported Wash
ington in quenching the (feme of sedition
fanned by the ” choice spirits” of demo
cracy. *
LONDON, June 18.
June 19.
In the Speech to the House of Commons,
his Majesty thanks them for the supplies
which they have so liberally granted for
the services of the year; and, while he
regrets the continuance of the arduous
struggle in which we are engaged, he con
gratulates the country on the daily increase
of our resources and revenues, from the
unprecedented extension of our commerce
to all parts of the world—a circumstance
which happily renders the imposition of
new fresh taxation, wholly un
necessary.
His Majesty next alludes to the modifi
cations and regulations which have been
adopted during the session, respecting the
revenues of Ireland, as having relieved that
country from the pressure of many bur
dens, without losing sight of a due regard
(o the necessary receipts from taxation.
His Majesty thanks the House of Com
mons for the liberal provision made for the
Duke of Brunswick.
His Majesty next congratulates both
Houses of Parliament, that Portugal has
been rescued from the grasp of the enemy,
by the strenuous efforts of his Majesty’s
army, aided by the exertions of the Portu
guese nation; and that Spain, notwith
standing the many reversea of fortune she
has experienced, still maintains her resist
ance to the invader with an unabated spirit
of zeal and perseverance.
His Majesty then assures both Houses of
Parliament, that he deerrift it equally for
the honour of bis crown and the interests of
his kingdom, to continue his firm and un
shaken support of both these loyal nations
His Majesty concludes by recommending
to the members of both Houses of Parlia
ment to exert themselves, during the en
suing recess, in their respective counties,
in propagating a spirit of unanimity and
concord, with obedience to order and the
laws, as the only means of enabling his
Majesty to give, effect to his exertion# in
the continuance of the arduous struggle in
which we ere engaged. And, whHe bis
Majesty thus exhorts both Houses of Par
liament, he assures them that his conduct
will ever be regulated by these dictates—
a line of conduct, which his Majesty's long
reign, and the general loyalty of his sub
jects, has convinced him, is" best suited to
enable him to meet the foreign enemy with
effect.
Art. 1. The line of demarkation of 2000
rudejs, of 13 feet each, is to be extended
to 5000 distance from the sea coast. All
prohibited msgaziaesorware-houtes which
shall be found within that distance, with
their contents, shall be.sequestrated. Such
magazines and goods shall be disposed of
as hereafter determined.
Art. 9. The owners of all Such ware
houses as occupy the space between the
old limit of 2000 ruders, and the new boun
dary of 500 ruders from the coast, shall be
allowed to remove them within the space
of 14 days from the publication of this de
cree.
Art. 3. Licensed shrtp keepers shall give
account of the goods they have in their
possession. /
His Majesty states, that the business of
the session being concluded, he has thought
proper to bring it to a close. His Majesty
then congratulates both Houses upon the
capture of Guadeloupe, an event -which,
for the first time in the history of Great-
Britain, has deprived France of the last of
her possessions in the West-Indies; and
also upon the subsequent capture of the
Dutch possessions in the same quarter of
the globe—acquisitions which must inevi
tably deprive the enemy of all further means
of annoyance to our daily extending com
merce.
The business of Parliament was yester
day finished, and this day the prorogation
took place. The Commissioners appoint
ed by his Majesty for this purpose, were
the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Liver
pool, and Lord Walsinham. The follow
ing is a correct analysis of his Majesty's
Speech, as delivered by the Commission
ers to both Houses of Parliament:
The Danish government have doubled
the duties oh the exportation of timber,
deals and battens from Norway, This will
aid the American timber trade in England.
A decree has been issued in Sweden,
prohibiting the importation of colonial pro
duce at Stralsund, except diieqt from Ame
rica ; and regulation was expect
ed to be extended co other Swedish ports.
It was rumoured that Britain had asked
the temporary cession of Gothland from
the Swedes.
Five millions sterling, in British produce
and manufactures, were supposed to be at
Heligoland at the last dates. There was
an alarming scarcity of water.
It is said all colonial goods had been se
questered at Stralsund.
The report that a BonapaUb (King Lou*
is, Holland) had abdicated a throne, which
was indeed incredible, is now contradicted.
It is said the Dutch grant licenses for
clearances to neutral ports, on bonds to
treble the amount of the vessel and cargo.
