The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1812-12-10

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Of course, Use and iigh, against the INVADERS
and then our commanders may safely ser Gen.
Hull at defiance but if the people OF Cana
da should have been inveigied 10 believe,
that change Of government would be Tor
,hcir beneiit, | must confess that should
greatly doubt in our power OF resistance. II
will be quite useless for US to rcproach the
people OF Canada with their want OF zeal IN
defence of their country We have reproach-
ed The Dutch, and the Italians, and the la
noycrians for the like I; but, sir, 1t answers no
purpose. Such reproachcs 90 not tend 10
drive out the invaders nor do they tend to
deter other nations from following the exam
plc OF The invaded party. Wha, whole ma
tion wills must, sooner Or later take place.
AZ 10 the second assertion, thai the people
of America hate the war, must say thar
have seen no proof of such hatred. The a
mcricans, being rejecting people, and
people resolulcly bent upon preserving their
freedom, have general hatred TO war, as be-
iue, generally speaking, hostile TO that iree-
dam But, in the choice OF evils, II war
should appear the lcas, evil, they vii! not lail
70 take il and, indeed, they have taken 1t
for, i'm America, il is really the people who
declare war the Congress Is the real repre-
sentative Of the people there are no sham
elections; no buying and selling OF votes and
Of false oaths bu. the members are the un-
bought, uncorrupted, uDenslaved agents OF
the people, and, it they cease to speak the
sentiments of those who elect them, they are
pat out OF Congress at the end OF very lew
months. 1t is, therefore, not only false, but
stupid, 10 affect 10 believe that the war IS un-
popular, and that the government Is odions IN
The eyes of the people. The whole OF the
government is of the peopc.---Aii It's mem
bcrs are chosen by them and, ii 1t ceased 10
please them, it would soon cease to exist.
Nothing, therefore, can be SO absurd as 10
snnbose that measure SD important as that
OF war has been adopted agains, the will OF
the people.
This opinion has been attempted 10 be scs-
tanned upon The evidence OF riot at Balu-
more, the object of which was the silcncing
If a newspaper, and the end OF which, was
bloodshed OH both sides. But, from this iact,
the exactly contrary conclusion ought to be
drawn. The newspaper IN question, was, 1t
appears, hostile to the war and, therefore,
a riot, in order to silence such q paper, can
no, Be consid.red as proof Of unpopuarity
attached TO the war-rhough this species
OF attack uoou the liberty of the press is far
!. less injurious 10 that liberty than the base at
\ tacks, dictated by dcspo,sm and masked un-
der the visor of forms dear to freedom still
il is an attack it rs answering statements or
arguments by violencc by something other
than statement or argument.---Thcre.ore,
disapprovc Of the attack but cannot con-
sidcr it as a mark OF the uppopu!arlly OF the
war, of the precise contrary OF which, II Is,
indeed, avery bad proof
Much having, in our hired newspapers,
been suii Of this riot 1t having been repre-
scented as proof of bad government in A.
mcrica, and (Which is more to my present
purposc) as sign OF approaching anarchy,
tcnding 10 the overthrow OF that government
which has declared war against US, must
,respass little further upon this head, 10
beg your Royal Highncss TO believe nothing
that the hired men say upon the subject.
When the war with France began in 1898
that war which appears not TO promise an end
when that war began, many riots took place
In England against those who were opposed
TO the war; many houses were destroyed
many printing offices demolished many
booksellers put to flight; many men were to-
tally ruined, and that, too, by mobs mat ching
and killing under banners on which were IN
scribed " Church and King" Now, as there
was not general anarchy to follow these
things in England, beg your Royal High
ness not to be pursuaded to believe that anar-
rhy will follow the dcmolishing OF u printing
Office in the United States OF America,where
there are more newspapers than there are In
all Europe, this country included. Once
more, however, express my disopproba,ion,
and even my adherence, OF that demolition
which was the less excusabe, as the assail-
ants had freedom, real freedom OK the press,
to answer any thing which the bribed printer
might publish, an account OF his brobery.
Such, however, appears to have been here the
popular feeling in favor of the war,that no con-
sidcra,ion WAS of sufficient weight to restrain
the resentment olthc people against man who