The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1826-02-02
THE REPUaIxcAN.
.hEWPORT
THURSDAY MOANING, rsa. ., lS2i.

ted debate of unusual talent and interest.
was finally ordered TO be engrossed for third
reading on Wednesday the 25th iast.-Ayes
l32 Noes, 90. AIessrs BURGes and PrAqcr
voted in the negative. The time ofthe House
has since been principally occupied with the
blll making appropriations for certain Fosrt-
fIcArIoSs, for ,he year ls26. 4 considerable
opposition was manifested to this measure br
Messrs. FORSYTH, Floyd, Cooke, of Tennessee.
and others; and by the famous Nlr Kremor Of
Penn. who went So fag as t. move "a strike ou,
The first section of tie bill, dcnouuc,. y tb,
whole system of tortiIcations as profiraie
waste ofthe peoples money and "A sheer f.aud
'n the honest yeomaarv This was n little
100 eStravagaH' for even the maicontent zen. |
Iemen opposed to the measure, and the learn. !
'"memDer mona Penns ylvcra had the satisfac-
lon OF recordng on this occasion solitary
20 la the course of the debate which waso-
ly sustained on the part o. the government by
lossrs' McLanc, Dwight. Cook, and others:
Mr.. PEARCE, of Rhode-Island. copeia.
red the expenditure on the fortitications n,
'eWport, not as for the benefit of his CON
fltuentS, but, as part ofa grand svstem !, ,
'hlch all parts of the Union are equally in.
'rested. The means of invostigat,nr
men the Chairman ofthe Committee pos.
'ssed, entitled his views ana opinions, on
iIs subject, to grel deferpnce. To check
e appropriations for works which are
must be productive of great h
Iblc loss. If the enlightened Board ofI r
lg'neers should report in favor OF works
the South, he would vote for them with j
same readiness as now. jie censurnd /,
g indulgence Of all sectional feeljnos
nch he considered odlous. q,
No business Of particular interest bo, bcon to
turcd in the Senate, with the excepton of III
passage of tho bin to abolish the discrimi- =,
ing duties on tonnage and impost, ieportej =,
Mr. Lloyd, of Mass. tc
In wednesday, Mr.. RonnfSs submitted N, nj
'wirg resolution, which wls taken M and an
,ed to: IT'S
'esolved, That the Committee on Com. =,
ce be instructed to inquire into the ex. I,
lcncy, and report thereon, Of erectipy NJ
ltable building for 4 custom house onI -,
ehouse, for the use ofthc United Stafcs
nc town OF Newport, in the State of ob
'"' i''aiiu' Of
-"~He"- ced
'R BENTON'S REPORT to the Scu,tc. DIe
nc proposed amendments to the Constiu: oea
OF the United States, in relation to the ,
ton Of President and Vice President, has L.
communicated to US by an obiging cor p rc
ondent at Washington, and discloscs very the
the grounds Of that ertraordinary a. out
fmcn', which the committee of which mr. ~ /
Chairman, have thouvht fl 70 recon. In 7
to the attention Of the Senate. The re > IT.
as printed, is contained in a pamphlet of md
ages, and is certainly drawn up with the tine
ana usually characterize one,
iENroN's productions. As public docu. at p
however, and emanating from respec- rum
committee oftbe Senate i, con,,i,s ,ba lnal
extraordinary assumptions we ever
taken, and is uttcrly at war with some G.:
So'"ooS' PrhiclPies hitherto recognized Tndi,
lheory oi our Government. To Justify pers.
of that mixed and salut1rv popu
Of election, by which the States have. vas,
ed to themselves in , cer..io ,.on. 49, Mass
IN Of the PresdoE TT is boldJv 0s. e'ai
'o't'o~ particle cfproof, that every his +,
'"h oi 'hs CONSTITUTION, which has refe- whic
10 thls object, Hhs FAILED OF Irs EF- cont
1t is asserted with the same derrce Of youth
ence and with rs Ttne f,np5,,ion ,h,. them
'sriTrrIoS or ELECTORS, which offers a
.'"'' anu as every one has hitherto FR
''' an uhexceptionabie mode Of collect ofthe
e suhrages OF the commurnty, is dcstruc- the p
the dearest rights Of the people; and we ar
he great and ;n..,;,,,lJo from
rivos IN ,ho s,a..rp, Sir
voice with NewYork or Virginia. in the laoL +.
OF President, if tao people at large Tn,
iaii TO elect, is n cherished form of Christ
"'St0nee, and "oao redaced to nothing grand
'oea And these strange and unac.
Die assertions are made in the face of ne
he'd facts md .,bon,Lot.;-. Janeir
,o,,s a., a.. VI '"e ia't before
H0ie operation OF of the
- 0''''' ''Ion Is ffeSh IN The recol- fell in
anu open 70 The daily observation Of from {
erican people! a Spa
nave said, that tho whole of this Re. brougI
founded on the gratuitous assumption ing
allure Of the Const;,u,io, o. - and &c
or,ho p.o.;,.-.,,, -. o''oe' 'he The
.''',' ~" wee PRESIDENT 10 Sir
ia'"''' contemplated oy ITS founders, 600 pc
necessity therefore, and the conse.
ght of introducing an entire change
in supnor, or I'M. ,o.;,ioo aaJu l. is
.,,,s,;,... a.. ''' Ian 90