Bonds for what ? That the vessel shall not
touch salt water, or meet an English ship ?
Some bonds required in Frsnce heretofore
have been as absurd.
June 91.
PxoJiocjrroN or Pxna/amknv*.
JYETC DUTCH DECREE.
A newspaper called ” The Aurora,* has
been suppressed by the government of Ha
vana. This paper is said to have been ini
mical not only to the Spanish government,
and English, but particularly to the United
States.
. PHILADELPHIA, August 1
It appears, from the National Intelligen
cer, that the French privateers Le due de
MontibeUo and L’lntrepede have been con
demned in the District Court in New-Or
leans, for violating our Non-Intercourse
law. Jy* When the Great Napoleon issues
his next decree for the condemnation of
American vessels and property, he will
have an opportunity of speaking the truth,
by assigning his former pretext, which,
when first uttered, was false, “ That the
American Government had seized and con
demned French vessels and property.**
Thanks to an independent Judiciary, the
honour of the United States is at length
vindicated, and the violators of their laws,
even under the flag of Imperial France are
punished.
Whether we have "a good French
President," as the NeW-York Evening
Post says, or not, it is very clear that we
have not a good American President.—
But let not Madison be pronounced a man
corrupt like Jefferson. Jefferson made the
democratick party, and the democratick
party made Madison. That makes some **
difference. Six of one, and not more than
five of the other.
A report is current this morning, that
there are some British armed vessels off
our Capes; and that the United States fri
gates, &c. lying in Hampton Roads, are to
sail this day in order to prevent tbeir enter
ing cur waters. It is. apprehended some
thing serious will take place.
The democratick orator at Boston, who
was upon stjlts through the whole of
his oration, declared that if the embargo
had been continued, our commerce would
have been free and unshackled ! We find
that this seems strange to some. But it is
the favourite political paradox of a certain
political party, *
A Spaniard, native of Mexico, who took
passage in a vessel from Norfolk and ar
rived .at Havana, with intention to goto
Cam peachy, has been arrested and con
fined at Havana. A number of Inflkmma
’°ry papers were found among his baggage,
and it is supposed he will be condemned ae
a spy and suffer death.
[The following is from the Norfolk Herald.
We believe the news is not entitled to
any credit:]
NorVolk, August 1.
Since the arrival of the TamaahmMh,
from Liverpool, a considerable quantity of
flour has been bought up for the English
market, at ten dollars and three quarters,
and some at eleven dollars. It is now said
a letter was reCbiVtd by this vessel, stating
that the crops in England were very un
promisingr' AT. E G«z.
The pregnancy of Bonaparte’s new Em
press, says the London papers, is officially
announced !
\ RALEIGH. (N. C.) July 26.
A letter from-Pendleton, (A C.) dated
3d inst. says, “ A gentleman named Tate,
whose friends live in this vicinity, has late
ly arrived from . France. He remained
here a short time and is now gone, jt is said,
to Washington. He v went to France )£
years ago, is now called General Tate, and
h said to have, served in the army under
Bonaparte, snd to have been employed near
his person. Conjedhire is busied in finding
motives for his visit to this country, and to
Washington."
A letter from a Merchant at the Hava
na, dated July 9, 1810, says—** Floor at
this port has become very scarce ; Phila
delphia superfine is quoted at 34 Dollars,
ami on the rise.
NEW-ORLEANS. July 4.
Th. only news of consequence, by last
evening’s mail is the change of government
in Carracas. We expect Mexico wHI soon
follow the example, in fact she might to
havd led the way. Our little neighbours,
(we hope this appellation will not offend
them,) the Floridians, have anticipated the
good cause, and this day, we are informed,
they intend declaring themselves ragKs—
The fair Goddess of Freedom driven from
the one continent, seeks an asylum in
another, and happy, thrice happy are we,
that she is likely to meet such a cordial re*
eeptiofv
•
Art. 4. Permits shall be given to such
shop-keepers for the proportion of colonial
produce and manufactures which they re
spectively may he allowed to retain for
sale on their premises, but such quantity
is in no case to exceed one-third of their
annual consumption.
Art. 5. The municipalities of the dif
ferent districts shall deliver catalogues •
with the names of all the licensed shop
keeper; in such districts, who deal in colo
nial produce and manufactured wares.
NEW-YORK. August Y.
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