Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1837-05-25
WHOLE NO. 363.

atively called upon to beseech his fellow cis>
izens 10 pause before the edoptjon Of tse re :
solutions. They crenfed breach at once
between the People and the GoverDnient.--
They were giving the first impulse TO move
ment that would te rminate God alone could
tell how. lie Reproduced as much an any
man the odous easnres Of corrupt, profit
gate and Abandoned Government. The time
might not he far distant, when we Should b0
called upon by necessity that will know no
law, to ndopt the resolutions as reported
Meanwhile the Government stand in the
wrong. The PEopLE STAND IN THE RIGHT,
Let us maintain this advantage. Let us do
nothing 10 hurry on the impending crisis
Let us bear and forbear as long Us human ma
ture can bear and torbcar. Ect IFS do poFiiing
shly-nothing nnadviscdly ly-norl,ing unrc-
nectingly. Let MS defer further action OD
this subject till we can hear once mere from
Washington. Let the resolutions lie upon
the table 10 be- considered at an adJourAed
meeting. Then it will be time enough to
come 10 definite action.
/ IEBEDEE .'ooK, Jr. replied to tho ycmorkS
of Mr.. Bond. The resolutions Ita'f seen pre-
scented TO the committee appointed on the
preceding evening. aud had received thciY
appreciation. He thought that the people
had been bearing and forbcaring long
enough: that they had been oppressed and
harrassed for the last five years by the most
arbtrnvy and unjust exactons: AMI ibef fis
time for rcsistance-calm but dctcrmned---
had at length arrived. We have long enough
been patient aud torbcnring-and patiescs
ard iorbeurance has brought only renewed
insult and aggravated oppression.
ABBOTT LAWRENCE lficn addressed the
chair aud the announcement of his name wac
received with shouts of applause. Mr.. Law
renee offered no apology for appearing be-
fore the assembly. The day was one Of sor-
row and sadncss-.not of congra,ulation,---
Men with the feelings of men could nor re-
press their Indignation. lie would not hcsi-
tate tn speak his sentiments Of the admins
trBtion. THERE Is no People ON THE FACE
OF COPS EARTH THAT Is so ABUst %, CuEAp-
Sd, PLUNDERED AND TRAMPLED Br THEIR
RULERS, AS ARE THE ProPLr or THE USI-
TED STATES. This was his sincere and de-
libcrate conviction. He would not say that
he did not approve all the sentiments Of the
resolutions. But the time had not yet come
for their adoption. 1t might comet might
come the mex: weck-and citizens might
thin come together prepared to adopt the
resolutions that had been read, and adopt the
measures necessary to sustain them. Wbcp
that fearful crisis should arrive-when the is
1 sue rnOulu ttehluHIIy ue tbdUe UP DctWeeU
an oppressed People and an expressing Gu
vernment-hc should no, be al loss for the
course that il would be proper for him to
pursue. Meanwhile let us proceed With
great caution, prudence and foresight. The
Government are in the wrong. THEY EXACT
IMPossIBILITiEs- let Us keep them in
the wrong--and commit ourselves by ro
overt act, till we find that tho laws Of self
preservation compel Us to a forcible resist
ance. We are afoat on tcmpestuous ocean
with no rudder-nO compnss-ro pilot
and the time mny come when the CREW WILL
BE COMPELLED TO TAKE POssEssIoN or THE
SHIP.
WILLIAM SrUR6Is then rose. observing
that he was afraid hr might not make hinI-
self hca ard-for he had been confined for two
or three days by an oppression upon the iungS
and Il still heavier oppression on his heart
which quite unified him for appearance in
such an assembly. He condemned the course
of the administration in language equally
strong with that employed by the gentlemen
who preceded hm-nnd used the same Ian
guage to soothc and alay the prevailing ex-
ctcment. He proposed the appointment of
"a Committee Of twenty -fonr- to tnkc yhe
whole subject into considrration-an to re-
port at an adjourned meeting.
The following resolutions were then oEer-
ed by ABBOTT" LAWRENCE and adopted:
ReSolred. That this meeting recommend
to the Post Master of this city the postpone
mcnt Of the execution of the order from the
Department OF the General Post Once, re-
curing individuals TO pay specie for letters
on the delivery of the same, until he can hear
from the Department.
Resolved, That the consideration es ths
Report and Resolutions submitted this norm
ing be post poncd, until Saturday the 9th
instant-at O'Clock in the afternoon; and
that in the meantime they be committed to a
committee Of twenty -four, consisting Of the
committee who reported them and fifteen 9th
er ergentlcmen.
The following gentlemen were then added
to the committee already sppointed:-Wir-
liam Prescott, Charles Jackson, Samuel Hub
bard, Willnm Sullivan, Geo. Bond, Geo.
Darracott, Geo. Hallett, Patrick Il. Jackson,
Chas. p. Curtis, Abbott Lawrence, james
Read and Simon Wilkinson.
The meeting was then sdjourned to meet
ut the same place on Saturday the 9Th inst.
at o'clock IN the afternoon. The report Of
the committee will then be submitted.
The Government must pause in its high
handed career. The PEOPLE will never sub
nit To system, which is TO deprecjate slI
heir property from 30 to so per cent, and to
-alse the property Of all tho GOVERNMENT
OFFICERS, CONTRACTORS and DEPENUENTs-
already overfed and overpaid-in the same
nonstrous ratio. Hero arc some THKrYsIx
MILLIONS Of dollars, to be paid to the favor-
ties of the Executive, and they forsooih are
ALL. TO BE PAID IN SPECIE while all
he rest of the People are compelled to re-
.cive their dues in a very different Curren-
"! Is this gross, manifest and monstrons
INJUSTICE to be submitted tn? Are wa TO have
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