Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1836-11-03
Mr.. SENATOR EWING. OF Ou,o


Mn. SENATOR EWING, OF Ono,
II We copy with pleasure from an Ohio
paper the subioined letter from THOMAS
Ewing, honorable by courtesy but twice
honorable by nature, if we had no other
evidence than this letter TO prove it
We know no better illustration Of the
combined manliness, energy, and intel.
lectual vigor Of the Great West, than ia
embodied in the person and mind Of the
writer OF this letter; and, AFTER reading il,
we can console ntiously say that we be-
lieve no man ever better understood him.
SELF than Mr.. EWING does. He stands
in the first rank Of what the mise rabte
demagogues of the day call "the aristoc-
racy" Of The country: that il to say, he
is true Wing, and friend to the Con-
sttution and Laws of his country.-.Naf.
Mteligencer.
LANCASTER, OcT. 8, 1886.
Gentlemen: ] received your favor Of
the 9th ut. inviting me, in behalf ofthe
working men Of Cincinnati, to attend and
address meeting to be held by them on
the 9th instant
! would accept the invitation with
pleasure if my other engagements would
permit it, but unfortunately they do not.
! must, therefore, deny myself the grati-
fication which should feel in meeting
with so many of my fellow-citizens, and
joining with them in the discussion Of
subjects important to the character of our
State, and to the pure republican institu-
tions of our country. ! should be the
more grat6ed TO be with them, as am
assured they are, what they profess 10 be-,
real WORKING MEN-a portion ofthe hard
handed and sound-heared yeomen and
Mechanics Of our country: men, on whose
integrity, and patriotism,
our republican Constitution must rest aa
the surest and strongest pillar which sus-
tains and supports it.
You have been kind enough, in the
letter which you wrote in their behalf, to
speak in terms grateful TO my feelings Of
The taunts and sneers which have been
"S' WI oS otuct iOt uuNU1S ouCG Oeen
a working man, and having labo,ed with
my own hands ior my support and ad-
Many false things have
been said and written Of me, but this ia
not one Of them. This is true / admit
the charge TO The full extent. And Gthe
working man be unworthy to rise to the
elevated stations in our Republic, theuI
nm unworthy. II wealthy parentage,
ender nurture, and youth spent in ease,
n Indulgence, o, luxury, be essential to
qualify man for office in a Republic,
hen am ! not qualified, for ] have had
,one Of those advantages. My father
vas poor, and lived life Of hardship
md privation. When young he was a
officer Of The Revolution, and
shared the fortune Of many of the ardent
youth Of that day, who devoted Them
selves to the same glorious cause. At
The close Of the war he was cast upon
Ihs world without property, or the habit
or the means Of acquiring it. lie left
his native State, and sought home in
HE frontier settlements, in the then "Far
West" where / was born,in q very hum
bic shed, and reared, not, surely, in the
ap Of luxury. With my mental and ply
'ical powers az my only inheritance,
vas brought up working man, or, rath-
u, working boy-among the People,
nd truly one Of tbem-and l have no
egret that my lot was 81 cast. have
cen, and known, and felt, how much Of
,nDly sense, shrewdness Of observa alton,
terling worth, and generous feeling, are
oncealed beneath the rough exterior Of
he plain working men Of our county
know them well, for have been an 10.
nate Of their homes, a guest at their ta-
les, and one amiG the social circle a-
ound their fresides; and look back 10
hose scenes, not only with pleasure, but
nth pride. ! am proud to feel that I
AIRY with me something Of the true char
cter and spirit Of the American working
ian. was carly imbued with that spir-
i imbibed il in infancy--I grew up
18th il to manhood, and / trust shall
stain il TO the latest period OF my life
md f 10 these characteristics, which