The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1818-04-13

VUsss ues Sue seuohes party suueus OF - u
about to fail Or 20 take up sorhs other plan cs
slssssonssring What is il shx, ssits,ss that
party - sii times are they fearful that their
esuss 10 hopeless and 70, lorni is there no
course left for them TO pursue. but to attack
.he Newport BAak, and its officers; with The
moot malicious slsnder and sbuse---which,
whom read, would appear to have come from
person either CRAZY Or mad This bank
does no, diseoun, notes Tor ,he freemcu Of
this town, with view Of taking their most
valuable privileges from them, namely, that
OF voting their sen,imen,s--the whole bua.
ness Of that institution Is conducted on dii.
fereni and more honor able tnosivss.
The Providence Pa,rio, Of Sa,ard,y last,
contains the deposition oI Nj. Joseph An
drews, who charges, on oath, Judge Winsor,
OF GIoucester whh o8e.ing him five dollars
20 vote for the Pas,st Prox. We ,hin& he il
full as likely to 20 al isnyiAs,as certain
Judge 10 our quarter, who last year bossted
OF having given City dsilArs, to support an
open house--in other wmdA 10 furnish licuor,
excite Drunkenness, and thereby procure the
votes Of such weak men . may DO sedueed
by such means.
I The pucounion dsarth Of news Of eve.
~ description, enables Us TO give wide scope
to slectioneeriog matter. Many mlseeilsn.
cous articles and several advertisements ale
necessarily defefrsd.
We continue 10 receive, from all par,s Of
the state, the most heart cheering accounts
Of the sr'ivi,y and eSer,ion Of The Republican
fsscfnen, from which il may be fairy calcu-
lated that the Republican Prox win Be 70.
elected by greatly incs esscd tnajori,y. The
friends oil tho Po,,er Piox are sc,ive--shev
are resorting TO every species Of bribery aud
corruption. Bot II viii avail them nothing.
They will be bea,en---every one, who has any
knowledge Of The poIitir al affairs Of this s,sse
know this fact---aod many Of our opponents
have caudor enough 70 acknowledge il.
4 Wilkins Updikc, 9 Nsrssgsnset petition
ger, has undertaken te viodicste his Friend
Elisha X. Potter, from the chargcs preferred
against him, BY Timothy Peekham, Jan. In
his defencs Of his frisnd, however, he Aesms
TO admits tho truth Of The most serious par
Of tho sccusation--yia. Mr. Pottcr's having
urictea Oft large psopo' tion OF his charges
Against Mr.. Peckbam, wAch he ailedEes \
were false and uafounded
Last year the. Mercury could no' Rod voom
for /" Fvaend 10 Trnth." This year he hss
found his ~sy into that paps psr--bu, he found
Il necessary to support his pretensions, by IN
the weight Of charac OF Wilkins Jpdike II!
Ths .Srevicaa says, !" Mr.. Potter will 10.
ceiye the almost undivided support OF the
rpt n IN nv IA n h., f,v~a
correct i0iUs nsa,ion> as we cs,com Il, from
every iown iu the county Of " AsAingsoa, aus
tsfns 00fa augas ems0& ~ lAsx oosk.. Ia xnanu.j
Of those towns, las we'll as in most of towns
10 the Stare) there will be q considerable gain
Tor the Republican liox. In Souih Kincss
ton, MIR. Potter will unqucs,ionabIy have the
aid OF the fraudulent voters which were so
manufactured at'>hs fraudulent
,owo meeting there in January las, and he
is ~olccme to all tho aid and repute which
they can 5svc him.--Prov. Pat.
Mr.. Potter owns Eve farms in South. j
King so says tho .faerican. Does
the writer include that which was decided to
his new corps Of fraudulent voters !--i6.
II Is news, tba, Mr.. Potter has contribut-
ed liberstIy, to the support OF o clergyman in
South Kingstown during the past year."
We never knew tbsre was tnore than ooe
clergyman on Little, Res,, and he, IL 10 re. |
ported, was gaarreAsd swuy BY MIR. Potter.
--~4~- a.
MEMORANDUM.
Let il be remembered, on Wednesday
nest, that the assertion in the american of |
reste sdsy, that Governor Knigh,'s % psrti-
rans boastcd that his majority wss fraudulent
y obtained" is a foolish and wicked false.
Hood and let 1t be further remembered, that
4 Is . fact susceptible of the ciesrest proof,
hat the aris,ocrs,s (rs obtained, end retsin- l
cd, the powsr io this State by the mcans Of |
fraudulent vo,cs.--i6.
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HARTFoaD, March -.
Republication Triumphant.