Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1837-09-07
NEWPORT:
Public Dinner,
In honor fhe Election Of Messrs. CRANsToN
and TLLLINGHAsT.
TiiRALLED.

In honor efhs Election Of Messrs. CRANsToN
and TILLINGHAsT.
The result Of the late glorious triumph of
Wing principles in the election Of ROBERT,
B. CRANsroN and JOSEPH l.. TILLINoHAsT,
to represent this State in the Twcnty-ffth
Congress of the United States, having been
fully ascertained by the returns received-a
public dinner was given, by the Wing free
men Of Newport and its vicinity, in honor Of
the occasion, at Townsend's Hotel in this
place, on Thursday last, at 3 p. NJ. BoRDES
WOOD, Esq. presided, assisted by the Hon.
CHARLES COLLINS, NATHANIEL S. RUGGLEs,
ROBINSON Potter and JOSHUA SAVER, Esqs.
More than one hundred and twenty gentle
men, including the invited guests, sat down
to the table. Among the latter we noticed
Alderman J. Hoxsie, of New York, now on
visit to his native State; the venerable John
Howland, Gen. Edward Darlington and s.
Ames, Esq. of Providence; J. Shaw, Esq. of
Little Compton; Peleg Cranston, Gather Of
the Representative elect Abraham Tilley
and Daniel Peckham, Revolutionary vete-
rans,) and many other respected Wing citi-
zens of this and other places. The Hon. J.
L. TrLLINeHAsr, we regret to say was pre-
vented from attending by the necessity Of an
early departure for Washington. ROBERT
B. CRANsroN, Esq. was present, and was
placed at the right hand of the President.
After the cloth was removed, the following
regular tOasts were drank:
/ l. The Whigs of Rhode ktand-Like their
gallant fathers in tho darkest hours Of the
Revolutionary contest, they have turned the
tide in the great struggle for political reform.
2. Erperiments-old,n new, or yet to come
from all such blessings good Lord deliver
us
3. The Congress ofthe United States-The
rightful depository OF the great powers crea-
ted by the COnstitution-mayn no Executive
usurper hereafter dare to say that HE stakes
the responsibility" of setting it at defiance.
a. n Sound Ct~rency-The great want and
the best blessing Of an extensive, productive,
and commercial country. We had the best
on the face of the globe-who has wrcsted it
from us?
S. The Measures Of The nert Congress
Thorough probing into the rank ulcers that
tester in the body polite. Let it be attempt
ed promptly by skilful surgeons, who know
their busne IS and fear not to act.
6. Our Delegation Elect, to the House of
Representatives of the 25th Congress-Clear
headed, pure minded, honorable men, ,oho
need no prompting Of their peracity from the
Speakers desk, TO ascertain iVItere they are
we look to them confidently for an honest,
manly course, which will do honor to them
selves and the Freemen who elect them.
z. Our Senators in Congress- Old and faith
ful sentinels on the political atch-tower-
they have never ceased to warn us of the ru-
in and disasters which false policy has al
ready cntaled on the country.
| 6. Our Whig brethren in the gallant States
of the West-They have poured into the
enemy full broadside and swept the decks.
o. Our Wing brethren now present with us
at this grateful ommemoration-They will
bear to other States willing testimony to
the zeal, industry, and unfalterng spirit with
which the Freemen Of Rhode Island have vim
dicated their claim to call them brothers.
10. The interference Of Executive panders and
meniais in our State, Congressional, and local
elections-a nuisance which no free State
which respects itself,can for moment permit
and which cannot be too soon abated.
IL. Henry Clay-The patriot and statesman
may that country never forget him, who
never forgot her!
IL. Daniel >Vebster-the great defender of
the Constitution-the gratitude and venera-
ton of his country assuredly await him.
IL. The memories Of Greene and Perry
True sons Of the Island State-they need no
better heralds than Eutaw and Erie.
On reading the 9th toast from the chair,
Mr.. CRANsrON rose in reply amidst the deaf
ening applause of the company, and express
ed in few brief and energetic sentences, the
strong sensbility with which he received the
honor which the sentiment conferred on him.
lie said that his fellow citizens did him no in
justice in believing, that his course with re-
spect TO the Administration, would be govern
ed by his sense Of right and duty-that it
would be open and above board. II, sensible
OF the enormous injuries they had inflicted
upon the country, they would retracc their
steps, ind set in earnest about restoring us
to q sound currency and our wonted prosper.
ity, they should have his support. He went
for an honest, enlightened, Constitutional
Administration, and his only regret wos in
filling the responsible station to which his
fellow citizens had called him, they had not
availed themselves Of far greater abilities
than his to follow out this course; though in
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