Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1801-10-17
From tie Bosrov CAxosicLR.
Plain, unadorned Ea7s.

1UJD, HUHDOIVtQ {HCfJs
THE Circular-Let,er frop, the Merchants
l. in the town of Bottom, fublcribed by
fome of thofe who now emphatically ityle
themielves Federalifs, conveys in the arong-
eft terms their diiapproba,ion Of the Bfi,iih
government, in violating the commercial pri-
vilegcs of the Unired States.-The feoti-
meots inculcated at that period by thofe high
toned Fcderalihs, are now denounced as a
cobinifm. l would not hurt the feelings OF
the gentlemen by mentioning ,hem indiyidu-
ally, as any man by reading over the names
Of the Committee, can eaGly dehgnate the
apoaates.
IL the merchants, tradefmen, and Others.
in the town Of Bottom, were jufiiiabie in their
procecdings,a at the time they forwarded their
Circular-Letter we muft certainly conclude,
that the advocates for the Bri,ifh Treaty were
blameab.e in every paricular-for this igno.
p,ioious inarument baRed every principle
contemplated by that mea(urc. We gave up,
by It's adoption, every ientimcnt, as it ref
pceed our neutrality, aud ba!ely iubmittcd
to the mott humiliating, degradation. Our
Carrying Trade we laid proarate at the feet
of Britain. and as to Britih Factors, we
have, in the humble attitude of fycoPhants,
courled them to our embraces. We have
placed our own Citizens at the footfool of
Aliens, and iufered our Young Men to be-
come fuppliants TO their elemcncy. We have
1urrendered our mercantile rights to the deci-
fions cf Britih Judges, and are obliged to
crawl in the humble potion OF vaHals, before
their Courts OF Admiralty. We have Ieln-
eu,hcd our claims for adjudica,ed property,
by admitting demands upoa the United States
which would nearly bankrupt America, 10
cancel them.
Thus have we been duped by pretend
ed Federal unto--thus have the honor and
intercf of our country been fubiervicnt to
,he pcrfonai emolumcot Of iaetisn. Thus
have we followed few defpcradocs, who,
under the dilgu;tca MAD; OF % friends to or
der" have wantonly facIifced the reputation
OF their country.
To Ultimate our European connections,
let Us atend to the following Gatement, as
fubmittcd to Congreis, in 1894:
Our Trade with
Spain was i,67o.7o7 iu our favor.
Portugal, i,6S7,69o 90.
Netherlands, 79i,lSs do.
Sweden, 93z,oSS do.
France, 2,o3o,387 do.
Denmark, lIo ooD againit us.
q. Britain, 5,9a3,9la againf US.
Theie are documents from which there
can be no appeal; they are authentic, and
yet fuch has been our infatuation, that every
neaiurc has been taken to aiia that nation
. Whole trade was againn US, and injurc thoie
whole trade Vas in our favor.
When we talked of non intercourfe
with England, the partizans Of Britain ex-
claimed that it would lead to a war but
WHEN proportion was made to annihl,tc our
trade with France, theie fame mcn acceded to
the rnca(urc with the mott icrvent complacen.
cy---;has is, they were anxious to continue in
Connection with nation, the balance o! whole
trade was upwards OF FIVE millions againif Us,
and break off every intercourfe with thoie,
Whole balaocc was upwards OF two millions
in our favor. They were wiling further to
hazard in the controversy, Spain, the Neither
lands. Sweden, &c. (whoic balance aifo were
III our tayol) in ordcrto torn an alliance Of
icnGve and defcnivc with Britain. What
ieGree Of intatuaton mutt have ponef!ed the
minds of thofe infuriated projectors
The noo.intercOurie with France was
ioch favosi,e Object, (notwithaanding our
trade with !cS was 70 advan,ageous) that the
Young Men were called upon TO celebrate the
period ct its adopion-prayers were offered
20 heaven for its coutinuancc--thc courtly
Priea paraded our areets arrayed in his canon
Scals--the Meeting Houic was thronged TO
hear the fervid efuiions of clerical, political
fanatic unfortunately led afray by the hy-
pocriiy OF fome of his parithioners, the Young
Men were fummoned to attend the folemn
,nockeiy Of the SUPREME BEiNG-an
inflated, bombsaic, poetic Orator was felett-
ed to celebrate, in the trains Of maniac,
the blcilings of a controversy with nation,
whole balance of trade was nearly three mil
lions in our favor.-MvHerious unexam-
pied incomprehenGble
This was the day of political madnck.
A PricA and a Lawyer. in full communion,
onl ,vssh fa,,o0;r ov,y;tv 0,ueescv 80 fr,ct