The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1810-06-13

fevoiutfonasy war. f1ad Party spirit then
prevailed, it would have been fatal !; is would
have plunged the patriots into the abyss of
irretrieyablc seryitude il would have ex-
changed their exalted station Of man for
that of scnseless Automata--anG even &C.
mentcd as the United States now are, by ex-
cellcnt federal and state constitu,ions, il the
invisible hand Of foreign influence, or if deep
rooted domestick prcjudices and anmosities
should obtain the ascendency,s they will too
late discover, that The loss ef union, Is the loss
Of liberty for however remote we ;re from
foreign nations, or lulled by prospects oftheir
friendship, should our union be destroyed, in
testine wars must ensue, and soon convert
this beautiful, populous, and cultivated coun-
try, into barren, depopulated waste.
But will not foreign powers, viewing az they
do these hourishing commercial states with
the invidious eye OF competitors, seize the
first favourable opportunity, Tor destroying
their competition And with what ease will
they effect it, should one seeding section of
the confcderacy, requiring an equal number
to oppose it, leave but remnant OF the ma
ton to resist foreign invasion -.
If we take view of the two gigantick
combattants Of Europe, France and u. Bril-
tain nations of whom all others are most in
debted for their progress in arts and sciences,
and for those useful discoveries and improve.
ments which adorn society and promote hui
man happiness !; nations unriyelled by land
and by sea who in their conflicts have near
>ly destroyed the independence Of continental
Europe, and threaten that Of the other quar-
ters Of the globe if we reflect on the meas
ures of their mighty governments, we can
sight Of their own dignity and honour Or
why do they not apply the powers entrusted
them by Divine Providence, to complete, not
the misery, but the happiness OF man! Why
do they not immoralize their fame By record
Ing it, not on the sorrowTul tombs o. slaugh-
tered millions, not on the desolute ruins OF
mournful priDcipaities, Kingdoms, and en-
pires--but on the brilliant pages oil llustrious
philanthropists--on the durable annAIs OF the
great, the good, the God-like benehctors OF
man To the civilized world the absweri.
subject of the deepest regret and gfiei.--ln.
ordinate ambition and power, allies on. the
land, allies on the ocean, are as insa.iable and
unmcrciful as the relentless grave. Unpara.
lelled wealth, agriculture, manufactures and
commerce, but furnish endless magazines of
fuel to feed the unsuenchabie flame OF an1bi-
ton and power, lawless and boundless power
is on both sides implicitly obedieDt 10 her So
vereign will. Obligations of every kind, po-
'litica moral and religious, arising from the
rights of neutrals, from the most solemn
treaties, from pub.ick law in general, and :.
from humanity itself, are neglected, Cancel,
led and treated with Inc fable Contempt,every
beam of hope that national justice would re.
sumo her elevated station, has been epheme-
al--giittering In the morn, it has been lim
at noon, and extinct in the eve. NJ ..
France has charged Great Britain with the
establishment OF q dcspotick commercial
monopoly end has viewed her own conduct
as the meritorious effort of "a magnanimous
volunteer, in a common cause, to deleat the
measure. The King os Great Britain in re-
turn has charged France with the fabrication /
of this as a pretext TO cover her deep designs /
Of universal domination. Neigh5ouring ma
tions, by their vibrating conduct towards these
mighty belligerents, have declared that both
are in the right, and both in the wrong-and
the United States, ever careful to offend eth
er, have, with uniform soliCi,ude, cultivated
the friendship of each--May their laudable I
endea eavours be crowned with merited success!
France, previously to her revolutionary war
for series oi. years, trembled at the rod OF
mighty Britain !: That unparalleled event
has reversed the scene, and France threatens
the overthrow of her great enemy. The
Epperour Napoleon has in substance, if not
in form declared it. Napoleon, that great ar
bitter Of the East, is a most formidable foe :
His equal is no, to be found in the annals of
man. Other monsrchs have been styled
great but as a statesman and warriour, he is
He is prodigy Of human na-
ture. He is viewed by his enemies, as COM
met of the first magnitude at a distance,
they admire the awful grandeur Of both, but
the approach of either they dread, as the pre-.
cursor OF certain destruction.
Thus unhappily oircumstanccd is Great
Britain, and she views her safety in war. She
conceiyes that by a peace her great and on,y