The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1809-04-12

The war. She now seems to have be-
come the common dis!u,ber, of the peace
of all nations. Surely, sir, the British
nation can never, upon cool reGe ction,
approve ofthis prohigate act OF fitsministry.
Let me now, sir, implore your most
serious attention to the publication of
Mr.. Canning's letter in the Boston news
paper. The time and circumstances at
tcndinSits publication aggravate the act.
1t was an unpardonablc insult and ought
to be rcpelled with indignation, particu-
larly insulting was it to those for " hose
use it was more Immediately intended.
Is it possible that the British parliament
or nation can justify this act ofabandoned
profigacy ? Inthe cases ofGenet, Yrujo,
&c. their ministerial functions were sus-
pended. Their recall was Immediately
requested and complied with. In those
cases the authors were owned in this he
is concealed. The publication is con-
Quoted or directed by an invisible hand,
but, sir, the act is not the less dishonora-
bile nor reprehensiblc on that account.
No, sir, the author Shaking, from
publick view, stamps the character Of the
transaction with peculiar disgrace. In
suits of this kind, sir, have been practised
upon the British government and nation.
Let us see how insults of this nature
were received and treated by that gov
crnment and nation-Several cases Of
this nature have occurred in Great Britain,
but | will select one in point which oc-
cured in the time Of George the lst, in
the year 1927. 1t will be found recor-
ded in Bclshams memoirs Of George the
lst--pagcs 1872, 1913, and to the pro-
cccdings Of parliment of that day i'll re-
ference to that subject. These ] have
examined, and find them still more poin-
ted, than the historical account of them.
particularly the resolutions ofthe house Of
commons, which arc highly worthy Of
imitation, they are contained in very
large book, and l therefore declined
bringing it to the senate. The case was
sir, ,hat the imperial resident at the court
of London, count de Palm, was instruc-
ted by his government to present ohis
Britannica majesty strong and pointed
memorial against certain expressions or
intimations in the king 'sspeech to parlia-
ment, which were suggested by the i'm
perial court to be unIounded and false, ,as
they probably were, &c. &c. and to pub
lish the memorial for the information of
the British nation. How, sir, did the
British government and nation receive and
repel this insult ? Sir, it was received
with universal detcstation, and repelled
with universal Indignation. 1t hushed
for the moment the spirit of party. 1t
was deemed an insult to every man, n,wo-
man, and child in Great Britain, &c. &c.
But, sir, let me give you the account in
the words of the historian
With the memorial also was trans
mitted from Vienna, letter from the
chancellor count Zinzendorf to count
Palm, expressly commanding him, in the
name of his imperial majesty, after pre-.
senting the memorial to the king of G.
Britain, to publish it, together with the
letter annexed, for the information of the
British nation. The chancellor Zinzen.
dorf aflirms in this letter." that it is easy
to see that the speech was made for no
other purpose but to excite the nation to
arupture and open war with the emperour
and Spain, Snd to make the parliamentary
prove the precipitate and burthsnsomc
measures srhich The .goOe,muent has ta=
ken for bricate ends, too 7veN kno7vn.-
That on the first report ofthese false sup
positions, the emperour and the king of
Spain, in order to silence them, propo-
Sed a formal act de non ofendendo, into
which all the contracting parties of the