The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1824-03-04
3DoIiticai @isceitanp.
From the New-yort Patriot. Of Feb s. 1924.
OPERATIONS or TIE "REPUBLIcAN" CAN
DiDArE IN RHODE-isLAED.


O few days aimee from Ssvsonsh, and though
20 have no personal knowledge Of the wri,s',
We have for soms time had full end init
mate scausin,spcs with the facts no hiss s,ai.
ed. The conduc, Of Mr.. Crawford In roIa-
i,oo TO sppo ntmens IN the State ef Khodo-
Island wa, long ago iully understood by more
than one individual 10 The county. They
have hitherto thought proper, Tor esr'sin res-
sons, to fo beer expnsiog those transactions
to the public view. Bot the time has now a..
rived whep sh.meless snd unp'iDcipIed in.
trigue should be bsough, 10 light and held up
10 public scosu end ds,eas,ion. In proceed.
Ing, therefore, TO s,sis the si,cnmstsnce, OF
that in,,igue--the key to the conduct OF Mr..
Crssfotd--we do 30 with fol, view OF the
eviden nee iu exis,encs, end OF the responsib'li.
" sttse he'd to the assertions vs shsil mako.
We are st liberty 10 siste that the history Of
this eisetionesriug operation OF the SiaS
at fnviyss" IN ell the ps'tlculsrs We shall
,nenion, Is authenticated BY the o6Idovis Of
one Of the most respseisble and influential in
Gi,idunis bs'ongiog 10 the Republican Parry
In Rhode. Island. TAM sfidsvib with rsny
o,hen fsIa,iog to lie ssme irsnssction, is In
possession OF o gentleman now residing IN
South Caroline, aud wall in duo limo be pub.
lishod Tor tho ipfor ons,ioo Of tho county.
To proceed--About ntpe or ten monlhs
hfo,s ihs events mentioned in the following
com m .nicstinn om Savannah, took place,
disingvishsd "FodetsI Sens,ot" fem Rhode.
lslsnd slluded TO IN IL, was ., Washington
ord at that esrly period intereVed himself
greedy in the question Of the neat Piesiden,.
After divers consultations s0d q snssctng bu-
"n.ss IN private win tno Secretary ct the
1ressu,y, soch was the disjnteres'ed aesl and
sdtnira,ion Of this Federal Senator tor Tho on.
ly ,,ue (" RepubIicsp Candidate" ,hst be H.
daily appeared on the political arena % bis a.
vowed advocate. (This was about the period
Of tho Missouri Qoeslicn) } Among other at.
iempls 10 promo, Q The success OF the kefuo.
l,csn Candidate, he made dead sc, st gen.
uemsn from Rhode, Island, o leading and IN.
hlen'ioi Republican in thu, State, snd pfo'
posed 10 him 20 co opefs,e wl,h HIM IN secSr-
iog the electoral votes of Rhode, leland for
..s:s H., G:!$ e Is,s Gt%spp a.. pps' yRS @ s;a
CrswforJ, sod bad scarcely thought OF 'he
subject Of nest President. wsS not y illile
startled at such . proposition from such .
souree HE evsded ,he suticct e, much -
possible, but continued, ao'wnhs,snJing, to
he the objcc, of tho Senator'S pursuit. At
length ths Sens'of opened his boJgnt snd
spoke out. The name Of mi, geoiie man We
Us not At liberty 10 mention ., present, but
our readers my re,t assured, ,het he has So,
le mnly declared in an s(idssi now 10 exis.
tsnce, that tho Ftdersi Senator alluded TO,
made ,he following disclosures 10 him:
That hs, tho Senator, Was . warm snd
confidential friend Of the Secretary cf the
T'essury--Thst hs had 8 free and unreserv.
cd conversation with him upon the subject OF
she residency--rhat the See eta y had con.
6trsd with him upon the feasibility Of secur-
ing the electoral vote OF Rhode Island for
himself BY N cans Of o co operotioA Of his,
the Senator, tiend., with some leading Re-
publicsns of.,hs Ss,s--Tha, he had chosen
thi, vsn,d Republican gentlemen, ss The most
Influential and most liberal among them, and
iha, he bad no doubt that t6ey could with the
most pe,fecs. ease, secure the votes OF that
S,ste, By ssch co.opcfsiioo--T That II would
be important to Mr. Ctawfo,j TO have sucha
ioothold 10 New. .Ensisnd-1hs, il be would
thus co operste With him, and Mr.. Crswfo,d
should Do elected, no could, Of course, con-.
rnand soy thing .io the sif, Of the Govern.
rnent in 'ha. State, and esstciss sgses,er in.
auenee win his sdm'nistfstion than any other
Republican in the SnteLT6st d. 10 himself,
tho Senator, he should uss his utmos, to "a,
every thing into bis hAnds--for be was TO go
sbrosd ss minister 10 some Eusopean
Court; . station which ,would ets,ify his
wishes. and which he had looy been anxious
20 sua,n."
When tho Sens,or had thus disclosed HE
project, the gentleman IN question did not
choose 70 consider himself so much honorsd
by the choice which had beeo made Of him,
a. . A. per.oo to barter Awsy the Electoral
v,,ss Of HE ns,ive State. lie DOT only 70.
psilsd the proposal with scoto sod indieos-
tioo, bu, Instantly declared he, would not be
the confidential de posi,osy u scheme 90 IN.
y iocipIed, sad dsneoross to that State and
the country. Accor d,nFly, when hs saw the
Ssns,or stili lsbo,ins in his new vocation,
with some Republicans Of Rhode. IsIsod, ,heo
., the sect Of government, hs did not scsuple
Ia 10, drop h'n,s to one or tvs, OF bis friends
a.. q ~ .l..~s ~