The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1829-07-23

3efton 10 De trueY ln what hhvo tney- D
either Of them, ever while in Office, oppos
ed your known wishes, or acknowledge,
interests {; so far az their acts may be evi
dence in their favor they have uniforml.
moved in accordance with your views ant
wishes they are to be sure men Of indie
pendent, determined CHARACTERIZATION
principles are fixed and known--not liabl,
to be blown about by every wind of doc
trine or breath Of popular clsTnour--as sucf
they have made themselves respected a.
broad, and contributed largely to make
you respected also as a state what die
Durfce and Eddy do towards either while
they were in Congress? Will any of their
friends or partisuns venture to draw a par.
allei between them and Messrs. Pearce
and Burgess? Plutarch himself might
| baye dlspaired under such task.
Another charge against Messrs. Pearce
and Burgess is, that "they have been nom.
mated by party, that has been clamorous
in favour Of the late administration" With
how much respect these address trainers
treat your state Legislators. 1t is uniyer-
sally known that the Convention that nom.
mated Messrs. Pearce and Burgess was
composed almost exclusively of the mem
bcrs Of your General Assembly, such
men as Wiikins Updike, Obadiah Potter,
&c. &c. style them ctamOrous. Besides
being Leglslators---they were men as re.
spectacle in point of character--as cspa.
bic Of collecting and estimating public
sentiment, and as judicious and honest in
selecting proper men for Office as those
who composed the II. Greenwich Conyen-
ton and in the nomination they made,
they were sustained and fortified by pub
lie opinion; the men whom they recon-
mended, having been twice elected by
your snff'roges To the same stations--and
were never dropped an lille short Of dis
grace.
Bot says the address, they are pledged
to party, to act in conformity to its views,
and-to foster its exclusive interests and
feelings" Where is the proof of this ??
When was such pledge required Of ihem3
where and 10 whom was il given? Let US
have the proof, because if il were true, they
would be unworthy Of your suflragcs. and
would forfeit the large measure of conf
dence with which you have honoured them.
But it is untrue in point of fact, and you
will deem IL base aud unmany, TO propa.
gate in this way, falsehoods 20 injurious To
private character and prejudicial TO public
good nor does it come with very good
grace'from the mouths Of men who at The
same time are endeavouring to palm off up
on you their two candidates, who if they
have any merit at all, can only claim it on
account of just such pledge Of their de-
votion to the powers that be. Equally
without foundation Is the assertion, that
Messrs. Pearce and Burgess, if reelected,
will be the Representatives Of a party and
maintain an unqualified opposition TO the
administration Of Mr.. Jackson. and a con.
tinued resistance of all its salutary meas.
ures. From what instance Of resistance
what act or vote of Messrs. Pearce and
Burgess-from what event in the whole
course of their political lives, do these gen
tlcmen OF the committee, Updikc, Dearth,
Patten and all, draw such an inference p
from what assurances that they have made
or now make, do they calculate on such
course ? Fellow Citizens, can you be de-
luded and led away from your true inter
est-your honour and your consistency by
stuff like this can you patiently listen to
such gratuitous and sweeping denuncia
tions, made by men whose only object ap-
pears to be in their own language "to com
plete the work of reform, which they nobly
begun at the last election, and place in
your national councils your friends, and
he friends of tho administration. In 9th
,rr words, to unite with the minions Of Pres
dent jackson in the removal Of all men
rom around him-who have integrity and
epublcan spirit enough-to resist his sys
em of prescription, which if pursued by
,m and acquiosced in by the public--can
only lead TO the prostration of your rights
tho subverson Of your liber,ies--and the
humiliation of your power as sovereign
aud Independent state.
You are further assured in this address,
= that to preserve your Republican primer.
.1ies, and promote your state Interests, sound
policy dictates TO you to elect Tor your
Representatives in Congress, men whose
,oltical sentiments harmonize with. the
Government. and who will readily CO. oper,
ate with it in all its constitutional meas
ires" If this political doctrine be true.
thon elect Durfoe and Eddy and you may
be assured, that in this state, SO far as their
serve and unprinciplcd devotion to the
present administration can avail you. there
will be no cause Of complaint that you do
no, harmonize with the Government--if it
be untrue, and anti Republican, in Gods
name do not elect men, who are recon
mended to you only because their friends
think them fit tools for dragooning you in
to compliance with all the measures of the
weakest, not to say wickedest administrs
ton, that ever cursed FREQ peopls.--Let
us for moment, now look at the monstrous
doctrine nculcated by the language Of this
address--,hc broad ground assumed is,that
your Representatives ought to go hand in
hand with the Executive IN all constitution.
al measures, that whatever the Executive
dictated to them. that violated no positive
..o,;.;o, of The constitution ahould ho bv