The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1816-12-11
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There has been circulated IN France IN MAJ,
uscript, letter from the Dey of Alple,,
In answer TO Lord Exmou,h's proposs'
The following is a literal ttsnsls,ion oil j.,
Our correspondents guarantee, jis Ei,alu'.
ness, though he does hot voueh for The al
theG,ci,y OF the original. He adds, ,.,ha, };
the letter is gent.ine, il /. undoubtedly Ms
Performance OF one OF the French enS,h.
GERS 10 the ser,iee Of the Dey.
Letter from rae Dey qT.flsiers 10 rae Bri,y. I:
.sdrnira. Lord ErssomA.
HAVE read the letter thou hast sent II, Is
this snOtning. Il has been delivered 10 me
BY thy oSicep. ! ka7e sommunics,ea Il t,
the bearded men Of my Divao. They hats
advised me 10 write thee thus
Al tho audience gsvc thee the las, lin
thou vast in my seas, thou didst tell the, tho,
thy King has grown old and crazy iin,,
now, that thou has spoken the truth. None
but madmsn could have given thee The or
ders thou art Charged with.
For almost threeahundred years. Algistn
has been a, peace with Englsnd Som,
slight disputes have occurred, but they we're
speedily made up, because each Of No mind.
ed only has own business. Bit thy presep,
King has taken il into his crazy head 10 tneG
die with the concerns Of oil ns,ions, and "a
be more attentive 10 the sfiairs Of his neigh.
bore than TO his own. lilo has ruined bis
kingdctn, aDd intends now TO ruin me. MS
predecessor has lent his ear too often to thJ
iusinuaiions Of the English consul. I have
paid deadly for IL. II is time to put STOP
TO It. Ny bearded men have begged me q
tell thee my mind freely.
In The year 1904, according to Tho chriss
| tian reckoning, Thy brother, Admiral Nelson;
Came 10 .AlSers. lie wanted to reinstato III
the oflco oi English consul, Seignor Fdiroh,
who had been sent away for having scdueed
Turkish women. The Dey refuscd It, anA
he did we'll. he designed to make Briiisii
ships refuge for our slaves. The Dey re-
fused it too, and he did we'll. Admiral Mel
son told him, that the King Of Sweden haI
joined England in the war against Prants;;
| that all ,he powers OF Europe were sbciit do.
ing the same, aud lie advised him 70 declare
wsr agaiEs, Bonsperic. This too ives rsfus.
~e' t* ne Dcy, and the Grand SuItss, Of Con
s,snnor'e, my powerful and inylncible fhsi
scf, approved of his eonddcs. The foltnwints
! year the tcaowped Bonapsrtc sent his brctbcr
| 10 higiers' ''orraaucm the liberty Of the Gen.
| oesc slaves. who lad become nj. ~.1h;s~s.s
They were g,veh op. Three years after.
wards Ne demanded tho remainder Of tho
Piedniontcsc and Genoese slaves, and he OBJ
tanned them TOO. A thmor was spread, ,thu,
nc @ou!d also ak lsr the liberty of the Ner.
politan slaves, as his sister was Queen Of Ma.
pies. The English consul then said u my
predecessor, that no had acted ~ o weak oo-
bearded man in giving up the Gcnoese end
piedmontese slaves, but shst he would be
looked upon as downright fool. IT he sbodd
release the NeapolilaaA too. He positively
asserted that Bonspsrie had entered inio
secret tresty with the Emperor Of Russia 10
make ths conquest Of the whole northern
coas, Of Africa that there was no safety for
Aiglers but 10 declare war against bin, and
to enter into close alliance with Thy Kieg.
At first my predecessors did not listen TO him,
bot by unwearied solicitations and considers
bic presents, he vas induced 10 grant TO thy
nation very important commercial priyiIeger,
to forbid in his harbors tbs sale of prize
brought in BY French eorssifs, and 6nslly ,n
begin hos,ilitics with Ameries, with whoir
thy King expected to be sooD al war.--Thop
knowest how fatally that var has ended fpt
me for Il Is the Cause OF my present trotia
bles. knd now lot me ask thee, what cent
dencs esn place in the professions Of ,hy
|, King, who declares himself tho protector IL
all christians, while only Few .esrs ego he
blamed our Deys for sitting christian slave,
at liberty, strongly recommended not to lib
crate the Nespoitans whom, no now claim
was continually instigstinE us to gar wit.
the chrisiians Of Frunce snd Italy, end ever
succeeded 10 bringing on q rupture bctween
Algiers aud the American christians. Thor
wilt answer me, that Thy King Is mad. Bs'
it is strange that n,adman should rule owe
ps,ion and pity thee, who hast cSdeI-
taken to execute his orders. s.
now como 10 THO subject Of thy letter
I. Is written in the Koran, and every thinu
that Is glorious 10 God and useful to nnen i
writes in that book" To the weary trsvel
ler and the needful vsndefer open. thy house
and thy purse, but when thou deslest in bus;-
ness, le, no, thy righ, hard give, without ID :
left receiving the like" Thy King asks msny
things at my right hand, bu, he puts nothing
in my Jeff he requires me 10 do grea, dssl,
bet he win do nothing he requests me TO r.
nounec righ,s, which we have exereised Co
\ three hundred years, bu, he oEsrs not TO &c