Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1832-10-25

who wish change, believed that a
change could be effected, the work would
be already done. There is no reason to
doubt, that great, very great, ma or
ity Of the People of the United States de-
dent in the Chair This feeling some
arc ashamed, and others afraid, to avow.
But if all would speak out, and say what
they think, and what they feel, General
Jackson would unquestionably find him
self in minority And some are speak
ing and acting too. The spirit of the Ma
ton begins to disenthrall itself. 1t be-
gins to feel its natural buoyancy, and to
rise above the influence Of party, and
prejudice, and prescription, and tyranny. \
The recent elections in Kentucky, Louis
lana, Missouri, Indiana aud Maine, con-
nected with the prevalent tone of senti
rnent in Ncw-York, Pennsylvania and
Ohio, hold out the most encouraging
prospects. The whole obstacle to II glo-
rious triumph lies in two things. First,
in pcrsuading men to act according to
their own conviction, and to support those
candidates for Office, whose measures
and principles they approve; instead Of
following the impulses of false pride,
and supporting him who has been once
lavorite, although they now disapprove
all his measures, and cannot deny his
untitness and unworthiness. And sec
ondIy, in persuadng those who are will
ling to oppose, openly and manlully, to
oppose unitedly, also. These two eau
scs are all that can possibly prevent Il
successful issue to the present contest
They may be, they can be overcome;
they ought to be overcome. 1t is true,
the preachings Of false pride, and the
preachings Of party always coalesce to
make even honest error pc rpetual. 1t is
true also, that 1t is often hard to prevail
with men to cooperate heartily, for a
great object, about which they agree,
and to give that object preference and
pre-eminence over IL smaller one, about
which they differ. But these Difficult
ties are not insupcrnblc. We must not
suffer ourselves to be discouraged by in
stances Of waywardness and apparent
pervcrsity in mems opinions. Such
things must be expected and their con-
sequences averted by those who would
achieve great objects. The great cen.
trail States hold this election in their own
hands In each Of those States, vast
ma ority is sound upon princi pie, and
would act accordingly were it not for
party trammels, and for the remains Of a
strong personal attachment. Let us ad
dress ourselves earnestly and affection
atcly to those men of good principles, but
Of excited prejudices. Let us reason
with them, as with brethren of the same
great family Of Friends of the Constitu-
ton. Let us beseech them, by all that
is dear to us and to them, by the gIori.
Gus recollections of the past, by the high
enjoyments Of the present, by the splcn-
did prospects Of the future, to surrender
! prejudice to principle, to give up party
/ for country, and, at whatever sacrifice Of
personal preference, to unite with us in
saving the Constitution. 10 those again
who think alike, and feel alike, in re-
spect to the present Administration, and
avow their equal desire for change, let
us address our supplications, that, as pa
triots, they will yield the less to the
greater object; that they will save the
country, before they contend for or a
gainst things which all candid men must
admit, however Important they may be
in themselves, to be yet secondary to
the great cause of the Constitution
Miserable, miserable indeed wi be our
condition, if when the fragments of that
Constitution shall be falling around us
and upon us, we shall be found wasting
our zeal and our strength, not in glori-
Gus death-struggle for its support, but in
a contest between ourselves for subOrdi-
nate minor Obj bjccts! MAY Heaven de-
tend US against a result, at once so calam-
itous, and so disgraceiuI!
}, 1t Is time. to bring these remarks to n
} close. We conclude them by repeating
our conviction, that exemplary effort will
save the Government; and that without
} such effort, the Constitution and the Gov
} ernment of the country will shortly come
:. to an end. We do not think the re-el lee
ton Of Gen. Jackson compatible with the
: continuance Of the Government in its
/, present form. This is our opinion, So
berly formed, and now expressed with a
religious adherence to truth and sinceri-
:! ty.
AT the moment of concluding these re-
marks, cheering tidings salute us. We
t hear of the partial success of the Consti-
! tutional cause in the two greatest States
} in the Union. We hear that the People
8 have espoused their own cause, and have
made it successful; that they have tri.
umphed over party, and patronage, and
2 proscri pton, and have spoiled the spoiler
3 at his own head quarters. 1t is not a
time, then, to triile with our duties, OF
r conte mt ourselves with mere rood wish.