The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1829-07-16
To he Frctmen Of Rhode Island.


Four Gentlemen have been nominated
for Representatives in the next Congress
from this State their names are before
the public, and 1t is not only customary
but proper-thcir claims should be exam
ined, and qualifications considered by tn,
people, whose representatives when elect
ed, they will bo. The Convention which
was holden in this town, in June last, it i.
known, nominated our late Representa-
tives, Messrs. Peorce and Burgess forre
election, and the late Convention at Eas'
Greenwich, nominated Messrs. Durfee am
Eddy. Changes in our representation are
often found expcdient, aud sometimes alb
solutely Recessary; but for these change
there should always exist sufficient causes.
If the places Of your late rcprese ntativea
can be filed with more able men, this
would be one cause for change; if they
nave abused the confidence with which
the public has honored them, this would b.
another, aud if they have long filed tn,
nliccs for which they are again candl
dates, this, as the principle of rotation il
office is an acknowledged, and in New
England, an operative one, would be an
other. But as no man, in his sober mo
nents, whatover may be his party feelings
viii say, that on the score of talents anc
ibility to represent you, any thing by thc
proposed chdngo in your representation IL
% be gained, it will not be expoJieut o.
,ndIcious to suffer il on that score no
nave yc, been informed or learnt in wha.
tct or vote Of your late Representatives
,ncy have abused the confidence that ha,
,cen reposed ir. them, or abandoned III,
.aterest Of their constituents. | should b,
1eased to see them arraigned. and ID,
harges, if any can be preferred against
hem, published, for have no doubt The, ,
Nill be promptly met by the candidate,
themselves, or their friends. The candt.
dates nominated at East Greenwich, what
ever might have been the reasoning in ia
your of another set of candidates, cannot
claim your suffrnges on the Republican
principle of rotation in office, for Dir. Ed
jy has been your representative six years
IN succession, Mr.. Durfee four, and Messrs.
Pearce and Burgess each but four years
| should have supposed, if it were neccssa
ry, now to withdraw the confidence tha,
has been extended for the two last Con.
crosses, to your Representatives, that 9th.
or men might have been found, with bet
ter claims for your support than Messrs.
Durfee and Eddy. For the contemplated
change, Fellow Citizens, must suppose
that some other cause influenced the East
Greenwich Convention.
The great point suppose is this, the ed.
ministration Of the General Government
has gone into other hands. and although
Mr.. Adams was indebted for his election
to Mr.. Eddy and Mr.. Durfee. although the
latter has alwsys professed himself the
/ friend of Mr.. Adams, and in November
last, voted for Electors, pledged TO vote
for him, and the former gentleman ha.
never acknowledged himself the friend o
President Jackson, they have been fount
to be Of such malleable materials, they car
be shaped into any thing, become al thing,
to all men, with no eyed principles, and ne
Opinions Of their own, but mere automat,