Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-03-30


ground that they are Jackson men, indi-
cate determination, if they succeed, to
revolutionize the State.
Is tins time, when the Jackson party
is breaking to pieces in the other parts Of
the Union, is this time for Rhode-Is-
land to lend herself to keep up and en-
courage the designs of the leaders of that
! PaIyP
\ We have heard it stated that the pres
ent Chief Magistrate is so secure Of his
strength that it would be folly to attempt
to remove him, and that the State must
and will go with him, let him take what
course he will, We have regarded this
as merely the desperate boast Of such as
secretly feel that they are reduced to
boasting But if such is really the opin-
ion Of those who have nominated him,
we would suggest that when Public Ser
wants begin to believe themselves too Sc
cure and independent, it is time for the
treemen to step forth, and, by applying
the rebuke Of the elective franchise con-
vince them that no one is so great or so
high as to be beyond the reach or con-
troll of the People,
Should Mr.. Fenner be now reelected,
with what propriety can it hereafter be
said to the rest of the world that the citi-
zens Of this state have not attached them
selves, with him, to the Jackson party
Our friends who are contending in other
States for the policy in which we are so
deeply interested would be dispirited and
weakened by the result. They would
never comprehend that State which O.
lects to its first office the Jackson candi,
date, and rejects the National Republl-
can candidate, can be other than Jack
son State And if>this State, the most
interested Of any in the Union in the pre-
servation of the Tariff, declares for the
party of its opposers, it must inevitabir
repress the ardor and paralyze the e.!
forts Of its friends throughout the coun,
try, and lead to its REPEAL.
But shall Rhode-Island forget the high
character she has heretofore acquired
for consistency and firmness? Dstin-
gushed in times past for sagacity in dis
cerning and spirit in maintaining the
course which belongs to her interest and
her honor, shall she, at this crisis, aban-
don her cherished principles and confess
them as heresies! Shall she do this be-
cause her present Governor, whom she
has fostered longer than France adher-
ed to her Emperor, believes it best fn'
him that she should submit to that hn-
initiation? Shall We retreat from the po-
sitions which we have taken in the face
Of the world, because he, who should
have stood with us in the front, turns,
and bestows all the kindness Of his coun'
tenance upon our opponents' Shall ono
man have it in his power to show tho
world that he can turn this little State o
yer to any party he may choose to favor'
or are we like the subjects of some Ger
man Landgrave, to be transferred Of
course when a new alliance requires Il,
and to change sides according to the CO
ALIrIoys and convenience of Sovc-
reigni You will answer at the polls.
1t would be vain for US to tell you that
in thi. contest victory is So easy that no
effort is necessary. Such security IL
ever fatal to the best ofcauses. An ei-
fort is necessary. But SO surely as il
r is made, it succeeds You whom we ad-
, dress, supporters of the Protective Sys-
TEN, are, to the perfect knowledge Of
your opponents, the great majority OF tho
people of this State. You have but to
shew yourselves at the polls and coun,
your numbers. The State has been tho
. roughly canvassed. Both parties know
that, If THE PEOPLE COME FORTH, The Ma
ticnal Republican candidates are elected.
The efforts Of the adverse party will be
to lull you to repose or divert your at
tention from the main question.
You have a candidate for Governor,
who, if elected, will do honor to your
State at home and abroad. You have
candidates for the Senate and for the 9th
: er Offices, who will be firm and true to
r the trusts which they have consented 10
accept. Be you then awake, and hr",
and true. Keep the great question oi
the contest steadily in view, be free
from the terror and the trammel OF
? name, devote little time to tho exercise
I, OF freenan's privilege, for the welfare