The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1813-03-04
MISCELLANY.
MR.. CANNING.

feresf, nor rcfrrences. IL seems 10 as, ihaf
Mr.. c. has very hrofe~iy estimated The zeal
If me /" British Parry in rhis eounrry, and
The a,gumenf which ne dednc~s from fhar zeal,
rs z0eH worth attention. Hs ereifes The Eny
HSh 10 Increased v,gor iaIhe Prosecution ef me
soar that they nay justify the prophecies OF
their friends in Congress" Docs nos
very justly and na'nraAy Joiior, thar she Brit
ish party haze <yery inseresf 10 injure the cf.-
eyafions Of me nafion, 10 justify their own
predictions Jonah-ik they iook zyiih eager
wishes for fhe diseon.fllre Of their own conr-
frymen, she. slaughter Of their oson kindred,
oeeoEse, Jorscofh, they Aavr Jorefold eaiami-
ties. This additional hr0y Of sAe erisienee
Of a arr Of" good Englshmen'' in our land
aras MOI needed though sve differ from Mr..
Canning in thar, sve do mean 10 deny hGf
fhey are g good Americans" Of the conse-
quences ef their conduef, the Jaes ofsAeir caus-
ing hrosractioa Of The svar, this avosoat Of
shrezvd and determined foe Of .fnerica is con-
elusiue.--ED. PAT.
Nj CANNING said" When urged upon
the subject, l know that ministers will reply,
that their motives for clinging to the last TO
conciliaion, were two-Gold-lst. THAT '.hey
had FRIENDS IN THE UNITED STATES. I'd.
TO rake care that we arc indi,putably in tho
right. In both these points concur, for
have ever thought, that the most splendid
victories, which ever glittered on the page Of
history we're tarnished and obscured, if JUS
tioe did not hallow the cause, in which they
were achieved. admit thar il is also right
to temper your conduct by consideration Of
THE PARTY THAT FAyoRs YOUR CAUSE IN
THE HOSTILE STATE. In regard to the u
nitcd States, this rule ought to be observed,
and sve oughf 10 pay aHeufop to those suho are
called GOOD ENGLIsHMEN, not meaning 30 de-
ny fhat fhey are good .dmericans but who
hold the opinion, that an alliance with Eng
land is preferable to treaty with France.
But are We quite sure, that by this system of
mitigated hostility, we are not playing the
game OF the party opposed 10 Us, and defeas-
ing me s1orss flour FRIENDS cannot help
thinking that We injure our own cause by this
dubious pusillanimity, and here let me OBJ
serve, that do not speak from mere conjec.
ture for will read to the House part of a
speech Of one Of oar svarmesf ADVOCATES be-
yond the waters Of the Atlantic He is pro-
phecying to his countrymen the horrors and
misery that will be occasioned by war snh
&. Britain,none OF which predic lions have been
The inevitable consequence is, that the BRI.
TIsH Parry in the United States were ridiea-
I'd and condemned as gloomy prognostica,ors
OF evils, that have not and will not De endur-
ed He FIRST points ont the dcfencelsss state
oil their whole maritime frontier, and tells
,hc House of Representatives, that they
who calculate on ibc forbearance Of the ene-
my will too late find themselves deceived"
~ "a. h.c 1a> NJ h.. d..
governmen, has done, and perhaps will do
nothing, Hear. hear, hear. He proceeds,
T" it we are no, already prepared to defend
our seaporls, the enemy will not wait until
we are prepared" What attack has been
made, and what might not have been accom-
plished !! [iicar, hear, he then, at some
length, ridic ules the idea, that once the dread.
fui and irrevotablc step is taken, England
will allow any interval for preparing for hos
lilities feet" he says, would sail
round our coast, destroy our towns and anni-
hilate our trade," Where is this feet, and
where is the destruction of their trade Has
nos or own fallen a pietim TO fheir jtrivafeers.
Hear, hear, hear
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The following striking remarks are borrowed from
the London .Noufhs Magazine Of Noyember-the
best and the extensive circulated Magazine in
Grea, Britain: Dem Press]
"rhe United States of America still continue in .
state ofpublc hostility with Great Britain. as might
have been foreseen from the irritation created BY the
neglect and confidence of the British ministry. In
fifteen weeks after their declation of war against us,
the English regent published declaration Of hostility
against them Thus the two states, az we dreaded.
formally engaged IN war. and America is added
t. the number of our public enemies S
"The is of course covered with American
o,l klo k>os g..
but we are particularly called mention the cap
of the Guerrisre trigate, by American fgate,
after sharp c,ion being the first instance for many
years. of an English man of striking her colors
to nearly equal force. e
"ro coun,erbalancc this the English General
Brock with an inferior force. has cptured Fort De-
troit in Upper Canada, and also American gen
e-al, with upwards Of two thousand troops he
had published some gssconading proclsmations. in
which he had threatened all British America Bys
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