Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1832-11-08
ADDRESS
OF TIE

i, % their fellow citizens IN other parts {
the State, opposed to the recollection G
the present Chief Magistrate of tn
, United States.
We hope and believe, that no apolog,
will DC required Of us for addressing yo,
on this important occasion. Ifnecessar,
it will be found in the fact, that we, o
some of us, have been charged by pre-
tended friends with being the cause o
discord in the party to which we are at
tached. To vind:catc ourselves from
this charge, to shew the consistency ant
propriety Of our course, and earnestly tc
solicit your Jealous cooperation in oul
| cndeavors to promote the election Of the
! National Republican ticket Of Electors
is the object of this Address.
! 1t is not our intention here TO indulge
in invective against General Jackson,
nor even to repeat the numerous and well
founded charges against his adminstra-
ton which have produced so much cx-
citemcnt in the United States. We ad-
dress ourselves TO those only, who like
us have made UP their minds that a
change Of administration is necessary TO
the welfare and happiness of our Coun-
try. 1t is well known that large ma
jOrity of the freemen Of this State arc OPP
posed to the reelection Of Andrew Jack
son, to the office of President ofthe Uni
ted States; yet such is the state Of par
ties, that it will require our best efforts to
secure the election Of the National Re-
publican ticket of Electors. Differences
Of opinion exist among us OF subjects un-
connected with our political sentiments,
and yet these differences are made to op-
crate injuriously in our common cause
A portion Of our fel!ow-citizons denomi-
mating themselves Anti-masons, profess
sing the same political opinion with our
selves, have nominated ticket Of Elec-
tors pledged to vote for William Writ
This ticket they pertinaciously determine
to support, without the slightest prospect
of success, and at the risk of the defeat
Of ours. This Ant-masonic party, al
though far less numerous than our own,
modestly call upon US to support their
pledged ticket, in preference to OUR OWN,
which is unplcdgcd either to the support
ofMr Clay, or of Mr. Writ; but who will
give the vote of this State to eithe, of
those candidates, whose election can
thereby be secured. This demand, we
believe, you will agree with us can new
er be acquicsced in. Unless it is rclin-
quishcd we must stand or fall, depend
ing on our own strength. If we are de-
feated, our failure will be attributable
entirely to persons protesting the same
political sentiments with ourselves. or
the sincerity Of these professions, we
shall be better able to judge when the G.
lection is terminated. We believe that
the recollection of Gen. Jackson threat
ems the ruin Of great numbers of our fel-
low citizens, and the destruction Of our
sacred constitution. They express the
same opinion. We are dcsirous Of Civ
Ing our support to any good mar who
can defeat him, and we think Mr. CLAY
is that man. They pretend to think that
MIR Writ only can succeed against Gen.
Jackson. We do not hesitate TO assert
that the popularity Of Mr. Clay in the
country, and the prospect of his election,
are 10th far greater than those of Mr.
Writ. We also think that Mr. CLAY has
claims on the National Republican par
ty, which Mr. Writ has not. We have,
therefore, determined to adhere to our
own ticket of Electors, and we have not
a doubt of its success if we are true to
ourselves. |,
To such of the Anti-masonic party as
consider opposition to Masonry as their
first duty, and who see more mischief in
the masonic institutions of this state, than
in the reelection of Andrew Jackson, VIC
have nothing to say.-Argument with
them would be useless; but we would ask
Of those Of the party, who arc willing to
lay aside their anti-masonry for time,
to save this happy country from the con-
sequences which would inevitably fol.
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