The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1813-11-18
MISCELLANY.
econ CosBsI1's vEEXLr REcis1E3.
CONTINENTAL WAR.

.sat The allies; that be would break up INC
co.l;,,on and that he would then dictate
term. 70 his enemies. My reasons Ter this
oDinion have given at length, and ! have
heard no,hinss from any quarter, 10 answer
10 those reasons. II is impossible, however,
10 RESTRAIN ones Indignation at viewing the
endeAycrs which are used, by the press OF
b9ti. Ire }poiisical factions in this country, 10
prevent the people from coming at the real
iyu,h with regard 10 the pr ospccts OF the war,
aDd even win regard TO events which have
actually taken place. The french bulletins,
which will be found u another part OF this
pspcr, give complete history OF the cam
paign up 10 the thirteenth Of August and
from these Bulletins it appears, that the ALI
ed army, commanded by the Empcrors OF
Russia aud Austria and the King OF Prussia,
had been defeated by the French army under
Booaparic, with The loss ef sixty thousand
men, sixy pieces of cannon, and forty stand
OF colors. Is there any one IN his senses
VINO doubts the truth OF this statement
do uor believe that there is any such person
in England, il he lTas been accustomed 10
compare the statements Of the French BulIe-
tins with the facts as they have afterwards
proved to be. Indeed, none but those, whose
wish, and, indeed, whose business tits, 70 de-
seive the people, can doubt oil the truth OF
this statement on the part OF the French. II
tho statement be true, il appears TO me, that
very little further resistance will be made, BY
the Aus,rians at least. They have received
such blow at the outset az 10 sickcQ them.
Thclc viii, doubtless, be more battles fought;
and, Il Will be hard indeed, il our new friends,
Bornadoue and Moreau, do not give us somc
little proof Of their skill and courage !; but
really do not expect that VIC shall ever hear
of the grand French army meeting with a Sc
rions rspulse. expect 10 hear, that the arr
my has been, with very few exceptions, as
rapid in gaining victories as during any for
per campaign. In tho mean while Il Is right
10 notice (though, perhaps IL may produce no
good elicct) the frauds which hare been prac-
tised ia E.agland, with a view OF deccying
the people with regard 10 these important
events. During the former part OF the last
wccii, II was stated ia the London news pa
pers,thai Bernadottc had attacked the French
army, had gained great victory over IL, and
bad killed one Frnnch Marshal and mortally
wounded another This lie served TO feed
tho thinking people Of England for three days.
AT the end OF shat tune tho Erench papers
had come to hand, and had discovered, not
only that Bcfhadoire had gained no victory at
all, and had merely been able TO stand his
ground for little while in the face of nero
dotachmen, from the Frencharmy but these
papers also informed Us, that tho Allies had
bcen defeated by tho French, in tho manner
above stated. The manncr in which il Was
contrived to keep this latter fac. from the pub
lie tor three days, is very curious, aud dcscrv-
ing Of particular account put upon record.
There is nothing in which the people are
more Interested than in the means that are
thus made use Of to deceive them. They are
constantly tod Of the deccptions praciised up
on The people OF France. They are hidden
to be pround of the freedom Of the press,
hidden to compare the political sunshine in
which they live, with the darkness in which
the people Of France arc kept. And, yet
they are at tho same time the most complete
ly duped OF any nation that ever existed in
this world. No, TO suffer men to print at all
upon the subject of politics and political
news ; this isnot tho way to deceive the peo.
pie this is not the way cif6ctualIy to keep
them in the dark as to the truth. The way
TO effect this purpose is to have press, which
the people slIregard as being free, aud which,
from the workings of various unseen wheels,
from an influence flowing through numerous
obscure and intricate channels, shall convey to
the people faIschood instead of truth. He
who knows nothing of any event that takes
place, is in better situation,in in point OF knowl-
edge, than he who believes that which is false
with respect TO the events which take place. l
No knowlcdge at all is better than d belief
that you know facts, of which you really
know only the contrary. The man who
has lost a horse, which has been stolen,
and taken towards the East, is IN worse sit
ua,ion from believing that the horsc Is gons
towards the West, than he would be in, il |
wholly at loss to guess which way his horse
was gonc. lolcavc hounds at fault is much
better than to call them off aud put them up
on a wrong scent. These are almost self ev-
idcnt proportions, sni upon the prisciple on
which these propositions proceed, we may, |