Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1837-05-18

'ree country; anu IL should be the constant.
persisting demand of alfirne Whigs--rescind
the illegal treasury order, restore the rule OF
the law, place oil branches of the revenue on
the same grounds, as to the means Of pay
ment, make mons rights equal, and leave the
government OF the country where the consti-
tuition leaves It, in the hands Of the represen-
tatives %! the people in congress.-This point
should never be surrendered,or compromised.
Whatever is established, let it be equal, and
let II be legal. Let men know, to-day, what
money may be required Of them to. morrow.
Let the rule be open and public, on the pa
ges of the statute book, not a secret, in the
executive breast.
4 Gentlemen, in the session which has now
just closed, have done my utmost to effect
direct and immediate repeal of the Treasu.
ry order. .r a
= have voted for bill,anticipnting the pay
mcnt of the French and Neapolitan indemni-
ficntions, by an advance from the treasury.
! have voted with great satisfaction for the
restoration ofduiies on goods destroyed in the
great conflagration in this city.
/ | have voted for deposite, with the states.
Of the surplus which may bo in the treasury
at the end Of the year. All these measures
have failed, and it is for you, and on, fellow
citizens throughout the country, to decide
whether the public interest would, or would
NOT. have been promoted by their success.
I But find, gentlemen, that | am commit
ting an objectionable irespass on your indul-
gent patience. will pursue these remarks
no farther. And yet cannot persuade my
selfto take leave Of you. without reminding
you, with the utmost Difference and respect,
of the important part assigned to you in the
political concerns of your country, md the
great influence of your opinions, your exam
pie, aud your efforts, upon the general pros
pcriiy and happiness.
Wings of New York! Patriotic citizens Of
this great mctropolis.-Lovers of constitu-
tional liberty, bound by interest and affection
to the institutions Of your country. Amcri-
cans in heart and in principle! You are rea-
dy, am sure. to fulfil all the duties imposed
upon You by your situation. and demanded Of
you by your country. You have central po-
sition; your city is the point from which intel
ligcnce emanates, and spreads in all dlrec-
tons over the whole land. Every hour car
rlcs reports of your sentiments and opinions
to the verge Of the Union. You cannot es-
cape the responsibility which circumstances
have thrown upon You. You must live and
act. on broad, conspicuous theatre, either for
good or for evil, to your country. You cannot
shrink away from public duties; you cannot
obscure yourselves, nor bury your talent In
the common welfare, in the common prosperl.
ty, in the common glory Of Americans; You
have a stake, of value not to be calculated
You have an interest in the preservation Of
the Union, of the Constitution, and of the
true principles OF the government, which no
man can estimate. You act for yourselves,
and for the generations that are to come after
you; and those who, ages hence, shall bear
your names, and partake your blood, will feel
in their po iticnl and social condition. the con-
sequences of the manner in which you dis
charge your political duties.
I Having fulfilled then, on your part and on
mine, though ieebly and imperfectly On mine,
the offices Of kindness and mutual regard, re-
quircd by this occasion, shall we not use it 10
higher and nobler purpose: Shall we not
by this friendly meeting, refresh our patriot
ism, rckndle our love of Constitutional liber-
ty, and strengthen our resolution Of public
duty? Shall we not, in all honesty and sim
cerity, with pure and disntercstcd love Of
Country, as Americans, looking back to the
renown Of our ancestors, and looking forward
to the interests Of our posterty here, might,
pledge our mutlpl faith. to hold onto the last.
to our profcssed principles,to the doctrines of
true liberty, and Ia the Constitution of the
Country, let who will prove true, or who will
prove rccrcant? Wigs of New York! l
meet you in advance, e,and give you my plegde,
TOR my own performance Of these duties.wth-
ont qualification and without reserve
Whether in public life or in private life, in
the Capitol or at home, mean never to de-
scrt them. ] mean never to forget that have
n country, to which ! am bound by a thousand
ties: and the stone which is to lie On the
round that shall cover me, shall not bear the
name Of son ungratetul to his native land.