The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1816-04-10
T" TIE faH,wing four pieces are eoTied
from fhe last Prevalence Patriot.

r" The faA,wing four pieces are es+ieS |
from fhe isH Providence Patriot.
Americans, Friends, Countrs Tcili
The time rapidly upproact when
you are to decide by your suHrages ae soit-
ical standing Of Rhode.Isand for the ensaiug
year Two candidates are presented YOU
your psesen, Gov. Jones aud n. K. KNIGHT,
Esq-Did you approve the Hartford Copyrn:
,ion You win vote for Jones. Did yoar
bescts rejoice when. you heard the Chesa.
peaks was, taken aud The t'sve lawrence
slain Your votes will be given for Governor
Jones. Were you Of the number who rsJoi-
ced immediately when you heard Washlng-
ton was taken, and the Capitol bu NJ, and re-
GREETED extremely the Presi1sn had not been
taken prisoner I My life or't, Governor
Jones will receive your. Yo,ss,--Wstf you
tories In tho revolution, and have you eonuni
we'd 50 ever since Z. IL needs 40, nc spill oi
prophecy to say, yon viii vote fot ysses -
But are there not Some of you who exscra,e
the Hartfdrr ConyenticI, and think i, was a
deadly stab S the Unhn Of sEe STATES 3
You will tcjoire IN IN opportunity 10 manifest
your abhof ense OF t1e.meA who were rs au'
thors and aoauors --yvWwll hinS they ought
70 be hurled treuo hr effices- tliey have dis
graced, and NJ. KNlGHr viii receive your
votes. Weie your hearts made extremely
glad when you heard Of the capture Of the
Guerriere. the Java, the Macedonian, the
fleets on Lake, Erie and Champion !? see
you, in imagination, going 10 Town .Meetioel
aud with complacency handing IN y6ar votes
for Mr.. KNIGHT.
Look at Vermont, New Hampshire, and
old Massac husetts, returning TO iheir FIRST
A .a,.- e,,~la. ,1,,,r,
ioslsd-fsd efalsm is -prostsste ;-and will
not Rhode Island follow such noble exam
Piles IL.
Wecc you in any foreign ports during ihc
late wac How often, then, have yout cheeks
been suffused with shame when 700 have
heard of the conduc, Of fsderalisis Will
you support men who acted more like Eng
lishmen than Americans, when your couo,ry
was at war with Britain ?-But believe you
only want so opportunity, and that will soou
be presented, when you will retrieve the
character of this na,urslly Republican and
q. Patriotic State.-You have tried Governor
Jones, and what mighty wonders has he done
for you Look at his appointments to oliic'
but" Mey smell Of fn,orfah!y."
Arouse, then act your paris nob'y T; ant
q" victory shall, essuredly perch on the Reppb
r"YoUNG JOHN NOT OLD JOHN
1t is necessary before we give ojt suffrage
for Chief Magistrate Of the State, that W
should enquire whether he is faithful gust
dian Of our rights, our liberty, our property
and our lives.
All we hear against Mr. KNIGHT is. th'
he has been thought worthy OF trust by tn
Judges Of the United States Courts. 3
AS to Governor Jones, his furnishing s,tu'
ions hovcaer, which was only fl for boys I
play with. or for Biue Lights, is sufficlcr
reason why nc should not be elected, witho,
the hundred others which we are all acqusir
ted With. If the State had been invaded, W
must have disgracefuliy fed TO the wood
and left our Properly and Families to IN
mercy Of the mcrcilcss, or remained on th
field, Il will not say field of bat,le) and ther
been butchered. In the latter case, the en-,
my would have waded through the blood
slaughtered Frceme n, and pu, fire TO our hab
ta,ions and Eactories-illuminatng The pal
ces of Providence Nabobs, who, by TIME
use OF the white flag, would have probab
secured their possessions, and GRIND horf
bly, a ghaslly SMILE at the horrors which cl
cpmpsssed the clod-hoppcrs," as they ca
u.s., We want Governor who will furni,
us good Powder in times Of danger, and "
will do our duty. MILITIA.
Warpacs, AhrH 5, 1915.
We relpct at the exposure Of political d
fosmity and bypocricy, because we are u
willing 10 portray humanity in rs most depr