The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1815-07-26


condlions and that orr safefy demanded that
we should.
IL an told, tha, these are the sayings Of
set OF foolish writer's in newspapers, my an
swer is, that have seldom seen any of these
people promulgate any political opinion with.
oul It's being, in the sequel, very clear TO me,
that it was no. in their own foolish heads that
the sentiment had been haiched. These
men are, in fact, nothing u Themselves; they
bage no principles, 20 opinions they care
Du,hing about the matter. They are The mere
tools of,hose who speak through them, whom
they not unfrequen,ly despise but from whom,
and through the means OF whom, they live
comfortably and sometimes get rich.
Upon the whole, the eiore, my Lord, Is il
not to be unprecedented, that, il we make war
upon Ftsnce for the evowed purpose OF de-
posing Napoleon, the people oi America wiz
feel strong disposition 10 take part with
France IN that war And, II they were so 10
do, have we not great cause to tear, that the
war would be extremely luxurious 10 US by ses
as we'll as by and The American priyateers,
though without port TO take shelter 10 on
this side of the Atlantic, did great misc hiei 10
our commerce even IN the Channel What,
theu, would they do if all the ports OF France
were open 10 them and shut against us ! II,
IN short,America were IN alliance with France,
what English ship unarmtd could hope to es
cape capture And, is IL 10 be hoped, that, in
such case, the skill, the discipline, ane un-
daun,ed bravery of the American navy would
not bs communicated 10 that of Ffsnce Emu
lation might do great deal towards sending
forth fleets able, in a short time, to cope with
those oI England. Really, if we wish TO keep
these two nations asunder, il appears TO me,
that we have no way of accomplishing the wish
but that OF keeping at peace.
II America wereto join France in the war,
We should, doubtless, tell her, tha, she was
acling very base part; that she had received
from us no provocalion that We had not med.
died with her that we had expressed oui
anxious desire TO live al peaco win her. But,
my Lord, might she not answer--very true;
and you have received no provoca,ion from
France, France has not meddled with you
France has expressed her anxious desire TO
1--we al peace with you and yet you have gone
tO war against France :--if, therefore, IL be
base an my part 10 make war upon you, after
you have begun war upon L ance where is
your justification for having begun ,ha, war
Besides, have yau no ally ? You boas, of hav.
ing all Europc on your side. And shall
France have no ally ? SHALL you have twenty
allies agsins, the old ally of America aud
shal! II be deemed base IN America 10 become
the only ally Of France You say that yours
is war oil hreeauion /: so is mine. You fear
,ha, NahOicon may, one day Other, ges TO
London aod you have been at Washington, at
Frenchtown, end at Alexandiis.
II is a fuvorile saving or il used to be, in
m a hat ~ bar L..b
.!oJ from Earoftaa hoAfics and gpars. Gen.
eral Washington several times expressed this
sentiment But can she DO il ! If General
Washington had seen the Congress House in
flames, the other day, and had seen our peo-
pie so busy IN packing up goods at Aexandris,
nc would, imagine, nave begun 10 think
thit II was not so easy matter TO Keep alooi
from European wGrs; aud il he had lived 10
be mode acquainted with the famous Capt.
HbNRY's exploits, | think he would have
had his doubts as TO the possibility of kee ping
alooi from European Politics Even We, in
England, say, that America should keen at
peace, though we ourselves are always at war
IN some part or ortber of the world though
there is no war, in which we have not a hand.
The truth is, that America nust take par,
in the wars and politics Of Europe. Here are
powers in Europe who can reach her, who
have colonies in her neighborhood who have
an interest, or think they have an interest, in
injuring her. They combine and cooperate
with one another; and she must form ALLAN.
ces too or she cannot be many years an indie.
pendent nation.
IL was impodcntly asserted, not long ago,
that. America bad acted Jou! part iowa, ds Us,
IN the war; and she was called an assassin,
who had attacked us in the dark, was pleas.
ed to hear, from sHeh quarter, sentiment of
obho'renee against assossins but, was dis.
pleased to hear such an act attributed TO A
meriea; because no charge was ever more
false. 1t is notorious, that America used ey-
cry effort, and made every sacrifice short of u
surrender of her independence, to maintain
peace with England and, that SO far from at
tackiog Us in the dark, she gave us notice, for
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