The Rhode-Island Republican — Newport, R.I., 1810-05-23 00:00:00, page 2

™he danzer to Be a?wnmded from partial
Views un | personal fecling, it will be advisa-
Ble to argue the question on its own merits,
Pputting the individual éhowovcr we mey de-
Ppiore his present sufferings) out of view ;
shough, a 1 the same tjme, every man ought to
consider the case his gwn ; because should the
i‘“"ﬂlﬂ_‘o upon w ‘the Gentlemen of the
ouse of Cony Tove thought proper to
a<t 1n this instance nepnce admitted, it is im
possible for any eepCunjecture how scon
B¢ himsell may amoned from his dwel
g, and ke ithout trial, and with
out oatlrmdde st bim, from the bosom
of Lis family info the clutches of a jailor. It
9, therefore, nﬂ’:\c time to resist the doct
rine upon which Mr, Jones has been sent 1o
Newgate ; or, it is high time 10 cease all pre
tentsions to those liberities, which were ac
quired by our forefathers,after so many strug;-
gles end-so many sucrifices,
Either the House of Comymons is authori
zed to dispense with the Luws of the Land,
oris not. It the constitution be of so delis
kate A texiure, so weak 2 frame, so fragile a
suhystunce, that it is to be only spoken of in
rerns of admiration, and to e view’d merely
- asa plece eurious but unprofituble work
aanship 3 it l\l.u,'.n.x Charta and all the whole
sune Laws of Lugeng e a dead letter, in
shat case the “ﬁ:’--"m“u.‘f’ “f the propousiion
Miay be atdmitted ; bm.,0l the Cungtitution lives
an | is applicable to its ends ; wmely the
A ppiness of the comrmunity, the periceg ge.
curity of the life, liberty and p aperty of euech
mcmber and all the members of the society ;
:ben. the affirmative of the proposition can
Acver be admiteed ; then must we be fe
men ;. for we need no beter security, no
fiore powerful protection for onréßi.;h:s and
Liberttes, than the Laws and Constitution
We scek for and we necdseck for, nothing
new ; we ask for no more tiau what our fore
tathers insisted upon as thér own ; we ask
for ne more than what they bequeathed unto
us 3 we ask for no morve than what they, in
she Testament which some of them had seal
ed, and, which the rest of them vere ready
to seal, with their blood expressly declared
to be ** he ﬁirrﬁ-n“hr i Lthe p(‘npl(\ of I'np
land 3 nomelyy ¥ T LAWS OF ENG AND,”
wea b peae LAws w Lave a right too look,
wii o aadence for security ;to these laws
the v adua! ney imprisoned, has, througl,
froe, o oied for odress invain, Those whe
Nove o isond liahuve refused to listen to
ty v wekly expressing the strong prin
@ law, the undeniable claims of
- . shman’s <« Birtheright” Your
7 ~ tome¢ willi more force ; may com
n wer respect 3 and, I am not without
ho o Lit may prove, irresistible, it it pro
¢lv 0 this House of Commons. in the
s+ 1 (0 ‘us the tongues of our ancestors
cetvod to the Kings of old, “ NoLumus
? © ANGLIAE Murars;” or, in our own
m. caryand not less forcible languapre,
“ 1t LAWS OF ENGLAND SHALL NOT BL
eH\Grp.” ‘
Lhe tinciple, Fellow-Citizens, for which
We are now contencing, is the same principle
foo wiich the people of Englind bave con
toded irom the earliest ages, and their glo-
Fiovs success in which contests eve naw upon
record 1 the Great Churterof our Right and
L.heues, and in divers other subsequenmt 5t ..
