Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1806-03-27

the colonies of her enemies and the mother COM
try. has aeted couformi IDLY to the principles Of
ialticc aod the Law Of nation,. Nox 10 il hot
very c,n6a-nt ia the fedcralias 10 bcfox fuch
enc ,niuns apon this fpeech, when they have
read 70 much, faid 70 mach. thought 70 much,
and written 70 much, to prove that che conduct
OF the Britiih ia this particular, 10 unjuh. and
coatrary 60 the Law ef nations II Mr.. Mili-
foa's Arguments upon this qaetion be fophiftic-
al. and Mr.. Randolph has knocked them all over
a. one bl,S. 60 are the argu ucns in the New
York, Philadelphia and Bottom M.rn,ri To-
phifical aad Mr.. Randolph has nccefarily laid
the arguments in thefe memorials a. loS ss he
h, thofe 10 Mr.. Msdifon's book as h, Gala IL.
Becaafc il ne we're even TO admit that the ssgu.
rents in Ihefe memorials are IN ,re fJrcible than
thofe confirmed .n Mr.. Midiioa's pamphlet. it
would fill be evident that il they were fophiftc-
al in one pf rhef: performances, they mat be
fophiacal in I'll of them for the jsnfi~ afr ex- :
preG-d ID shcfc memorable aud IN MIR. Msddop's
pamphlet are the fame.
Mr.. Randolphs dej1hg ms,aph,r Of the
mamsoth and whale ,is evidently one of his eggenf
arsu meats in oppo6ton TO navy eazbliihnent
in this country. This part of his fpsech the
federalia particularly prsife. Yet we hear thefc
fame fcderalias continually fpoating about the
neceiIity Of navy. A young fcderalifs ia Eng
land. no longer ago Than laR fall, wrote home
20 his friend, that he vss ahamcd to acknowl-
edge himtelf an Aperican, bccaufe we had MT
a navy fuhicien,iy frong TO proted our CON-
mercc from tbs illegal icizares of the Brtifh
cruiiep. He isid we ought TO have forty fhips
of the lac, proportionate number OF frigates
sad fnsilcr ve1cs, and then wa ihould be &C.
fpeeted. And notwithstanding the republicans
fsti.fssto'ily proved the annual expencc OF iuch
a. arnsmcnr would greatly exceed the aunual
anpuat Of the scyenuc. and would not be one
third ftrong enough TO protect our extenive
commerce ssana the pifstical dcpredarions OF
the Bgiiilh aavy; yet the feieralits fa'd that IL
wss an excellcnt letter That it contaioej very
6ssI logic and msa have been written by
very/b.sa head. Nov Mr.. John Randolph has
{. made fpeech. and told us il is nonienle to
think ,f bnilding a navy Aod this fpeech the
feiesal,as fay is the bca that ever was made in
Congseh. What confident creatures thele feier-
aiifts are.
We will now examine Mr.. Randolph's fpeech
in relation TO ITS Own merits. We have bcforc
given famnary Of the petitions which il is faid
TO contain. We will give another ihosr one,
shat the reader nay not forget What thofc poh-
tions are. He faid that Congreis had beea fitting
for ten week, ,and had done ao,hing; that they
were exceedingly reprchenGbie for this criminal
neglect Of their duty that If they had been diff
pofcd to have done fomcthing, it was wholly
out of their power to have d,sc il, becaufe we
werc rot able to cope with England that there
was nothing at al 70 be done; becaufe ia oar
difpa.e wi.h her ourfslves ~cre the sggfcaau,
thal il we Mould go 60 war With her. il would
probably prove her entire icfru9ion, and even
fuay end io the ruin Of this country. What
an aGemb!age of eloquent contradictions do
we here Zee. We arc fra told that it is non
fenfe and padneh to think Of going to war with
Eog'snd, hecanfs il il 10 b<y pjwer 70 crufh as
at Goge blov, aai then, that poor old Eog-
land lies wholly at our mercy. What poor
OLD creature fhe lnua be ! Nov Who 10 no,
charmed with fuch charming and fuch manly
lngick a. thia is aud who 10 not delighted
with fuch delightful cres'hc, az the delightful
fpeak;r,o this delightful fpeech.
1be tolY11Oing Communication bas antiri-
pated our further remarks upon Mr..
Hxnfsr's Re(oiution.
Mr.. Hunters Refolution has the
appearance Of being the voice of the
Leginature. This with the public
may excite furprize, until circumtan-
ces which accompanied it, be made
known. 1t had been expected by ev.
cry member of the Aflembly during
their feflion, that they fhould fife at
the clofe of the week. Accordingly
on Saturday afternoon they were in
movement TO depart. After one third
of the members, we prefume, were ac-
tually gone away, Mr.. H. faw fit, at
the late hour of FIVE in the afternoon,
to bring forward his Refolution, and
obtained his Object in the event of its
being pafed, by the Houfe. Mr.. H.
mutt certainly have forefeen the a6or-
sion ofthat objea, had he for moment
contemplated that the circumstances
0f IRE birth would have accomDanied