Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-06-03

not believed that they will now send gentlemen t.
the deliberative assemblies, to beget strife, and {.
devise means to battle the ~exertions of the Execu
tive, or to impede the progress ofhis wise and pa
selfho nest and capable; and sincerely attached L
the Administrution-and why then should he be re-
moved For the sake Of filling his place with
man who cannot, if he has the least regard for The
consistency Of his course, obey the will of the peo'
pie who may send him to the Senate {!
We know Mr.. Porter too well to believe thar
he will, under any circumstances, or for the possess.
ion Of any Office in the gift Of the people, undertake
at this late hour, to say that he is friendly TO Mr..
ADAMS administration-we know him too well ia
believe that any thing could induce him to support
it. His hostility to the Executive is not to be thus
easily withdrawn, and it is a feature in his charac-
ter, and an unfortunate one too-nevcr 10 change
his opinions when once formed. His enmity is as
he once forms an attachment, or conceives an enai-
ty for any one, it remains fixed and unalterable, nor
can any act on this side of the grave annul or abro-
gate either.
1t has been said by some one that Mr.. POTTER
is ready to pledge himself to support, and act with
the administration, if the people will elect him
This perhaps he might do, but still that hostile
feeling towards Mr.. ADAMS, would raakle in his
bosom, and deter him from acting with decision, or
in conformity to the intentions ofhis constituents
And why do we want a man to represent US in the
Senate, from whom we should be obliged 10 exact
a solemn pledge to perform his duty in accordance
with our wishes, when we can have a gentleman
there, who, unplejsed and unsolicited, would
to whom he is Immediately amenable, and whose
instructions he has no right to violate. Pledged
men are useless to the people, and the people we
trust, will not confde in their protestations or pledg-
es.
For oui single selves, we had rather be unrepre-
sented in the Senate Chamber, than have a man
there who could not and would not without hesita-
ton, obey the wishes of those who sent him there,
and with his own hearts consent, completely and
ably represent his constituents.
There are no people in the confederacy who are
more warmly devoted to the administration than
are the Rhode Islanders, and ifthey continue to be
actuated bv that feeling and those principles, which
influenced Their votes ior Mr.. ADA DIS, they will me-
yer vote for Mr.. Porter. But there are other
considerations which ought to forbid their extend.
ing to him their aid, the first of which is, he is as an
advocate, and a parliamentary man far behind Mr..
RorprNs. Mr.. Potter, when engaged in questions
exciting his feelings, insensibly falls a prey to the
angry passions, and yielding to the impulses Of pre-
JUDGE, he INDUCES in the the most acrimonious and
improper language. Forgetting his station as a
senator or as a representative, he descends to indie
cency and scurility, and attempts to carry BY in.
vective and abuse, what sober minded argument
and decorous defamation cannot effect. Violent
in his prejudices, and unrelenting in his hostility,
he pursues an opponent to the grave, and beyond
it, and scatters with his breath, contumely and
scandal over the tomb of the forgotten, and the
ashes ofthe dead. Take him all and in all, he is
just the man the people 10 not want-just the man
the people will never consent to support : and
the representative who votes for him, viii! disobey
the implied, and we'll understood instructions of his
constituents.