The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1811-04-17

cry TO laugh =, the House tor its mistake
w hen those resolutions were sent 10 th,
Senate for concurrence, your present Cover
nour opposed them, and demonstrated TO al
who heard him, except the federal member'
oil the Senate who were interested, that no
d cent OF the money WAS due--and that i
this State should acknowledge ne Cam, Il
must be paid out oil our oga treasury, to:
Congress could ',hew by their resolution, that
they never had promised 10 allow deprecia'
ton to any troops, I" excepting such as were
engaged Qullns the war, or tor three years
and were In service " hen The resolution pas
sed--'iz. OH the loth day OF Apri, 1880
he showed moreover, lnat SO long ago AS
the year 1888, when the subject was fresh M
the mind oi Congress, all application Was
MADE by Gus members Tor an allowance o
this very claim.-rhe motion was referred
10 u committee, and you will see by the fo''
lowing extract from the Journals, the absur-
dizzy OF expecting payment from Congress.
"THURsDAY, MAY 18Th, 1883.
On the report ol q comnii tee, consisting
of MIR. ellsworth, Mr.. Williamson anC Mr.
Gervlis, 10 whom Was referred mouon oi
the Delegates of the State Of Rhode Island {;
!. ResolUed, That the Claim Of the Officers
of Brigade raised in the State ot Rhodc-is'
land and Providence PiahtAtioEs, liz i ieoruary
l7-9, .far ono ycsr, with the appreciation oI
Congre,s, for aeAreeia i,n Of their pay, is in
admissible, no7v atlo7cance ef that kind hav-
ing been made OF offrohriafed 6y Congress,
10 any o6ieers or soldiers discharged from. ser.
viee 6eJore fhe loth y .4hrit, 1850"
With this conclusive evidence be fore them
the Senate non-concurred /; and thus by the
vigilance and fidelity oi your present Cover
nour, the State was again preserved from the
gIipe of the specuiators.-Bu,, iellow-c,tl-
zens, the danger is not over AT that Nsry
session, WILLIAM JONES, ESD was a
member from Providence, and vo,ed .for
those resolutions, and he is nozy held nh by the
federalists for YOU" sutfrages as Governour
of this State !! !! Again.-ln the year So7,
letter Was written TO onr Delegation then
in Congress-, stating the Jurtice Of this far-
Hcuiar ckaim," and this letter was signed bv
the same Mr.. Jones, and TWO other gentle
men, also in the same prox, viz. Nicholas
Brosyn and Junles kAodeS, in order 10 i'm
press The minds If ihe Detcga'ion 7eith fhe
strongest sense Of dufy in aiding" this claim.
didate for Lieut.-Go>cln"up, mas now some
Of those same /" BalaaceS' in his desk In
addition to al whioh b, that same letter was
sisoea by Moses Lippiti, JAIME, b. Mason,
Richard Jackson, Iun. lnpmas l.. Ives
James Brown, Charles Lippitt, Ephraiu
Bowen, Jun. James burrili, JON. aud Chyisro.
pher Fowler, the most Sfrennous Supporters
OF the federal prox and four oi whom, 1,
wit, Thoma, r. Ives, Moses Lipptt, Janie.
Is. Mason and Richard Jackson. pun. have
signed the Circutar Letter lately addressed
to you for the purpose of securing the eiec-
ton of that Prox. les, fellow -cilizeus, such
are the men who have the eff onle!y 70 call
themselves your iIiend,, after Recommending
that abominAble fraud to the PIT onIge of oul
Delegates ia Congress In the name oi n"d.
ven, what security c N you nave against The
most uppres we aud Distressing tax1tlnn, il
such men are elected Tor your rulers. Pau &C,
-Brothcr Farmers, | beseecn you, and con
slider the importance OF The present election
to your country, and the magnitude OF yne
stake which you yourselves have depending
If you support the present Governour and
the Republican Senate now offered To you
who merit all your confidence. you may ye,
oe pFoteCted dSahst 'he 'i1ahy VI al aSi''
ing faction, whose object il i, to make you
meIe +" hewers OF wood and drawers of wa.
ter"--But, If you are so far, deiuded by
your req enem'cs ia TO support the federal
prox, and tnat should succeed, the enormous
and unrignteous claim which the federalists
have set up against you. and which your
friends have defeated, will be assumed and
must be paid by the State /; and your farms
viii consequently be mortgaged, beyond the
power of redemption, for the payment OF SIX
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
which you never owed !! -!
II LIND HOL DER