The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1828-06-12

TO TEE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED
STATES

Union, Is, ~ snboue The hopes and discour-
age The efforts vi his iTleDos ana support
ers, By such representa- lions OF the State Of
pubho feeling, Ms show his re.election high
y improbable, or impossible. They seek
10 insure victory, BY raising n shout that
victory Is already Won.
1 The great extent oi country, and the DIFF
heuiiy oi accurately showing, Ia one part,
what sentiments prevail IN another anu dis
ianl pari, sDoId isclhty e. tins mode OF prac-
ucing imposition on the pubic. The Peo-
! pie vi New Hampshire, Tor example, are
assured, that II 10 no longer matter OF ooubt,
! ihAiAhi anJ Louisiana VIII vote for tho
opposition, Candidate While the citxens
oi those States are surprised, at the same
TIME, by heurlng 1t asserted, with conf
dencc beiong,ng TO real convection, mat
not only New Hampshire, but Others, also,
OF the New Englsnu States, perhaps near
y all Of them, give satisfactory proof OF
having joined the sNme cause. Whatever
OF coioring, oi exagg.re,,on, or, We regret
To add, vi unqualified misrepresentation,
this course oi policy may require, seems,
hitherto, not TO have been found wsnting.
Not only are slight and doubtful msniies-
tuhons oi opiniun, when favorable, sw oln
INV hhIN''hNNi ubu az
just degree on the one hand while, on the
other, the more clear and decisive results
OF full popular elections, II untay oIsble, ara
made 10 20 for nothing but, formal state
menls are, also, put forth, some,nes M
der the authority OF names, such os orO
willing 10 be appended to them, whicb arc
known not only TO be partial, bW 10 be abb
solutely untrue, by those who have inior-
nation Oh the subjects TO which lbcy re-
late.
Notwithstanding the general intelligence
OF the community, there may be dnngeT,
that attempts Oft this sort every where made,
and long continued, will produce mole or
less OF the effect intended, unless seusops-
bly, aud properly counterac,ed.
II has been deemed expedicnt, therefore,
on the eve OF the adjourn pment of Congress,
that the friends Of the administration,
throughout the whole Union, should be M
formed, from some source, or through somo
channel, in which they have confidence.
trhat IS The Lsiisf entertained herr, of The pre-
seni state, and NE present tendency Of pub
lie opinion; and efbe probable result q no
election.
It's the purpoee Of this paper to stuio
what thai belief ~ with some i1ierepra
TO the groupds on which IL 10 founded, "
proceeds from those who have no motives
which should induce them TO mislead oi de,
csiye either themselves or others: aud ss,
from obvious Causes, this place IL The point
at which, al the prcsen, moment, the ~ emf
est amount Of Information on The subject "
concentrated II has been attempted 10
consider and compare the various peTis of
this information stienti,ely npd iniriy, TO
Judge Of the whole correctly y, and 10 lay The
result honestly before The public. Tint
resnlt, We have the pleasure 10 say, ie. ma
high degree satisfactory and 2rnuiyirg,
II has produced q iull conviction, that,s'ucs
the first broing out Of Opposition, which
was contemporary with the election OF Is.5,
no period hns furnished 80 strong reasons
to expect tho re election OF The present
Chief Magistrate, 1T the present aud that
such re election may be now oplicipnted
with a reasonable d,grce OF certainty
OF the more general grounds which con-
= duce to this epinion, II In not in'endru, on
this oceasion, To speak a, my length be-
cause they arc equally open to the obser-
; va,ion aud jud2men, Of oil. All can OBJ
serve, and Judge, whether there be not, ut
least in many parts Of the country. very
altered tone Of feeling towards the Oppo-
si,ion Candidate; whether there be not
the prevalence ofn more sober temper, in
Judging between him and his competitor
an inc reasing reluctance to confer the high
est public conc erns from hands which have,
so far, conducted them wisely npd safrlyy
I, and growing doubts and bcsitatiOD, now
approaches to alarm, about the propriety OF
committing the fortunes OF this young Re
public TO one, no Otherwise quolihed to
guide it, no otherwise brought into tho
number Of candidates. for the highest Office.
thnn as having distinguished bmself by
single military achievement There would
appear we think, TO be indicstions Of a sol
emn pause, Of n disposition TO reflection,
not in ps,tsons ond zculots, but in the minds
of candid and reasoning men, who have
hitherto .countennnced the cause Of that
candidate. They begin to take counsel Of
The better judgment; 10 put IN their own
consciences, and 10 inquire, phot there 'S,
ia his talents. in his eirH ,yprience, an his
character, and in his temper, so highly M-
,ine him for the situation for uhich he 10
proposed, as tojusijy the experiment. cf q
chopge
i But not dwelling on these general indi-
cations, il IL the irDmed purpose oS this
Address to refer TO particulars; and to ex-
bjbi,. with some detail, that view Of tho
subject WI i;h has led 10 the belief aboys
expressed.
| In presenting this view, the object will
be, no, to hold out general and vague en-
conrspement; no, TO show that the PTesi-
den, may bc re elected by large majority;
bit to state the grounds on which we be.
lieye there " vi be q majority ior him and
,h., s,nso,uentlv he vsn be Ye elected.