The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1813-02-25

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take Us under bis royal pl o.e..i5s No. sir
history wsnld shew thst this was nc, a propcr
plan 10 pave The way to peace with Enslsnd.
He would consider The propo.i,ion of the gen.
iiemsn, II adopted, degradation 10 The ma
'ion' and sooner than submit TO il he would
inrego all advantages to be derived from a
un'on oi sentiment. lie would continue the
war until ihe latest period OF his life. and b;s
parting breath should be spentin admoni,hinr
bis chiidrcn to continue the contest. Was;,
possible iha'we could suffer our native born
cei'izens to be seized by a foreign government
IN violation OF every right either human or di.
vine E'tn IN the worst and most degraded
periods OF The histories OF Greece and ROME,
such an injury would not have been tolerated.
There IL WAS considered honorable and gIori-
Gus TO die for ones county. But here self
intercs',the predominating vice of civilized So
ciety, bad seized upon the hear, and frozen up
It's most generous sentiments. The love of
gaia colrup,s and yi,iates The best PRINCIPLES
OF msn's nature, and we are 10 exhibit our
selves 10 the present generation, and 10 pos,c-
rity, as the standing and solitary monumen, of
nation free and unwilling 10 assert her
righ.s-of people jealous OF their liberties,
and reluctant to yindicate their honor. Yes,
sir (said he) lngiorionsiy abandon this contest,
and we should become "a Fixed figure Tor tho
hand OF Scorn 10 poiui It's slow and moving
finger al" Why did we love the government
under which we lived Because of the bless
iDgs IL was calculated TO bestow on usand our
descendants. Because it threw around the
properly and liberty of the citizen the mantle
OF ts protection Would gentlemen remove
this sat, guardand throw the liberty and person
al security ot the citizen open TO the violation
OF every country ythat felt disposition toinfrin-
sc on our rights lie hoped not. He had too
high an opinion OF the principles which perva-
ded The country at largeto suppose such step
possible.
j. had been said by gentleman from Con-
nectlcut, that an ingenious catalogue of the
causes which had produced the war, had been
drawn up, and that it was folly to have gone
10 war until the cause of il was felt by every
man in the nation. For his par, he could no,
see that much ingenuity was required 10 dis
cover that our vessels had been pillaged-thas
our, citizens had been seized by British press
gangs--and if he had not discovered il before
thar ingenious" catalogue was made out, he
had much smaller portion of ingenuity than
he had supposed him 10 possess. He would
ask him If the orders in council wore no, felt
N every part of the country! Did not the
eastern states feel them in the depression Of
their commerce and navigation Did not the
southern and middle states feel them in the
reduced prices of the productions of the
soil
Mr.. Archer declared that notwithstanding
the clamor Of French influence and Frenchal-
lance, he felt no apprehensions upon that sub
lect, as he was we'll convinced it was not the
intention or wish ofour government to engulph
Us In the nnfathomabe vortex OF European
wasfa,c. One word to the gentlemen from,
New York MIR. Gold and he had done. Il
had been considered by him as most unfor-
unate circumstance that We should be engag-
ed in war with Great Britain when Russia
was struggling for her independence. The
most amicabie relations existed, i, was true,
between Russia ADD the u. S. /; but would the
gentleman have us on ,ha, accoun, to submit
to every species Of indignity from the ally Of
that power ? He behcld with as much detes-
tation and adherence the conduct Of the
French emperor as any man could possibly dc.
His ambitious progress was every were mar
ked with blood. The vengeance Of Heaven, he
trusted, would arrest him in his career TO uni
versal conquest and dominion. The present
condition of Russia, although her people
groancd under drspotism of the most unre-
lenting nature, must excite the sympathy OF
every man in this country, because she was
conlending for her ndependence--and he
in which she was now engaged, but that her
triumph would protract the restoration OF
peace To his own country.