The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1821-04-25

We limited in our las, paper, that the
votes on town meeting day would best
show the estimation in which Gen.
GIBBS was held by lis fellow towns
men. That expression of pubic opiH.
ION has been made, and out Of upward
OF FIVE hundred votes, only twenty five
voters were found against him--an, or
nearly all of whom. would at this NC.
ment. willingly sign tie certificate pub
lishcd in our last.
a deal OF fuss is n,ade IN Providence
| about the letter, published in our last, ant!
hundred dollars. ward offered to dis.
cover the author. And what would tcu
do wish him, MIR. CARLILE, if you
should find him our ?-Surelv you
would rot punish him fer endeavorng 10
promote The election of your iayorite can.
didates. Perhaps he was not aware Of
the use which would lie made OF his
letter. And we would ask, who has the
most reason to complain, Newport o-
Providence? You know very we'll,
Mr.: CARLI1E, that many of. your gen
try speak very contemptousIy cf'. FisA
Town." but it did not SHIT the taste Of
your folks to have it publicly spoken el
at that. unreasonable moment. The
truths contained in that letter, land there
are unfortunately more than We could
wish, are often dwell, on, cxultingIv, Ly
Providence folks, and you know il, Mr.
CAkLILE, and We know it, and so does
every man in the state know it. There:
fore why all this fuss--at any OTHER time.
it would have passed off with laugh. OK
shrng; nay, it is even shrewdk thnnrh:
your vaunting o:er of reward smell, 2
little tfieky.
We lad certainly no intention to give
false coloring 10 Mr.. WhippIe's re-
marks, understood to have been made
at the political meeting in Providence.
1t was generally believed in Newport,
and as we conceived, on the very best
authority, that MIR. WhippIc had used
the language imputed to bin, and we
thought it therefore nothing more than
fair proceeding, Oh Our part, to state this
fact to the people ofthe Count. We
have since understood that his scrnnrks
were Intended ~ '.e confined to, lat lie
considered, the prejufliccd part Of the
State, AID that he was far from including
the citizens Of the South in general and
undistinguishing anathema. Mr.. Whip.
pie himself disclaims any such intention,
or that he ever uttered sentiment that
could be construed 10 convey it. The
letter, which will be found in this days
paper, from Mr.. Whipple to Col. Cham
pin was read, by the Moderator, to a
very full meeting Of the Freemen. ard
before any votes were received fer the
Governor and Senate, and together with
the explicit declarations of Mr.. LaMton.
on the subject, must have done away.
we conceive, any unlavorable effect tina.
our statement was calculated to produce.
We vii! take this opportunity 10 ex.
press our regret that in making our com
ments on the remarks ascrihed to Mr..
Whipple IN our last paper, we suffered
an ipsinuation to escape US, that has been
applied, we understand, to several Of cur
respected fellow -towssmcn. We arc
far from asserting thai our warmest pcli.
tical friends can have the welfare of fNew-
port more sincerely at heart than several
of the gentlemen in question. IF they
nave mistaken, in this instance, the SUBJ
stantial interests Of Newport, and misin.
terpreted, as they certainly have, the re-
al sentiments OF great majority of their
fcllow.citizens, let it be ascribed to m.y
thing rather than to a cold and unnatural
indifference to the honest claims of the
town.
Just previous to the late election, a
Prox composed Of several Republican
gentlemen, some of whom had declined
q nomination. was industrio,i,lv c;rc,,l..