turesol scarcely less importance. It was this
some reat Principie, which was again attack
! by Chlarles the Firsty, in the measure of
f!dp Money, when again the people of Lng
end and an vacorrupted House of Commons
rencewed the contest ; & contest which ended |
An the Imprisonment, the Trial, and condem
nation, ond the Execution of that ill-advised
King., The seifssame Principle it was, that
% s 80 daringly vieinted by tns son James the
sceont 'y for whieh vio'atien he was com_pel
tedd 10 5% cvom the just indignation of the
People, who not only stript himof his Crown,
Ul who px(emed that Crown from descend
ilo his fadtly. in all these contests, the
COUrugey perstar.uce, and fortitude of our
ancestors. CAnspßnous as tley were, were not
more so toan theiNgvisdom ; tor, talk us long
as we wil! about ts, Liberues, l"ramch'yy
ns, Pl'idilt'lgl,"ﬂ and { wmniiies, of w hat .l,“ll
ave wy, 00wl of thesdgogether, il our ser-
Sons can. ot the soie wilgnd command ¢ any
man, or set of len, be d on, und Arown
inio prisen, ant there kept\Naring tiy pleas
ure of that man or set of M -1 every
ene of you, be lidble, at by time\@ "¢ sent
to jail withoat triul, and fithout gt R yude a
f3inst you, «nd there tope detuin/d o 3 101 G 45
It pieases ihe parties sfuding yfu there (peX
haps to the «nd of youylite,)wliout any cour
ta appesl to, without gy meMhs ol redress :
1. this be the case, shill we fill boast of the
Laws and the Libertids of L gland ! Volumes
bave Deen written by L'orefgners as well as
by our own Countrysen inprise of that part
provides for oar ?foml safety against any
ol our Law, wi so admirable a manner
attacks of menin power. ' Tlis has, indeed,
Boen, i all ages, the priae of our Country ;
and it s the maintenance of this peinciple
which enabled ua 10 eséape that vondage, in
whiel ull the States and King~ms in Europe
Wwere kuthralled by abapd~™g and yielding
it up; ond we may b 98sured that if we now
# 0 ndon ity the pwght dt{s of England’s glo
ro will set in «ne night of her disgrace.
Bue I would fain Yelicve that such is not to
oo our fate. Our fore-fathers mage stern
im-visaged PrenocaTive hide his head ;
tiey broke in pieces his sharp and mussy
wwvord. And shall we their Sons be fraid o
eoter the lists with wundivided Pxpvingge.
assiming the powers of Prerogative ?
I shall be told, perhaps, that theve is not
much danger of this power being very fro.
yurntly exerclsed. The same apology may
be nade tor the exercise oy power whae
ever. Ldo not sup wse that the Gontlenen
ol Ui house vl court.ions will send wny of you
The British Packet Princess Amelia, Capt.
Muorson, arrived at this port yesterday, after
noon, in 35 duys trom Falmouth. She sailed
on the 9th April, and brings London papers
‘0 the 6th. “I'he papers are principally Klled
with debates in the Imperial Parliament on
subjects wholly uninteresting to an American
readec, and with details of the journey of the
German arciduchess form Vienna to Paris.
Ome circumstance has occasioned eonsid
erable scpsilov o Euglond 3 S'r Francis
R NEW-YORK, MAvY 14,
\ LATEST FROM SPALL,
Yesterday arrived at. this port, the ship
Arfadne, Capt. Burrows, from Cadiz, which
she Jeft on toe 4th of April, Capt. B. informs
us that a Britsh fleet had just arrived from
England with 3000 treapey whor were - uears
kKing the day he saiied. Fourteen British
ships of the line were in Cadiz bay ; and the
Anglo=dpunish army were determined to hold
the ciiy. The French army were on the op
posite shore, progressing with their fortificu
tions. Lord Coliingwood died off Toulon ;
his body was bronght to Cadiz in the Victory
nd put or beard a frigate which sailed for
Englend on the 3d of April.
Murkets good at Cadiz for American pro
luce. .
: Yourmost obedient humble servant,
FRANCIS BURDITT.
Piccadiily, March 23, 1810,
[ The übove letter was viewed by the Min
istevial party 10 Pavjament, as a breach of
their high privileges ; and two Resolutions
were brought lorward by Mr. Lethbridge on
the 27th of March, to vupeach Sir Francis
Burdett of a ** gross breach of the privileges
of that House.” The Stateman of the 271!,
28th and 29th, is almost exclusively filied
with the debates upon this subject. ]
ous Abuse of Power, and most dangerous of
all encroachments upon the Rights and Lib
eries of Lnglishmen.
~ I remiin, Gentlemen,
i Wmo W . - .
ts hn? when you donot dcploase them, Mr.
Yorke did Mm'qnjc the sending of Mr.
