The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1811-09-25
WALLACE---No. ii.
Z" Ne vo,ce is sill for War."

times, 7cih Ibe eTceflicT dl0He O me OHHeu
States ef america J that the least insult offered
TO the ensigns OF national authority, Or the
slightest infripgements on national privileges
(atonemcnt being refused by the agressing
party,) has been deemed Sufficient cause Of
war. This is principle founded in correct
reasoning and deep policy. Submission to
insult leads but to further indignity.-- is SO
in private life. A gentleman will submit: to
10 prcmeditated affront, of however triGing
import, if repera,on be denied, he is pre-
pared 10 hazard his life in defence Of hiss hon.
our. II is not that the trifling insult offered
him, makes an immediate serious impression
on hi. interests it is the hrincihte, he looks
to ;--the consequences that will result, OF
which he is apprchcnsive.
But that Nation claiming to be indepen-
dent, should have for series of years, its
sovereignty vitality attacked should behold
It's flag outraged the property Of its citizens
deprecated on It's citizens themselves forced
into foreign allegiance and service :--and sill
remain in a state Of heace ; is one Of these par
adoxes, which bewilGer the understanding -
which arc absurd in theory jim fact, true.
There are only two alternatives (said the
famous Report, presented by Committee to
CoDgress) resistance and submission"
England has taken us at our word. AS we
have declined resistance, submission, (she
thinks,) is reduced to system and believes
the more enormites she perp1tratcs the
more insults she heaps upon us,-~the more
does she accommodate herself TO our views.
But have no heart TO treat this sub ject with
sarcasm. America is at last reused from
the le,hargy in which she has SO long rcpcs-
ed and sensible OF the degradation she has
sustained, now demands an opportunity to
wipe off the fonl stains on her honour.
The crisis is fast approaching and " the
British harty" aware that PEOPLES
VOICE, calls upon Government, ia strain,
that sciH 6eheard and msssf be obeyed, to guard
q PEOPLES RIGHTS, and save PEG.
PIES HONOUR find consolation in the
supposed deienceless state Of our country.
Where, (they enquire, in tone Of maHg-
nant satisfaction,) are your ships, and your
docks ; your troops and your arsenals !A-l
answer, in the determined Shirt Of free heo-
pie, inhabiting country, rich, and full of re-
sources. Troops cam be formed fleets
Can be prepared A nation 10 be free needs
but to sviH it. A free nation, in defence of its
liberty and rights, has but to invoke its re-
sources, and they come forth, spontaneous at
the call. Where were our fleets and armies,
at the commencement of the revolution
We entered upon that tremendous contest,
with no regular government, around which
TO rally, or TO direct and concentrate the en-.
ergics Of the people. AT first, we had to
hrc at our enemy from behind stone walls,
with fowling pieces and such was tae scar
city OF ammunition, and the ignorance in the
mode oi preparing it, that Gen. WAsnISa-
TON, at the seige IF BOSTON, ordered barrels
OF sand, rolled into camp, to impose on the
enemy, as barrels Of powder. And yet we
prevailed against stubborn, powerful, and
persevering enemy! With scarcely three
millions OF people, with internal enemies,
vastly more numerous, il not more bitter
than at present; with no regular government
with no regular troops or heets---wc COM
mcnced the conflict with Great Britain, then
at the zenith Of her power and glory, and
compelled her to respect our rights, and ac-
knowledge our independence.
Those who assert that we are not in con-
dition to 60 to wal, and therefore ought to
snomif, arc already sunk in the loathsomc pit
OF slavery ;---FREEMEN will not deign to re-
ply to such suggestions. There is a Certain
class, who affect to express a contempt for
tue nature ot our government. Ii is calculat.
cd say they, only for smooth water and fa-
vourable gales but when the surge rises,
and the tempest roars, 1t will be dashed ON
the rocks, or swallowed in the quicksands. If |
these opinions be consonant with fac, if it
be true, that the nature of our Constitution
and Laws is such, as to invite aggrc ssion and
court indignity ;--if the produce of our la
bour, and tho fruits of our commerce must
SO to the support Of a foreign throne ;--if
America be only great nursery to rcplcnish
the navy OF Great Britain, rs Africa is to
swell the black Gsf of her colonial slavery -
too will be an advocate for +" more ener-
gc,iek form Of government ;"--.T FOO viii call
upon Kags and MOBILES to save us, and pre-
fer being chained To a throne of our o1yn err