The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1828-09-04
Fram the National lnte lligencer.
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

SHOWS the day and now's the hour" wa
have already said, for the friends of tt5
present administration 10 come forward in
their might, Sleeping in their strength,
they hove been ignorant themselves how
great il is. The kociferslion and claInor
of an organised Opposition hate almost o.
verpowerod the voice of reason and Of
truth; 90 as, in conncxion with the boasts
ful. staggering tone of the busy instriS
ments of the party, to lenve an impressioa
on the minds Of the apprehcnsive OF our
own side, Ms we'll as Of the more quiet and
sensible Of our opponents, that tho Opposi-
ton was the majority in the country. For
our own part, our resders will bear us wit
ncA, we have always expressed, 40 ~e
have felt, a full confidence in The ihtclli-
gence of the rejecting part ofthe comna-
Dity; firm trust that they would save tho
country from the danger Of tho precedensi
il not the actual danger Of the act, vt plse-
ing st tho head OF our civil concerns 9
mere soldiers successful one iDdoed,and
therefore the more dangerous; but still q
mere soldier, whose temper is known 10
be favorable to tho most arbitrary exercise
of The powers he possesses, and to the ss-
sumption of power TO do any thing that
suits his current purposes or his notions of
expediency. We have TRANQUILITY, because
confidently, relied upon the rcdeen'ng
virtue Of The People, to resist, and IN turn
pursue, tho Combination tof the disatIectsd
Of all parties, with the friends 6f the Gem
eral) to put down the ADMINISTRATORS. right
or wrong. And by recent eSents, the
People have, so far, jnstifed our conh-
dence. The elections IN Louisiana, kens
lucky. and Indiana. the results OF WHICH
have been unequvocally demonstrhtive OF
the preference of those States for tho pres.
ent Administration, upon iis merits, are
bnt the forerunners Of yet more biillian
and bloodless trumphs. We NOW hope
that We shall Fave the vote Of Penneylva-
MIA in favor of an Administration charac.
teriscd by fixed principles of policy; by
struphlous regard for the righta of tho
States and OF indiyidualG by . Ibve ot
peace; by . liberal federation, and by
steady devotion 10 tho best interests hf tho
conntry--in Opposition to q party whose o.
pinion on the great questions Of AmeriesD
policy is uncertain md unknown; whose
establishment IF the clsims they rct up AZ
rights Of the Stutcs," would hnn'hiiote ,hd
General Government; who would involve
ns In foreign wars, whilst persecution and
prescription would be the order Of the day
al hone; and who, having como into powS
er by The SUCCESS of csbalistic charmsl
would think Of nothing clse but how "a
pcrpetuafe the power thus arrived dt. fob,
We hope for the vote of Pennsylvthiu.
which will leave the General with fewtf
electoral votes than bc received at the
last election. We soy that we hobo for 10
--bhy, we might say, we cnlculgfe upon III
We know from information % bo teiied
upon. that the People Of that State, deceive
ed for a time by the arts Of defnaposhef
and in'riguers, are rapidly Awakening to-
the importance ofthe questions involved in
the present contest and Arrayihg thefn-
selves on the aide Of the Administration.
and the principles Of RcpublicnpisrD and OF
been, heretofore. the firm and most effic-
lent supporters. And. L il NOW the opin.
ion Of the best Informed men that we shall
obtgin the vote Of that State.
But, wifhoa Pennsyirdnid. uniess there
bc treason in the camp. we aJ'ull undoubt~
edIy gain the dny. Albeit liule given 10
counting noses, we will, for once, nho~ I'd
our readers upon what cop,bufntinb wa
found this certainty Of conviction Until
| the election wss over in Louisiana, where's
iWhn'eNtI I"co Wey put upon w VIC Up
position has sustained most disastrous
and irretrievable defeat, we did not vcns
ture to cast up an estimate Of the relative
strength of two parties Mt the approach-
ing election Of electors. We had general
confidence in oliimste success. but we Lad
not asccrtsihed in our own minds whcr6
the forces wero 10 come from. Tho r8-
suit Of the election in Kentucky has en8e6
in our mind whatever. doubt wc ascertain
ed on the subject. We reckon lip witlSS
| certainty votes enough 10 elect Mr.. Ada
ans and Mr.. Rush, leaving out tho whole
vote Of Pennsyltania, as well as some psh-
er votes which we expect 10 get, ana kiv-
ing up North Carolina and Virginia, i'm
which States the result il at least doubt
ful. We do not give up either Of them to
our opponent, in allowing them. To avoid
dispotation, to be placed for the present to
their credit. We embrace IN the follow
ing estimate nothing but what we consider
certain:
States. Mode. To.aL, adams Jseksdtr.
Maine, District, o 9
NfIsmrsh. Gen. tickets 3
Masrsoh. gen. ticket,15 IS
r Island, gen. ticket, 4 q
q a