Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1837-08-10

New York, and one or two III the south stop
!. ped specie payments This was like d shock
OF electricity, and in a few days, every Bank
IN the Country had suspended payment IN
specie.
This was early in May. No erenf has since
taken place 10 cheer the gloom Of a depending
Cou,iru, unless the call Of an extIs session
of Congress can be so considered. What can
that session do for us,ifAe same men icho hare
brought The tpa upon as are sent to that Con-
gress TO find a remedf Erecutipe measures
and those eho haze supportedMe measures haze,
IN eight yecrs brought the Country from the
greatest prosperity doton to this dead Mroe from
,chich nothing can relieve as bat nsir measures
and neir men 10 sustain those measures.
II We have looked backed OH the history Of
these times to the first cause Of our evils, the
first departure from law, constitution and
sound policy the first wild scheme Of untrjed
experiment the removal Of the public mo-
ney. What would Mr.. Madison and his po-
litical friends now do if they were in full life
and in control Of our public affairs? They
would do precisely wha, they did in 1916 /;
they would restore The public money to the safe
keeping Of a .Naiional Bank A; nadJ they had
no such Bank, they ,coutd do note as they did
then; they tcouid ereate such Bank 10 secure
the nionryio do The Gseat business Of the nation,
10 control The issues Of Stale Banks, 10 restore
specie payments, 10 establish sound and uni
form currency ouer all The United STATES, and
enable acry cilizen 10 pay money at, and re-
ceire ii from, tie most distant part Of The tchOie
Country, vih safety, expedition and at a cheap
rate Of exchange.
For the purpose Of doing these things and
by otherwise, and salutary counsels ucl,ev-
ing the relief Of the people from the pressure
OF the present unenduruble evils, we place
two of your fellow citizens before you, as
candidates Tor Reprosc natives to tho next
Congress.
These citizens are ROBERT B. GRAMS
TON, Of Newport, and JOSEPH l.. TIL
LlNGllAST, Of Providence. These men
have been unanimously selected for this pur-
eosc by the Convention chosen by the peO-
! pie and sent to Newport to make this nomi-
nation. OF those who may be selected by
other meetings Of citizens, we say nothing.
Every citizen has rig lit TO nominate his own
candidates. OF the two citizens who are here
put in nomination, we will say, that they are
placed before the people as candidates for
these distinguished offices, because they de-
serve well Of their Country, and are amply
qualified to enter into the Legislative depart.
ment Of the public service. They well un.
derstand the great interests of the nation.and
are peculiarly conversant with those Of Rhode
island, their native State nor are they less
distinguished for their intellectual qualities,
which will enable them fcurlessly to advocate
those interests while their moral worth and
high political integrity, place them above the
sphere Of partisan intri que or Executive in
tiuence. They are selected from among their
ftIoiD citisens, and placed before the people
Of Rhode Island as condiddtrs to represent
them IN The next Congress, and especially ia
that extraordinary session, called by prOTia-
nation Of The President, to take into cOnsid-
erat'on the present condition Of the Country
and by a union of risdOm and energy, Of ae-
tirity and moderation, to investigate the cau-
ses Of Our present caidmities, enact such l0tDs,
and establish such measures as may restore
the policy Of our government to the principles
Of the Constitution, and relieve our Country
from a state Of distress such tDGs aever
brought upon any other free people, by their
oicn folly and ricktdness, or acant Of Wis-
dom or righteousness in their rulers. The
people of Rhode Island always patriotic, al
ways alive to the public interest, and prompt
at the call Of their country, will therefore du-
ly consider the qualifications of Mr.. GRAMS
TON and Mr.. TILLINGHAsT, and If they find
lhcm,sneh as IRE know they are, they will give
to them their suffrages and place them in
their service, for these high and important
purposes.