Jones to juil, until Mr. Jones displeased him,
but, it is not a very great compliment to pay
to any Constitution, to say, that it dees not
permit a man to be impiisoned, unles he has
done something to disphease persons in power,
It would be difficult, 1 should suppose, to find
any man upon eartly, bowever despotick his
disposition, who would net be content ed with
the power of sending to prison, during his
pleasure, every one who should dare to do
ony thing to displeasc him. Besides, when I
am told that there is little danger that the
Gentlemen in the House of Commons wili
often exercise this power, I cunnot help ob
serving, that, though the examples may be
few, their effect will, naturally, be great and
general. At this moment, it is true, we see
but one man actually in j2il for having disple
sed these Gentlemen ; but, the fate of this
man (as is the effects of all punishments,)wiil
deter others from expressing their opinions
of the conduct of those who had the power
to punish him. And, morcover, it is in the
nature of all power, and especially of assum
ed, and undesigned power, to increase as it
advances in age ; and, as Magna Churta- and
the Law of the Land have not been sufficient
o protect My, Jones ; us we have seen him
~sent o Jail for having described the conduct
ol one of the miembers as an outrage upion
publick feeling, what security have we, unless
this power of Imprisonment be given upsthat
we shall Dot see esher ~an wont 1o iailß foe ;4
stating their opinion respecting Rotten. ure
roughs, respecting Plucgmen and Pensioners }
sitting in a House ; ory in short, for making
any declavation, giving any opinion, stating
any fact, betraying any feeling, whether by
writing, by word of mouth, or hy gesture,
whicti displease any of the Gentiemen assem
bled at St. Stephen’s Chappel ¢ ‘
T'hen aguin, as 1o the kiud of punishment;
why should they stop at fending persons to
jar 2 Af wney cun send yhom they please to
yoil 5 if they cin keepthe persons, so sentyin
Jail as long us they Pplease ; if they cun set
their prisoners ireg ut the end of the first
hour, or keep thefn confined for seven yeurs,
ify in short, thetyr sbsolute Will 1s to have the
torce of Law, what sccurity can you have,
that they will stop at Impirisonmenr ¢ If they
have the absolute power of iniprisoning and
releasing, why may they not send their pri
oners to York Juil, as well as to a juil in Lon
don ? Why not canfine men in solitary ce lis,
or load them with chuins and with bolts ¢
'l'bcy have not gone these lengths yet ; but,
what is there (o restrain them, if they are to
be sole judges of the extent of their own
powers, and if they are to exercise those
powers without any control, and leaving the
partes whom theychioose to punish any mode
of uppeal, any means of redress ?
That a Power such as this should exist in
any country, it is lamentable to be obliged to
belicve : but that it should be suffered 1o exist,
and that Its existence should be openly and
even boastfully avowed, in & countiv, whose
chief glory has been 14 free constitution of
government, 1s something oo monstrous to
be believed, if the proof were not Lefore our
cyes. Had the least doubt hung upon my
mind of the illegality of the proceedings in
the present case, it would have been altogeth
er removed by the answers given to the re
ferences made by me to the Great Lumin
ries of our Law, and to the Laws themselves.
The Arguyment, by which I endtavoured to
convince the Gentlemen of the House of
Commons, that their acts, in the case of Mr.
Jones, were illegal, I shall now lay before
you, in @ more full and connected way than it
could possibly be done by the Parliamentary
Reporters ; and, in doing this, I shail do al
thatnow remains in my power towards the
correction of this, as I deem ity most enorme-
MAY 15, «
MARTFORD, MAY 17,
On Thursday last, the Legislature of Con
necticut convened in this city
On Friday the Legislature proceded to bal
lot for'Gov. ; on counting the votes, it up
peared that his Excellency Joux Tuspwert
£sq. had 121—<Asa Srarpivg, Eso. 43-<
Roarh Griswonn, Esq. 29—<Majarity e
Mr. Treadwell 50.~The Council concurred
It d e ppoiniment, end et balf past elsven
In clearing out a well of water in Snow-
Street, West-side, on Thursday, the body of
en infapt child was dravn up, supposed to
have been thrown in the well immediateiy af
ter being born, und to have lain there seven
or.cight weeks, It was tied up in a towel,
vit'h a string ::mnd its neck, ':n which wus
suspended a stone=—a hole appeared in its
head, supposed to huve been made by a nail
or bodkin. If any thing could add to the en
ormity of the diabolical crime of murcering
an infagt in such a horrid manner, it is the
placiagthc body in the well, which supplhed
many families in the neighbourhood with wa
ter, and which might, in mid-summer, have
occasioned the death of hundreds. The cor
oner's injuest was—¢ Wilful murder, by
some feron or persons unknown.”
o’clock, a procession was formed at theirnew
Wigwim, which proceeded, accompanied by
a band uf musick, to the meeting-house, were
a Long Talk, peculiarly appropriated to the
occasiop, was delivered by a brother. At the
conclusien of the exercises the Society re
turned to their Wigwam, and partook of a
sumptuous dinner, with a number of their vi
siting brothers ; after which 13 patriotick
toasts were drank. [Prov. Phenix.]
