The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1809-12-06


confidence and good will is abuscd--your ma ,
tiona. pride is morti6ed--your forbcarance
scorncd, misunderstood and misreprcsented
in fact, with all the eloquence OF Cicero,
!. and with the cunning hypocrisy of jcsuiticai
fraud, from one extremity OF the continent TO
the other, these apparent, but not in fact,
saintcd patriots, by artful and ingenious mis-
representations, excited and created such a
spirit of revenge in the good minds of many,
that, like rcsistless torrent, that threatens
anHihilation to gravity, bearing down every
rcpelling barrier, oversprcads a wide extend.
ed country, that nothing could be heard, Ell 4
thcr in publick or in private, but the seyerest
rcproaches and maledictions against France,
and her insolent accredited minister, Genet. 4
The French envoy was dismissed and made
a victim for his indecorous behaviour. Was
this indignation we'll founded Was this de-
nunciation Just? Was it true that we were
degraded and dishonoured nation by this ap-
peal Is ii fact then, an insult offered by
French minister to our government is an in.
suit offered to the whole American nation ?
1firue, miserable indeed is the contrast be-
tween those and the present days, what was
then just and mcritorious is now dishonest
and basc--what was then avrtuc is now
crime--what was then deemed patriotick is
now called treason---what was then an insult
offered to the whole nation, is now restricted
to personal afiront--what was then esteem.
cd love and support of government, is now
denounced as a French attachment. Why all
this contrast-ihis contradiction in practice
and principle--this dissention of profession
and conduct! Why this departure from le-
gitimatc propriety, respect aud love, for the
most sacred Of our institutisns--for those Of
fcers appointed by the sufIrages of free
people, to carry the laws of those institutions
into effect The reasons are obvious.
Mr.. Jackson, his Britannica Majesty's late
accredited Envoy by our government, has
most shamefuly insulted and calumniatcd the
Executive of the country and after enduring
the Enjoys abuse till further forbearance be-
came crime, the President, TO spare his in
jured and wounded feelings--to preserve the
honour of the nation, and to prevent repeti-
ton OK disrespect, with which every commu-
nication from Mr.. Jackson was replete, pre-
fered Dismissal of him, rather than place
himself in the power of privileged man to
reiterating insult and abuse.
No sooner was this information made pube
lick, than the hirelings and well pay cd dema-
gogucs of his Britannica majesty let loose
their whole hatred and vengeance denounc-
ing the government--calling upon the people
TO oppose their rulers-raise ths standard of
opposition, and choose an Essex Junto fac
ton to govern and guide them in the ways Of
unerring truth. Aut why has, and what is the
object of Mr. Jackson's appealing to the peo-
pie through the medium of a pretended COM
munication made to the British consuls! Was
1t necessary to make known to them tie pre-
else course OF his negotiation with our gov
ernnent Admitting the novelty Of the Or
der that he was bound by his Instructions re-
ceived from his Infamous master Canning to
do SO; was he instructed---was it nee ecessaty--
and is it the etiquette ofnegotiators, that their
secret correspondence is to be published in
all the newspapers of the country to which
they are sent No T! the motive is too con-
spicuous: it is to afford time to prepare the
way and means, and marshall the Essex Jun-
to faction and old tories into a formidable pha-
lanx, to raise, if possible, motley host Of
opponents, to denounce the government and
make It as contemplate in the eyes Of foreign
nations as possible. Pass over but this insult
unrcsented, on the part Of Great Britain's
Envoy, and you invite ALL EUROPE to
similar ABUSE, and quote your forbcarance
with that nation as precedent.
How often shall we be told by British writ
crs, that the President means to sell this
country to France Is not the President
fond Of power Is he not, and his patrons
anxious to retain their places Absurd and
ridiculous rs this nonscnsical thrca,lbarc-worn
story may appear, still it is repeated and by
some stupidity believed. How shall the Pres
idcnt and Government sell the liberties of A
rnerica without including their own--without
displacing themselves from Office, and throw
themselves from the highest stations known
in this country and descend to slavery and
submission This is paradox worthy of
their stupidity. Have they less sense, or
love of Liberty and Independence than the
British partizans and advocatcssl Believe it
not. 1t Is story hatched in malignant
heart, SUPPORTED by falshood and nourishcd