The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1812-08-20


count Of these restrictions, necessary, unless
for the show of AN affected mrleration be silent
Thsy bad play ed the first part OF Mark Anthony oy-
| er Crsars dead body they perhaps, onl, wanted
10 complete the character of that hcentous dema-
gogue--" Good friends Sweet friends Let me not
SIR you up to such sudden food OF mutIny!" And
thus, in imitation of the willy Roman, the addressers,
after doing ali The mischief they could. cant out
their desife at terod critical III public atirs,
10 contribute 10 the resi0raton Of harmony an The noAe
eoineits, and concord among he peop!tF'
No II was the rancorOus hostility OF the federal
party that broke up the embargo Mey forced the
admnstl alton to forego that Use measure OF peace
Aey compelled the government To recede with dishon-
- appeal to the cannon they, cruel sill
than the enemy laughed amidst the outrages of VIM
diotve foe and scofied at the best efforts o wise and
gallant men TO sustain the country honorable
posture IN the eyes Of the world.
But II the restrictive system was lmbscic, what
would the addressers have Har 10 IL IS against
war thatthe pamphlet is printed Is 1t peace, with
submission and disgrace They will teiiy you no. but
by their leave, peace without embargo OF non-impor-
ta,on or redress Of wrongs, IS peace with Sn6Has-
sion and dsgrace.
what's the project Of these pamphleteers They
leave that quite vague and indefinite. They do, IN
deed, tell us, that they conCurred in an enlarged
and enlightened system OF defence, with security oil
cur maritime rights" In effect they admit, and We
knop, that the addressers were for an .4iry, for
Nary, and All the erpeses necessary Tor their sup
port Yet, they were not for var i! What then Did
they countenance these measures as peace establish
ment Surely folly is blind Can these gentlemen nat
ter themselves that Inconsistencies gross can de-
ceiye a single mortsii No commercial restrictions
no war-no redress of giieyances-peace--an army
and macy Such their project, such their primer
pies suck their policy
For their ultimate forbe arancc--a forbcarsnce in
relation to the restrictive policy--the Addressers
tIink the President of the United States ought to
have been SO much obliged to them, not to pour
tray the effort made hy Great Britain through John
Henry TO dssever the Union OF the states. After
Of policy (ssy thry) thus liberal and conciiia-
tory, it was Cause of regret that communication
should have been purchased by unprecedented ex-
pcnditurc Of secret service money and used by the
chief magistrate to disseminate suspicion and jca-
lousy" II cause OF regret" What That
the money was spent No, Because the ps!try sum
expended obtain the proef Of British peifdy was
nothing when compared with the lavish ideas of fed
eraiiss in relation the public exchequer nothing,
when conIrastcd With the sums bestowed upon fed
eral Spectators from the year 1897 1901 What,
then, was tie OF "regret p Why, the dis
seminaon of " saspiriss and jealousy" Not by the
chief magistrate for he disseminated nothing he
only placed the facts before Congress The " svs-
b,coa" and the "jealousy' did, indeed, shoot up
not because Henri paid, or that the President
got the important secrer out of him and let il for
ever be remembered, that the main facts OF the
case are admit,cd by the English ministry but be-
cause the scditions ard uai.o conduct of the
Jua,o of Essex 100 wen corrohorated the PIN oi
Henry's narrative Tine, place and circumstance,
al corrcspondcd 10 establish HIS sto.y; sid the po-
hyicalcuprits sneaked out of them own feelings OF
disgrace by affecting TO have tlIelr pride wounded
Thus the baWd puts OH the mask of virtue, and bra;
1ens J. an ,h. face Of the col-nunity thus the
conscious knHv- stfuts the OK probity, and Snits
his broMS in mimic superiority ef those who knosO
and detcs: his depravity. and what is the conduct
Oi the tcdcrasts of Massachusetts nop that Is, OF
those vino direct the machinery OF stale politics IN
tlst quarter Is it not OF the very same complexion
that which induced Governor Graz. 20 send John
Henry TO Boston Docs il not hold out The aspect
cf rcoelioa Does it not invite foreign cmissafies TO
go and tar;per with them And yet these gentlemen
"regret" that the chief magistrate should have pub
hsbed Henry's disclosures Time, however, has
shewn that he could not have done wiser thing.
Those disclosures have put the nation their guard;
they will warn the vytuous yeomanry Of Mas-achu-
to be watchful of the demagogues who fan the
flame of faction, goaded, perhaps, by some other
Henry, and brled to treason by stronger Incentives
In this point of view alone the truth that Henry
posed was worth million In mere account cur
rent between treachery on the one hand and sheer
curiosity the othes, the disclosures would not
have been worth the money. But when we look to
The consequences-when we regard the posture of
natioral affairs slcn consider the game that
England was playing when reflect on the fair
promises that Britain made, and was still making,
ot friendship tor this country-no candid man will
pretend to deny that the facts were momentous
that t'%y served to confirm men of penetration in
their incredibly Of English am,y; and to en.inhten
in that particular, the understandings of all classes
OF our citizens. Here, again, we recur to the re-
sponsibty OF q e representatives and the rulers Of
the people they had taken upon themselves a
dread responsibility In the face of an active and
turbulent British party III the country, admnistra-
ton took upon themselves TO declare the nsinser
iy of his Britannia majesty's professions, that all his
msjesty's ministers were haow hearted, and that
their negotiations were nothing more than chain
OF procrastination, falsehood and double dealing
How were they 10 prove this declaration Projudi'
ces operated with many honest men to neutraze ma
tionai argument The violation Of Erskinc's ar
raHgement, and The boisterCus mission of Jackson
had, 1t is true, furnished strong incidental tes!mo-
NY Of the truth of IT, But posire evidence still
wanting such evidence would imperiously force
itself on every mans understanding Accident at
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