The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1810-07-18

sod hnpa'tis' justice. Al mis- resignation
tnis poicy WAS abandoned, and our CONNER
slAi rights, our honour, and our future pros
psri,y. were abandoned With it. Apart from
osfice and from power we still view JEEFER
SON the patriot, the sage, and the friend o
man The divergence OF his fame ha
sp.eAd throughout the academies, the uni
yersities, and the cities Of enlightened
Europe Those scieniicl; institutions, il
when the most celebrated Philosophers o
1n@ Eastern Coplinent, have sought the re
nown Of fellowship, have delighted to hon
our he Sage offte Westeyn Writ, to coun
hin among their members, and TO enroll IL
their archeyes the honoured name of JET
PERSON, she glsSaf, the lvise, tie god.
Ia our foreign relations, the doubts and un.
ccrtainties which have perpicxed the Ameri
can Government and People, are now diss,
ptted No hope Of remedy can now remain
either from the returning justice or po.itica
interest OF the bcligerenl powers. On tic
oac hand We are amused with negotiations
waich have no object bat 20 protract the re-
sentiment of an Injured people, and the deter.
mutations o. an ipsuired government. On
the. other, our reinonstranCcs are treated
with lcyity, aud our minister with dsrespect
nen,s, and ty treaties, never intended 10 be
executed by the other We arc invited into
her ,orts, and assured OF a friendly rccep-
to-, while her officers are preparing to place
thc imperial seal Of plumber upon our ve.-
sells, and perfidiousiy grasp them withou.
the shadow oi reason, or the appearance of
trial. In this 9iew of the actual situation
OF our country, the contrast, which il pre-
sents 10 our digni6ed and com manding atti-
tude during the continuance of the Enbargo,
forms the most ample justification of that a.
bused measure, and erfcrimentaHy proves
the wisdom, the patriotism and foresight OF
the iiiustiioos character who proposed Y.
Improperly, winch then was secure with
IN our own ware re-hOuses and At our own dis
posaf Is now confiscatcd and sold in foreign
porte, 10 feed AVID enrich our enemies. Those
vessels which then lay within our own juris-
iiction and safely noored in orr own har.
bours,are now grasped by the iDsati ,ble hand
'oi power, and used 10 seek ont and destroy
he @cansy remains u American commerce.
Those seamen, VINO then were dwelling
In the midst of their families and friends,
and secure on the hospit.6le shores of
ihcir country, are now either confined in
p"sons or in prison ships, or wandering, q.
bhi,oned to misery and want,in distant climes,
witnout any resource bur bcpgary. and with
oat any means 10 enable them to revisit the
land al their fathers, and the habitations of
sheir friends.
. From .his deplorabc situation Of our com
merce from this stale of nsigpiiicance TO
winch the American name is srnk, many
have anticipated relief in the revival Of the
one, and tne renewed glory OF the other, from
che apparent spirit of Independence manifest
cd by the spanish Colonies Of South-Ameri-
ca They have INDUCED in the fond hope
that ere iong the northern and southern
*, mispheres VII. &c united in the bonds OF
ani'y, OF friendship, and OF freeslom--,bat
combined they my dety the power, aud re-
venge the tyranny Of the Eastern Continent,
that each may be the guarantee of the others
fights, thar their mn.uh Interests may be a
pledse OF mutual commerce, and that their
reciprocal wants wdl iniusc lie, visour, and
acuvi;y, throughout thu reatrns OF both
But have they muucesy considered the whole
vast subject Hove they rejected ON the
oeisln, INC progress, ana Che present situation
OF The Spanish Colonies DO they bc,ievc
that the inccnGe of freedom can arise in the
bloot-siain fields of ,M.rico, of Peru, and of
Cal That the poste,ily oil Ccrte-, of
Pi-arro, and OF .Amdero, can cease to OPP
press Tnu the inperious grandee will
lover his owering yride,aud s,oop to the level
of t,s lowest citizen Tha, the naughty
Jesuit viii resign his unitaitcl influence g.
or the avaricious Monk his unbounled wealth,
for the impartial blessings of Democracy ?
Tat people, who from the cradle nave
been bound in the chains of bigotry, to the
car OF a bloody in,ulsitiois win at once re-
su,ae the energy OF freemcn and dare con-
tend for liberty That tney wao have Lecn
nursed in the lap of supers,i;ious ignorance,
Can in d moment throw OF its trammeis,
and at,,in to that extended knowledge Of the
araurs OF MAN, without whicn Republican.
ism would De tyranny, aud Democracy chaos,
murderanl confusion No. Ii is not IN ma.