The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1815-01-25


every other quarter Of tie g.opc As Ncl.
as in that, SO greatly depends. q War
IN Europe. to which Great Britain with
her floating thunder, and other maritime
powers, are always parties, has long
been found to spread its calamities into
the remotest regions. Even the United
States, just and pacific as their poicy is,
have not been able to avoid the s'tona-
tive of either submi,tir. to the most de
structive and ignominious wrongs from
European beliigerents, or OF asserting
them by an appeal to the sword; or, to
speak more properly, no other choice
had been left to them, but the time of
making the appeal /; it being evident that
a submission too long protracted would
have no other effect than to encourage
and accumulate aSSgressions, until they
should become. altogether intolerable |;
and until the loss of honor being added
to other losses, redress by the sword it.
self would be rendered more slow and
difhcuk.
In this point of view, the eyes Of the
United States are naturally turned 10 the
Congress Of the great potentates at vi
. emma, the object OF whose deliberations
is understood to be, such an equilibri-
urn of power, and such sytem of pol
icy as may promise lasting peace to Eu-
rope, and promote justice and peace
thro,, erl,o,t the vv,rid
Il, wishing for such result, the U.
States although consulting their own in
terests, are lar from considering it as adj
verse to the true interests of the nation
with whic!, they now happen to be at
war.
Her facilities fbr making war, her ex-
emption from the suferings Of war, ard
her consequent temptation to rush into
state Of war, are certainly without ex-
ample in any other nation.
While the command Of the sea cha
bles her to Invade the most distant coun-
tries, to ravage and destroy their most
assaillable districts, and to spread alarm
and distress among every age and sex Of
the inhabitants, the wooden walls which
surround her, leave the repose Of her
own inhabitants undisturbed. Never
participating themselves in their slllfer.
ings, they are tile less touched with them
when befallipg their friends and have
nothing of tha. sympathy which is due
to the suflerings of their enemies. They
can read Of the distant burning of towns
and pl,indcr Of individuals, ard even of
the massacres and torturcs of the toma-
hawk and scalping knife, without any of
thos feelings which their own Liability to
similar inchrsions would awaken. The
alarm Of privateer's crews landed or
the British shores, has been einexpii6cde
What would be the effect OF a band OF
savagcs, such as she employs on our in
land frontiers, tomahawking and scalp
ing the women and children near Liver
pool or Bristol
Whilst again other nations find 1t diff
fcult to provide the pecuniary means for
commencing wal, ,and are quickly check
cu Oy tnat ullHCultv III carrying II OF, ".
Britain is under no embarrassment Of
that sort.
Such is iler credit and such her capi-
tai, honorable doubtless to sound max
inns in her political economy, that with
tax Of four or five pounds, she can
spend a hundred; and such her fesour-
ces and system Of revenue, that the great
est part of the tax is SO disguised as
scarcely to be knowri to those who pay
it. And such, finally, is the superiority
of her capital in trade and her prcdomi-.
nance on the ocean, that she levies con-
tributions on the whole commercial
world, and not unfrequentIy more in
time of war than at other times. /.
These facilities and advantages for war