Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1805-04-04

fuAicicnt czsle for II. Otieswife, what bope--
what encouragement hss pauiotitm ; What 10
there left % ftnuiase hdelitys Otherviie there
is . prcmium offered 70 csl,al, ambition. sod IN
triguc and fhc mof dextrous aTiihce bceenes
the moh favored pubic virtue. Ave scs thefe
ferrous and weighty caoadrrarcas--in gov
ernment too, the very cxiitence Of sAich de-
peoes 90 its pafityi
J. Aall without further ceremony, prn-
oesd 20 onfoId the particular iubjeet OF ihis Id
dfefs.
Itis nov redoced 10 matter Of catzi0ty.
that there 10 10 he sa oppo6tion TO she psesens
Lieutenant Governor; and that qbemas HsyFs,
il 20 be brought iosasrd sgaina him.
Afret what has been fAid, il might not per-
hap, be deeaed iuspiSGsse, TO enqsns wl.s
,ss/sn there is Tor isS Thoagh ihls may be 4
qaeition which would puzzle The friends Tor pre-
tended f,ie adsj Of M. Isxse. 70 aniwer irdzteJ,
snd 70 public htisfatiioa; YET il Is NOT the lcis
their duty TO do il. Ii Mr.. Hoxiie 10 better
qualified 60 iefvs the State land pretsad moi
10 very intimate knowledge OF his qualihca-
tions in any fefpeta) than he pe,foa whom he
fe-ms "a anxious 10 dfpIace OF il he 10 better
difpofed 20 render tbofc fesviccs ia fidelity sad
integrity, IL muR be acknowledged that he
oupht to foccecd. On the oshet hand, u ne y
not II. se shaa equally wcIl qazli6sd. asd .n6t
better difpofed. do NOT helirxte TO lay, andaI
Judge from the chzrsdcf of the State, and sbe
temper of iu citizens. that the ehsoc- WsgzInh
him. capnot conceive that they viii turn
rhrir backs upon, and delert an old, trieds and
faithful iefvant. They never did, and ItruH
they nevar will me it fuch a r.psosch. Who 10
the p,efrnt Lrssfenarf Goveyrs, fie is per
tcu who has Sishttood tho hock of revolssions
who has devoted his bea days, has facri6ccd
his health, and might alnoR FAY his fsstnne
in the lcrvice of his country. tie 10 oot one OF
rhoic fun ihine politicians, or polifcsltefs, who
exerr themiclycs in full vigof to-day bccauis the
bright bcsns OF lacrxiivs Office are beafingupon
them. aud to. nsrow Gag sad witbdraw, bs-
caais ioms sranlisnt vapos has Intercepted thoie
beams. He has Experienced vicifhtudes IN psb.
lic lite He has experienced public favor and
arrangement alternately; has naiataiacd 6fn
and independent uniformity Of lcntimcnt, free
from pcrfouslirics and has at laA had tho inef-
able fainfatlion Of meeting the people st ttc
point shec th:y left aud foripnk him. Did he
on this joyful occaGoo, ifos IL mutt have been
joyful TO him) cont their favor. covet their at
tcnsion. or artfuIly folicit their patronage az
promotion ? Were tl,ofr Joys. that the proipeds
Of honor aod Of Office had again opened 10 his
view; or did they arife with ths tho't that the
people we're again gathering within the fold of
their country, and returning 20 ien,iments wor.
thy of.former timesi Lea his condad at that
n,oiueas decide the qoenion. Althopgh Seo-'
sror in Febraary sos, and as faeh called upon
10 dsty 20 attend that isfion Of The Afembiy, AT
which the CONVENTION agreed apon him AZ the
ferond Caadidate in the Ptox yet was he there :
Had ne there any Pivsrc ADD confidential friend,
bnfy tor him TO procure that place Maj
Hayug had iutinssions that his name would be
made sfs Of 10 that way. he chole 10 fcmsin at
homo, in osccf to leave the Convention 10 the
utmoA freedom OF choice. Bur was this ihe
cafe with hi, preient sntagoniH. who was then
his competitor After all, il was problenasical
whether MIR. Hoxfic would not then come out
10 an oppoGte prox. under the fame anfpices
which he Ieens recently to have embraced .----
And though at the Conveoiion in 1904, no PIE
teulon of thc kind wss even fusgeAed yer, xt
the thea eafling clettior, arons threats were in
sircuiation Of an iniendcd attack.
Bot il kens thefe movements were prtcss-
atory thcfc vhicats snd iniinussions were host.
iag yspor. uh;ch were TO gather into Rota,
when the siemenso were more pSspased TO FAVOR
and to fouherit.
At,he Convention ia Fehrcary lar, which
had for i,s objca the formation OF State Prox.
a pre,ensiou was laid, though. a. ] have been
informed, 10 heltating, broken, ani disjoin,ed
manner. When the Convention had arrived at
fh0 PARTICULAR qscfiou, il waspropofed it lhould
I've ict,Icd in the manner tha, al other qucfions
of shr Kind h,i h<ssn ss,l,ess the ma riga rould