Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1803-06-04

yf: treaty right ut dcpohs at Ncw-Osleans. and
the right of the navigation OF the Mtihppi into
the guiph of M.xico are diaant thiass. New.
Orleans 10 more than an hundred m'les in the
country ffon the moa,h Of the river, and a.
place Of depoGt 10 OF no, value. it the mouth OF
the river be mat. which either France or Spain
coold DO, aad which our poa;l[,n Of NswO Or.
leans coald ueithcr preyent or Sesnogc.--New-
Orleans 10 our p1ff.fi m. by An act OF hpatlity,
would have become block adcd port. and con-
feqaently of no value TO the wefteen people. as
a'piAce Of dspoGt. Since. therefore. an inter-
rupsion hal arifen to the commerce OF the wei
tern aales, and until che ma.tes could be brought
TO fair cx plAaatioa. il was OF lels injury 20
have the port fhat aud th. river open. Than 10
have the river ihat. and the port in our poda-
ion. ,lsa tt .tt .o
That New Orleans could be taken. requir-
ed ID aretch Of policy to plan. nor fpirir OF en.
,erprile TO eff.a. IL was like marching behind
a man TO knock him doyn /; snd the dAitasd!y
lynefs Ut fach an attack would nave taincd the
tame Of the United States. Waere these 10 no
danger, coSards are bold and captain Be6a(as
arc to be f,uod IN fenascs aswcil as on the aage.
Even GoaDersssy, ON fuchs march, dare have
hewn leg.
The people Of the wraern country. 10 whom
the MiRihppi ferves as an inland iea 10 their
commerce, NUT be iuppofed to undcrtiud the
circomRanccs OF that commerce better Than
man who is itrxngcr TO it and as they have
fheSn n, APPROPRIATION Of the sr.whoop mea-
iure, of the federal tenate's. it becomes PrelumP-
tive evidence they diiapprove them. This Is
new mortfcstion 10 thoie war whoop poli'icians
for the cafe w, that folding ,hemfelse, lofng
ground < wi,hefing away ia the Atlantic fa,es,
| they laid hold Of the affair OF New Otleans, in
the vain hope OF roofing AMI reinforcing them.
feyes IN the weifern Rate, and they did this
with ,ur perceiying. that il was one Of thosc a.
Judged hypocriticai expedicnts in politics. thAt
whether it faccccied OF failed, the event would
be the fame. HID their motion fucc.eded, IL
wvsi. hav- endangered the commsJcc Of tif
Atlantic Rates, and ruined their repsrs,ion tnek
and on ,hs other hand, the attempt 70 make
tool Of the weaern people was 70 badly con-
cealed as to extingu'fh al! credit with them.
But hypocrify is q vice of . ianguine con-
fiiution. |. a,,ers and Promiies itfelt every
thing; and il Ia, yer to learn, with refpett 10
moral ADD political reputation, il !, lefs danger-
ous 70 offend ,hsn TO deceive. NJ.
TO she meaiurci of Standardization, fupport-
ed by the 6fmnefs snd integrity Of the majority
in c0ngreis, the United astes owe, a. tar AZ ho-
mao means are concerned, the prefeivation OF
psscC and of national hoaor. The conadcoce
which the wsSern people repofed in the gov
ernmen, and in their repteientstiyes. Is rewarded
w,th foccef. They are reinas,ed in their rights
with vbe leaa poaiblc lois af time AID thgIr
harmony with the psoelc Of New. Orleans. 10
neceG,ry TO the profpcrity OF the United ota'e'.
which would have been broken. and the ieeds OF
diicord foxa ia iss place, had hoaili'cs been pre-
fe,red 70 acconmodAfion, rcmains unimpaired.
Have The federal miniaer, ot the church medi-
tated on thsfe natter, And laying aide, as
they ought 20 do, their eieetioneeiing snd vim
diStive prayers and icrmpni, reformed thanks
that peace is preferyed and commerce without
the ffain Of Blood,
In the plsafng contemplation OF this fate
| Of things, the mind. BY conParifon, carries IT.
fcif back TO thoic dsys OF uproar and extrava-
g,nce that marked the career of the former ad.
miniRration, and decides, by the unaudicd i'm
puIfe Of its own feelings, that fcnething NUT
then have been wrong. Why was II, that Ame-
rica, formed for happinefs. and remote by htua.
tion and circumstances from the troubles and
sumulis of the European world. became plsnged
into its vortex and tainted With iu etinesl-
The anfwer is ezfy. Thofe who were then at
the head Of afairs, were apoRstes from the psin-
eiples Of the revolution. Rallied to 90 elevation
they had not right to expcee. nor Judgment
to conduit, they became like feathers 10 the air,
and blown ABBOTT by every puff Of patton or
| couceit.
Csndor would 6nd fome apology for their
.cooduet, IL want Of judgment was their odiy de-
feet. Bot error and crime, though often alike
in their features, are difsnt 10 their chafstters
| and in their origin. The one has ito fource in
1 the weakness Of the head, the other 10 The bad
| nefs Of the hesu and the coalition OF the two,
| dcfcribes the former sdmipiAraiioa. ,. e
l Had no injurious confeqoences srifen from
the conduit Of thar Standardization il might have
psficd for error or infbeclity ,snd been permitted
to die and be forgotten. The grave 10 kind TO IN.
noceps offence. Bot even isaocense. when il 10
earfe Of injury, ought to sodsrsO so enquiry.
The country. during the time Of ths former
sdminiaration., wa kept jn continual agitation
asa alarm. and ,hAs - iavsaisasi0a might be