The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1813-08-26


crssisns. ---ilowcver, she is now,sit seems,
10 he hunished.--That word will go back
=. asds down the throat oil those who have
made use of it," Punishment" is TO frecede
anv peace with her. Poor, foolish wretch,
who mas written, or dictated, this paragraph.
She is 10 be jllsnished, and she Is 10 yesraes,
before we negociate a peace with her ~
beg the scadrr TO bear his threat III has mind.
Whether he dses or not, il will not soon be
forgotten in .fkpericn, where, we may be we'll
assured, that the bombarding, or burning, oi
a Ce " towns, will have 10 other effect than.
that of rendering the contest moro bitter, and
of comple,ing the commercial separation OF
the Two countries. Perhaps amongst the
things the most wished for by the bi;tcrest
cnemie , of England in America, is the burn
in,, of A sea-port or two. The loss would be
tnlinr in comparison with the advantage 10
tao,c who wish 10 cot the two countries asnn-
der for ever" Fear z" /" alarm :" What
alarm are they in Those who know theo',
know how small a sacrifice tho knocking
down town would be. The country Is
oountry of plenty. There is smorc food than
tbe neople waoi. II is not, as IN Russia,
where famine follows war. To be sure, the
Inhabitants OF the towns which are In danger
must experience alarm but what has this to
do with the whole county and what gain
will Il be TO us We shall have expended
some scores Of thousands Of pounds In the
undertaking, and shall have enemies for ever
oe macy who we're not our enemies before
In the mean while, whstevcr this writer may
say sbou, the l9an in America, ships OF war
vii! hv built navy will grow up; seamen
will be formed in great numbers and, Ic.
..J. ,~l.r svhe
have created a formidable rival on the ocean.
-. Nor arc we 10 suppose, if the war contn-
nc, that a closer connection viii not take
.rfacc 6efsyeen Apierica and Fyance.N Hither-
10 the war, OH our part, has not had that et-
feet. The American government, az ii 10
give tho lie to our insolent writer's, has form
cd no connection at all with France ou'' 10
II likely, that, il the war continue, and the
desire Of revenge increase, some connex'oh
will ns, be formed with France With whom
is America to ally herself but with our enemy
who has ships in abundance, which she mas
not, and who only wants just those very Sal.
loro Of which she has too many ihis would
give her a navy at once withouta loan Oh
Which would be better for her, the nse % a
nary during war, without the incumorance oil
it during peace.--Would these spi'etui and
silly writer's like to see Decatur and Hull end
Cambridge on board Of French ships OF the
line J Would they like to see a ileet OF nine
or ten sail, manned with the same sort OF
stuff thai, gicp. .aroh is, t6a,s, II hee &An stt8R
tinue another year, they will see this ; and
yet, they have the audacity, or the stupidity.
TO say, III print, tina, they hope tho mediation
of Russia viii be rejected by our ministers
.---lt has always been my fear, and long be-
fore the war expressed it, that it would pro-
ducc conuexion Of this kind with France
and, if such connection has not already taken
place, it.has, perhaps, been owing solely to
the fear Of giving q handle TO the English
party In the States. II, however, We carry
90 war Of bombardmcnt, that party will, in
o short time, have no weight at all ; and, the
thirst for revenge will produce that, which,
under the influence Of less hostile passions,
might still have remained an object OF ea-
lousy. To see fleet, under the allied ban
ners of France and America, would te to me
q most fearful object. am convinced 1t
would present greater dangers to us than we
have ever yet had to contemplate and,
therefore, read with indignation and abhor-
renee all these cndeavors OF English writer's
10 exasperate the people Of America.-I nave
never believed, that the crews Of the ships,
by wtich our frigates have been beaten were
British sailors /; have always believed them
30 have been native Americans, and | still be-
lievc 1t. But, If, as our hired writer's have
asserted, they were our own countrymen,
,yhat is to hinder the ships Of France to be
manned in tho same way? The British sal
lors, who arc now, il there be any, fighting
against their own country in American ships,
will, OF course, be as ready to follow their
commanders into French ships; and, il that
were To be the case, this war for the practice
Of imprcssment would have answered most
serious end indccd.--By stroke of address
not without precedent in the history of our
cabinet, we have got into u war with Amcri.
Ca upon the worst possible ground for us.
We talk about the maintenance Of our mari
ZINE rights and this does very we'll with the
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