The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1816-12-11

haye not commanded that massacre, and /
an ready to puaish its perpetrators. But
thy king must promise me to punish tho En-
Slishmen who last year split the Christian
Blood in the bsgnio prison1 of Dartmoor.
A, Bona, Musseimen killed Christians AT
Dartmoor, Christians killed Christians. My
governor OF Bona killed my enemIes, who
had come there under tho covel Of the Fog
lsh flag. Captain Shorthand murdered tho
Americans, with whom thy king had made
peace three months before. His crime Is
moro 'sorrid. But to prove to thee my love
Of justice, will give thee with my right hand
lhe governor Of Bora, and the men who act
ed under his orders, and thou must put io,o
my left, captain Shorthand snd his men. Thy
king will be gamer in the bargain, for he
viii deliver his kingdom from the greatest
monsters who ever infested the earth.
Thy king requests me not to make slaves
OF Christians. How dare he ask from me
what he himself refssed TO grant to the Ame-
rieans I am well Informed that during his
late wars with France, he kept in slavery
several thousand Americana, with whom he
was then At peace, compelled them to fight
on board his ships, had them baslinadoed il
,hsy refused TO war against their christian
brethren, starved them in prison, and at last
had them shot down like rabbits AN we'll
informed that ne refused to promise in his
late treaty with the Americans TO abstain
from such crueltics. know too that for ten
years he refused TO exchange the French
prisoners, and obliged thousands Of them by
starvation and ill.treatment TO enlist under
his Gag. The Deys Of Algiers have mover
inddc slaves but OF those against whom they
had declared war |; their slaves were as well
fed as tho Musscimen; never has one been
put cruelty TO death, never has one been forc-
ed 10 fight against his christian brethren.
The request Of Thy king shall be granted the
chcistians, whom the fortune Of war may bring
into my hands, shall be treated and cxchang-
I'D a. prisoners Of war. But thy king must
promise me The same he must solemnly en-
gage not 10 take American sailors from their
ships, and 10 feed aud treat ms prisoners we'll
sut above all, he must swear that he will not
refuse their exchange uoder frivolous pre-
texts, and tha, he will not suffer them TO be
stsrved or murdered in. his bsgnios lprlsons.
This will be d bitter pill to swallow for Thy
king, for am told, that his Vlziers minis.
ters1 have made him believe, that the exis.
tence Of his throne depends on these unjust
proceedings bai l viii have the like for the
like. Treaties must he reciprocal, or they
eve built on hill OF sand.
Thy king requires me to refund him tho
tribute have reccived this year from chris
tian kings for tho free nayfgauou or my seas.
Has not nc en-, istign king, exactcd tribute
from hla chris,iAn bve,h.e~ for The free navi-
cation of the ocean Did no not, in the year
1903. compel ncutral sbiPs q" cah III ms mar
s..-- ~u1 pay 10 him trlbu,e Has bo hot sold
them, at a high Price, his passports liicen-
Geo Has he not, uader the pretexl OF mari
l.,y r.A
but 10 the brains Of his Cadz, [jujses1 OBJ
bed all nations OF milioas Of properly { Ha.
he not declared oil Europe and America IN a
state of blockade Has he no, confi,cated the
neutral ships trading 10 those countries and
sold their cargocs Has he not been enabled,
with that money, TO carry on his wars against
France Ifthou canst shcw mo ,ha, one Of
any Rars Ccaptsins has insuted the flag Of .
nation with whom was at peace, aud taken
goods or persons from a neutral ship, even
knowing tha, such persons were my enemies,
end thc goods their property; il thou cans.
shew me single instance, swear to have tho
Rails empalcd In less than half an hour. Can
thy king boast of 40 much justice Has he ev-
or punished any Of his captain for their viola.
ton OF the neural flag I Has not thy king, in
his first war agsinss the French republic, con-
ceivcd tho cruel de.igo TO starvc France into
subm,s.ion, by wagins war against the aged,
tho poor, tho women and children Has not
the great, the only God punished him for it,
by giving him, in seven years, (from i7s4 to
Ieoo) FIVE scan,y harvests +! Did he not, ia
thc year 1908, make war against the sick, by
prohibiting the importation into Europe of
very useful medicine, which they call jesuits
bark Has the great, the only God not pun
ishcd him for il, by letting, the following
year, $4,000 of his soldiers miserably perish
in tho marshes Of Holland, for want of tha,
very medicine Ifthou csnst prove to me
that ono Of ous Deys has been guilty OF such
cruclties, I will spit on his tomb and curse
rho soil that sovers his bones. But s thy
king has declared himself my encmy, 1t is
lawful for mo to make great profits with him.
] win give thee, with my tient hand, all the
money which for fifty FIVE years the Deys Of
,Algisrs hare received as tribute from chris
tan powers, and thou must pu, toto my left
tho whole amouat of what thy king, during
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