The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1820-07-26
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From she Resion Parrot.
LETTERS on rur EASTERN STAIES


well undees'obdto be ciiizen of this town.
Tue Letters discuss With come sbili,y and IN.
iesess divers Interesting matieis connected
! w,sh tue msnness, tsslcs literature, religion
aos customs 4 our county. n y
Iswould no, be surprising sf On many or Aii
heso sabjccts, dlfFss ences Of opinion should
| xns's snd the correc,nssa Of shs picture be
either doubled or denied. But IL is our ot-
| jcct 81 psesons 10 refer only 10 the article ou
| pollsics dthe state Of partics, and 10 The
notice ot that article, and the appreciation ex-
pressed of il in the last number Of The North
a uaesicsn Review. Indeed, w stt,ibulo
much more importance 10 The review than
The book. Tho latter has character 70 &C.
quirc, and must frst exci,e interest and Oh.
servalion. The former is already distingu uish-
ed as the channel through which the itch
streams oi New England genius and les, n,ne
are posted upon the count y, and iss if ausace
on the seoIiuen, md opinions oi the comnnun-
i,y Is advancing ~ tapidly a. i,s merit. Poo
fessing not be devoted to tho cause Of anv
political pa't ~" and eovcsoine. itself, as tar
rs We have observed, by i,s professions, what.
ever observations il advances on the state %
parsy divisions or the clcm cments of their CON.
posnion, msy derive great force from the pp-
ror be tolerated by authority, which could
not stand the uest Of obscrvaiion.
The letter writer advances a. an w obvious
ruth" Z" That the federal patty has been cx.
"tinc' for some time" ~, expired st Inc
termination Of shs The ls's war, snd since
"ihe lsst prcsideniisi election, nots race Of
I" as naticnsI party Can be found" The
w,itcr modostIy ip,imatcs that number oe
sie ~. H.. A.
,a'n'ng the contrary" to obtain exclusive
iavor ut Warrington land the Reviewers,
cons'dsring il important thar suehs visws
should be inculca,ed on tho American com.
muniy copy this paragraph for " the s,.sn.
tion OF their readers"
Atshc risk of being considered one Of those
= 'demAgogucs," whom tho letter writer 20
Ssssiaos Il moi 1sJe = s6u- -we ,ro-apt tofstAr
10 express our surprise that aretnArk 90 ut.
icriy void Of the sppcarsnce Of truth, should
be hazs ded and repeated BY any inhsbissnt
oi Boston.
"The federal party Is extinct" dsms-
gogues only msintain the contrary" These
sic the propositions Of ,he letter writer and
mis- psncgyfist. We maintain both of them
10 be errors.
The writer upon the Eastern. States must
mean unqueslionobIy TO confne his attention,
to that part OF the country abour which hs
was Writing and particularly 10 Msssschu.
sets, rs the iesder and principal In the coun. /.
ellis of New EngIsnd politics. Il the federal
paty extinct 10 Massschusettsi What 10 Tho
evidence, snd by what rsilcs must we judgel
lie orgsnization~-iis acts--its sctivisy--snd
ns objects, are the subjects 10. which we
should direct our attention.
From the earliest division OF our 'citixens
into parties, On exact and Efficient orgsntza.
ton Of the federal party has always existed.
Largo bodies were Influenced and set IN mo.
ZION BY smaller. Wheels moved within
wheels, and the centre Of motion was The
commitee of The capital. Does Il or does tt
not conlinucf II the writer Of those Letters
be, as he IL supposed, member Of the MssS
sachusctts Legislature, he knew very we'll
that Inc whole machinery Of party osesnisa~
lion was in complete and powerful opssssiony
and that every politicsi evolution wss ~ CON.
.pietely regulated, 40 the hands of clock are
by the wheels end weights that give them
motion. And recently when some psrs Of
the machinery was suspected TO have been
little out Of order, Il was carefully sepsire6
aud cleaned sud oiled sf'esh, end adjusted
most accurately 10 tho temperature In which
Il had TO plsy.-Tbese Letters psy indeed
have been written before every wsrd 10 Boo.
ZOO, during The last winter, was called TO send
hs fede,si population 10 . caucus 10 choose
representatives 10 the general caucus, snd
members Of Ceutrsi Com 1,ittse 3 bot Tho
spirit which Influenced these proceedings
could not have been unknown TO man OF
sufficiens consequences In the parry TO have
been repeatedly Q representative Ia the Gem
e,sI Court. We ssscst then, 10 conusdiction
% the Reviewer spd his author, thss The fed>
srsI perry In Massschuss.ts 10 s THE mo.
meol 90 fer from extinct, thss II b newly cod
Efficiently orgspiscd, ard thst this osgsoisas
tion hss been made 10 ssccse ws power sno
Influence, end 70 enable Il 10 accomplish ito
peculiar objects BY the surest nesns and the
slicst opportunity. .1
And Whist hss the federal party dcnes The
w,iser supposcs The &c election Of Governor