The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1813-05-20
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sanctioned and do not the events of every
passing day demonstrate that the destruction
Of the present 6aasGa OPPOSITION to the ad.
minlstrmion Of the United States, has been
decrccds and that they have already been
s,ricker with the obstinacy, blindness and de-
lcriuln which are the prognosics Of tho spec
dy sAscusion Of the decree At the samo
time may we not Thank Heaven that il is The
sfwerican People who are appointed to be the
Ministers to execute il, and that they are als
so endowed with tha, " Redecming power"
which can restore TO the Nation those brave
SeameB---that commerce, and consequent
prosperity, which !, has lost by the hiunder-
ing oursgcs Of Great Britain, in which shc
has been too much encouraged and supported
by her friends ia .dmeriea." The great
and astonishing changes whish have taken
place since the fall Elections in every part Of
the Union where opporaoi,y has been Offer
cd Cor them, all declare the faei, viz. in Mas
sacAusetfs the majority against the Admins.
traton and the War, which was about TwEx.
Ty.rivE THOUSAND, Is now Gas the votes for
Governor viii shew) reduced 10 abou, thfr.
teen thousand, and izpo thirds of that number
oi Republicans were absent from their homes
fighting the en.my by sea, and preparing TO
do the same on the land, at the time the +.
lection was held.
In New. HAMPSHIRE the majority of "heoec-
makers" Gas they call ,hcmselves) but whom
we consider submission-m men, was then Jrom
three 10 .fpe Thousand at the late Election
Of Governor irf tha, State their boastcd ma
jority Is reduced 10 a Efso hundreds In Vip<
GINA, at the late Congressional Elccysons,
Republcsnism has gained addi'icoh plumbers
10 the overwhelming majority ob@'ned III
sLc g.. -,
not least, NEw-YoRK, yes, NEw-foRK5 the
largcs, State in the Union, IN which, a, ths
kst JaN Elections, the otposcrs OF Har oad
the .fdn,inisfrotioh, boss,eG that they had car
rted eyery fhing---s gii tha, great State gem
e,a, Election has seen held. and decided wa-
jJrify of tho Electors have declared in favor
Of the AdD,inistration, and Of War fpr "FreS
7rads md Sailors Rights" And they have
J propoupced in language which cannot be miSS
translated by tories, nor friltered away by tho
I " p,iscreanf mems" of pensioned scribblors.
The voice thus uttered will be heard and
echoed throughout the United States and
its effects will be felt like like tho rocking OF
an earthquake, by the f" Friends IF England"
land a separation Of the States,) in our own
| country as well as by those who compose the
Cabinet oT ST. Jamcs, who, not cOoteW with
regulating the affnrs Of their fact anchored
Lie," Gas Mr. Pickering would say wish 10
,yrannize over every nation Oh the habisabls
| globe Boston Patriot
| YORK, THE CAPITAL OF UPpER CANADA,
| Recently taken by General DEARBonS, IL Q
place of infinitely more value and importance
than is gcncrrly imagined IN Boston. n
| brief description Of |, may not be unaccepta'
| bIe 10 our readers al this time.
liter leaving the township OF PiekerinS,
,o,, a.: .,uder the highlands OF Scarborough,
I'D srr;vs a, -. township of YonK. This
| place. which wa, the .-"a' Of the Government
Of Upper Canada, lies III aoo. s0o 90 ;.an
! NJ lat and is mos, beautifully situate. '"''.
an excellent harbor Of the same name, by
| long peninsula which embraces bason of
water sufficiently large 10 co",ain a consider.
able Aee,. Il has a navy yard, and here our
troops found friga,c or the stocks, pierced
| for 90 guns. The harbor Of York hiss th;s
| advantage over the other ports on Lake ODN
tario, that vessels may ride safely ut lis eRt
trance, during the winter.
On the extremity Of the Peninsula, which
Is called Gibraltar Point, are commodious
stores and block. houses, which command the
entrance Of tbs bgfbor on the main land
Opposite To the Point, is the Garrison, situr,.
cd on point made by the haror and small
rivoIc', which being improved by sluiccs, al
fords an easy access for boats to 60 an TO the
stores the barracks being built on knoll,
are well situated for iI,h, and com and
delightful prospect OF the Lake TO the west,
aud of the h,,bor 10 the cast. The Govern.
ment House j, sbou, two miles above the
garrison, near thc head Of the harbo-. The
front Of the cry, (for SO IL was called by
Smyth, the British surveyor general Of the
province Of Upper Canada, II years ago) is
a mile and a half in length, who speaks os
several handsome squares particularly one
open TO the hsr,or. The river Don emptics
itself into the b,rbor little above the towu,
running through bc,u,iful meadow. Tho
long beach or peninsula, like our NaIiant. Of.