The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1812-02-12

coinmercc II may all be destroyed and
yet, according TO the doctrines oi the day,
ne soil i. not touched But The destruction
ol the coasling trade IL not suiilcieDt to saiis-
ty the i'm eacabie hatred oi The enemy The
b. rs, and rivers and haibours are infested
with pirates every thing that ioa'ed on their
Dad bosons IS also desiioyca--ims comes
sill nearer the land, yet the SOIL Is not touch
ed Suppose the sOi Is touched, tie hostile
standard planted on the castle, and Boston
lid IN usacs--w,i the genlle man be con-
tented TO drive the enemy from the lines
uc dare not follow Uem-beyond II would
be foreign wal Yes, sir, just as much tor
eikn war as We propose TO wage--she people
viIl not bear i! l his is just Z" such stuf as
dreams are made of" The soil, sir, Is
.ouched--he felt it--eyeIy msn must feel II
in his pocket, II mol 10 his heart, aud the
SOIL is touched, Is violated. The violation
reaches to the hle-slde Ok every man IN the
nation, and the yiolators ought 10 hnd that
The day oi retri5utlon is come.
Bat, il is said, this Wal Will no, do, It wiz
NOT be popular that the proyocaIions IN '9S
were greater than they now are, and yet the
old Republican, opposed the war oi that day
IL was not his intentIun 10 follow the gentle
man (Alr. SIanloiD through his long cetalis
o those time. He was unwilling now To ex-
cite feelings long since buried. II appeared
10 him that thl. gentle eman's opposition was
induced by . singular Cause indeed. II seems
we have adopted new rule at the present
session-~-one not p actlsed on III '99 and as
there was 40 wal lhIn, Il wlA De ouI q order
10 resort TO IA now.
Mr. Staniogd explained, that ne had not
SAID there was NO War ;hen, but that he had
been opposca 10 Tie wa,
lie thought, continued Mr.. Williams, IL
WAS pOt material TO enquire whether ihc pro-
vocation was greater IN '98 or now but
whether the present causes ot war can 40
otherwise he removed ana II not, Is war
therefore necessary and lus And II we
mus, ioOk back ln,o TIC amoun, Of our losses
ih,n; ii gentlemen must be net upon their
IN SCI able c1lcuauous % pounds, shiilna 5
anl pence, let US examine the statements OF
the gon,l man iron Nortn-Caiolna II /
mistake him, sna,i be glad to be corrected.
| understood him 10 say, the proof WAS H.
di ispu,4Dle, that the injuries then were grea-
ter than the present, because, IN the Loui,i-
ana treaty, there WAS stipulation ior the
payment OF more than three mlliions OF dol
lars TO American citizens, being The amount
Of dep edaiIon on our commerce by France
aud mat this sum fsr exceeded the losses
sustained by the Orders in Council. The
gentleman Is unfortunate In MS comparison
Although there are no docun cnts in ,hs
posse sslon ol The House which shew the
number of captuies under the orders IN
council from the best eslihate he could
make and from the opinion of practical n,Jt
IN the House, that amount tails lar short oi
the recent captures which are every hour in
Greaslng. Since The decision oi sir w III.
Scott, in the case Of the OK, ninely Others
Che spoke from memory had been condemn
ed, The average value oi these vessels enc
cargoes, is considered low al Htiy thousand
dollars, and III the aggregate, far exceed thc
losses he has alluded to. When IL is re-
mcnlbered that during the operation OF tho
Berlin and Milan dccrecs, American mcr-
chants Withheld their shipments 10 France
for alter the case oil the Horizon, every one
was aarmed--it is very evident that the or
tiers have been as deadly, 40 In such circum-
stances they could be. l. other proof re-
ouir,A Look 10 the insurance Offices they
will not insure against captures under the or
dels in council ior less than war pre- MUM.
w ny, aSNSu Tue Btu'lSih"b ilVhl : a. S'h''i
(Mr. Sheh,y) shall we raise an army now,
when we refused TO do /! III '9S ! Was 1t be-
c.use we were then onf, but ore now IA :
The sheer politician, the man who seeks "a
scat in this House Tor what he can get, no
one Can moie heartily desplse than myself.
Such are the wretcheS, who alone are affect
ed oy thc Circumstance OF R and oHf hut
The men who Come here TO represent and
promote the ia,erest Of the county who
ask, VINO seek, who W sh for nothing tor
themselves, cannot be inhuSnced by any such
unworthy considerations. Argument upon
mis- point is supeIiiuous. He appealed TO
the .gen,len,an himself for the fact. He
could not but consider the inducements to
avoid the war of 'SS To DC very different from
such as present themselves now. What
Mns nnr siinaIinn then Docs II bear the