The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1832-07-17

ti-masons and as long as they can keep
up the fever, land they are the very doc
tors who know how to do it) we are to
be their patients and their prey 70
the end Of the chapter. Did they
get their authority from the char.
teri If so. we would be under un.
spsakabls obligations to the Speaker who,
saw no anomaly in Senate's legislatins
pho were ncVsr elected, to point to the page
and iine.--We can not find il
For optics good it needs ween
! To see what 10 not to bs seen.
Whence then we repeat do they derive
this power which they abuse with reck-
lessness and arrogance worthy ofcrown-
ed heads who rule by right divine I
Simply by virtus o { a custom which has
prevailed in the State, that in certain
cases when an election has failed, the
incumbent holds the Office till success
or is appointed. Now although there is
no precedent directly in point, and the
analogy, may not always hold good be-
tween the subordinate members of boz
dy, and the head thereof, for
"Time was when the brains were out
The man would die I"
yet putting il on this footing we should
not be disposed to quarrel with his Per-
maneney the Governor (as a friend of
ours has styled him) and his obsequious
assistants for holding on upon their Off
GERS until they were fairly turned out of
them, were it not for the lordly airs they
assume, and the defiance they hurl at the
people because they have not seen ct to
re-elect them. We are no disorganiz.
ers--a head Of some kind the state must
have even were it a TLosgeracad, and If
they would only feign, what they have
not, little modesty, and leave off their
ridiculous airs they might enjoy their
honors, il SO they esteem them till Au-
gust fur all US. So much for the per-
petuation act and its vaunted constitu-
tiouaIity. .........ss--
AfteraIi il is to tho FARMERs,to the coun-
try towns we must look to cOunteract the
intrigus,the proAigacy and corruption Of
the cities. These latter have been denom-
mated by Mr.. Jefferson sores onthe body
polite, and the intelligent yeomanry
must apply the remedy. Remember
that on the mon you are about to select
as your rulers, will devolvs the appoint
ment ofa representative efshe sovereign
ty of the State in the Sanate of the U.
States. Are the other orders of society
SO destitute of talent and patriotism as
to make it imperatively necessary to Sc
lect a lawyer for that high trust I 1t is
a fact and it strikes Us an astounding
one that Of the forty eight persOnages
who compose that body, thirty nine
either are or have been members (wheth-
er ornaments or not we will not say) Of
that profession. 1t has been reported
land tho nationals are terribly discon-
certed at the premature disclosure) that
Mr.. Hazard will be candidate for a
seat in the Senate. Is the community
prepared FOR consvmmation so devoutly
to be deprecated " Mr.. Hazard has not
denied the fact, but the organs of his
party sensible tha. no responsibility at
faches to them. and aware Of the odium
which such an appointment would pro-
duce. have been profuse in their mega
tives to the very possibility Of such an
event. What, say they, Mr.. Hazard a
candidate for United States Senator |!
Why there is no Office in the gift Of the
State that he would dsign for momen,
to think of, And this they affirm in
the very teeth Of the fact that for the last
thirty years. from the time that he sub
'cr'bed himself Deputy Seerstary and
paS''e notary sz-e6seie, to the present mo-
nens; therc has been no considerable |
period when he has not been either seek
,ng' OF IN possession Of some public Of
nee But facts speak louder than words
and yoi will DO on your guard. you know
there Is no sPithes however contemp,uous
that he has not coupled with the name
OF our present senator. And il the Ar
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