The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1815-02-01
FOREIGN MISCELLANY.
FROM cSboen's Weekly kes1ser ef Oel. as.
AMERICAN WAR. u


i have, from the firs., expressed my apprehension
rs to the end Of this war. used the utmost Of uy
ead~ssors TO prevent il. While shut up in prison,
out Of which. at the end Of two long years, went
with the paying of thousand pounds to the King,
Tor having had the indscretion 10 write about the
fogging Of English local mnamen, at the town Of
Ely in England, and about the presence of Hanoye-
rian troops upon that occasion; while so shut Up,
the greatest ohec. of my efforts to prevent this
iitated war, the seeds Of which saw sown and the
maturity ot which saw pushed on by those mag.
nan: and foul wretches, the writer's of the Times
and Courier Hewspars 3. This was the way in which
lemployed my days and years Of Imprisonment my
efforts were all in vain. In vain did shew the false
hood OF the statements and the doctrines, on which
the war whoopcrs proceeded In vain did appeal
10 the reascn and justice, and even the interest
of people, deluded into sort of furor against A
inerica A, least, the war took place, and the dis
grace, which we suffered At sea, completed the mad
ness Of the nation, who seemed to have no other
feeling than that OF modification and revenge What
should the people te suffered to live should they
be suffered TO exist IN the world who had defeated
and captured British frigate should those, who
had caused the British fag ID be hauled down. rot be
extermiuated! Disappointment; astonishn,ent fury !
The n .,iou was mad. Z" "kuc Britannia" the con-
Stant call Of the boastug rbblea places Of public
resort, no longer called for with such eagerness
and was heard with less rapture. The heroes in
blue aud buff carried their heads less lofty. Their
voices seemed to become more faint, and their port
tess majestic. new seemed 10 Ieci, as men OF non-
or would, upon such an occasion. In short we all
felt, that era had taken place in the naval
mails of the world.
Still, however, the dread of the power of Napole-
on restrained many from wish to see us embarked
in war for the conquest of America. But he was
tcsrcey suodued by the combined efforts of all Eu
rope, when this whole nation called aloud for war, a
war of punishment, against the American states.
And, II was openly declared in the most popular OF
our newspapers, that We ought never to sheath the
sword, till we had subjugsted the states, or. at
least, subvertad their form of government;-The
p-rnicious example of the existence Of republic,
founded revolution, was openly decl ared 10 be
inconsistent with the safety of our government It
was, besides, distinctly aedged, that now now.
Or never, was the time 10 prevent America from ever
having navy. The necessity of destroying her
means Of having navy has since been repeatedly
urged. 1t has been stated and re-stased, that our
naval power must come TO an end Unless we
now destroy this republic root and branch. The de-
feat and capture of our feet, aud the defeat of
army and near Lake Cbamplain. (of which shall
speak more particularly bereafter) have not at all
sofiened the language Of the public prints The
Times newspaper Of the 9Th inst calls It ga lamen-
table evil TO the civilized world I" bywhicf apDea.
ton these writer's always mean kingIy governments
The writer then adds "Next to the annhilation
Of tile late military despotism in Europe the subj
VERSION Of thst system Of fraud ana magnity which
constitutes the whole policy Of the Jeficrsonian
school, was event to be devoutly wished by every
man in either hemisphere, who regards rational lib
erty, or the honorable ntefcourse OF natonss--It
was an event, to which We Should have bent, and
yet must bend all our energies The American gov.
ernment must be displaced, or It will; sooner or la.
ter, paEt its poisoned dagger 10 the heart Of the
parent state."--Soouer or later you see The gem
tcman looks into futurty. He does not even hint at
any terms of peace. fe plainly says, that we musc
dispiace the government Of America; that is TO say,
change its form and nature subjugate the country,
re.coionize it, repossess it. Now mind, the oppo-
ston prints do not find fault with this. They do not
deprecate suth an object of the war. They surpass
even their adycrsaries in exutng at the burnings
and plunderngs They find fault, that more ms
chief has not been done.
Thus, then, we see what the nation regards as The
object Of the war. l say the nation, because the
Morning Chronicle. which is the organ OF the oppo
ston, Is just as bitter against America, as are the
Times and Courier The truth is, that the only op-
position, as TO the war, will arise out Of our fail
lures. The oppositioniss Will only blame the minis
tcrs ior not having burnt more ships, plundered
more towns, and done more mischief There is, in
deed, sort Of dread of the lchgth Of the var
People are little disappointed, that Mr.. Madison
is not yet dePosed that the states have not yet Sc
parated; that Of noble families are not yet
wanted to go out as governors and captains general
20 Pennsy sylvAnia, Eew-Yofk, Massachusetts. Virgin.
Ia &c SEC. that it will require another campaign to
bring the deludcd Americans TO their senses that,
land here s the pinch) the income tax will be want
ed another years and that another loan will be want
ed But, " what 10 more year of expense at the
end Of % gears Of war And then It will give us
such lasting peace and security" Thus is fear hush
ed; and wheE, IN addition, the thought of our de-
feated and csptdred fgates comes athwart the mind,
the nccm tax is forgotten, and vengeance, war and
blood, is the cry,
Inow proceed to potics more particularly the e
vents, which have reached our knowledge since the
date Of my last article upon the subject The plum
derng Of Alexandria appears 10 have been the most
successful Of OUT enterprises The American papers
give people great credit for their emptying Of
shops the embark aton Of their contents, at whch,to
do our army and navy (especfly the 'a,er) but bare
justice. we seem to have been uncoumouly adroit.
u seems, however, that the squadron, which had
the plumber aboard, had but morrow escape in de-
scending the Chesapeake but, p!undcr there was,
and good deal of il and there can be little doubt,
that the and profit of the enterprize will act
ss great encouragement to future undertakings Of
umilar description; the only dagger being that the