Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-04-05
ntSTATE ELECTI)N.

70 THE FREEMEN OF RHODE-lSL AND.
Tho time 10 near al hand. when you will be
called upon to decide question of the utmos.
consequence, and which involves principles
and doctrines in which you sre Immediately
la.orested, and which If not decided correctly,
will most sssurcdly heap evils upon you, which
time will be slow in eradica,ing, and which
may DO realized by succeeding generations.
The friends Of the republic-those friends
who have been tried, and proved TO be sincere
and consistent in their alta chments, are now
making an exorton, TO produce a saluiary re-
formation, in our STAN affairs, and they call
spon you one and all, to cooperate. in pro-
6ucing a result, which must forever bafi.e the
enemies oe the States prosperity.
II is we'll known TO you. that ever since the
the State has harborcd within its limits little
hand Of "a actonists, who have been eagerly ard
indus,riously at work, in dovising ways and
neans, to impede the happy operation Of the
national government, and whist they have
profossedly toiled and ,ugged to aid the pros
poets Of General Andrew Jackson, their prin-
cipai aim has boen to secure Offices to them
selves, no matter what their attainment might
cost tho country. The individuals at the head
Of tho faction, are well known to you; and
10 all to whom they are known, they are known
TO be desperate politicians office hunters -
the Muster spirits of intrigue, and the sworn
A
aud HE cabinet the declared and determined
enemies Of democracy, and the worshppcrs of
sristocracy.
At tho head ofthe phalanx, is placed Elisha
r. Potter, a man, whose name is as familiar
to every Rhsdo Islander, as it is offensive TO
every pure republican. Frcin his infancy up
to his present age, he has in one way or anoth-
or, participated in the political affairs Of this
State; and whilst he has professod unboundcd
attachment for tho one party, he has bson Sc
erstIy engaged in tralicking with its opposcr
for Office. To the administration of Washington
lao was at one time attached, and at another
no opposed t;-he was the defender and op-
poser Of the elder Adams-an advocate for
the alien and sedtion laws, aud again he was
one Of those who most bitterly denounced
them. In the contest between AARON BURR
and Thomas JErrERsoN, he was the sup
porter Of the former, and was among the most
ardent admirers ofths murderer Of ALExAN.
DER HAMILTON.
Drrng the administration Of Mr.. MADISON,
he held seat in the Congress OF the country,
and whilst there he opposed not only the ad-
ministratien, but the interests Of the manufac
iurer and agricuturalist, and was among the
moro ardent and bitter opponents Of that wise
policy, which is so peculiarly calculated to en-
hsace the prosperity Of RHoDE-IsLAND.
q At the commen cement Of Mr.. MorRoE's
administration, he was found among the most
violent Of its enemies but when he found
that he was again in the minority, he sud
denly halt cd. and ranked himself among its
supporters.
At tho commencement Of the last pre-
sidentiai canvass, he was the profcssed
friend AID admirer Of Mr. CRAWFORD -
wade speeches and attended caucuses in his
favor, but at the trial of tho final question, he
bolted, and flew 10 the standard Of GENERAL
JACKSON, where he rcmaincd till the fall Of
1925, whom, painting for a seat in the Senate
Of the United States, vacated by the resigna-
ton Of tho Honorable JAMES De WoLr he
professed wonderful regard for JOHN QUINCY
ADAMS Those professions were adhered 10,
till the question was decided and Mr.. Ron
BINS was elected, when he again fell down
and worshipped the image Of the Hero, kissed
tho golden calf, and smothered his inconsisten-
cies and political alterations, with the COM
punctions Of half scared conscience.
For more than twenty years, he opposed
the present Chief Magistrate Of Rhode Island
asd his vsnerated ancestor, and in the vio-
isncs ef his opposition, no obloquy was too
gross, no scandal too vile 10 he employed by
him to blight the fair fame Of the one and the
ether but as tho political principles that were
advocated by the father and the son, at las,
became triumphant, he made his confession
Of faith to the grand High Prizes, Of the polit-
isai Church. and after doing penance, was
admitted to a seat within the tabernacle.
Such is a slight picture Of the man and his
5neonsistensss, his waverings and incongrui-
ties. and such is the man, who is aow at the
heal ofa faction, the members Of which are
sfirossptiy striving to control the politics Of
|, psn s.I.ns. And what are his objects