The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1837-08-23

THE STATE; and il is now with unshaken
confidence In the honesty and intelligence
Of the people, that we still look to them for
for a CONTINUANCE of that support. Of
Judge Howard's talents and integrity, men
of all parties are fully convinced and the
only charge, which even party maignity
has yet yentured to utter against him, is,
that Z" HE IS AN HONEST MANI
which. in politics, as well rs in poetry,
must ever be considered "The NOBLEST
WORK OF GOD" These then, Dem
ocratic freemen Of X. Island are the men
selected by your convention, as ia all re-
poets worthy of your confidence and who,
according to the fundamental principles,
and customary usages of the republican
party, are now recommended for your sup
port. Disregarding, therefore, all personal
or private preferences and dislikes; oPpos-
ing an incorporating hostility to fac
tions of every kind and feeling the deep
est interest in the preservation of our free
Institutions; we shall confidently rely OH
your active and efficient corporation, in
securing, by all fair and honorable means,
the election of the REGULARLY NOMINATED
CANDIDATES., PEARCE and HOWARD.
We are gratifed TO hear from all parts
of the State, that as the day of election ap-
proaches, the prospects of the democratic
candidates continue to brighten. The pan
c-mongers have, in this instance, miscai-
cula,ed their time; the pressure cannot be
kept up long enough for their purpose. Let
the people express their sentiments by their
votes, unawed by the threats, and unsub-
dued by the wiley party leaders who would
deludc them to their ruin, and all will be
well. Stripped of their humbug, what do
the letters Of D'Wolf and Sprague-about
which the wings are making such pother
--prove' Why, merely that Capt. D'Wolf
has had art enough to inveige him Of Ma
tick on board his ship, under pretencs of
fair trading; but when he shall awake from
his delusion, and find himself surrounded
with The bolts, the shackles, and all the a
nominations of SLAYER, he will be ready to
confess that the errors, the folies, the de-
lusions even, of Loco-foco-ism, are Infinite
y to be preferred to such "a prison-house.
What have Capt. D'Wolf and Mr.. Spraguc
to do with the election more than any other
individuals Do they suppose, because
they have a number Of freemen in their en-
ploy, that they can, therefore, control their
} votes If such, fellow citizens, is their
, opinion, it is time they were made sensible
the bond-you suffrages belong to your
country-and your are worse than perjured,
If, through any persuasions, you are in
duced to give them to your country's foes.
Have not the Hartford convention feder-
alists, in times past, shown their hostility to
the institutions Of our country and now,
in our own day, have not the nulfers of
the South slept upon the very threshold o:
treason to their cause and do not these
two ingredients contribute largely to make
up that monster of iniquity-modern whig-
geryl Add but to the disgusting mass,
that worst feature of tyrany-an aristocra-
cy of Uedlth, and you will have a govern
ment that the most degraded populace of
Europe would spuru. If an aristocracv ,ce
must hare, let it be one of blood speci-
mems, zoe are told by the ,chig organ, are at
hand, boasting as long line of iHustrious
ancestry as Scotland can produce. But we
think, it were better 10 put up with time
honored abuses and venerable follies," than
to manufacture for ourselves such thing
of shreds and patches as this.
The wings will cajole where they can ;
denounce where they dare, and scatter their
bank notes "like ashes" Their proscrip-
ton reaches even beyond the grave; for it
is said, that respectable citizen, who has
always been democrat, is now threatened
that, unless he "vorEs the wHIe ticket"
he shall never have the satisfaction of at
tending their funerals
In the contest now pending let no man
be deceived. The distraction between the
parties is as broad as the zones. The can
didates Of the democracy are selected with
a single eye to the business Of the country
Their opponents-to throw every imagina-
: bic impediment in the way of business, and
: if possible, TO "stop the wheels of govern.
ment" The candidates of the democracy
are intelligent men, well versed in the thco-
ry of our institutions; and one ofthem from
long experience, and indefatigabe attention
to the interests of his constituents, peculiar.