Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-04-20
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A tory text, handled by a tory preach
er, and after ii tory fashion and yet the
PREACHER thinks our Farmers so shallow
that he can palm himself upon them fol
a true Republican, his doctrine fol
sound Rcpublicanism, and his tory tex
for good Democratic Gospel. If France
had been governed by such text, where
would have l. .cn her revolution; iiel
rulers, her fat pnmpercd rulers, told her,
size wos rcl!, and if she tried to be better,
she would ruin herself But France knew
this was an old bugbear of tyrants to keep
their subjects slaves Had the patriots
Of our own Revolution bcen ruled by the
maxim in the text, would they have dared
to oppose the giant power of Great Brit
ain? They rose in arms, with little ground
of hope, save Gods blessing on their
courage in good cause. There was
great probability they would, in the end
be worse off than at the beginning. But
now they may say ras weH; Irished
10 be better here l am NOT in the
cowardly sense of the tcxt,-but here
an my wishes accomplished by
my own energies (; here 1 am, the
light of the nations here / am, to the
eternal shame of those who are afraid
Of trying to do better, lest they should do
worse. Then let us not be frightened
by this scare-crow text, since France
knew the maxim and dcspscd it ; since
our country knew il and was not deferred
by it since no generous set of people
will, out Of dread of innovation, shrink
from doing their rights justice. Let us
pccially as even Mr.. Preacher admits,
by his text, that we have chance of
doing better
But the text is not only false one,
but it has lying application. You are
not required to change your present sys-
fem oflaws, but your Governor: and why
to change him; Because your present
Governor has deserted from your party
the true State party Chat is, those that
express the sentiments of the State
the only Republican party, and gone o.
YER to those whose election you nobly
gave your vote against. In favor ofthis
recrcant politician-Mr. Preacher urges
first, that he is n Rhode Islander n very
pretty reason this. At that rate the
Preacher himself nigh be preferred to
Office before a man of honor, because he
was born within certain land mark. -
Nay, reasoning in this way, we might 90
on and conclude Gibbs, the pirate, more
proper candidate for Governor, than
Iemucl ii. Arnold, because born in II.
l. We would ask the farmer, ifthe weed
should be valued, that grows up to fat
ness, at the expense Of his rich grain,
because it was born of the same SOIL
But Mr.. Arnold happened to have his
birth place in Ncrmont-and Mr.. WEB
sTER, whom Massachusetts entrusts with
the highest office in her gift, is from \.
Hampshire! Can the Preacher fancy,
that we, who proudly call ourselves the
most liberal of the States, will be SO iIlib
eral as to reject q man rho IS another
name for rhonesiy yandh honor, because though
long resident, he is not native born; and
for man who though native born dis
graccs his native State by shuflling be-
tween parties' But VIC would here ask
Mr. Preacher, who is so Jealous of sister
States, how he can bear, that man who
boasts himself almost "a foreigner and who
gained his election by that means, should
rule the Nation. \ little more consis-
tency not only in the Preachers opinions,
but his life, would have saved him his
now universal reputation of Il cast pollti-
cal gambler.
Another reason Mr. Preacher urges in
favor of Governor Fcnner, is this, that he
has served long time. lle.e the tory
cloyen foot peeps out. Because Fenncr
has served, through your forbcarancc,
longer than his merits, or our republican
rdlgs warrant, he oughi TO scrrc longer
The same reason would serve for any ct
the crowned Tyrants in Europe. We