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MONTHLY RETROSPECT OF ^&£X& MEAI^S; ¦ ' •* . .. ". - . ' ' ¦ The Christian* * Survey of the Political Wet id.
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Monthly Retrospect Of ^&£X& Meai^S; ¦ ' •* . .. ". - . ' ' ¦ The Christian* * Survey Of The Political Wet Id.
MONTHLY RETROSPECT OF ^ & £ X& MEAI ^ S ; ¦ ' •* . . . " . - . ' ' ¦ The Christian * * Survey of the Political Wet id .
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* Wh& last month presents to us many important events , in some of xtfkich this country is but too deep ] y interested . The snetencholy contest wth America has been productive of much misery to both countries ,
and the san guine expectations of the politician have completely failed . * Fhts iki&aay was held in sovereign contempt , and resistance to the mighty power of England was considered as almost ridiculous . But
let not him who putteth on the harness of war boast like him who putteth it off . There is an energy in inan , which is at all times capable oi producing effects to baffle the pride of the politician * France , at the moment that it was , according to the
arrogant boast of one of our great men , annihilated out of the mop of Europe , daunted all Europe by her exertions 5 and the fleet of America ' , the launching of which on the seas * could be compared only to the march of a dwarf against a giant ,
has gained trophies on that element where the greater maritime powers had ac&refcly dared to show thbeir colours * On the land also th ey * have Ventured to meet the conquerors of
Buonaparte , who have traced back their steps , after the failure of $ n attempt , which has . raised the American in his ovvtvestimatioo ^ and given him confidence , which it will now be a very difficult task to subdue .
But great expectations were raised from the divided state of the country . Two causes have operated to weaken these hopes ; the one from the mortification which every man felt in the insult offered to his capital , the other from the terms pro *
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posed by this country ia tbe pend * ing negotiation . America , from its form of---government * is subject to parties similar to those in Euglaad ; and , from the freedom of its pie ® the language with which they tjpe ^ t each other holds out the form ota
much greater animosity than reaJly , exists . This crrcumfltauce seenas ^ have escaped the notice of the political writers of thisi country , wbo t taki ng up the ian ^ uageiOf one party , have carried it to . ^ fa& utmost ex ten t
in the abuse of tke : * xistiiig ^( iniii ^ Btratibn , and have su ^ pp ^ ed it ^ asible to dissever theliilks by \ yhiGh the government i 3 ^ boand t 6 the pcof pie . But the Amflra ^ ana * like tiw English , fe 6 tan attachmenti&tkwtfc country pararaaftittt ^ ta ' the 900 ^ 0-
tions of-party : and whatevcp faolli might be . seen 4 u the administration of their government , t ^ ey were -oat sufficient to infftienee ,, aay one to desire its dissolution . ^ From America we have received * the first aecouat of the progress ^ aad
the oonfovenccs at Ghe ^ the sAibject « , of their dtscussions . # i oouc ^ e (^ jqie > a * ticle is . that ^ K « b formed tlie chief § roinad of Qrigioal disagreement , and this is the right of search far and seizure of Englfch sailors on board an American vessel
This question i » fair from peiitg so eleaarly decided in our farout . * asip generally imagined : for it is allow ed by alJ , that we have not the right to enter into a neutral country , there
to search for our sailors ; and it is contended by many , that a neutral vessel sailing to a neutral country i » under the protection of its own flagf * exactly in the same manner a * if **
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1814, page 724, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2446/page/64/
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