Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1804-06-14
N E w P O r T,
Wuyday, June ii, 1904.

We learn with plesfsre, thar an Ors,ion
viii be delivered in this town on the 4th Of July
erfuing. by .he Rev. Jo.HvA BRADLEY. in pur-
fuance Of the requett OF Committee appointed
at our late ANIMAL town. meeting, TO wait on him
for that pufpo!e.
The Hon. General A6embly of this State
are now IN feflion in this town. IL is expected
they will rife the la!t of rhc week. A ketch of
their proceedings will probably be given in our
next.
Ehaors Of Pred dent and Yns- Pfefdeni.
The Republican Citizens now convened in
this town from various parts of the State, ~
Representative at the people win doubiIcfs fec
the propriety and feel the importance of early
agreeing on fotsble Candidates TO be fupporird
as Electors of Preiident and Vice. Pseident OF
the United States, at the eniuing election.
Much embarrafment aioie az the laf choice OF
Bieetou in confequcncr Of their fcletiion having
been delayed too long, ~hich il is hoped ies-
lonable attention 10 the buGIefs at-ihe pre!ent
time will condnce 10 obviate.
TWO very curious Letters which the Ell
tors of the ,.fagee paper in thi, town denomi.
nate "important" made their appearance in
that paper of Saturday lsa. Thefe letters, ac-
coIding to the editorial preface which accom-
panied them were written by " the Hon. Pirnt
Bgtisy, one of the National Senators from the
Stsss OF South Carolins," and :" were laid be.
fore the Lrsinaturc Ut that State lby the Gov
ernor) previous to their acting on the propofed
amendment to the Contribution" The fsga-
cious man OF the Mercury fays, ths, he rcpublines
them not b.csule the Information is interefing
and the reafoning found aud concluiive but be-
cAufe the information and the arguments come
from dtmseyat. and may therefore Be attended
10 BY ibsf auba S0ssH not laea 70 a ffSsratD.
II 10 indeed no wonder that they hare
come to fuch a dilemma, thar they arc obliged
TO Characterize as 6rm9cyan the authors OF the
fentimenu which they win to inculcate, before
they can expect the people'wiil repoie any con-
hdence in them for the fedsraliits, as party.
have abandoned themfelvcs 10 fuch grofs intcm-
perance in fabrication and faliehood their
fophiftry has been f. often detected, and has be.
come 70 a5foluteiy palpa5le, that ther, are bot
few, very few, who will not reject and fpurn
their approximations. That they are on all oc-
cafion, itrongly prepoGtfred by ,hi, impreiIion.
mof evidently follows, from the uncommon de-
gree of earscAncfs wish which thsy reverbcrate
whatever of detection or perverlencf, is found
among the members Of the republican phalanx
and II poin,cdly indicates their own coniciouf-
ncfs Of what they really are.
II is not our Object TO enquire relative to
the complexioa Of the political crsed OF the su-
thor of the letters aforementioned thus much,
however, we fhall prsniic, that il we wsfe 10
Judge OF 1t from thoie predictions, 70 lar from
conlideripg Il az I" demstyafe' we fhoulj lay
without heGta,ion thar il was anti-repnblicsn
that il evidently chcs,fhed ,hofs pointed part-
cles Of lurking and uuchafirsbIe afperity which
10 uniformly ciasaeteriies the implacabIe fedora
liz That it diicovers concritsd fell fuihcicu-
cy, and dietatorisi arrogance which none but
iedcralifi is 70 apt to indulge: That It partsEss
Of opinionsted weaknefs, and political dotage,
which are the peculiar attributes o. federa.
liR.
In the frf place, Il feems that MIR. BSfhr
wn National Senator, and as fuch that ne
confdcsed /" the fovereisn righn Of South-Caf.
olina the State he reprefented) was foley in bis
hands" a. dependent on the iffue Of the quet.
ton of amendment. II thofe rights were in III
hands, why did he not FIX them upon BATS
which was fatisfattory TO himielf And even
we're II o,berwife y ,b.y qor~ NOT Ia bi, bsn<' !;
ifhe had not the power OF giving them the tern
he wifhed, Why could he MOI content himielf
With diichsrging his duty in the fssion 10 which
he was aligned. free from any propensity to
forefial the opinions of tie J<ei0atsre of the
State he reprcfenied on the queftion ! Did il
not occur to him that the amendment was alto
eeshcr matter of opinion A. he, then, had
pretty vauntingly aGered the right Of acting
Bis osDs, IL would have been no more than con-
6aent in h,., TO have reiraiocd from fysjfyibi.g
ibsm Js, f5e ,,gslsfissy sf sfbsn for the Legif-
lssure of the State he fepsefented vas prefomed
to have a. ample knowledge of the fubjed % he
could afford. II was quefaion Of principle,
and oseht to be determiscd - foch, free and
apart from every local incident.
With refpea to his dodrioe on the fabjed.
&C have a word to FAY. IL 10 mise. bot
fhrewd obfesvstion, that If the old woman had
never bc,n hesieh in the oven. fhe never would
have thought Of looking there for her dsOshssr.