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

DISPUTE WITH AMERICA.
from Cethc'f's Register.

| and about the employment of German troops
| upon that occasion, addressed to your Royal
| highncss general letters, tho object of which
Was 10 prevent this country from being plung-
| ed into war with America. took great pleas.
nre in offering TO you advice, which thought
would be beneficial to my country and, of
ccnrsc, have experienced great sorrow nc
seeing that that advice has rot been followed,
and that in consequence Of its rejection, we
are now actually in state Of war with our
brethren across the Atlantic.
Tho.e corruplors and blindcrs orihc people,
tho hired writer's, do yet a,tempt TO make their
readers believe, that We arc not at war with tho
Republic Of America. They it is, who have
FASTENED. if not actually produced this war /;
for, they it was who rcviledt the American
President, and who caused il 10 be believed
here, that he and the Congress dared not GO
to war. What pains, also have taken to
convince your Royal IIighncss OF the folly and
falschood Of these opinions though my mind
was busted with the means of raising the thou
sand pounds fine to pay the King. (snd you
have received from me in his bchalf) let slip
no occasion 10 caution you against bclicveing
these representations. told you (and you
might as we'll have believed mc) that the a.
merican people were something, tha, they had
say in the measures Of governmcn, that
they would not suffer themselves to be pluns.
cd into war FOR the gain Of SCI Of lazy and
rapacious fellows I; but that, il their coun,ry's
good demanded il, they would go 10 war aud
,ha, such war would in all probability, be very
colami,ous to England.
While was telling you this, your late Mi
mister, Perceva, was laughing az the idea OF
America going 10 war and his opinion was
upheld by all the vcnal scribcs in tho king
dom; that is TO say, ty nineteen ,wcn,ic,hs,
perhaps, OF all those who write IN ncwspa@
pcrs, and other political works. That We
really arc AT war with America however, the
following document clearly proves The a.
mcrican Congress declared war in due fo,n
they passed an Act making war against your
Royal Sire and his people their goycrnmcnt
issued letters Of Marquc and Rep.isals but,
still our hirclings said that there was 70 war.
The following Proclamation, however, issued
by an American General from his hcad-quar-
tcrs in Canada, which province he has nyad-
ed, puts the fact Of war bcqond all doubt.
The proclamation Of Brigadicr Gcncral
Hull above alluded to, was inserted In the /.
Statesman ON the lth instant, TO which pa
per VIC refer our readers.
lie, sir, who would not believe this, would
not believe though one were 10 rise from the
dcad.--This is an animating address and IL
is at least, possible that il may prove the fore
runner Of the fall Of Cahada, which, when
once gone, will never, / believe, return to-
The English Crown.
The fact Of war oeing now ascertaincd be-
yond oil doubt, tho next thing for us 10 think
Of il, the means by which wc arc to obtain
peace with this new and most formidable en-
cmy. The hired writer's, unable any longer
to keep from their readers the fact tha, war
has taken place are now affecting TO treat the
matter lightly to make, and tho people OF
England believe, that the Americans will bc
driven out Of Canada that the people Of A.
mcrica hate the war and that, at any rate,
the Congress will be obliged to put an end TO
the war when tho intelligence of the repeal
of OR Orders in Council shall arrive at the
seat Of the American government.
These being the assertions now most in yo-
guc, and most generally listened 70, will
give your Royal Ilighncss my reasons for dis
believing them.
First, as to The probability Of the Amcr-
cans being baflled in their designs upon Can
ada, il the contest was a contest Of man 10
man, upon ground wholly neutral, should
say, that the advantage might be on our side;
but am no! sure that II would for, the a
mcricans have given repeated proofs Of their
courage. They arc indeed, known to be as
brave as any people in the world They are
too, volunteers, real volunteers, in the SER
vice they are now upon. The American Or
my does not consist of a set Of poor creatures,
whom misery and vice have made soldiers;
il does not consist OF tho on-casls and on.
casts Of the country. il consists Of a b1nd
Of frecmen, who understand things, and who
are ready to fight for what they understand f;
and not Of set Of haIf-cripes /: Of creatures
that require to be srusscd up in order TO pre-
vent them from falling TO pieces. II is the
youth the strong. tho active, the hardy, the
sound youth in America whom orr army in
Canada have to face and though do not