Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1833-01-24
GREAT vICTORYl

cond trial carried the vote by majority
of ONE to join the Senate in Grand Com
mittee for the purpose Of choosing Sc
nator in Congress in the place of the
Hon. Asher Robbins, whose term of SER
vice will expire on the Sd day of March
next. After the two Houses had united,
Mr. Tillinghast of Providence, nominated
MIR Robbins-Mr Allen of North Kings
ton nominated Elisha II. Potter, and Mr.
Low of Warwick, nominated Dutee J.
Pearce. Mr. Hazard of Newport, then
rose and said, that he deemed it proper
to state that Mr. Pearce had uniformly
said to him, as well as to many other
gentlemen, and had also frequently de-
clared at public meetings in Newport,
that he would be the last man who would
permit himself to be a candidate against
Mr. Robbins-that he, Mr. Pearce) was
warm friend to Mr. Robbins, and was
very desirous that he should be re-elect-
ed. Mr. Hazard stated these facts in or
der that the gentleman from Warwick
may consider whether he did got run
some risk of injuring Mr. Pearee by put
ting him in nomination under such cir
cumstances' The Speaker ofthe House,
Sprague, one of the leaders Of the anti =
masonic party, observed, that "letters had
recently been received by members of
the Legislature, from Mr. Pearce. in
which that gentleman had expressed his
willingness to be a candidate ! Mr.
/ D'Wolf of Bristol, rose and said-"Why,
may it please your Excellency, thought
every body in the State knew that Mr.
Pearce was a candidate for Senator
why sir, Mr. Pearce informed me himself,
at the last session in October, that he ,uas
a candidate, and at that time solicited me
to aid him in his election-why sir, l
presume it is pretty well understood by
the public generally, that MIR Pearce has
been a candidate for that office and is
willing to accept Of it if you will elect
him."
! The result of this election is highly
gratifying to the National Republican
i party throughout the State. 1t is indeed
a proud triumph Of principle over every
species of influence that was ever brought
to bear upon any previous election in
! thode-Island. The triumph is rendered
the more complete when it is recollccted
that MIR Potter has been a member o!
the Legislature for forty yeurs, and is
still member-that he is a man Of gleat
| personal influence, and never heststes
to use that influence in his own favor
whenever he feels the need Of it-that on
the present occasion he had called to his
aid all his old federal friends, many of
whom are men Of immense wealth, and
7 all of whom were untiring in their eer-
tons to defeat Mr. Robbins who was at
Washington in the discharge of his du.
ties. They sought the defeat of Mr. Rob
bins, not because he is not confessedly
by far the most suitable man for the Of
flee, but because Mr. Potter was an cid
federal companion Of theirs, and because
MIR Potter IN the House and out Of the
House, declared that he was rery des;.
rous Of obtaining the office, and that he
could render The State as much serrice, and
'cas as weH qualified for The place as any
other man the Legislature could elect; >
that he had been an 'oLp SOLDIER THAT'S
true enough, he has been in politics re-
al Tecumseh, an now ONLY asked fo,
an HONORABLE DISCHARGE"
This is what we call the very quintes.
sence Of modesty.
1 How Mr. Pearce will disengage him.
selffrom this strange and unenviable pre-
dicament in which he stands before the
/ public, is no concern of ours. We have
at present only to say that we are by no
means surprised at his conduct-it is in
keeping with all his political movements
for at least the last six or eight months
if not for as many years.
II
/ II blow up IN The Jackson party 1t is a
well known fact, that the Jackson party
i ever since II had nm axistnnaa =; Al !: