The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1809-07-19

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! pers, and which entirely superccde the ne
cessity Of any further observations Eere upor
tLis subject.
On the lth November following, those or
| ders of Council were issued, which with the
act OF parliament for carrying them into
| effect, aimed mortal blow at our Com
merce, and national independence. These
| orders were issued soon after the sailing OF
MIR. Rose, from England, and must have
| been known to him as he was in the secrets
of the cabinet. AS they must have been de-
| tcrmined upon before he sailed, why were
they not issued, so that we might have known
them by the same conveyance which brought
us the special envoy, which manifested the
friendly disposition of his majesty towards
us! The question answers itself. The or
| ders of November would have been such a
set-of against the friendly proposition of Mr.
Rose, that the most stupid cqSl I'd not have
been gulled by them. Besid( the sooner
they were known, the less hopN>Qf plumber.
These orders were not officially nNle known
to our government, by the Britishv voyern-
ment, until three months after they wen issu-
ed! Ithas been said by the oppositid that
these orders had no hand in producing the
Embargo; that they were novfs.ar 80
previous to laying OF the Embargo. Mr..
Madison having lately redeemed his eharac
ter i'll the eyes of these men, they will no
doubt consider him as good authority. In
his letter to Mr.. Pinkney Of February 10Th,
1903, he says !" My last which was COM
mitted to the British packet, insloscd copy
the act OF embargo, and explained the poll
icy OF the measure. Among the considera-
lons which enforced it was the probability
OF such decrees as zvere issued by the British
government on The l In November the tan
guage Of tie British gazettes, srith other indi-
cations, having LEFT Httic DOUBT that such zoere
meditated. The appearance of these DEGREES
has had much effect in rcconciling al descrih-
lions among ns 10 the embargo, and in fixing,
in the friends of the measure, their attach
ment to its hrovident !guGraianshih Of our mar.
itmc interests"
l trust it sufficiently appears that the en-
barge was laid not out>of any undue hostility
to Great Britain, or partiality to France. No
such partiality or hostility appeared on the
face of it. both were alike included, and no
exceptions were made In favour of either.
But those who saw hostility to Great Britain
and partially to France in every other move
ment Of the administration, saw II here also,
and made use of it, upon the esc Of \ Prcsi-
dental election, with the story OF ts.o mii-
lions tribute TO FrGr.ce, and Tic declaration Of
Mr.. Madjson that sc France wants rlcncy and
must have it," to alarm the jealousy of the
American people, and to induce them to
elect those who were supported by men that
openly advocated British outrage and injus-
tice, and who made no scruplc to avow their
deadly abhorence of every thing French.
To encourage a violation of our embargo,
and thereby create more disaffection among
our citizens, the british ministry on the llth
of April, 1908, issue another order of which
Mr.. Madison in his letter to Mr.. PinEney of
july 18th, 1908, thus speaks " Since the
British order of evidently in1'iting our
citizens 10 ,oioiate tie iaSes Of their ccin.ry,
by patronizing on the high seas their vessels
destitute of registers and other necessary pa
pers, and therefore necessarily smugglers, if
not firates, the circular letter Of Mr.. Huskis-
son has made its appearance, in which the
United States are named as alone s1ifhin the
ku,'viesu yf the order. A more extraordinary
experiment is perhaps not to be found in the
annals OF modern transactions. 1t is levcllcd
moreover against a nation towards which
.fSirhdStih is .hrefessed, as we'll as against
law, the justice and vahdity Of whieA is no,
fQntesfcd and it sets the odious example,
in the face of the world, directly in opposition
to nyfhr PRINCIPLES which the British govern
nlent has been proclaiming to it. What be-
CONES of tile charge against the United States
for receiving British subjects, who leave their
own country contrary to thciy allegiance :
What would be the charge against them, if
they were, by proclamation, to invite British
subjects, those too expressly and particularly
prohibited from leaving their country, to
eutle tic prohibition, or to tempt, by interest
ed Inducements, SMUGGLING violation or
evasion of laws, on which Great Britain found
SO material a part Of her national policy %
With all this load Of injury and insult heap
ed upon US, our ears were continually filled
by our own traitors and tories, with pane
gyricks upon G.. Britain, and vociferations
against our own government. Can anv one