The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1810-01-10

ought to have been in his spontaneous pre-
cautions " to prevent any loss," NJ. Jackson
very grayely replied, that " it was not ant
could not be intended to obyiatc all possible
Inconvenience" And as a reason why tho
non-intcntion to obyiatc all inconvenience
was correct, he supposes case where nc
previous contract exists, entirely disrcgardine
l the fact that the guarantee againt oil possible
| loss was due from the king of Great Britain
| to the u. 5. not as favour, but as a right
not rs "a recompence for the common deprt
dations Of British cruisers, but as an act me-
| cessary to skrccn him from the imputation oil
! violating the faith of Great Britain for the
purpose Of decoying, like the crying oroco.
die, the property of the American citizens
within the grasp of his naval force. And why
does MIR. Jackson remind the Secretary oi
State of the usual liberaIity of British tribu.
nals"! AS well might Ulysses have conso.
led his unhappy companions by referring
them to the mercifui disposition of tie Cyc-
lops, who dcvourcd one Of their number each
revolving day.
That there either is British party in A.
mcrica, or that Mr.. Jackson thinks so, is too
manifest in the style of some parts OF his COR
respondeDce. He says, that the conduct oil
Great Britain 10 America arises out of {" A
great system of policy, deliberately adopted
and acted on" and that it is strong and sol.
id reason for adhering to it, because it enables
his Britannica majesty TO oppose barrier to
the entire submission Of Europe TO the rowcr
of the emperour OF the French. 1t is to illus
trate this idea that the allusion is made to
Augereap's proclamation to the Cataloniansl;
an sllusion which might do very well ii adj
dressed 20 one of the petty heliigerent nations
of Europe, but which is totally irrciaive and
altogether ludicrous when applied to such a
neutral power AS the United States. This
adopted and acted on,' is to prevent the sub
iugation of Europe that is, of Great Britain |;
ior nearly all the rest OF Europe is snblugated
or new modelled. And what is this ooasted
system 1t consists in the difference of price
on coffee and sugar, occasioned by the con-
veyance Of those articles into France through
Hamburger end Tonningen instead Of their
being landed in the ports of Holland. This
difference may be two or three cents on the
pound and these two or three cents are to
be the salvation of Europe /; they are the re-
suit OF the " great system Of policy" pursued
by the British they are the g strong and sol-
lid reasons" worthy Gas Mr.. JACKSON pro-
claims) to govern the councils of great and
powerful Monarch" in a formal departure
from the common maxims of Justice, in the
violation Of neutral rights, and sufficient to
induce those councils to refrain from any at
tempt to Z" propitiate America I" The ex-
pcdilions OF Sir John Moore and Of Lord
Wellington, and that magnificent one to the
Schcldt, might be diversions an bchalf OF suf-
fering Spain and Portugal, and bleeding Aus
tria but the two or three cents difference in
price upon sugar and coffee, is the stroke of
death 10 Napoleon !! it Is the mortal blow,
which is to destroy his power forever!
There is, however, circumstance connec-
ted with this" great system of policy" which
the Secretary of State Justly ,denomnatcs a
phenomenon" and which renders very
questionable the vaunted magnanimity of the
councils of this great and powerful Mon
arch" 1t is that whilst Ga total and un-
qualified interdiction of all trade with the
enc ~ics" Of Great Britain is enforced agains.
the United States, British merchants, with
the tacit permission Of these /" councils"
supply through the ports of Holland and else
where, the continent of Europe with those
very articles OF colonial produces the priva-
ton from which, Mr.. Jackson cxultingly a.
VOWS, is to preserve the world irom universal
domination Does coffee or does sugar
change its nature, by passing into the Euro
Pean markets through the hands of English
men and smugglers, instead Of being convey
eel thither in vessel of the United States, nav
igated by American seamen Or will Mr..
jackson admit (whAt is most probable) that
this" great system Of policy" SO worthy
to govern the councils of great and power
ful Monarch" instead of having for its object
resistance to Bonaparte, in vintication Of the
rights OF nations, is to paralyse the commerce
of the citizens of the United States, with
France, HollandyItal and their dependencies,
IN order that the shop-kcepers of London and
OF Liverpool may enjoy the whole profits
accruing from the supply of the enemies of
: Great Bahain with the productions OF shc
West India Islands md even Of tb,. cop,;. .