The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1809-06-21


neither schools nor bounties to encourage
them |; and ignorance is growing SO fast up
OH MS, that from his cause alone ruin may be
apprehended.
What cause is there for rejoicing on this
10th Of June
Is it to be forgotten that negotiation for
an adjustment Of differences had been propo-
sed--havc we not negotiated over and over
with Great Britain.
The. negotiation now, as in i794, on our
part, will be to obtain redress for wrongs !;
restitution for plumber. "a
What restitution did we obtain in 1894
In lieu Of redress, we obtained an establish
mcnt Of injustice by treaty. And are We to
expect better now
We cannot conceive the causc---indccd it
is disgusting to reflect upon the facts--in
contrast tts1t es ~
ON THE SIDE OF THE BRITISH.
A vast variety Of articles which go into
commerce, cannot be carried in an American
ship into British port others ere wholly
prohibited others the duties arc SO excess.
siyc as TO amount to prohibition American
ships are subjected to enormous port and
custom house duties equally excessive, and
tax upon all who take them.
oSsrHE SIDE OF The UNITED STATES,
Our exports pay no duty,Nc lay no tax
upon our trade, nor make foreign nations pay
more than the market price the foreigner
and the citizen can 60 into our market and
purchase and export the commodities Of the
country at the same prices no foreign arti-
Gle is prohibited in our ports nor has our
congress condesccndcd even to protect its
own country, genius and industry, by a pro-
tecting duty cqual,to the cxigency our ships
are not'permittcd to carry on commerce with
British colonies--while their ships, are per-
nlttcd to enter our ports. s,issss = =
In 1898 we were robbed and plundered--
and we got in return treaty which shackled
our commerce and convulscd the nation.
In 1905 our waters were nvadcl--our flag
insultcd--our sovereignty contemned---our
citizens murdered-and to finish the climax
OF insolencc, one Of the persons taken by vio-,
lonce from on board our national ship of war;,
hanged under false name--and what have
VIC got in rcturn---an ahoiogy ! And now on
this very fine tenth day of June (for the wea-
ther has been as cloudy and dismal during the
whole spring, as if Heaven itself were often
ded with our fatnity y Itis said some fifty or
an hundred persons, in different houses and
places arc about to celebrate this--ApoLoeY
If our ships now at sea escape the besoni
of destruction, it will bc indeed surprising to
us ;for the mex. orders of the British council
appear to US only as new signal for naval
plumber
Is this a subject of rejoicing or mourning
ning--We shall know more in six months
Was nation ever so scurvily tricked
Was the Legislature or the people of any
nation that has hitherto existed, treated with
such infamous leyity A
We forced from our embargo, by Picker,
ing hanick \,
We were forced into conditional noa in
tercourse, by way of an excuse for being han-
tex struck.
And we are t,1cked---literallya as a black legs
would trick a greenhorn out of our non inter-
course---by sort OF an aitology
Robbery, imprcssmcnt, laws of nations,
murder, outrage, national sovereignty, are all
abandoncd-.for an ahoiogy