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

tineI and other federal papers and thosah.
we may noso laugh a, the idea fb1s LSssgsd.
yet you viii fad them portrayed ia all tAc
publications which advocated the adoption Of
the Treaty. Our judgment vas not sbes tbs
criterion ut dcci!ion, but our frars, and a
itrange freazJ and political fanaticifm pervsd-
ed every part of the community. II man
talked about the moons being turned into
blood, or the rainbow perverted into an omen
OF terror. we were led TO adopt the ~ildncis
AID extrsvagance of his fancy. The Treaty,
the Treaty, was all the cry. aid none were
even CbyyfiaW. but fuch as admitted its e65-
eAy the pulpit on many occadons, was The
ecclehaifical drun. TO rally difcipIes, apof-
lies, and adnerents. In fhort, the ratifica-
tion was 70 inreIeRing, tina, Circular Letters
were forwarded to be read after Divine Ser
vice.
The Treaty, ft1raI gentlemen. you have
obtained the Republicans oppofed il; and
nov, Sirs, it is your duty 10 point oot its
utility. You faid that cumpeniation would
be made for Britifh depredations Lee me can
didiy az you, whether you have received any
and 20 what amounti You faid, that our
commeicc would be more rcfpeeted; plcaGe
10 tel! us wherein. Have nor American vef
fels h::n rakea aad condemned iince, and up-
an as unreaionabl. pleas as before Have no,
our failorS csen inpreiicj ! Has not every
iTapOiifion been eqna.Iy praet!fed in the Brit
ifh Coufa OF Admiralty Tell Us. ftdeyai
JgexfIens1, what renli;ianccs Mr.. Gore has
made you, and what accoont he gives OF his
enb,hy (; wilethef h is now ia way TO H.
qaidate your claims ,and whether you foon ex.
pea him, with bM Of exchange, tor the de-
tention OF your psopetty. Lea US know what
advice you have received from Mr.. King,
and whether Pitt and Grenvi!lc are obliged
10 MIR. Anes, for occurring the lultre OF the
Rainbow, by our adopting the Treaty.
If iuch favorable events have taken
place, we are deErous to know them, and we
are willing To participate in your good for.
tune, by Teciprocsting our congratulations.
But believe me, /aGs,GI gentlemen, when til
you that the whole is a deluGon, and thar
you will find Faction has deceived you.
Time will convince you, that tie oppoiers of
the Treaty haze been, and xoqv are, your
only friends. Mr.. jeferfon aud Mr.. Eiadi-
ion's political principles would have helped
you, but Britiih Junto led you to ipurn
their profered friendihip. Ii you DO not
get compensation, you muft blame the lat ad-
miniltration. t.A
l did proP,fe in this Number to point
out the impofitions on our Neutrality by
Mr.. java Treaty, bot finding them 70 innu-
merabie. ! have thought oca 10 cali on its
advocates TO declare the Commercial benes;s
they 70 confidently contemplated, and even
pledged thslniclves would anfe. II they are
client Oh this head, we a;s TO prsiume they
have never realized their expectations, thar
the sholc was ferries OF f,aud and deception,
and foley calculated to root out, by means.
of Agents and Factors, every advantage OF
Conmerc:, heretofore enjoyed by our citi-
zens. The United States have been 2, vait
expence to fulfill their engagements, while we
have rea!on TO think that the money sexpend-
ed has been AFFORDED in parade and diplo-
matte ceremonies.
A few obferva,ions on the late Treaty
between Ruhia and England will exhibit our
folly ftill further, which will be ref.rvcd tor
the next Nambcr. OLD-SOUIH.