The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1811-11-20

echo. The Americans do not wish Tor war
war is a state which they dread there is no
class amongst them who can profit from war |:
they have none of that dcscriptionof people /:
to whom war is harvest there are lone oil
those, whom, TO support out Of the publick
wealth, the preicxi for war is necessary they
dread standing army they have Witnessed
the effects Of such establishments in Other
parts Of the world : they lave seen how suth
establishments and loss Of freedom 80 hand
in hand BIZ, these considerations will not,
ham persuaded, deter them from going hr'
enough into hostile measures TO do great IN.
jury to US, unless we shell, by our actn,prove
10 them, that such measures are unnccessa-
ry. The pubiick are told, and the same may.
reach the ear OF your Royal Hlghncss, (for
courts are not tire places into which truth
first makes its way,) thatthe American Prcsi-
dent is unhohulur that the people are on
orr side in the dispute. Guard your ear,
bcseech you, sir, against suchrcports, which
are wholly false, and which have their rise
partly in the Ignorance and partly in the pc
naify ol those by whom they are propagstcd.
/, is fact, Oh which your Royal Hig hness
may rely, that, at the last election III the
Autumn, of lsl0) He hoisul1r .tsarty had
and, il is hardly necessary for me to say low
the party stands with regard to EngIand I f6s,
from some cause or ether, it does so happen,
thas in evrry country svAere there is q des4
'crilhiion of fersens hrefcssing strong and en-
fhnsiastisk a1achnrt,f, 10 f.ubiick liberty, fhey
are sure 10 r<gard 'K.nyka,ld as their eurny
We are told, lhgtthese are ali sham patriots
that they are all demas lacctins, lctelv
bloodsled. But, sir, the misfortune is, shas
these persons, in all the counties that We
mcddie with, do invariably succeed in the
end. Their side frpvcs, at last, 10 be me
sf,ongsst. They do in fact, finally. prove to
form almost the whole; of the people and,
when we discover this, we generally quit
their country in disgust, and since they "wilI
not be srHe TO hhemseipeHR We cen leave
them TO be punished by thcH revolutions and
reforms. In America, however, it will, Il
think, be very difficult for any one 10 pers
suadc your Royal Highness that those who
are opposed t@Ds are sham patriots, and men
wish for confusion. Every man IN that
country has enough 20 csu |; every man has
something to call his own.--They are not
bats tor sham patriots !; no fat places 10
scramble for (; no sinecures where q single
lazy posscssor sports away in the Nurse OF
The year the fruit Oh the labour ofNDdndreds
OF toiing and starving wretchcs; none OF
those things, in short, for the sake OF gain-
INK which il is worth while to- make hyp9-
ctiticas professions of patriotism.s As su n
stance of che sentiments Of the people, of gsssss
me ieritawiih regard 10 political paities, Es..r
leave to point out TO your Royal Highncss
the circumstance OF MIR. Pickering (who Is
held forth as the great champion Of oar cadse
In AmericaI having, at the last clectiop,been
pat oul4ot the Sena.e OF the United States,
oi which nc had long been member, being
one OF the Senators ior Nlasspchuseils, his
native State. The people ol the. State first
elect the two Houses anu tho Govelnour Of
the State, and these elcct the persons to
serve them in the Senate OF the Union.
Thus, MIR. Pickering was, then, rejected, nos
merely by the people {; not merely st popu.
lar election !; but by the deliberate poicc qf
me svSoit legislature ef tAe, Stafe.s Aud, this
90, in thalu part of the union called New
England; in the State Of Massac huse,ts too,
which State, it is we'll known, takes the lead
in the northern part oil the country, and
Ivhich STATE it has Arrays bren REPRESENTED is
laslaosed 10 civids Jromth the States me south.
II we had friends any where in America, it
was IN this State and, yet, even in this state,
We sec the most .uncquiyocal proof of disat-
lection TO oar ea,.ss. 1t is useless, sir, for
rs to rcproach the people Of America wi:h
his dissAectlon. They must be left to fol-
ow their own taste. In common life, if we
ind any one that does not like us, we gener- |
lily cndeavour,. If we wish to gain his liking,
% win him to il by kiudness and by benc-
It's Ut some sort Or other. We go thus toxI
work with anlmals of every description, IN (
cases where we have the power, we but too
ofen make use OF that 20 su.,duc thc disin-
clining party TO our will. But where We
have not the power, we arc seldom SO very
foolish as TO deal out reproachss against those |
whose good will we do not take the pains To !
gain. IL is there,ore,, the height Of iolly in
rs to complain that the Americans do not like |
)ur poverpu,ent. and pre n IN m that Of M.