The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1837-09-06
lCOMIUSICATIoN

Various causes have contributed n ,ro.
duce the recent defeat Of the democracy n
the State. The commercial, manufac,ur
ing and banking interests are, far the mo.
part, of opinion that . national bank can =.
lone relieve our embarassments: and und.
this impression they made use of all pos.i.
bic means to obtain the election Of c,,d;.
dates virtually pledged to vote for such a.
institution. They have insrilled, a 5 far y.
possible, their own views into the minds NJ
the yeomanry OF the state, and succesd.d
IN persuading many that, if Messrs. Pearce
and Howard were elected, the whole coun.
Try would be irre,rievably ruined. II was
aga'nstth's current of public feeling, arains,
deception, gross misrepresentation, unpre.
cedented foreign Intervention, aad mon
strous corruption, with dissensons among
our leading men, and the deserlion of old
trends and associates, that the battle was
fought. We are beat. The democracy of
The state is prOstrated-but not beyond the
power to rise again.
1t is useless now to complain of the in
reference in the election by men from 9TH
er states. They have freely contributed
their money and their eloqnence. Their
personal exertions to keep freemen from
the polls, are we'll known, and are Disgrace
fnl alike t0 us and them. We can prove ,l.a,
large sum was subscribed at an Insurance
Office in New Bedford to be expended in
T'verton during the election, and that A.
gents of English Houses were busy in per-
suading those over whom they had any in
huence, either to vote for the whig cnndi-
dates, or if they couhl not do so, to stay a.
way from the polls. Rhode-Is Island has lit.
orally been subjugated by New York and
Massachusetts.
The exultation exhibited at home and a.
brord, OH account of the result in this state.
IS owing, not more to the success of the
wings, than to the defeat of Mr.. Pearce. 1t
was an object of ardent desire with the lead
ing men of that party here and elsew here,
to drive him from Congress, where his abil-
hy to expose and counteract their designs
was acknowledged and fenred. In The
midst of pressure, panic, personal disaifec-
'ion, base deser,ion, deception, and gross
corruption, they succeeded for this,
bonfires have been made, bells rung, and
guns fired in Rhode Island, Massachusetts
and New York. 1t was in truth, more than
an ordinary triumph. The man, who for
years had been politically obnoxious to the
wings, who had faithfully sustained The ad-
m'Ils,raiion and their principles, aud for
whose continued influence ia Congress the
democracy throug hout the Union was anx-
Iously hoping, was prostrated.
But let them not persuade themselves
that Mr.. Pearce is dead and buried, beyond
all chance Of political resurrection. Just as
sure as the principles for W hich his party
contend are founded on the eternal basis of
truth and justice, will he be found actively |
cooperating with those who nre earnestly
looking. and will not long look in vain, for
the political improvement of their race, and
or the emancipation of the laboring and
productive classes from that degradation,
which they have too long felt and endured.
The SqualI which passed over this town
m Wednesday afternoon last, was The
most severe thnt has been felt in this vcin- ]
ty for many years past. Much damage
was done TO the fruit and ornamental trees !
IN the town and on the Island many Of
hem were blown down and Others stripped
Ut their fruit, and branches broken.
In the bay several vessels and boats were !
upset, and in one case two lives lost.--The
'loop Mount Morish, Capt. Ingraham, from
for Warren, was upset of Paw
uxet, and two passengers, Mrs. Macon
Der, Of Tiverton, daughter Of the late Mr..
Hill Of warrea, and Miss Nancy
Allen, daughter of the late Capt Sylvester
Allen, of Bsrriugton,) were drowned: two
ptber p,s.eprefs, one of thcu, a Young la