Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-04-09

invitation' that is, whether the whigs,
who embrace threo fourths Of the mosS
respectable freemen Of the town will Join
with them in row and battle-royal Of
words and mutual abuse for public amuse-
ment? The wings desire to conduct the
business of the town in the decent and
rational manner becoming freemen.-
They have no curiosity to listen 10 the
empty harangucs ofrantng dcmngogues.
Mr.. RoBBiNs' LETTER.--Our readers
will find the correspondence between the
Hon. A. Robbins and number Of our
fellow citizens, on the subject Of the loss
Of the fortilication bill, on the first page
Of this days paper. 1t should he atten-
lively read by every intelligent freeman.
In yesterdays tory paper there is n
long article, emanating no doubt from
ihs keaky ressel, which is sor, of drivel-
ling paraphrase of his interminal,le ha-
rangue in the Jackson caucus on the
thoroughly discussed subject of the loss
Of the Fortiticaion bill. The article
makes great parade OF statements and
documents, and publishes at full length
the annual appropriation bills Of 1884 &
'35, with extracts from the proceedings
of the Senate, with view, no doubt, to
make an impression on tho public that
there is something like fairness and sub
stance in al! this flourish. The fog,
however, is little too thin and weak to
impose upon any one. In the first place
not a single fact, which is stated by the
Hon. MIR. ROBINS, in hs communion
ton which we publish in this days paper,
under his own signature, nor one of the
statements of the able writer of the arti-
Gle from the u. S. Gazette, referred to
by Mr.. r. and which we published in
our last, is controvertcd by this worthy.
The fact for instance, that the bill from
the House contained appropriations to
the amount of $439, 900 only for The cur
rent year, (ubout one half of the usual
appropriation) though stou'ly denied last
week by the Jackson men, who asserted
that the amount was $500, 900, snd Of
lered to bet on it, is nov admitted by this
writer, and is proved by copy Of the
bill itself. The fact also, that the Sc
nate, without lessening or touching tho
appropriations put into the bill by the
House, added to j, $3.50, 900 for iorifi-
cations neglected by the House-the
fact that the bill with this increased ap-
preparation was sent down to the House
7 days before the adjournment and was
there KEEP, without action until 8 O'Clock
in the evening of the Inst day of the ses-
sion, when it was sent to the Senate with
an independent section having no con-
nexion with the objects cr the fortifcn-
ton bill, but making M outright grant
OF three millions Of dollars to the Prcsi-
dent to be used by him at his pleasure
Tor military pnrposrs-that this unconsii-
lutional grant was not called for by the
estimates furnished by the War Depar,-
nent or Military Committee-that tho
blll first returned from the Senate to the
House covered and provided Tor the full
amount OF those estima es- that the SEN
ate Immediately rejected the $4,000
grant and that the House adhered to il
-(Du'ee }. Pearce voting to adhere to
he grant)-'hat the joint committee of
Conference then appointed by both Hou-
'es agreed unanimously upon bill lex
,iudmg the three million grant) which
)ill the Senate waited To receive tron
he House thnt they might pass it; but
hat tins bill so expected and waited for
md twice called for by the Senn,e was
lever returned from the House, but was
here smoihered in the manner already
single one of these facts
'eing contradicted, explained, or pallia.
ed, what more can remain 10 be said
'Pon the subjerii
o. To oUR ADVERTISING rRiryps-,yn
leaders IN GESERAL.--Wc owe an apology
our advertising patrons, and to that class
our readers who look to the pages Of the
ierald for miscellaneous entertainment. f,r
ne almost entire occupancy of our columns
'r several weeks past, by political matter.--
his Is almost unavoidable uhnut IN, nox;.J