The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1813-05-13

improvements TO make nation 20 10 war
they regarded ii as madness 10 suppose, thar
Il nation would suspend its commercial gains
for single hour, for the sake Of few thou
sands Of men Impressed by foreign power.
|, however, knew the disposition Of the tree
people OF America better | had heard the
declaration OF The Congress on the subject
| knew that that body, whose seats are not
bought and sold, spoke the voice'of the peo-
pie /; and upon this ground, together with
other grounds that need not be particular IN
namine, l founded my assurances to the man.
uiaciures, that tho repyal Of the Orders III
council would not answer the end they expec-
ted from it, and could noi help, must con-
iess, feeling some slight degree of anger
gains, the manufacturing bodies, when l saw
them meeting TO vote thanks TO Mr. Broug-
ham, without taking the smallest notice vi
my incessant efforts TO prevent that desutc-
ZION of their hopes, which saw would
speedily tread upon the heels of their exulta-
tion,--However, tins feeling has long been
extinguished in my breast, and only regret
that am without the power OF ahordiDg any
portion of assistance to the pool suffering
wretche, in the manufacturing districts.
To return now to the debate. Lord Castle
reaS h talks Of concessions moie TO America
in the repeal of The Orders in Council.
have often shown, that there was, according
TO the settled laws and usages of nations, no
concession at all May, there was, according
to our own doctrine according to our own
part of the correspondence, no concession
made TO America.--The thing is shown as
clear as day light, in two words We all a.
long avowed, that, in themsefVes considered,
our Orders in Council were violation Of the
neutral rights OF America; but, we asserted,
that they were justified by the violation oi
those same rights committed by Napoleon ;
and VIC declared that We would cease our VIC
ialion the moment France ceased hers
France did cease /; we had, according 10 our
own declaration, proof tha, France had ceas-
ed before We male the repeal. We then
ceased but, put 1t TO the common .ehse
of the reader, whether this cessation ought
10 be called CONCESSION--Thus, ac-
corGing TO our own doctrine /; according to
our own diplomatic correspondence accord
ing TO our own more solemn acts, the orders
themselves and the Declaration Of rcpaa !;
according to ali these, we made NO CON-
CESSION at AL 10 America.--Why, then,
taiA about concessions II may have an et
America, where the government Ca govern
ment chosen by and resting upon The free and
unbought voice of the p-ople) have con-
stantly protested against our orders in Coun-
Gil as an open and gross violation of the known
and acknowledged tights of America, and as
receiving not shadow of justification from
The violent and unjust conduct Of France
To talk, therefore, of concessions, seems 10
me to be something into!erable but 10 eS.
pect that the people Of America would, a!,cr
the solemn declaration Of Congress to the
contrary; 10 expect that they would disarm up
on our ceasing to violate one Of their rights,
while sul more grase subject OF corpla;nt
existcd;to entertain sue an expectation as this
appears unaccountabe upon any olher supoo-
sl,oD than thai Of Our ministers and members
OF parliament being wholly deficient in knowl-
edge relative the opinions and feelings Of
the American people, and tie means Of the
American government. besides, there was
another consideration connected wiih the re-
peal OF the Orders in Council and that was,
that, by the repeal We merely renounced our
intention to cease 10 violate night. We said
nothing sbou, compensation for the past
This was very material for it was impossi.
ble that j, should be overlooked BY the Amer
icau government, without an abandonment Of
all the principles upon which had rested the
Orders in Council! also pointed this out at
the time, for which l was treated as fool
and friend of France by Scotch newsps-
per. The manufacturers Of Paisley. will, by
his time, have discovered, TIA: was bet
ter friend of England than their impudent
coun,ry.pen, and that lorcsaw an obstacle
10 peace which had escaped the eyes Of both
the parties in parliament for, Lord Castle
reagh now tells Us, that such compensation
was demanded as preliminary to cessation
OF hostiIties The Orders in Council" he
said, !" were n97c wholly out Of the question,
by The overture for an srmistice on both sides;
on, even on the ground of the rcpca! Of the
Orders in Council,,he American government
,ad pressed the matter SO far, and 10 such a
temper, a, TO admit of no anicable arrange