The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1823-08-07
NEWPORT.
P0r The Republican.
PreSideatial Election,
THURSDAY. AUc usr :, 1928.

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! intend al hi, tine 10 call egsin your a.,
'en,i'n 10 question Of greet importance, ard
one s6ous waish The public prints in ibis s,s,e
| have hiIbeho been geoersliy silent. VITO
shall be Our next President You arc now Z
| presume neatly ready 10 snswcr the question.
and nave no doubt from tho knowlsdse
have OF your opinions, rhs, your decision will
| ultimately be ushteous and judcious, il yoa
are lett TO Tree exercise Of your sober judp-
ments and your osO understandings.
And as the opinions OF most Of you are 81.
ready formed, ard the minds Of veTy pre,t
pa'i OF you prtpsred 10 NEE, The question,
why should be IN wiling 10 express Wy SEN
umen's, or why should D. be said Of 700, that
you arc moi yet fesdy ior public expression
Ut yours! know that accordbg o me Ian.
euSge ei msDy persons, II would be better Tor
us 20 remain silent; we mey gsin something
" saying nohinS that there will be & Pre.i.
oehos' Isoeus hexI winter, composed o! merO-
bes OF Congress, end as they direct, so wa
nIust act or " there should not be this meet
ing OF Washington, we Cen finally lhsow Or,
weight into his scale, who will be.trpsfd tb.
rights and interests OF Rhode.J.isn ard
small as The weight is, il will be deemed i'm.
poItan', ard We caD eyeOiusi,y mske basgsi.
favorable 10 ourselves. Ii ,he decision az
Washington should be iair expression OF the
peoples SANDS, il cur Representatives in Con.
gfess had been choseu with Instructions 40 ,,.
tend the contemplated Caucus, and 10 vote Ior
the Candidate, that N thc opinion of Tie oec-
pie OF this ,,oe, was btst Qualified iot n, OF
nee al President OF the Lnre6 S,atsN il would
he eni,tFed to The highest rcspect epd .ha
people OF his sisie would be bound by il, Bus
organized as that meeting nvsI be, itorn tb,
Vefy na,ure OF things, ffs doings will be coli;
tlec % no more respect, and will not, s. trust,
receive more, from tho people Of ,hi. s,s,e,
thsna meeting io' the pornirs,iou Of P,esidspt.
on board steam boat, in The Ohio, or os tho
waters Oi Lake Epe.
should be disposed 10 LEX upon the ex.
Pfesaions Of opinions 10 the latter mode moe
isvorsby. and enuIled 10 rno;e respec, from
the people, than / should The doines Of tho
meeting al Washington The mind. Of lhoss
assembled would be less biased, and thei, .x-
pressioDs would be the voluntary exp,esslnns
OF sennuenis, IpiBaucsced by The ncou,i,ss
oi agents, or bargain making spectators I
VIII tor mcucnI esstr;ne tho nature ui tl;s
oSucus, TO be holden Al Washington, % bs
composed Of me n,bers Of Congress, for abe e,
vowed purpose of nominating President fs-
tho people. WHO ere 10 attend il? the Ser.
a'ors IN Congress, OF the Repts.entat,,ss a.
lone. think It has heretofore been CUSTOM
siy Tor the Representatives chi, 10 s,tsnI;
yet IN as much as each sislc hsa As rrery L.
lectaral votes as IL hes SspAssrzsna aep-a-
sentaiiYes IN Congress, no good reasco cen ba
assigned Why the Senator'S should no, sls, s,.
tehd; Blu, some Of the Senators who will be
IN The mex, Congress, we're choaen iour, QUO
some i've years, ago, good pon,bes before
Mr.. Monroe cou ueneed his second pre- sGsn,
isl tenn, end before the question, who she'll
oe his successor was publicly agi,alsG my
where. Are these Senators the ptop,ror
gans 10 express the sentiments Of the psops.
on this important question ! Ihe people yniehs
have been long slnce dissatisfied with many
Of them, as Seusiofs, and tbe' ore neyer,he,
less TO vose for ,he people, in the nonlina,icu
OF tho msn who is &C b. candidate fov pfesi-
dent Of the United States sod the people srs
10 be bound by their nomination Ths may
be Republican doctrine ibis msy he the spi'.
il Of democracy bui Tor ono, she'll not sub.
scribe 10 II. Wiliout Represeaayses be ths
proper organs 10 eap'es, our sentiments 90
this important question. The Representatives
from this state were chosen TO- the n ext Cor.
gress, one year ago; and ask you, fellow.
ciiiEcos,f one Of you, in voting for mr. In
Dl Wv NA'' Dk EfSE, Jous heptShSnttINes
had the mos distant idea that eiher OF theso
gentlemen should selec, for you the VI an you
should support foi The OfIi,e ol piesijen; ug
he United State. You will sn.we,, no.
Suppose FOR the sake OF argument tha, ,hry
should vote in Csucus for MIR CRAwroRp,
Influenced BY the promises that one shou.j SO
Collector or Post. Master, sod The other should
be Disiric, Attorney, and you should be al
most unanimous. as / have 90 doub, you s,o.
Tor JoHs QuIScr ADAMS, would you be bound
by their vote, OF would you no' rs,het ds,
noupce them and whep your power now del.
egsed to them, returned 10 yosr hands. re-
mind them that you had not been Vanindig;
Of them.
will go further; suppose that both Que
Representatives should publicly declare 20
you tha, 'bey would support, in C.ucus, the
man that would be your choice for Pre- ,ident:
would you conG1e the IntereG you have "A
The great question OF Ptesideu,, To these men.
sher this promise and open declaration of
their. presume yep would not snd you