The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1810-01-24
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hcbc irc1ucuug duuScu VA biio, ~ 40 @ oo'y
few will chuse to toperforin--so many p!ausi-
bic objections occur 10 any plan whicn may
be proposed, that the herd of writer's find il
easier to oppose the measures, that are pur-
sued, than to point out any which ought to DC
adopted. .,..
AS an. anonymous writer, the mln who
now addresses you, cali have no other intin-
ence, than that which results from his argu-
mcnts, nor does he wish to insiuuatc that ol-
fetal station would, If he were known, enti;le
him to more |; and to remove erroneoos i'm
pressions, which might be created by the
character of the paper he has chosen, he
thinks it proper to declare that the simple
qualiiysof citizen, unconnected with govern
nent, either by office or expectation, is all he
Can ejaim.
: Americans your situatioiiSis serious, but
not alarming. 1t demands the exercise of
reflection, which it not disturbed by vain ter
rours, will lead to no disheartening result.
Brought to point, where 1t Is ditncuit 10 re-
main, dangerous 10 advance, and infamous to
recede, we p-.use---to . certain degree IL is
necessary we should. Nor do l wonder at
the present caution of those who were loud
in their complaints of lesser injuries :--
while renionstrsnces, and appes!s to publick
justice were thought sufficient 10 deter our
enemies, they were properly resorted to as
probably the best and certainly the cheapest
and most humane means of defence. But
the experiment has been tiled, until We, our
selves, begin to be Weary Of the repetition
We now (rather late conless) discover, that
in state logick, the conclusion rarely follows
the premises ;that reasoning is but poor
ri for md tt, IN tba
versity of nations, those vino fight, not those
who reason best, receive the prizes of victory
and independence. Yet do not think mean
to blame that scrupulous regard to publick
faith, which has hitherto characterized our
intercourse with other nations God forbid,
neither his divine protection nor that energy
which is derived from a consciousness OF
right, can b axpected where this is disreg gar
ded. But tn i,r-1sations.o his providence
have ordaine .vlrtuous, in order to
prevail, mu sd.-Justice, there Gore.
and moderai 4 be maintained, with
out the asso,iat Oh fortitudc and courage
lit is therefore dcprecate that tranquil
spirit, which content with having demonstrat-
ed the injustice of foreign nation, pursues
no measures to assert the dignity oil our own,
or to procure that indemnity and security 10
winch she is entitled, that querulous spirit
which complains in the corners Of our coffee
houses, or creeps through the columns Of u
whining. editor---that bombastick spirit
which animates q town meeting speech, and
and sometimes boldly thunders in the tuJ-orss-
tors address at a barbecue Wen I! we
have got the better of England in this COP
troversy |" God be praised, but where 7" Oh,
we have completely put them in the wrong {:
our cabinet has shewn conclusiveiy that they
have been guilty of i'll faith, OF unprovoked
violence, of robbery, of murder, and moreov-
or when satisfaction was demanded, they ad-
dcd insult to injury, and inpudently required
that the first acknowledgement should come
from u.s." And what then ! honest, hut sim
pie citizen what then truly you have prov
ed, what AN the world Knew before, that your
hospitality had been abused, your shores in
vacied, your Commerce pillagcd, your coun-
trymcn butchered, and that the perpetrators
OF these Injuries had amused you with a pre-
tended compact, Till their purposes were an
swered, then impudently taking off the mask
laughed at your creduiity, and sndeavoured
TO bully you into formal surrender OF your
rights. as the price Of their precarious, their
fatal friendship. Why did your executive
publish this long list OF injuries and insults !!
was II that, by sitting down calmly under
them, we should merit repetition of the Of
/. fence--was it to make the world admire an
example OF forbcarance SO rarely seen as gen
crally to be mistaken for pusiilaninous fear 7
No! it was to prepare you for those conse-
qucnces, which If we have any rcgar. either
for our safety or reputation, are inevltabe-it
was to call into action those noble feelings Of
the sous, too long debased by the degrading
pursuit of wealth. or idly excrted In the nev-
err ending conflicts of party--it was to state
fairly the question, andbid you choose betwee,l
!. tho infamy of hying a precarious- commerce
by submission to their Insults, aoS the glory
/. of sustaining that reputation which yno re-
CURED BY pour infant struggles for freedom, ;
between the folly OF snpposing thsit sSguies-
ccnee would secure you FROM further injuries
and the wisdom OF averting them by m~niy
pesistmce. To rest here would be lust as