The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1811-02-06

CHhSeNs, az me ConMtFCeMtrI y Hfir tres
ent session.
THE pleasures resulting from Conven-
uon oil Pu6iick FuIctionaiies, in different de-
pArtnents OF government, delegated by free
People 20 promote their common welfare, Can
oniy be estimated by those, whose primary
objects, In the discharge ct this Importsnt
trust, arethe peace, honour, and happiness
Of their beloved county.
Since Cur last interview, the disposition
manifested by the inhabitants OF this COM
monweai,h, 10 restore that general harmony
viii, has raised then, TO their exalted station.
snd which III future mus form the solo basis
OF their social anu political enjoyments, 10
higniy LCnouisbe to them selves, and anima.
uns 10 their pubiick agents. To your pow
eriui example and extensive Influence, is the
community principally mGebted for this inn
portant In"nbe, end hy similar mesns,st this
peillcds orisis, you Will increase and confirm
your national felicity. The practice, among
teiow-ci, lztns, oi moderation, ioibearancs
and b.neyO,enoe, is always productive OF hap.
py effects and the masnsGImity which 'cr.
gives, eXtnluishes enmity, snd eXcites id
lieu OF IT, geneI osity aud friendship.
The two mighty beiligerents, VINO conin-
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tructiys conflicts, present to Us alternate
hopes and apprehension. OF their pacihok aud
hostile intensions. Their general conduct
prOClaims, that enormou. power Is inimiCaI
20 Justice, and adverse to good iaih. Francs
indeed has revoked her obnoxious DEGREES
but to what effect, il in conformity to her
late official comm unica,iCns 1reaties which
of right never can be altered by one party,
have by our Government. been sacreGiy main.
tanned, whilst the beIigerents, in their trea:
ties with us, have applied their municipal
power, to modify, alter, or annnl them. at
pleasure. Under these circumstances, ~
what avail are such solemn compacts I Are.
they not the ambuscades Of per6ty, to suI-
pIIze and plundcr honest creduiity
The government Of the United States, from
the establishment of their Inderende nee to
the present period, in their intercourse with
foreign nations, have conducted with the ut.
most impartaiity, justice and honour. They
have been Incapable OF intentional INJURIES,
and TO Casual wrongs have applied immediatc
remedies. They have conenocd for the,r
own hts, but have never deregaled from
the rights Of others. They have not coveted
foreign territory, and in recovering their own
have evinC cd great moderation. They have
caretu,y avoided violent measures, and have
preferred to them, an4icable nesCCiation-
They, even In this, have not been hasty or
urgent but have evinCsd Patience, whilst
compatible with dignit! They have punt-
tuaiiy discharged their Just debts, and have
unlimited credit, at home and abroad. ls
not such a Government entitled 10 the high
est respect, and the strictesl justice How
have their equitable claims On the bcliser.'
ents been answered BY delays which bavs
become denials and which TO injuries havo
added insults. The crisis is rapidly apprcach-'
ing, ii not arrived, when our GO,ernnsDt
must sanction this degrading conduct, or op-
pose to 1T their sovereign veto. The former
would tx IN indeiiahle st.ln on the nation,the
latter would manifest her wontcd magnsnI-
nifty. If war, which she deprecates, should
be the result, she has ample means, under
Divine Providence, TO support It. Twelve
hundred thousand brave and determined tree.
men, whose neCks were never yoked in bon
dage whose swords would leap from their
scabords to avenge their country's cause
whose native land, aboundipg with the nects.
saries, convenicnces and luXuIies Of life, can
supply them with every requisite tor war =
may bid defiance to any hCsle nation, or coa-
ition, on earth. In this perilors state OF our
pubiick concerns, let us obey the loud calls
,f National interest and honour let MS sup,
port every measure Of government for ter.
mina,ing foreign rarne and aggression let
us not foster o: countenanoe productions or
| prejudices, for or against Great Britain or
| france let Us exterminate those germs OF
| publick dissen,ions. which threaten an har-
vest of poitieal nissry; le, us drain every
source Of foreign influence, and multiply the
stream Of uncouta,rinsted patriotism.
| 1he-Nii,ia has commanded the attention
| OF the President Of tie United States, whose
| propositions for defence are OF the highest
importance. The vast objects embraced by
the views Of the aspiring mouarohs of Eu-
| rope their unbounded ambition, prostrating