The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1816-12-25
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this paper last year, we proceed suitably
and in "duc iorm," to notice the. ami
Yersary Of the meeting OF the Conyen-
,ionheid inth:s Town IN December 1914.
Many considerations demand of US this
tribu;e. Ii the conduct OF the men who
COMPOSED this meeting was mcritorious
Iii t!.eH motives were pure, it is but
an act oi justice to transmit to posterity
thcir names, and the marvellous thing.
.hsy performed and OH the other hand,
II they conc hsrc in questionable
shape" their object being not the public
good, but,a separation Of the states, their
infamj ought NOT to be forgotten.
On this subject we shall express no
ordinary intcrest-lor VIC feel nohe no
xidlfercncc-ior we have it not. We
we're of the numbcr who Conscientious
BY believed the Copvcnion was held for
20 good purpose, nor have we at any.
fine had reasons to change this opinion.
In thus saying, we tlo not mean that ev-
cry individual Of this famous meeting
was actuated by impure motiycs-some
undoubtedly there were, whose conduct
throughout this tragic scene was upright,
even patriotic, to whose influence per-
haps it is owing, that all the combustible
matter which had been collected for a
deadly explosion was suffered to expend
Itself in harmless smoke. Among this
rnmber wc arc happy to record the name
Of our late venerable Lieutenant Coy.
eraor.
BE 1T REMrMtERED then that, on
the fifteenth day Of December, i'll the
yeat OF our Lo,d one thousand eight hun
dred and fourteen, cert,.in wise men of
the east, whose names areshereunto sub
Joined some appointed by state lesisla.
lures, some by caucusses, and some self
appointed convened in this City and
formed the tar timed Hartford Con-
,~n.ior.n After appointing the Hon.
George Cabot, Chaiplan, the Hon.
Thcodore Dwight, Secretary, & Chap.
l0in Of the meeting, they proceeded to
business, but Of what kind is not exactly
known, as all spectators were excluded
from their deliberations, and even all pro-
cecdings suspended in The prcsencc Of
their i..,hful door-kceper. Ii nothing,
but what they have seen tit TO publish as
their doings, occupied their attention,
what need was there Of all this! !inscnta-
bic sgcrcsys If norhing else, why was
so much time consrincd ? Conjecture
says, that having 4" cnuned noses" and
recoIlecting thaty" discretion is the better
part ofralor'' thAyrencluded to abandon
all tr;siiorous prpkeis, ',pthey came here
with any, and go home. Accordingly
this mighty Assembngc which will Vic
in celebrity with the famous Congress of
Vienna, after session of three weeks
broke up, and to satisfy their good con-
stituents that they were entitled to pay,
produced pamphlet (and wonderful
labor it must have been) recommending
the adoption of certain measures, such as
proposed amendments to the ConStitu.
tion of the United States, which subject
>vas entirely aside from their authority,
and departed.peaceably and quietly each
ons. To. hA:; dwelling. Thus ended the
{:oswepSon, ,andi,hc expiEing hopes of
1SQyxatym: I'm Pussumse of recon-
rnenjsSion IL the Convention, and to cap
fft x41oax 'x folly, ambassadors were
\ 1gkt1G serN of thAN. Epglapd states
,otv-at with Mr.. Madison at Washing
ton, ,on bulness which if they precisely
kncw ,hemselvesis pot now known, who
after exciting no small share of ridicule
at tho Southward, returned without open
Ing the budget of their extraordinary
mission. The whole expence which
the people Of this state have paid towards
getting up this puppct show amounts to
about fvo THOUSAND DOLLARS, ex.
elusive Of the Chapain's ahd Mr.. Sec
rotary Dwight's salaries. To suppose
that this money was cheerfully paid is to
suppose our citizens destitute of com.
mon sense. However diversified mems