Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1830-05-26

and principle unprecedented even in
the annals of tyranny, like a destroy
ing angel ragged through the land, blow
ing the breath of pestilence and famine
into the habitations of your enemies
Your enemies sir No your political
opponents. You called them enemies
but were they so !? Can there be no
difference of opinion without enmity
DO you believe that every man who vot-
ed for MIR. Adams, and who had not re-
ceived from you some personal injury,
preferred him because hehated you p
Think you, sir, that there is no me-
dunn between idolatry and hate 1t
is not because you think that there is
no such medium, but because your ele-
waited ambition will allow of none. This
makes you look upon all those who voted
against you as your bitter foes. l most
firmly believe that, saving those whom
you had personally made your enemies,
every honest man, in giving his suffrage
to Mr.. Adams obeyed the dictates Of his
judgment, and that many did SO in vio-
lence to their warmer feelings towards
you.
My husband, sir, never was your enc
my. In the overfowing patriotism of
his heart, he gave you the full measure
of his love for your military services
He preferred Mr.. ADAMS for the presi-
dency, because he thought him qualified,
and you unqualified, for the station. He
would have been traitor to his country,
he would have had even my scorn, and
have deserved yours, had he supported
you under such circumstances. He us
ed no means to oppose you. He did
patriots duty, in a patriots way. For
this he is proscribed-punished! Oh,
how punished My heart bleeds as l
write. Cruel sir. Did he commit any
offence worthy of punishment against
God, or against his country, or ever a
gainst you Blush while you read this
question:; speak not, but let the crimson
negative mantle on your cheek! No, sir,
on the contrary, it was one ofthe best acts
of his life. When he barred his bosom
to the hostile bayonets of his enemies, he
was not more in the line ot his duty, than
when he voted against you; and had he
fallen martyr on the field of fight, he
would not more have deserved monu-
ment, than he now deserves for having
been worse than martyred in support OF
the dearest privilege and chartered right
of American freemen. Careless as you
are about the effects of our condnct, it
would be idle to inform you of the depth
and quality of that misery which you
have worked in the bosom Of my family
Else would tell tale that would pro-
woke sympathy in any thing that had a
heart, or gentle drops of pity from every
eye not accustomed to look upon scenes
of human cruelty "with composure."-
Besides, you were apprised of our pow
erty; you knew the dependence Of eight
little children for food and raiment upon
my husbands salary. You knew that,
advanced in years as he was, without the
means to prosecute any regular business,
and without friends able to assist him, the
world would be to him barren heath,
an inhospitable wild. You were able,
therefore, to anticipate the heart-rending
scene which you may now realize as the
sole work of your hand. The sickness
and debility ofmy husband, nor call up
on me TO rindicate his and his chiIdren's
wrongs. The natural timidity of my sex
vanishes before the necessity of my situ-
alton; and spirit, sir, as proud as yours,
although in female bosom, demands
justice: AT your hands l ask. it: Return
to him what you have rudely torn from
his possession; give back to his children
their former means of securing their food
and raiment; show that you can relent,
and that your rule has had at least one
exception. The severity practised by
you in this instance is heightened, be-
cause accompanied by a breach Of your
faith, solemnly pledged to my husband.-
He called upon you, told you frankly
that he had not voted for you. What
was your reply: 1t was, in substance,
this, "that every citizen Of the Unit ed
States had right to express his political
sentiments by his vote; that no charges
had been made against maj. Barney; if
any should be made, he should have JUS
tIce done: he should not be condemned
unheard." Then, holding him by. the
hand with apparent warmth, you conclud-
ed-"be assured, sir, shall be particu-
larly cautious how listen to assertions
of applicants for Office" With these
assurances from you, sir, the president
of the U. States, my husband returned
to the bosom of his family. With these
rehearsed, he wiped away the tears of
apprehension. The president was not
the monster he had been represented
They would not be reduced to beggary
-haggard want would not be permitted
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ways been stranger. The husband