Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1832-02-02
Mr.. ATKINSON,


the .New York Journal Of Commerce. -
We have no doubt that this just tribute to
the performance of one of our fellow
townsmcn, will give pleasure to many of
your readers. 1t would be an additional
pleasure to us, if by Judicious hint you
should be liable to make those interest
ed in the class of claims to which the
publication relates, sensible Of the pro-
pricty of their taking some step to remu-
nerate the author, at least for the eX-
pensc lie has incurred by the publication
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10 the Editors of the n. Y. Journal of Commerce.
"AN APPEAL TO THE People OF THE Uni
TED STATES, ny FREEHoLDER."
In casting my eyes over the title page
Of this Pamphlet, | was struck with the
classical beauty of the motto, salts, super
que humils est, qui Gquo jure IN ciritoie,
riril, nee i!ferendo ,njuriom, nee pattndo;
and ! at once concluded to give the book
a thorough reading. For | was immc-
diatcIy impressed with the persuasion that
writer who had the good taste and the
boldness to adopt this epigraph, must
have felt sufficiently strong to justify its
assumption. Therefore eagerly peruscd
the work, and do not hesitate to say,
that the admirable ability Of the argu-
ment, and the high authorities applied to
its support, cntitle it to the general atten-
ton of gentlemen of the Bar, and may
add also, that as subject deeply blcn-
ded with the dearest interests of our coun-
try, it ought to be read by every citizen
of the Union. The injustice Of our Gen
eral Government is there portrayed in
glowing colors, and in perusing the ac-
cumulated proofs Of the prostration ofthe
character of this great Nation, the feel
ings Of the reader are wrought up to in
dignation.
AT the close Of very pathetic exordi-
um in the form of an address to his fellow
citizens, the author says, "Nith that def
erence and profound respect which every
citizen owes to tho Nation Of which he is
a member, will now, my tellow-citizens,
call your attention to detail of facts, Of
which you will feel the national impor-
tance more and more, in proportion as ]
shall advance in this unwclcome task. l
therefore have every reason to trust that
you will read with deliberate consdera-
ton and with spirit oflibHral impartali-
ty, this statement of question in which
your interest, and ,wh at is still more prcc-
ious, your Justice and your honor as a
Nation are all involved" This pledge
the writer has fully redeemed; for his
work Goes on increasing in interest and
in strength, till he arrives at the closing
paragraph, in which he thus expresses
the warm feelings of citizen whose
heart is full of the love and honor Of his
country.
1n appealing to you, my respected fel-
ow-ctizens, | have been compelled to
conjure your attention to a mass of facts
and authorities interspersed with few of
those reflections which the illustration of
the subject required. fin this exposi-
ton | have raised the veil and presented
to your view, in all its deformity, the au-
thorized conduct of the General Legis-
lature, it also becomes part Of my duty
to express to you how much | am morti-
fed in exhibiting the criminal neglect Of
the Government of our country to your
reproof, and perhaps to the censure of
foreign nations. These are bitter rehec-
tions, which every citizen who bears in
his heart the love ofjustice and the pride
Of country cannot shm if he would, for
the violation Of right is too notorious and
too long persisted in, to-fnd or to merit
any excuse. This destructive delay of
restitution, infringing the principles Of JUS
tice and good faith, will ever remain as a
blot in the annals of our beloved country !;
but that Administration which shall stop
its further extension over the pages of
our history, will merit the appreciation and
support of every good citizen, and finds
its reward in clear conscience and the
applause Of nations"
| limit my quotations to these two in
stances, because l am unwilling to de-
pr!ve the reader of the pleasure otnovel-
ty when he shall take the book in hand
But ] may without indscretion assure
him that he will find many passages su-
perior in eloqucnce and in classical die
tion even to these that the heart is cheer
ed throughout the work with the comfort
ing principles of probity and virtue, which
the writer nculcatcs as the only security
for the permanent prosperity of State !;
and that the argument supported by un-
answerable authorities is logically as well
as legally conclusive. Though myself Il
veteran of the Bar, have received much
instruction from this honest freeholdcr, &
/ have risen from the perusal of his inter-
esting Appeal better citizen, because
am more strongly impressed with the du-