The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1832-10-30

been treated as it deserved. 1t was used
as powerful lever for the overthrow of
the administration. and has been met and
confuted by arguments which have stript
IT of its disguise aud exhibited the mo-
tives Of its author in their true colors--
and for this-for turning upon the ag-
gressor, and casting in his very teeth the
IaspcEsDns he has INDUCED in, towards
the man who has stood high not only in
the confidence of sAe great aud good
who have gone before us, but who at this
moment enjoys q greater portion Of the
public confidence, than, any other indi-
vidual in the nation, we ure to be threat
ened with the terrors of law, which il
Its power only equaled its, malignity this
cabal would doubtless enact and execute
with vengeance! But this is not all
Their public speeches tseming with in
fiamatory and sedicious hbels are not TO
be questioned (! for the article alluded to
after paragraph or two of ma wkish
complainings winds up with this whining
peroraiion, $50 much for the right guar
anteed to members Of Congress Of no,
being questioned an other places for words
spoken in debate !! p Members Of Con-
gress fOrsooth are to calumniate whom
they will, and when brought to the bar,
shield themselves under the plea of priyi-
lege! .ts sA hN
Turn we now to another feature ofthis
appeal. The Secretary Of the Treasury
in his report recommended The rechar-
tering Of the bank, and because the Pre-
-sdent took a different view OF the matter,
Mr.. Mc'Lane is sneered at BECAUSE he
did not Indignantly throw up his COM
mission We give an extract in the
very words Of the original, for it smacks
so strongly ofadmiration for every thing
British that we are at a loss for terms 10
do 1t justice. Here il is, "look to the
mother country. Was there ever
Chancellor Of the Ereheqaer, who would
have kept his place under such circum-
stances !! " Aye, look to the mother
country! Out of the abundance Of the
heart the mouth speaketli; there. there's
the tie that binds them-the. abomina-
tions of the British constitution under
which that nation has grosned for CEN
tures, are looked upon with an eye of
flavor, while our own mstsvutiuus are
thrown into shade, and we have no doubt
THAT the whole mass ofcorruption, King,
Lords and Commons, Debt, Bank, and
bench of Bishops to boot, are more to
the taste Of these patent reformers of a
buses, than the simplicity and harmony
Of a government of the people. a
We shall make but one more extract
from this curious production for we wish
to be brief and trust that enough has
already been said to show the drift Of
It's projectors. Speaking of the Bank it
says "as mere institution for loaninc
money, II has been as il were, the Proc
'dsnee OF the less wealthy section of the
Union!" Now that Messrs. Webster,
Clay Il Co. were worshippers of Nam
mon, we never for moment entertain
ed a doubt, but TINT, in a manifesto of
this kind, 1t should beiheId up as stand
ing in the very place ofDeity itself, with
out which all would be chaos, is an i'm
stance of infatuation which we never
could have credited, had il not been for
ced upon our sight But the worst, or
at any rate the most ridiculous part Of
the performances, remains yet to be told.
The veto on the bank bill is called an
electionsering tricky We have known
people to electionesr for wealth, for DOW
err ,for honor and fornlmost every thing
that the ingenuity Of man could devise,
as calculated 70 facilitate their acgxisi-
f'o"; but to take step. which was sure
20 bring down upon him host of bitter
opponents, to attack ~. hornets mes,
where there were plenty ofstings but no
honey to be got, and all for the purpose
of wheedlipg the people is to attribute to
the President madness almost equal TO
that with which they are themselves in
fected.--But it's all sham, mere pre-