The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1823-12-11

ard tbei " spres'ed % te crrdueftd ~ H.''+
ifsordins,y mcde slirn rec d ,ca,c,.y ~.
remarked, That tbe Iesv,, has been, % To-,
ve'y oiff-ieut iIoIp What vss shsn sDiIcips-
ted. OF e,rn's 10 met qus.ier a 'he gl,be,
with which We have 60 much intercourse, sni
from which We csiiye our Origin, We have
slSsys been spxious and irlerss,ed spee,s or.
The ciizsps OF the ULaed States chs,f.n
sentiments the most fiendy, IN lsvo' 1t ths
liberty and hoppiness OF their fellow uen ON
that sIde oi the Atlantic. ln the was Of tho
Europesn poees, IN nsi,efs Iels'rg TO
themselves We have never taken sny part, nor
does IL compori with our policy W 10 do. 1.
Is only wbe0 our ijghts ere invaded. or teri-
ously mensted, that wo resent Tjuries, or
make preps,sIions for cur defence. VIM
tho movements ~ this hemisphere, we s,e,
of necessity, moro imme ditisl y conne
and by causes which n,Ut be tbvious 10 eli
enlightened end impartial observers. TITO
political sys,em OF the allied powers, 10 essen.
tally different, in this respeci, fIom that of
America. This difference proceeds fo,u
that whichtxis,s in their respective govern.
meD's. And 10 the defence OF our own.
which has bess achieved by the loss Of so
much biocd and uessUre, end insured by Tho
wisdom Of ,beir most enlig htened ciliz.ns.
and under which we have enjoyed unexsn..
pied felicity, this v hole Dsiion Is deyoreo
We owe it therefore to csndo', end 10 Tho
smicsbie relations exisube between the Uni.
ted Sisies and those pows,s, 10 declare ih.t
we should considei any attempt on ihei, pare
10 extend their sys,em Ia any POI tion OF ',hi,
hemisphere, ss doBee'ous TO Gu, peace aed
ssiey. With the existing colonis. or deper-
depcies Of cry European power, We have not
in'erie'ed aod shsll no. interfere. Bu, v.h
the governments Who haze declared heir in.
dependence, and ms'n' einei 1t, aud whose in.
dependence We have, on gcoat consids 'o,or..
spd on juN principles, acknowledged, ws
eoold not viiw sgv ioterposilion 10, The pur-
pose Of oppressirg ,hen, OF controlling. in
sny Other manner, their destiny. Ly sny Eu-
ropern power, in sny 0tber light than ss tho
Manifestation Of sn unfisndy disposition 10.
wards INC United Sia,es. in tho va. bes
'weeh those new governments and Spain, vo
declared our neousliiy ~ The time cf their
recognition, sod 10 this ws have sdhcied, IT'S
sbai! conunue to sdhers, provided no eistec
shall occur, which, in ,he juds mtni oI ,hs
competent authorities Of ihis gOyermsh',
shaii mskc corresponding chpnee, on he
pst Of the tinted States, indispensable 10
their secu'iiy,
Fhe late events in Spain spd To.,cgsf.
shew 'hs, Europe is suli unsettled. OF This
important iset, NO strcrge, proof COD be ed.
duced, Than that The shied powers should
hate thought It proper, ou'Sry principle set
islscto'y to themselves, 10 have iaie posed.
by force, in the internal cooeet rms cf SPAN.
10 what extent sueh ip,e, posi- ion nsy be
carried, on tho same ptiocipie, 10 0 qyes,iors
in which all independent powers, whose gov
srnments differ from ,heI's, sie ipitrestds
even those most remote, and surely ncDs
moro So than The United States. Ous polieyv
~ regard 10 Europe, vb,ch was ado pied al en-
estly s,ags OF the wa's which have SO long
sgits,ed thai Quarter Of the globe, bevet,he-
less &c mains The sssne, which is, not 10 inter
iete ia ,he iniernol concerns Of s,y Of its pow
ors, TO cUnsider the go,ernnen, dc Joeto 30
the leg i,isnaie government Tor US 10 eUlti-
va,e friendly relations wiki il, and to retse-
vers those relations, By fsnk. & n, and
manly policy, meeting, in all instances, the
just claims of every power; submitting To-
injuries from uoae. But, in es.,d 10 ,hosa
con,ineots, circumstances ere eHiuentiy sacs
consp,euously different. IL is impossible ,hss
the ellie d powers should extend their po,iucae
sys,sm 10 sny portion Of either eon,in, mt,
without anasnys'ing our pesce and hsppi-
ness |; hor cen any one believe that ou' Sou b..
eIn Bre,heo, If left to themselves, would q.
dopt il OF sneii own accord. 1t is eqoslly
impossible, thetefore, that We should be
such iHtet tposition, IN cry form, with ind fer.
ence. II we lock TO the comparative s,Ieneia
andrssources ol Spain, end those new gov
sranents, and their distance from each olhsr,
IL raast be obvious ths, she can never subdvn
them. u is srIll ibe true policy OF the Uni.
ted Sts,es, 70 leave the parties 10 themselves,
in The hope that other powers viii pu' sue tho
same course.
live compare the pse,eut condition Of ou.
gnion With lis actual s,ste OF the close OF our
Revolu ion, the history Of the world furnishes
no example OF progress, in improve ment "a
oil the important citeums,snces which cof-
stiiu,e the hsppiness Of . nation, which bes;s
any Tesem mblsnce to il. Al the e Of epoch,
our population did not exceed ,atee Millions
BY the las, census 1t smoun,ed 10 ,bout ten
millions, and what Is more ex,rcc- dios'y, it is
almost sltoge,her ns,ive-for The g euigrs,ion
from Other countries hiss been ineonside, sbe.
AZ the Il 81 epoch, half the Territory within