The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1813-04-29
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From Cs56ens Register, Of January ID. 1873
TO THE. PRINCE. REGENT ON
THE DISPUTE WITH AMERICA.

TO THE PRINCE REGENT ON
THE DISPUTE WITH AMERICA.
SIR-During the two years that was i'm.
prisoned in Newgate, for writing aud publish
ing an article upon the aogging Of cenain
English militamen, at Ely, in England, under
the superintendence OF German troops, and
for which writing and publishing !, besides
paid your royal highness ine OF a thousand
pounds, in behalf Of your royal sire during
tha, time en6eavored in various why's, 10
expate my offence, but in no way mote
slrenuously than in trying to dissuade you
from yielding TO advice, which, as thought
would, if followed, produce q war with the
American states. The consequence, which
l so much dreaded, and which labored with
so much earne.tness 10 prevent, has unhap-
PLY taken place and, though it may be OF
no service, though my efforts may s,iH be
unavailing--nay, though may receive abuse
instead Of thanks for my pains, ! cannot &C.
frain--the love bear my own country, and
the regard shall ever bear great part Of
the people Of America, will not suffer me 10
refrain from making one more trial to con-
vince your royal highness, that the path OF
peace is still fairly open with That country,
and that pacific measures arc the only mea-
sures which ought even SOW TO be pursued.
In one OF my letters To your royal highness
i cndeavored to convince yo0, that 1t was TO
the base, the pros,itated press OF England,
that we were likely to owe this war point
ed out to your royal highness the means re.
sorted TO by that press in order TO deceive the
people OF England and ] expressed my
apprchcnsions, that these means would sue.
cced.-Tha. press, that vile and Infamous
press, which is the grea, enemy Of the liber-
ties of Europe and America as well as of
England, was incess in its efforts 10 cause
II to be believed, that in no case, would the
American government dare to so to war. II
asserted that America would be totally ruin
ed by six months Of war that the people
would pot pay the. taxes necessary TO carry IL
on that the president for only barely talking
oi war, would be put oat OF his chair that
the /" american naUy," as il was called by
way Of ridicule, would be sSveht iron, The
ocean in q month :" and that, in short, war
with America was thing for Englishmcn to
laugh at subject of jest and moekcry.
This was the style and tone OF the hreling
press in London, and, with very few exccp-
tons, the country prints followed the stupid
and insolent example. Events have already
shown how false all these assertions were
and now, as is its usual practice, this same
corrupt press is pouring forth new jaisehoods
with view OF urging on the war, and OF re-
lopciIing the people to its calamities.
1t was my cndeavor TO show your royal
highness the real state Of the case. sad,
that the people of America, though wisely
averse from war, as the great source Of taxa
ton and loss of liberty, would nevertheless,
submit % its Inconvenience rather than sub
NIT to the terms which i: was recommended,
in our hirelng prints, to impose upon them.
II begged your royal highnsss TO disbelicye
those, who said that the American govern
ment dared not 10 60 war, and that Mr.Mad-
ison would not be reelected. ! besought
you to reflect upon the consequences OF rush
ing into a war with that county, amongst
which consequences included the forming
OF a great naval jsrec on the other side OF
the Atlantic, and the not less fearful measure
OF manning French Reef svifh american sai-
lore. Our hired presses affect 10 turn into
jest proposition said to have been made by
the President for the building Of fvensy FRI
gafes. II he has made that proposition, bow
ever, sod, If the war continue only one year.
your.royal highness will End that the twenty
frigates are launched upon the ocean. The
ignorant and saucy writer's in Lonlon, wbo
live up to their lips in luxury, an whose
gaiss arc nos at all dependant upon he pros
perity Of the country these men :are not
how the pcople AufYer-Their object 10 10