Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1801-11-07

expences attending the Britiih Treaty how
much moaey has been appropriated aad how
much expended. We fhoold be glad TO hear
particularly the ifIue of MIR. Cores embsny |;
nc wcnt TO England at the esrlief period of
the Treaty, and under the mott fapguine ex.
pcttstions of fuccefs he returned TO America
and has made /eesnd poyagt on this impor-
tant buhncfs. To know the real bleeines Of
this infrunent, which was 70 arongiy advo-
Gated by certain individuals. it would be a
qualification TO fate the DEBT and Credit on
this Whole tranfaciion. II there has been any
benefir we would with 10 know il If the
balance is in favor of the United States, or if
the Merchants have received any compenfa.
tion adequate TO The advances Of government,
we ihall readily pay rhe moa profound ref
pea to the Judgment Of thofc gentlemen. Till
this is done, every ciiizcn has right To
Judge for himie!f, and a few ANONYMOUS pub
.ica'ions, foPpoied 10 be written by Enghjb-
men, will never perfuade the people, that the
Treaty is not, precilcly, what the venerable
SAMUEL ADAMS declared il TO be, i. g.
" pregnant qV,tb rvA." TIE political fole-
fight OF this aged Patriot, will excite the plau.
dit OF the hiRorian while fhc contracted,
dcfpicable policy of its advocates will equally
route his indignation.
Asa proof ofis deficiency, (as il ref.
poets the anfinipaton5 Of ibe NeyebamS) We
need only refer to the unfct,lcd fa,e of their
claims, and the innumerable captures made os
their property face It's adoption. AT the
Old South Meeting Houfc. the fricnds of the
Treaty urged its ad,ption as the immediate
,fmea, tor their grievances give US the
Treaty. liaid thsy) and you give MS our nsn-
C. They placed the queAion, not as il re-
lated to a nafional c0nfe,n, but as conirc-
VERY between the merchants Of America and
the Britiih Government /; the 9yeafy and
ibsf dema16i were 70 connected, that they
coniidered the oppohtion TO one. az equally a
dcnunciaiion of the other. When they had
obtained the vote, they viewed i, conpleat
check on the Bank of England for the full a.
mount OF their depredations, and the huzzas
attending the deciiion was nearly equivalent
to" golden guineas" from the Exchequer.
This Is NOT IN exaggerated fa,emcnt of
the expectations Of the Treaty advocates, as /
accompanied on that day many of ,hem TO the
Exchange and their mutual congratulations
on their fuccefs, were proofs fuiFicicnt to juf-
THY my obfervation,. Nay, fome Of them
e0adc/efnSsd to fpeak to me on the fubjeSt,
and wondered that iAould be 70 oppofed 10
ileir mtere4 that fhould be 70 c,s,i as to
with to deprive them of 20 many thoulands
OF dollars, which they ihould now 6.r,Giaiy
obtain. l could NOT, even a: this zenith of
exul'ation, but pity their folly and fmile at
their creduiity.
But the mott curious part Of this farce,
was the /abiinr fpeech of MIR. Ames, in Con.
greis. He ro!c in that augua sG:nb!y, at-
ParentJ under NIL the iniirmities of man in
the laG hagcs Of diGolu,ion he introduced
his obierva,ions as the dying legacy Of de-
parting patriot, fatigued and almoR expir-
ing under the weight Of his oblervations, he
was obliged to Cop at proper periods and re.
new his itrength by the ailifance Of , Estiixg.
6offls. Under thefe imprclions he ran thro'
the horrid detail OF" Indian lpixg-kaivs, -
he portrayed with pathetic energy, the defo.
lation of our fields, the con}agizted cities,
the cries OF frantic mothers aud helplei, or
phans. He almoa hool, the fun in its IA.
tionary petition. and nearly arreiicd the moon
and Rals in their career; after exhauRins his
poetic fire, he At length pentsd ba tmk1 on
the RsnboaU, whole thoufand lints were TO
expire uhder the asonizing cxpulGon of the
Bitih Treaty. Such complication Of ma
tural diiorden to aiife from political c.ufe,
were unparalleled in the pages of hiitoy. No
wonder thar the citizens were alarmed If
the Btitilh Treay convulfed the fyiiem of
aature, we canno, &c farprifed that the iohab-
itanis Of the globe were iniereited in its sdop.
ton. Ii the fun was to be darkencd and the
moon aud itars were not to fhed their light !;
fthc rainbow ithe aufpicious harbinger OF
Supreme Bencv olehcc) was to lofc iss radian.
cy, the confequcnces were too fatal to be
fported with. Il s~eals, in6ra, man, jua
toue'ing over the grave, thus prognoticased
iueh dirciul event: from the rejection of
the Treaty or. like lecond Noah, pre-
pared il as the only alternative for the falva
tion OF his fellow Citizens, the folly of osr de-
c'Gon can be no otherwife spologized for,
than the credulity attached to his infallibiiity.
But. fellow. citizens, At this age of ,ea-