The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1834-03-05
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the wounded condnion of the counlryf
Could that committee, by its action, res~
tore confidence, or re-estabIishth the wealth
of The community! Iftbey could even
pass law, what would DC the use ofthe
law! 1t would be as The cord of green
wIthes with which they bound the arms
of Sampson; when he shook his great
shoulders it was broken 10 pieces IN an
instant. Let them DO what they would
they could not restore peace, and health
and harmony 70 the country. The REM
edy must come from the same source as
the poison.
Mr.. b. concluded by expressing his
regret, that he should have been COM
PEELED to take the course he had taken
it was owing to the attack made Oh him
by his colleague.
MIR. PEARCE, in reply, dsclaimed
having made, or intending to make, any
attack upon his colleague. If had,
said he,) my colleague ought to be the
last man in the world to complain: nor
have l made any upon those who signed
the memorial; he would appeal to the
House whether h, had done so. NV
colleague ascribes to me language which
never used which you, Mr.. Speaker
know | never used, and reasons accord
ingly. l was (saidhe) apprised of the
existence ofthe paper presented, because
| had seen it in newspaper printed in
Rhode Island but | was uot apprised of
the intention of my colleague to make
the remarks he had that morning made.
AS he had thought proper to 60 out of the
usual course pursued in presenting Pc
titiOns, and TO make statements of his
own-to express his own opinions in
connexion with the subject, he (Mr. P.)
had thought it his duty to state facts
which had come to his own knowledge.
Did his colleague wish the House to pass
its judgment on facts relative to the state
of things in the country, or in the State
ofRhode Island, with out first getting all
the light upon the subject which could
well be obtained ? And he would ask
after all his colleague had said, to what
his CONT ADDICTION amounted, more than
mere assertions, unsupported by facts.
or in the decorous language of his under
tines, " deny it," 81 deny it," AL
though matter ofvery little Consequence
was it denied that Mr.. Ives was President
of Bank which had applied for the
deposites? Let those who deny this go
to the Treasury Department Was it
denied that Mr.. Richmond Bullock
was President of another Bank that
applied for the deposites? MIR. Taney
or Mr.. Kendall, would satisfy any one
on this point Was it denied that of
this meeting of all parties, these were
the only two men whose names his col
league had thought proper TO give US as
supporters of the president Executive!
With regard 10 the number of voters
in the city of Providence, the gentleman
is again unfortunate. He is under the
conviction that none but voters signed
this memorial, and would seem to I'M ply
that none but voters had right to sign
1t; he would make it appear that all,
and in fact more than all, signed the
memorial, he is under the impression
that there are but eight or nine hundred
voters in the city of Providence, and
two or three hundred at least of those are
now absent. would remind him of
the state ofthe polls last spring when his
friend was a candidate for the office of
Governor, and was not elected and my
friend was a candidate for that office,
and was elected, although three -fousihs
of the votes of the city of Providence
were cast his friend. Sir am under
the impression that on that occasion,
eleven hundred and forty votes were pol
led-a few more than we find names
appended to this memorial.
His colleague had said, that what he
Mr.. P. bad stated was an imputation
upon the gentlemen whose names had
been mentioned; he had cast no imputa-
tions upon the characters of those gem
tlemen he had not intended to cast any
he was proud to call those gentlemen his
friends one was occasionally a corres-
pondent from whom he had received a
few lines that morning, the other family
connexion, and he did not believe they
would hereafter, as he well knew they
had not heretofore, have any greatshare
of respect for his colleague; one ofwhom
did not condescend to speak TO him and
the other was unwilling to speak of him,
his colleague had never had the support
-ol eitHef VI these gentlemen, anC ne
Mr.. P.) could not believe he ever would,
he did not believe that he could succeed
in misrePresenting him to these gentle
men.
Did he deny that this meeting was
composed Of one hundred, or one hum
dred and fifty persons ! it appeared not.
His purpose had mainly been to show,
that when it was said there was a
great meeting in the city of Providence,