The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1825-08-11

( lme, whole generations would come and eos
| and Ind snd lesvs Tho same men In power.
Whst would be tho n'aeneai ressf of ,hiS
| doctrine Q joc,siDe sbhOf,en,, even 10 G tS;
preseu,stve Monarchy. II, however, unaev
gesernment ISe ou's, he vety life OF whicS
depends in some degres, upoo u iudicidns
and ssfs 'ota,ion in Office, We ore 10 prsc.
ties upon thsse sttsnge noton,i If we are %
be controlled ~ Our elections by these ss'k,h
principles, why ,hen indeed Mt. Du,fes
might claim 10 DO re elected 10 Congress for
hohs century 10 come and wbst would tho
State do, "when he shalt have paid the de ht
OF na'uro"-snd o'et HE ersys " h,gh hosfas.
"oas honors' shall "lighrly hover"
Mr. Durice 10 al,ogethe, incorrect in tkfs
iavori'e Position Of his, IS eppests by The o.
pinoh, and advice 81 tho sounJest poiiicst
philosophers, OF this, or any past age. lie
muu be within tho ,eeoileeliou of e.ety ono
'hst Mr.. Jefferson in touching upon tho p,in-
clple growing out Of Nv. Durfec's bypo,he.
ais, ssid, thar among those who held olfiecss
although hs was glad there wsfs bur few
deaths, ye, he had 10 regret ,ha, ,hete wete
90 fes,gDalioOs no rotation in ofiee But
Mr.. Duriee says, what arc you, ehs'eese
Whist are your complaints against the : WhY
do you name now candidate 10 the peoptfs
l have served you 6ut four years; why DO
you DOT continue TO name me % the people as
. candidate, uo,i there shall be some rom.
plaint against mcs un,i, ! shall have been
guilty OF some neglect Of du'yi M. Doyfoo
IN pofsuing this erroneous notion, by wy Of
demonstrating his indisputsbls clam "a die.
hnfe tho 'igh, Of tho people to 'ocom,ne end
. now candidate, whilst he himself 10 sHH q
eandidafe," observes % follows, by way Of N.
iustfa,ioD presume; Ii is said ot a dis,in.
guished naval commsnder, who served ,hS
couotry during ,he Revolutionary war, and
who subsequently enlisted In the service oe
the Emhress Of Russia, 'hs, no accepted his
commission from her upon this condition OLA
y, thst Whenever nc was dismissed ftoID of'
fec he should be mode acquainted with tho
charges brought against him, and heard in
his defence. -" What was no, denied by
Russian EDthreSs, will not be refused by tho
sovereign people Of this state 30 Que oi their
servanis--snd pormit me again 10 ask, what
sie the charges, Whist ere The comp'aiHni ~
tecolIect Of having heard some Jrolekscme
rogae of tho LiferaG say, tbs' he had some
whsfe toad, that tfue rpif consisted IN bsppiIy
and quickly sssocis,iDg very distant and OPP
po,iio idoss {, now If this weg told mo vuy.
and old D.. Johnson, OF SONS Other equally
queer and icstnea mac, did sbsoluteiy end ia
Eu,h, 30 dsAno The term, then there mus, boS
not ht,io w, IN this stoty reia'ivo 10 lhs
Rasdan Rsnress' aud the Revolutionary
Naval Commander"
sm unwilling, or rather, not desi'ous OF
going minuteiy into oil tho circumstances
coonscted with Mt. Datfse's As, elevation
70 office---,he oecstion does not call lor it'd
my personal regard for him will nc' slow mo
even 70 think Of doing 90. 3u, viii how.
ever observe, tha, by this strange hgu's or
story, this Gr.fetehed illus,s,ion, M. Dur.
loo cannot mean, even TO fnsnuafe thar hc
| F" origiuslly consented" 10 be . candidate q.
| gains, M. Hazard, upon any condition tvhuf!
ever, much lsss, any that could, ot aey soic
| OF fsyisiJfediion, be ikened nnfo ibt OF Tho
Ras.ian Emh,ess and tho Revolutionary
| Commander. No, M. Dufeei assure you
by oil that 10 good and scored, oy all that -
fsif end honorable, tina, "lbat w"ch ws not
! denied by Russian Esrhress 10 one IF or
distinguisAed Revolutionary Cowmandevs, wi1
| nor, cannot be denied to you, 6y tie sove-
reign people ef Rhode leland"
| That part Of the address which relete, 10
the question Of sppot',onmedt OF Representa-
lives, snd to Mr.. Ddrfee's services, N the dis'
! cussioo Of that subject. ] have omitted "a
copy: And ss l live, nay, ss l hope 10 i've
| hereafter in . better r'vld, have beon in.
| ducsd 10 omit il from an honesl and pnra re-
| gard for that gso,ismsn's character. Would
| Mr.. Daffse u, to make us believe, tha, but
! for his sxettions, and his speech IN Congress,
| although the House had, g, he ssys, come to
| q decision adverse 10 ou' irtefesi, u would
| neve, hsvs reviewed ibst decision [! Would
| he make Us believe, 'hs, had II not beeo Tor
| his exerion, on the, occasion, you would not,
Of the approaching Election, DO entitled 10
| choose bu, one Representative. Whers wera
| the Representatives frsm the large S'ses'
| whose inle'es, in that question, was % pre-
! serve their frsc,ion, where was EDDY Mac.
| lane. Bsiiie, and othe", who m ono cot OF
| Congress, were lsbofiug In season and out OF
! season, 10 favor the in'efon OF the small
! States in the ultimate decision of that qusit
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