Northern star, and Warren and Bristol gazette. [volume] (Warren [R.I.]) 1826-1830, 1826-04-15

"H HSSuou VI thCh uiihtdty anu udVd Up
erations, as the Report erroneoosiy
supposes, would not our remonstrances
made upon the spot, in that body and
to that body. be likely tc have some
effect. Wodd not that be the very
place where to exert our influence to
prevent those attempts. And would it
be prudent to forego the chances, and
the only favourable chances. OF effect
ing so important an object to our coun-
try, as would be afforded by this miss
ion. 1 think not. The honourable
gentleman from South Carolina suppos.
es, even then, our minister, by going to
the Congress, would cohpromit our
neutrality with Spain. What, if he
went there, AMONG other things, for the
express purpose Of preventing an at
tempt against the possessions of Spain ?
Would an office of friendship TO her,
be breach of neutrality towards her ?
Would an effort to protect her Islands
from invasion, he an act of hostility
towards her f? Will the learned gen.
tleman say, that such is the doctrine of
the law Of nations ON the subject Of
neutrality Upon re-examination and
reflection, | am confdeut he will not.
1t is evident, that our government
has la5oured with much anxiety to pre-
vent these or any enterprises against
the Islands of Cuba and Porto Rico ;
has still that object much at reart, and
lis bent on preventing them, if possible.
Yet the very measure which the exec
utive has proposed, among other things.
to augment his influence with those ma
tions, to De exerteG if occasion should
require the report represents as
measure that my become the means OF
promoting the very evil he's striving to
prevent. How can It be, unless ibe
Executive shall change his views; or,
unless his Ministers couucract his views
and favour those enterprises The
honourable gentleman from. Virginia,
who portrayed to us the calamitles
which might follow on in the trair Of
these events, to affect our fellow-citi-
gems IN the south--who exhibited those
calamities in manner SO affecting to
every heart who transported us to
that scene Of horrours which he de-
scribed, and made us even seem to hear
the cries Of death from the cradle OF
lreposing infancy even he is not more
anxious than our executive to prevent
these enterprises against CUBA and Por-
to Rico. 1t is strange, that agreeing
with the executive in object,you should
so differ in your opinion Of the means
1t is strange, that you should jadge the
means which he d ems useful, not only
not useful, but detrimental to your COM
mon object! The President proposes
means. How can that gentleman think
them useless !? Were he himself in
that Congress, and that Congress were
to agitate the project of exciang the
blacks of Cuba in revolt ; and that gen.
tlenan were to represent the calamities
Cf the measure, to arise to his friends
and their friends in North America ;
to renew the picture Of those calamltes
as he had represented them to us
] Would it have no effect. My life upon
it. was going to say, the project would
be abandoned. | do not know the gen.
tlemen proposed for this mission but
this know, that if they possess his
powers Of statement, and his energy oi
description, or powers any way resem-
bling them, that their mission cannot be
unless to the true interests of this coun-
ftry.
u The gentleman has represented us
of the north as coldly insensible to the
possible perils Of those Of the south (; al
; looking with stoical indifference to those
perils and as not unfavourable to the
projects that would increase them.
should be sorry to believe that there
WAS any foundation for this opinion. He
mistakcs, think, a spirit which is very
partial and limited, for the general spir
il of the north. know that there is
, wild spirit Of fanaticism existing in tina
{ country, but not peculiar to 1t the of
S spring of a virtuous sensibility. but un
5 enlightened and unregulated by reason
bgot ed to its distractions, and dispos
] ed to push them universally, regardles
3 ofthose Considerations which ought tc
9 modify and TO limit them that sees no
tning in circumstances that ought t.
r check or control them Circumstance
e that control every thing, and are not t
: be controlled that to realize these at
4 fractions, would risk the overthrow o
I. the order, together with the happines
$ Of awhole society; including that Q
b those who are the objects Of its vision
q sry benevolence. know that this sP'