Ne. 3, in Apponaug, (Warwick) also pub
lickly celebrated the anniversary of their il
lustriows patron and of the order. A¢ 12
~ The anniversary of this illustiious Ordeér
- was celebrated i this town on Monday even
g last by Society No 1, (the members not
being prepared for a splendid publick parade,
which wili take place on the fourth of July
next) at the Representatives’ chamber in the
State-House, by approprisie musick, and the
energeiich and eloquent delivery, by brother
Joun Priyan, jun. of a LONG TULK, wl
mired, both by the members and their invited
friends, for its luminous exposition of the
principies of the institution, s American
sentinents, its novel and beautiful ideas, and
Its eleguntly clossical language —| This Long
Talkis v the press, and will be speedily
pubished. J=~The utmost order was preser
vedy ind the audience retived highly deligh
‘ed with theiv entertzinment. After the ex
creisgs of the evening were finished, the So
cictyrepuived to brother R. Olney’s hall, and
partoek of some refreshiments prepared for
themyenlivened by patiiotick songs and instru
mentd musick. The fcust ol reason ond the
flow o soul,wis enjoyed by these bLrothérs of
tie same piinciple. until eieven o’clock,when
cach one retired 1o enjoy, under his own
vine aad fig-tree, the repose of an approving
conscisice. |
We yesterdey received addition:l sets of
foreign popers, hm. th.mr' contents” are unim.
portunt. Their principle features continue to
be the details of the jounruey of the new Em
press of Frence, At Strusburg, where she
artived on the 23d, she every where shewed
herself 1o whe people, and is stated to have
been much admired ? und on the fellowing
morning she proceeded on her journey to
Compeigne, at which city (says Berthier) she
Wos very auxious to arrive. At that place
shie was received by Ronaparte ; on the 301 l
they were to arrive aQ'St. Cloud ; and the 31st
wes the duy appointed for the fermal solem
nization of the Imperial nupuais. This e-
Veßt, our readers wlvcndy know, wus announce
ed by a general firing 2long the coust a few
u'ys since. By a neutral vesselurrived wut
Hurwich we learn, that great rejoicings have
also tuken pluce in Hollund on the some oc
casicny the oppressed people of that countiy
indulging in the fond hope that the event
may lead to a general peace. :
By accounts from Cadiz the French have
mipde sonsiderable progress in thenr advances
sgeinst the cily. Some of the private letters
state that a constunt firing is kept up between
the I'rench and Spinish batteries.. Such is
said (6 be the streagth of thelenemy’shatteries,
that none of the ships of war have been able
to bear upon them with any effect, except one
of the Spanish 84s manned with an English
crew.
The Portuguese papers assert, that Mala
ga bus been evacuated by the enery.,
BANKE OF THE SCHELT, MARCH 22.
All matters of apprehended witlerence be
tween the Courts of Russia and France ave
amicably adjusted, so there 1s pot the small.
est chance of a disagreemen between those
two powers. Pacifick proposals have been
made, or will be immediately communicuted
to Great Brituin by France, upon whe occa.
sion of the august matrimonial alltance be
tween } runee and Austed
Burditt has been comoisted to the Tower
for publishing « letter 10 8 cunstituer:s in
Cokbett’s Register, under bis ewn nawe, in
which be denies the pewer of the Heouse of
Commons to imprised the people of Eng land,
The Unied b’tMc&l’ﬂkule Jobn Adums
suiled from Cowes fo&, ‘rance on the s6(h of
March, with despatches ficm Mr, Piukney.
R - b’ A
HORRID ULISCOVERY.
PROVIDENCE, MAY 9.
TAMMANT.
B\' x‘l J\ l lt.
LOXDOY, Arwnir 6.
Gieenwhich—=a creature almost destitute of
common sense, and possessing at least, his
full share of hypocricy and deceit. . The re.
