The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1832-11-20

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by their colleague Mr.. Pearce, and see
if you can longer consent to be hood
winked by them. One word by the bye
on the somerset said to have been thrown
by that Gentleman into the Jackson
ranks. No such feat Of agility has beon
perpetratsd; FIRST because he has recent
ly aud publicly declared that General
Jackson 10 nos the PrssidsRt of choice,
and secondly because tho udministra,ion
stands in no need of his talents to vindi- |
cate its policy to the people. He comes
into court then as q competent Oitness
against them, and hence sheir bitterness
and vindictivsness towards him. Mes
srs. Robbins g. Burgess in their election
eering pamphlet charge the president
with hostility to the interests of Rhode
Island and allege in proof that he with
held his signature from Law CONTAINING
appropriations for sundry Improvements
in our sharbors. Now what says Mr..
Psarce to thisf He AYERS in the very
teeth of their assertion that tbs Presi-
dent 10 decidedly in favor Of these inn
provements, but that the bill was so clog
gsd with appropriations TO an enormous
amount for other purposes, some Of which
were probably Of more than doubtful sx-
pedisncy that he deemed il most prudent
for the present to let il sleep. Now can
charity itself give any other construction
to this proceeding than that Il soas a de-
Gberate attempt to impose upon you?
Then comes Gov. Knight with his
silky milky address in which he endeav-
srs to humbug the farmers BY prating TO
them of "rural felicity" and such like
trash, and assures them that If he was
not "ferbid to tell the secrets Of his pris-
on house," he could inform them that
the President was in the habit of nomi-
mating to Office ha6itGaI drnnkards, knaufs
and tagitivss from jsstiee. and more than
half insinuates that the President himself
10 as bad ~ any of them. Now what
lean you think of the ersdibility Of q wit
ness who under an oath Of secrecy No it
regards the executive business Of the
Senate, can still deal in such sweeping
Recommendations.
Last though not least appears the Hon
Daniel Webster, and accuses the Presi-
den. of being hostile to Northern inter.
ssts, because he approved bill granting
interest to South Carolina ON her dis.
bursemen,s to the militia during the last
war, and withheld bis signature from
; one for similar purposes for the bene6'
Of Massachusetts, and further alleging
that the two cases stand on precisely
the same footing. This We should sup
pose, was rathera delicate business fol
that gentleman to meddls with.
To our humble perceptions the claim
of the two States are rs widely separated
a. the poles, as distinctly marked as
moral treason on the one part and patriot
ism on the other could make them. Ha,
Mr.. Webster forgot that ss that epoch
for dark day indeed was II in our an
malls, Massdchusetts. set the exnmpl'
! which South CaFolins j. now following
Tint she threw herself apon her sopcreign
ty, and refused to put her, militia at III.
disposal Of the general Government, alIeg
ing that the Governor Of the State, an,
not the Executive Of the Union, was th'
: authority to determine whether the con
tingencies existed which would rends
the call for the militia constitutional, an,
that too, when the enemy was at th'
. gates, when our whole line of coast wa
blockaded, and when part of our yerJ
soil was polluted by the. foot of the foe
To be sure~whsn pay day came round
and it was found that the State was like
ly to have the burthsn to bear which i
? had drawn on its owa shoulders by ID
: unconstitutional refusal - put tn troop
: under United States officers tksn and no
tiH fAsn did Massachusstts change hs
: tune, acknowledge herself in error, an,
the States feeling for her situation an,
9 magnanimoSsly refusing to pry teo curl
o ously into the justice Of her claim, allow
= ed her to come in on equal terms will
a the rest, and now Mr.. Webster berate