The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1811-04-24

From lhe Boston Patrgof.
TO Mr.. Pickering, No. 2.

ampalbn, You VIII iaOor al thiSS btiieiai Ho-
Jects :-t. 4 o SHOW the sna All othcn's aid
great injuries we have received ttom rance.
2. % show that the whole oihoiai CONDUCT of
President ,hei son and his colleagues has
been Destructive and M uitous, III "a IN Sc as
tonishlns degree. 5. 10 show the conse-
quences Qnluri"us, VIC presume you WISH 10
say OF the pacihck measures adopted oy ffe-
sidcnt Adams, IN relation 10 ft"n,c. oinGe
these mhmalions, you nave given certainle-
marks Oh otner parts oil the oiiioiai conduct
/ OF President Adans, wrlcn you viii allow
me at least To caii very particular.
vi the .ffst obJerl, We nave already pre-
su,.cd to give you a Caution. frAn,e we 90
not profess To vinoiCate. We therefore SIM
cereiy hope you viii not delaln Us long on
,his point. Ii youl generous tceiing abso-
.utey demand the discussion, touch 1t curso-
rily, and save our patience.
OF tne SECOND, you have given three prin-
cipsl items in anticipation You censurc l.
A supposed unwiiiinsness in our government
To adjust differences with England. 2. The
Embargo. 3. Inc Non-lntercourse.
That the first OF these censures IS utterly
groundless, proof was given in INV last. I he
reasoning was this: All parties universally
agreed that Erskine's arrangement was ioun-
dcd on the princi,les of justice. q. Britain
refused To rati,y ,h.s arrangement.-- q. Bri-
tain therefore refuses to do us Justice a he
argument applies with equal force 10 the vim
dicaiion OF our governments. Those priuci.
pies were Just our government otici,d and
assiduously urged them --Our go,ernmont
therefore, il follows i,conto, ciub!y, are viii
ing and anxious for an equitable adjustment.
This reasoning defes reiutaiion.
Amor ner ar,rumcni To the some effect
will u,enlion.--ln August, 1903, AIR. Pink
ney, our Minister In London, pnrsuant TO m
slructions from the President, ait, wpled n
adjos,ment OF dificultie by formally pedg-
IN the suspension OF the Embargo, tar
as ii related TO G.. Britain, as a condition Of
tn. repeal of the Orders In Council AID
how Was this attempt as coneiiiation re,ivud!
The following is from Mr. Cannng's answer;
The British government, has not dsgtis-
ed from itseli thai the tiial OF such aG ex per.
! imcn, re,ail.iory erdcr] nigh, he afduoos
and lo0g (; though II has never doubted 81 tnc
final issue. But il that issue, such as Tho
British government confidently anticipated,
has provideDtiaily arrived much sooner ihan
could have been hoped ; It " the blockade of
the continent" as it has been triun phanty
styled hy the enemy, ia raised even beioie Y
had been well established and If that sys IN
OF which extent and continuity were the vital
principles, is 6roktn IN into. Fragments utferiy
harmless and contemhA6h ; il is nevertheless
important in the hig chest degree To the repu.
tation of this country e. reputation which
constitutes great part OF her power) that Tire
disappointment Of the hopes OF her enemies
should not have been purchased by any con.
cession that not u doubt should rcmain to
distant times of her determination and Of her
ability to have continued her resistance 20
&c. These considerations compel his MAJ
Ic,y 10 adhere," &c.
In tbi, answer We have complete evidence
that Lag land has been witiing 10 do us lus-
tice. She here persists IN her inicuiious orr
ders. in direct contradiction to every piiDci-
pie she had herself assumed a. the ground Of
her measures. E,iuCncc of This assertion,
unfortunately tor Engisnd, is gained ~ tie
ve,y same communication A i,w paragraphs
proceeding, Mr. Canning obsetv,s-- lie
orders ia Coupcii Of Npvombcf we,, iounG,d
cd (as HIS been already repsatcdy a,ov-
ed ny Has MDIesy) on ,he uugucsdouabic
right, oi bis naJcsty 10 cetort upon tie cnc-
my the evils oi his own lnJnst'1D." CDiiing
10 decide the cue stioil. question the rs.
cussion of which would form IN ,nteres ing
essay wheiher lis a!iedEed ripbt of RET Iia-
tiou exists, permit me, sir, to ask, can you
cooiy and canddy read over these eXlracts,
and not blush for the Inconsistency Of Dat
government whose cause you advocate She
grounds her orders Oh an sedged right 10
rctorl the eUits of her enemy's injustice sho
coniesscs those evils have ceased to exist
that her enemy's system has become uneriy
harmless and e1ntemhtibte /; and still she per-
sists in he, injurious orders. When the on
~ pretended cause is removed, the eGeet is
.til perseve,ingly p,aiDt.ined. What would
have been the laigua &c OF justice IN simi-
liar case Without waiting for a remonstrance
from an injured neutral, she would have said