The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1812-04-08

that they -cnld cease to operate cn the is of No.
yember. Since the first of November, these decroes
have not, TO my knowledge, in ANY IAsrAscE, been
executed 10 the prejudice OF Amei lean property
riying since that time. On the contrary the Grace
Ann Green, cenng clearly wifhin tie teaGl terms Of
those decrees, had they nned in free liberated
in December last, and her cargo admitted IN April
This vessel had indeed been taken by the English,
and retaken from them but as this circumstance is
not assigned here the cause Of the liberalism of
this property, it ought not to be presumed To have
operated alone as such
Whatever special rea sons may be supposed for
the release of the Grace. Ann Green, that of the
New-Orleans Packet must have resulted from the re-
vocation of the French cdicts.
" The New.Orleans Packet had been boarded by
Two ENcLIss VESSELS OF WAR and had teea some
fiias az an nENcLisH PORT, and thas poUBLy TRANS
cREssrD against the DEGREES of Milan"
'Paris l4,h July, 1911
SRI had lhe honor to address TO you on the
5th instant, brief account of the Green,
and the w.Orleans Packet. The proof which
these cases furnish, espeeadg the after, ought, when
unopposed as At Is by any conflicting circumstances,
to be conclusive of the revocation of the French
cdicts, To which, if continued in force, these
would have been liable IN addition, ho1rerer, TO dis
evidence, have now the satisfaction to communicate
to you the liberation Of the Two Brothers, the Good
Intent and the Star three american vessels cap,ur-
ed since the first of November, and brought into this
empire, or into ports under its control"
The fact is, the New-Orleans Packet was
liberated by The French tribunals, and on her
return 10 America, she was CAPTURED by the
ENGLISH, carried into Halifax, the vessel
and cargo condemned and sold for the benefit
of the captors. This affair Jackson and Pot
ter hoped had been forgotten. If these men
Will wi!ully deceive you in one instance, will
they boggle at any othcr---" a crime once
commiueG, is committed again with less re-
luctaDce." Fellow citizens, these men have,
by artful misrepre sentations, abused your con
hdcnce and insultcd your good sense 10 etfcc,
their designs Is it not then rational 10 dis
trust their recommendation Tor their friends
and treacherous brethren. Auid all their l.
busc OF the French government, (and Heaven
knows we are not the apologists Tor French
rapacily and PlInder0 they have carefully
concealed from your sight, the atrocities and
piracies Of their idol, the English. The
British in their ports in England only, by the
10th of Jolly last had captured and condemn
ed American property, valued at the first cost
only, to the amount Of eight hundreG and hir-
fy-fsuo Honsa>,d .60e hundred dollars see
the public documents laid before the last
Congress, page l72. Since that period the
English have continued their captures with
redouslcd viGilance---and at this period i. is
presumed ttey have captured and condemned
in different ports American property 10 the
amount of nearly FIVE MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS! Again---they have concealed
from your knowledge, if you arc to give faith
to nothing but their pamphlet, The impress
meDt Of