The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1816-02-21

| csscJ ander regulators sanctioned hr ne as
| 9ni snd usage Of all, il was ,toueLl TIA; lhe
doub, nigh claim some consideration. Be.
Who an l7s5, could foresec The rapid depray-
| iiy which was 10 render the slose Of that cen
tHry sissrsceto tic hiso OF civilized So.
deiyi Who could have inep;rt4 thai tic
, i1o mosi distinguished in iLe rank Of ne
lions, TOR scirnef and tfJlfzai-a, would.havc
suddenly cescended f,om ihsl honorable e.,.
ircnce, nnd seliing al defiance al those MORT
laws established by The Au,hos of Nature be-
tree nation end nayioo, as between man sI.a
man, wouId cover esrlh and sea with rcbbe4-
les and pifacies, merely beeause srehk
enongh 10 do 1t with -tfmhoral imapniiy,
and that under this dsbsnG me n, OF nations
Eorn soeia! order, WE should hsve been des-
Pviied CT thousand ships, and have thoe-
sands .! our etizsns reduced 10 Algerine
slavery And all Ihis has Iaken place. The
Br'i:sb interulcted 70 our vessels all harbors
OF the globe, without having FIRST proceed
ed 10 some one or hers, there paid "a tribute
ptoPor'Ioned 10 the cargo, ard ob,ained her
Heense TO proceed tosthe port OF des,icaacn.
The Fresrh Geclsrcd'thcrR to be lawful pIizo
if they had touched At the port, or been visit
ed by ship .el tho enemy nation. Thus
were we coaaIefeiy .s.rcitded frcu, the ocees.
Compare this siaissof things with that Of
'e5, aud say whether an opinion founded. Il.
the circumstances ofYhat day can he fairly sp-
piled TO those Of the fresens. We have exps-
rienced what We did noi ithenbelieycthat there
did exis, both hrefisaey and Totrer enough
"a exclode The Unted States from ihe field Vt
intercourse with other DaliGns. we thete-
fore have right to conclude, that 10 be inds-
hendent Jor rte comforts Of l,fe spe n7ust fa6-
yicafe Them ourseives. We mus, now place
the Manufacturer By the side Of tie dgricut-
furiss The question of 'S5 is suppressed,
or rather assumes new form.-1he dues
ton is, shall rce '0nn/detnre cur o7pn COM
forts, or 90 ryithon them at the uiH of q for
sign nation He therefore who Is now sga:nss
domestic manufactures, must be for reducing
Us 70 drfend0nce on .Aat nation, or be cloth
ed Ia skins, and TO live like wild beasts in
deos s0d caverns. AN NOT ONE OF YyEs&.
Experience has taught me that manufactures
are now as necessary 10 our independence q,
TO our oomiort--snd If those who qgo.c nc
as CT different opinion. will keep pace with
me in purchasing nalhing foreign, where en-
equivalent OF domestic iabi ic CAP be o5ieinet,
without regard TO difference OF price, il viii
not be our fault j! we do not soon have sup
ply q, home equal 10 our de mand, and ,wres,
thet weapon OF distress from tho hand which
has so long wentony welded il. IF il shall
be proposed 10 go beyGnd our ewn supply,
the question Of 's5 will then Iecur, viz:
W,ll our sRrfins labor be then more bent Gei-
ally employed Ia the couture OF The earth, or
in tho fabrica,ions Of ar, We have time yes
for consideration, before that question viii
press upon us /; and the maxim tc be applied
will depend'on the circumstances which shall
thep exist--For in so complicated a science
as political economy, no one axiom can bc
laid down es wise end expodient for ell times
and circumstances. 1naucn,ion 10 this is
what has called for this explanation to answer
lhe eavils 2f the uncandid, who use my for
mer opinion ooly as a stalking hose TO keep
VS. 10 eternal vassalage TO a foreign and W.
friendly ns,iun.
salute you with assurances of srea, res.
pect and esteem,
g- TIL: JEFFERSON.
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