The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1826-03-02

mlnent memocrs d the Administration,
which will better disclose - our readers.
Ghan any observations We could offer, the
disappointed and rescntisl feelings he cher
ishes towards MIR. CLAY, who has so far
outstrippcd him IN the race OF popularity
and honor. MIR. CALHcUS It seems, If he
make an opposition is determined at all G.
vents 10 SWIM with the people, and 1t must
be confessed that he has made very hope
ful beginning, SO far as me may Judge from
the indignant feeling which perpades the
.public mind in relation to his conduct
on the Mission to Panama.
The editors Of the Enquirer. IN dsbc-
leving this SANDER, have certam,' done
Mr.. Calhoun's sagacity no more tnan JUS
tice, putting aside all considerations con-
nected with his integrity and honor. mr..
G.. would, indeed, have become suddenly
snd unaccountably stultitied, it he could
have sent any one on such fools errand
TO mr.. Adams,as the proposal "to break irith
the Secretary Of State" necessarily involves.
Every man q. sense IN the community must
know that mr. Clay Is about as necessary
to the President aS mr.. Adams is 10 the
Secretary OF State, and that, how little
Hephcstion my love .Herander, Ciatereus
must love the King. The very cirrum-
stances quot 10 say terms) of the league be-
tween these gentlemen, make the invio-
liability of their political union the essen
tal destiny of each. mr.. Calhoun might
as well have gone To tho shades and con.
Jured Orphcus to have given up the recol-
lection of his Euryd!ce, as to have proposed
to our good President an act of such suci-
dal fatuity. Political existence, as impe-
rious in its operation as the instinct of life,
is the cement OF this union, 'Joyless and
unendcarcd" as it may be.
If the honor and happiness Of the coun-
try should ever render such an opposition
necessary, Mr. Calhoun, in participating in
common struggles, and noble efforts, with
the best portion of these who are the only
Just fountains Of all power, will have the
sympathy of honest men, although it may
sometimes be his fortune to encounter the
malice and hostility ofbad ones.
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L1BESTY-TREE.--The BosroY News
LETTER OF January 7, contains Deed, |
which has frequently been published here
of a large BuIon-,coof Tree, at the north |
end Of Thames-stveet, with the land ad-
joining, given by WILLIAM REED, Esq. in ,
l766, to number of gentlemen in this
place as Fcoh'ces in trust for the Sons OIL
Liberty; and inquiries into the present state |
of the land and Tree thus conveyed to our
FGthcrs We are ashamed to say that the |
we can give on this subject is !
any thing but credrablc to the Town or
its inhabitants. The Tree, which was gi-
ven in TIL original deed, haying been, dc =!
stroyed by the British during the 'Rcvolu-
tion,sry war, one of the same species was
planted on the spot in 1883, which was |
carefully enclosed and grew to large ana
beautiful size. Since the death, however,
of the venerable WILLIAM ELLERY, ono |
of the original feotfees who felt an interest
in its preseryation,a and who may be said, in
the evening of his days, to have dwelt un-
uCA ltS SiducN, VIC anu III chSlOSult
have been miscrably neglected. The pa
ling which enclosed it is entirely torn up,
and the Tree itself most numerically lop-
ped.
1t is due, however, to the praise worthy
feelings of some of our public-spirited citi-
zens to mention, that q PLATE has been
recently attached to the Tree, com,Demo-
rative OF the principal events We have sta
ted, with the names Of the donor, feoffees,
&c. and that hopes are entertained that
some measure will be speedily taken by
the Town to re-invigorate and preserve
the mutllated remains of this venerable /.
memorial ofthe times gone by"
The Supreme Judicial Court of this State
will commence its March Term in this town,
on Monday next.