The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1811-09-11

would apply with equal proprie,y to the 9TH
er. Attempts, then, to convince characters,
so miseraEly bigotted, and so crminally bent
on the slavery OF their country, are worse
than hopeless. Full Of tie most bitter in
,ectyes against their own country, the same
characters abound with panegyricks on Eng
land her justice, magnanity, good faith,
and above all, her deHezcy an inpading and
franlfHng on me rights Of others, constitute
constant subject of their admiration and a.
duatory address.
England has always been hiratical nation.
appeal TO her own historians, Scarcely III
all instance, (morc especially in her conlroy-
ersies with spain and Portugal,) did ever
there an occasion offer of rich and extensive
plunder, when that occasion offered not the
preteDce tor war Blake w.s pirate Raleigh
was executed as such and to this day, the
memory OF James, who was a Just and molten
sive prince SIS loaded with reproachb by English
men for this nerited punishment. England
has always Leen an usurping and sanguinary
nation. Combine all the enormites which
have been committed since the Christian ara
the Vandalism Of the dark ages, the persecu-
tions ct superstition, and the accumulated
horrours OF the French revolution, and thev
lori but feeble picture Of human guilt and
suffering, when compared with the great
mass OF airocity pcrpetrated by the English in
India In forming this opinion, l hearken
not to the calumnieso of prejudiocd or interest
ed men the flippant scandal retailed by for
eign courts but 10 the deliberate and solemn
asscveraiions of her ozvn Statesmen in her ozy,
Parhament, supported by cloud Of incon-
trovertible testimony. Let those who think
there is too much latitude taken in these ex-
pressions, read the speeches of Burke, Foa,
and SAeriden, on the impeachment Of Uar-
ren Hastings and at the close, they will
not only be prepared to say, with friend
of Hastings, who went into Parliament
strongly biasscd in his favour, 8" that of all a.
bandoncd villains, he was the most atroc ;ous ="
but, that of all governments, the B?itish,
which was in fact at the bottom of these
transactions, and upheld the immediate agent,
is the most periidious, the most sanguinary
and destructive.
What then have we TO expect from a ma
ton possessing character of this descrp-
ton
continuance Of the same ignominious
servitude, in which we are now CENTRALIZED -
that our national ships will be fired into, to
crafty the caprice and hauteur of her naval
barbarians our ports blockadcd, and occa-
sionally, perhaps, if we show any symptoms
Of resentment, bombarded ;--our wealth
drained Oft TO support the luxury and splcn-
dour of a foreign court,-and our citizens
compelled to light the battles of the United
Kingdom" Nor is This the depth of the de-
gradatlon we are exposed to I'VE shall
continue to be contemplate abroad, and inn
potent at home ;--thc name of an American,
once so proud, will become an ehithet of
scorn, applied to every braggadocio who first
busters at the invasion of his rights, and then
meany resigns them. On the contrary, re-
sistancc will call forth the energies of the
nation, and restore the human character to
its native dignity ;--rcsstancc will put down
a despicablc Cabal, whose patriotism is
mere bac cf/oreign goods ;--resislance will
rcinsiate us in our privileges, and reiHpmine
the American name. Or if we fall, we shall
fall with our arms In our hands our wounds
IN Jront,-in defence of an honourable and
righteous cause-My VOICE THEN is FOR
WAR,-open, determined, unrclenting War,
until the right, we are entitled to as Ma
tion, are once more vindicatcd, and our Inde-
pendence is once more established by sea and
by land. WALLACE.
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