The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1813-04-29

This, sir, is a view of the tueans and n
sources OF Amsrica, very different, pethsp
from the views which some persons might b
disposed TO present to your royal highness
and 1t this my view of the matter be corrsc
IL surely becomes Us 10 be very cautious hon
We force these resources into action, and q
them in array against US, backcd,>as the
will be.-wi,h the implaeable hatred Of the
merican people, II, indeed, the Aonor
England requiredthe setting Of these resoG
ces NJ defiance il England must either cot
Tess her disgrac e--msst bascly abandon ne
known rights--must knucklc down 10 Amer
lea, or brave the consequences of what haS
been speaking of should then say, 10 ihl
words Of the old Norman proverb (adopict
by tho French in answer TO the duke b
Brunswick's proclamation,) "iet honor Cd
maintained, Aanhen wAaf spiA.'
- ~ sir, the question; does tho honor 80
England require tie making Of this psrilouS
experiment ! In NV opinion it dooe osa ann /
now, with the most anxious hope, that a
last, they may Se attended with somo effect
proceed respectfully TO submit to your royal
hip phness the reasons upon which this opiniod
Is founded.
The dispute with regard to the orders i1
council, l look upon as being at an end fcrS
though all is not quite clear in that rcspect
an arr angeInent seems to be matter OF little
,.fficulty. Bat as am sure your Royal
Highncss will do me tho honor TO recollcct,
took the liberty to warn the public, that the
very week that the orders in council were
done away, that measure alone would dt
dothing towards preventing war with Amsrls
| ca. then said, and in the most distinct
terms and without any hesitation, that Amer
leu would never be content without cons
plctc abandon mcnt, on our part, OF the prse.
! ,ice Of seirins hersons or board her shifs on
| rhe high seas. formed this opinion upou
the general tone Of tho American prints dps
ON the declaration @ the Congress and o.
| pecaly upon information contained in letters
received from friends in America, in whosS
| hearts, strange as it may appear to sothct
| my Imprisonment in Newgatc seems 10 havS
| revived former feelings towards me: These
letters, written by persons (be II observed)
strongly attached TO England, for no Others
did ever number amongst my friends
| these letters assured me, thar the feohe ot
/ America not the government. not |" a fces
.ion," as our hirc!ings have called Them
that tho people Of America, from one end D!
( the county TO the other, cr!ea fer war IS
4 prcferensc to longer submission 10 the stop
4
taking persons out OF them, at tho discreti6t
of our officers. Upon this Information, ,coflt
ing, In sumo cases three hundred miles frotr
the Atlantic COASTS, could safely rely and
therefore, did not hesitate 10 prononnce
that the repeal Of the orders in council alohA
could not preserve PEACE nor was little
| surpyzed 10 hear Mr.. Brougham declart
that if that measure did not satisfy Americx
| (o.< n AID AZ
The question, then, Is now red0ced td
this Does the honor Of England dcnsnS
that she insist upon continuing tho practice
of which America complains, and against
which she is pow n..ing war! To answtt
this question VIC must ascertain whether The
prac,icc Of which America complains b
sanctioned By the usases Of the nation wheth-
! er the giving Of it up would be TO yield ar
known rigAt of England because, "a I'll
case of the affirmative, to yield ,yotld be ID
make q sacrifice OF our hcaor, rather thai
which agree that we eight to cci.tinuc th
|! disgraccful to submit to actual force, than 4
| submit to mcnaces.
| My opinion is, however, decidedly In IN
/ negative and yill not disguise from yod
! Royal Highness, that never felt surplis
more complete (to give my feelings no stroi
ger appella,ion) than that which cxpericn
ced at reading 'he following passage in tn
letter of lord Castlereagh to Mr.. Russell
the 29th August last;
cannot, however, refrain on one singl
point from expressing my surprise namely
that, as a condition, preliminary even 10 snt
| pension OF bosiiiilies, tho government Of thi
! United States should have Thought ft 10 ID
rnsnd, that the British government should 81
$751; frAp its ancient and accnstomed nr0enc/
| gfimhressing BriHsh scomen from the merehof
shihs q dJorefgn sfafe, simply on Tho sssuf
anee that law shall hereafter be passed
prohbit the employment Of British seamen
the public or commercial service OF that STAT
The British government now, ~ beretofofs
is ready 10 receive from the government
the United Siaies. and amicahly 10 disctAS