The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1813-07-15

~S"S~heiSa SLu POisOnSu " IHS b!itsn
Look back to tunes within The reach Of our
own memory, when eleven thousand Eve hun
drcd American. citizens were noisoaed on
board OF one British prison-ship.--ye far
riers, whilst turning up the soil Of yotis sub-
sistencc, how often 10 many of you eistutb
the blcaehed bones Of your coun,rymeh,
bdtchered by the hands of the British :. is
Britain, then, nation worthy of your imi.a-
tation docs she not furnish examples Of
the most deadly and vindictive tor,ures, cru
elites, and deaths, ever inflicted on man
The leading Federalis,s Of Rhode island,
are, in sentiment aud design, the same as the
leading British Federalisls of Massachusetts.
One impulse, one soul, and one object inpel
them 10 the same end---fhe destrnriien Of Re
fztAean i,.sfiTEtionS---so that in the storm of
rebellion they may vault into po1er--ehain
tho nation tn q despo,ism, more fatal than
Nero's, more infamous and wicked than Ca
ligula'..
But (" New- -Hamhshfre, de-Islans, Con-
necsiens, Verrsonf, .New- York, Maryland,
and many other STATES, isok IN 10 AfassachE-
sesfs for bright etan.hte ia fhis heriious and
disastrous honr."--IRdeed !----shall Massachu-
sets control the dc.,inics Of other States B.
shall she, with imperious insolehce, dictate
and give laws to the other States, free and in
dependent as herself !--Shal her Legisa-
} turc, composed of corrupt and eorruptirg
Lawyers and British Tories, with malchless
sHrontery, prescribe obedience 10 other Leg
islatures !---Nliscrablc Americans !---.she
would barter your liberties aud your persons,
with the same coldncss of feeling, as the
Russians sell their Bocrs.--whose Z" Russian
Victories" they have celebrated with feasting
and reteling--when, by a solemn Legisla-
tive act, the same British federaists have vo.
ted that "itt nor becoming a moral and re,
Ggous heohie 10 rxhress any annrebosioa Of
american military or nauat exploits q" This
blind and subservient attachment TO /" the old
who're Of BabyIon," Eoglsnd, is cs conspieu-
GUS in all their acts and designs, as the sun
at meridian day.
But what Is TO be done THE Legislature
of our State is Federal, and Il is probable
our ~ise and learned Governor will adopt a
course OF proceedings similar TO those his
master, Granny Strong, has prescribed to
him. Will you sit idle and unconcerned
spectators, and see your own destruction
completed, before you will rise and act Are
you willing 10 become again the Colonies of
Great-Britain, and yourselves and your chill.
dren, to be Tie slaves Of her power, and the
instruments of her bulcheries and crimes
Do you feel the Gre Of patriotism that famed
in the breasts OF your ancestors, and impclled
them to brave every danger, and surmount
every impeding obstacle If you do, and you
are not dead to every sense oil patriotism and
love Of country, risc--.risc in The majesty Of
your own strengthening to the constitution,
that many of you have sworn, end all are
and .s.k
with 1t. .e
If no other alternative pre.eats itself to
your view, call q State Conventions, let your
Delegates adopt ouch measures as shsll Sc
cure you the munitions Of war--thst in the
hour of necessity you may be ready to act.
Suffer not yourselves to be dupcd with pre-.
te0tions--the enemy is within your camp,
Watching your movements with an eagle eye;
and according to your supinsness or energy,
depends your happiness or your misery. De
prepared 10 meet and resist the storm, and
bury the authors and instigators Of your ru-
in, under the cala,nitlcs, they so insidiously
prepared for your subiugalon, or leave to
them naked country, presenting nothing
but "J,Tghfui waste" Then, and no, be-
fore, will you be worthy descendants of those
immortal patriots, who, with force of arms,
snatchcd you from British bondage and Brit
iso crueltics. -k-
Ey the latest accounts from the ". w. Army We
icarn that 1t Col Boerstcr, with five hundred and
seventy American troops had surrendered 10 the
enemy, at Beaver Dams.-( Tor want 0f room we arc
Obliged to omit particulars till next week.
by last accounts from Gen. Tiarrison's army, We
learn that the British meda,ed another attack upon
Fort Me'ss, and that ne was prepared to give them
another warm reception.
Coin. Cbauncey, With the squadron under his
command, has sailed from Sackets narbor.
Four hundred infantry, under Col. Ctr
TIso, have marched from Grcenbush for the
Frontiers. -~-
CONG GRESS. o~
The House Of Representatives are seri.
ousIy sod in,cntly engaged in the discussion