The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1816-10-09

10 draw bis sword or raisc lis voice in the
Cause of Freedom. Ills ambition is equa}ed
only By his ssaricci while his successes will
only be nombetsd BY ihe historian as so mary
exploits in favor oil despoism. What 40 G.
buse OF terms TO compare him with onr Wash.
ing,on, the enemy Of tyranny and the father oi
civil aud religious libeuy.f The one viii be
held up as model for future ages, while tho
other viii be execraied by Posteriiy. z
PARIS, November 10th, 1915.
Nh Lonp--I have read, with mixture of
indignation and rcgrcr, your letter TO Lord
Castieresgh you aiicmptto justify tho
sackihg of the Museum at Paris. You fghs
better than you write, my Lord, though tho
principles which sctuate you in both appear
10 be the same~--to distress others, and fatien
upon their spoils e>
You have admitted that these monuments
are the trophies of former victories and per-
NIT me 10 say, that, as such, they ought to have
been held sacred by soldier. They were tho
rights and fruit OF coDquests, nay more, they
we're given and received in diminu,ion of rho
calarni,ies and contributions Of war; they we're
ss much the psPpery of the French nation a.
the isle Of Malls is gem the British crown.
You say the convention of 1918 made NO
provision for them. Had that instrumens
bsen so worded as TO preserve them,
you would no doubt have said, with all tho
subiiisy Of English nro6iiy and hsiiey, ttne
such clause was of no avail, from the ille~
gi,imscy Of the provisional government.
But what ssys the eonventlon Of l8l4f
Thar oil rhe monuments Of Paris shaH be res
rsefed." Do circumstances alter the case
OF do you feel that you de- not, a. an ally, owe
a. much to Louis XVIII now, as you did then
--or has the weight of his misiortunes Ies-
sened your commiserstion for this sfficied,
venerable monarch! Fie, my Lord! you
weigh the finest sentiments OF tho human
heart rather by tho depreeisted scales off
London merchant, than by the noble feelings
ofz soldier, or the generosity Of an ally. You
have taken from victory its sswafa--fIon, q
nation It's ornaments. You have transported
the arts from geoial cline, 10 the smoke Of
London, or the frozen zone Of the north and
though you strive hard, 20 q conqueror, to
pass uhstsined With the crime of blood, you
appear TO court the crime Of treason. Yes-~
treason, my lord You stole into the cspIraR
under the unsuspeeted character offriend and
champion, and, after 6efraying Us, retired
with that Of plundsrer!-" Like physician
whs comes TO euro us Of the plague, while he
engsndsrs the lepfosy seeming from his own
ulcers" You have been caliedtht washing.
ton Of the age bat tha, hero would have sup.
ported and followed his friend 70 The slter--s
while you, my Lord, would Dor only abandon
bot drag him 10 it. Ii 10 in the power ofthA
mssnest 10 triumph over fallen grsreness :
bur high and elevated minds soar above such
deprsvity.--.You have forgotten, or never
learnt, my Lord" that he eobqusrs twies
who conquors in victory"
But, admitting that II was neces5iry for yoy1
to attempi TO justify interpreting your authssi-
~, in favour Of these ehamhionk Of The sieAAe
Of mca, these maEasnifn ours aiiros, why, kSke,
urging all In your power, 10 pAHiate your ru-
justice, that you might escape ccnsufe--whY
carry your animosily toward Us so fsr ~ 10
seek TO punish what you arc pleased to style
our arrogance s-This, my lord, is the very
quintsseencs Of arrogance. And then
morals, too, must receive lesson. An En."
glishman teaching morality 10 the French ma
tion, and that, too, in a letter to the na,ed
Zarir9t, Lord Csstlercsgh! Pray, my lord,
whore did you imbids these lessons Of mos
ral,y? On the shores of the Gapgcs, or tho
plains Of Hindostan where millions of soulsy
with their legitimate soueregns, have been
immolated, 10 satin,e the thirst Of B,hish
dominion-From the monks Of Spain, whom
you assisted to raise the funersl pile,
and turn tho Inquisitorial whesi, TO ensIase eG
subdus their fellow subjects-Or from ,bo
conisgra,ion Of Copenhagen, or Washing-
tsn---ihe crimes of Hsmp,sn, or KingsIon~-
tue revolving scenes Of the Chesapeaks--ihe
black hole Of Calcutta--op from the desoIs,ing
destructive policy which hangs over, and
preys upon, your Matte country, frsland z
Bu, will 60 no farther--you have retrieved,
my lord, the character Of Napolean, by tho
relief you hare given it. Sou have btouBhs
into full view the odious policy Of your gos-
ernmeat, the Invetsrsts foe OF the scpose OF
Europe. You have attempted 20 degrade
our country and disgrsce her citizens; and
since you could ns,t, with, your imperial ca
giles aad royal vol,ures, dismembet and de-
YOUR France, you have sought to re'ard ner
| resurrection. That resurrecuen w.li one GAY
men, o.. yours and their crimes. IN the
mean s,me. nv lord, il will be said of The con.