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

| a mster OF course, that no dangerous sehe MI
| Of political mischief cen DO conceived by de.
! signing men, and by len carried into suc.
| cessiui operation without being immedialeiy
| deiec,ed. II necessarily follows then, that, as
| the towns were requested, in the usual man.
| ner, TO elect their delegates, eve'y person in
| Tho least interested, in the obiect for which
! ,he convention was called, had The oppor,uni.
| ~ OF choosing their delegates, and that the
| towns that omitted TO make such choice, weI o
| willing TO abide tho dcings Of tho convention
For tho last twenty years hsve been 10 the
| bsbi, OF attending these conventions a. Del.
ega,e, often cen, by tho Republican fIeemen
| Of my nsiivs town, snd several .imos elected
| by tho convention TO hIl . vacancy in The del.
| egation Of that town. ] have been in three
| conventions when there were bet ten towns
represented by delegate, regularly chosen. IL
is not within my recollection, OF ever having
been in o convention where iheIe were more
than fifteen towns represented by Delegates
expressly chosen Us such. The fact Is, that
| it is generally we'll known previous to the
convention, who ths candidates are, snd the
heemen 10 the several towns, remote from
ths place where the conve ntion is 10 be hold
en-, consider il scarcely worth the Z, ,ouble and
expense Of sending Delegates, and thersfo'a
DO noi choose thsnr, but rely on their Rspub
!icsu Representatives, 10 the Legislature, 10
sec thst things ase managed with prudence
and fsisness. For several months previous TO
the me eing OF the convention, Il was welt
known TACT tha, M. Pes'ee, he'd been urged.
by many Of tho UoSi iohuen,iai Republican,
In diffsreni parts OF the STATE TO become can.
dids,e IL WAS also we'll known, at lessi month
before the convention met, that he had con-
seDtod 10 bo J candidate: Nor was IL less we'll
understood, that Nj. Du'lee was csndids,e
siso. The friends Of tho latter gentleman
were rniring in their effous, TO obtain Tor him
nomination by iba, vsyy caucus, the organ
izstlon OF which Ne. Du lee, now so soliti
dousls epdeavors TO jrvsiidate whose pro-
eeedings, no now, with so much zeal, attempts
| 20 dofesi with wbst consistency OF cns'actcr
! "ics tie hu6He Judge" X 10 fact that, "Bn.
der he aushiees Of This eanras a arw candidate
| nae been named 90 tie fabiie." Alb" there'e
he ru5"---" that's Me secret"--,ha's the dill.
heul,y.--"For myselk" says NJ. Du'fce,
Yas candidate before the cauess--I am edn'
d'dafe stiH.' Following up .he though, which
this declaration suggcstsi ~ II not easy and
| natural, TO draw tho Inference, that u was tho
Determination of NJ, Dotfoe, 10 obtain nom
ins,lon by this " niirovif2 caucus" il possible |;
| snd if unsuccessiul thetc, that II vas his oO-
/ sIlersble dcie, mina,ion 10 run 90 candidates
| undor ell kinds Of desperate cireuustsnces, .
ven when no o,her probable object could have
i been prrseuiet TO his view, tbon that Of do.
fss,ing The election, or at IsaI tho election of
that "orher cGndidGfe," 1amed under tie an
s,itcs Of thi, cagcpsi' especially whom IL is 70.
collected tina, M. Duties Gays, this CAUCUS
| did no, Bind ifsey By the usual vote to support
its own doings." Ths public csnno, 6e al .
| loss to discover the motives By which Mr..
| Du'fee is Influenced: The motives, by which
nc was sctusiod, as sppesr by his warm enc
soiici,ous appeal to the cinzens at large, can
not but be apparent to every. observer: II
needs no curious and penetrating mind, TO cal
up TO Wow tho t'siD OF ,hought tha, led Mf
I Durfce 10 tho 'e,,lod purpose, he hs, go un
consciously developed in his sd1tess. Fellow
ci,zens--f conjure you not 10 be unnecesssTi
| y alarmed by Mr.. Du'fee, IN view Of whs
the minority taueus,' bes done: yous p'as'
will nor be siteneed--you, hands 'hall nor be
ned--your yucca shall NOT DO sIohte2-you
shall nos be bowed down with sorow 10 the
grave by its sRytremaSy. What II M. Dur.
Ice shos4ld nor be elected, es most essuredly
ne will not be snd wha, II Mr.. Pesrcc sbouia
be elected, es no doubt he will bs Would
earth feel o wound and nature sighire
through oil her woke give signs OF wo tha
az was losE!' Eo-no--' the long agony
would soon TO over and tho suu no doub
would continue TO rise, end TO soi as usual, On
mindful oi The political phenomenon. Blu: te
bs seriou, and in very deed, ON serious al
the gisve.-There /, another point OF view
in which Mt. Dorfee presses the improprie'y
Of s'sciing any eHer person than himself
which view 10 altogether inconsistent with the
genius OF our political institutions; with the
souod principles of Dem oerscy lie. him be
hoard 10 bis own words" Fellow ei'i2ens,
,sys Nv. Durfse, "i, 10 believed % be 9 truth
70 which the political history of this ',slo boa''
testimony, the, from Tho sdopiioo OF sbe con-
,,isuiion to the present time, no one OF you'
| Representatives bas been succeeded hy
20 snsr, unlsss upon complaint grounded