putaiicn of Mr. Garduer is as fur superiour to
that of Salsbury, as light is to darkness ; wnd
had any other member of the ouse made a
similar accusation, against .0y other man it
would have been credited,—but no sooneE
wus it known that this Sulsbury was the accue
sety than almost an universal Cry wWu3 made,
it must be false. A fevy of the lederal faction
then united their voice to aid the sinking ree
putstion of Salsbury, «nd the sccusation was
urged from another quarter, :
Mr. Gardner, we are informed, since the
punishment inflicted upon him for arson, has
been honourably ucquitted of the rrime ; war
restored to his privaleges by the General 4:-
sembly, and was afterwards elected snd sd -
ed as a member of the Assembly five suces,
sive years, by that very town, in which ‘.te
punishment was inflicted ; and was ele/ied
and served two years as Judge of the Cinrg
of Common Pleas, in which the publick -
ifested their approbation of s Just coptinct,
by requesting b.. to accept the same appoint |
ment again, As 1o the stery of hig fatled
having offered 100/ o save him fror o vrashi
ment, it is false,and could have prigiosted ova
Iy in the corrupred heart and maliguant braig
o! the writer,
The affair stuted relutive to Judge Clank,
and Deacon Babcock, with a view « 70 el the
latter out of the Senmate, and to disguet him
with the federal members by bringing him oh
in hiv @bsence in ofifiosition to Judge Clark,"
is one of those matchless fulseloods peculiur
to the British faction, and never can be sur-
passed even by Federalism itself—in c=aving
this, we give falsehood its highest climax. -
We have not time or room to follow this
ridicuious writer through all s falsehoods,
and point out the shsuidity of his statements,
nore especiuliy in regard to the Little Compia
fo"\m‘ﬁ iny wy wbt . ;
abe wyjrer weuld dnciney IAI e b gd
tom election. In ne one of these statements
is he correctemgvery sentence is perverted
and incorrect ; ard 10 show 1o the world the
fulsity of his whole argunicut, we staic 'he
T'he accusasioy brought aga.yst My, Sem.
uel Gardner, was made by a monater of the
name of Salsbury,a mewmber from Fasore
ton I saying, they are equal, if not superioye
to Mr. Koss. Ability and impartiality in the
duties of their office, will be their highest
commendation. We could suy more, but we.
detest fulsome Aattery. We assure M.
Zoss we are not his enemy——but these re
marks are forced from us.
The Mereury ol the 1211 just, bis again’
renewed its accustomed scurriniy ang ebuse,
denouncing, regardless of truth, decency, of
propriety, every republican eiected to ofirce
by the General Assen.bly, with the mest op-.
- probious epithets that a ruigniy of sond
could utter, or the most distracted breip
could invent; Ncaunarors Genere!, Lxe,
Proserifitions, &ec. b.c. donce threugh the bee
wildered imuapination of this DALmLn, Willie
out & madmen’s prudcnee or sagacity,
The writer soysmis Zhe ropres ntgtives
Jrom this tewn requested, in bclalf of theiw
constituents, ihas ¢ single MNeary wnd @ sin
gir Justice of the Poace, might be alliwed
them, but the favour was toc greai tobe graniv
¢d.” Has this writer forgotien the diberal
and base wreatiment of Pau’ M, Llumford, o
Fubiick Notary 7 Has Lé o poilen the proe
scription in May 1809, when 2 simitler rec vest
wus inade to the then reighing federul party,
when their relentless hearts were geal 10 eve
ery solicitation, and an utnversél cust of evee
ry republican condidate ensued ; but now,
with supercilious-insolence, wnd with matche
fess audacity, e complains of republicen re.
fuscl, when bis own fuction set the example,
The eulogist of My, 4ussy miust have re.
received a reward for puying him such high
evcomiums, they could not have been < bivine
ed for nothing. We know the federd) party
falsely ascribed to their party the possession
of all the weadth and talents of the ÜBIOD e
but that Mr. Boss’s heud should be st ticiente
ty cidpacious to contain ali the federsi brains
in the United States, is a new declaration in
the federal creed. « Zxe great correctness,
O'e. Tc. gave respiect 1o his ( Mr. Boss’s ) scat
abroad.”«=The culogist of Mr. Boss was not
satisfied in muking Lim one of the first men
in the union, but the mugick power of lisg
name and produciion, gave respect o his sot
abroad. The mode which this British e o.
gist of Mr. Boss has udopted, to muke ©.m
the greatest man in the world, renders bis
hame and seal suspicious. It may be true
in the courts of Great Britain, Jor cerrain
causesy, not yet develofed to the publick, it
Thay possess a charm to secure and protect the
hroperty of @ chos:n fewa=but us a publick
notary, Lis cupacity is but ordinaryein pub
lick business, scarcery -common=—znd and in
domestick life, hardly sociable and intelligent..
We ask {rom whence this paragon of wis
dom acquired his knowledge of commerrigl
lawein the SMudy of Klsku B, Poiter, that
sink of stupidity and corruption ? Iy it by
his intimate ACqualatance with conimerciad
affairs doring his residence in‘this 1w n=—ssuy
ye¢ admirers of hiseetoll the world where -nd
when he acquired this abundance of wisdom
—=lhis superiority of intelicctual facuity.
We shall not attempt to papegyrise the a.
bilities of the two notaries elected Ly the
General Assembly : but we hive no Eesitae
-~
| | E ;
oet et
C-od* , mber'"m: twne o
iod save the kirg) when he delivered a
Speech,
WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1810,
b NEWPOKYT .