The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1838-02-28
Hartford Times.

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Hort'ord Times.
CoNsEcTIcur.-The Democratic Con.
vention holden AT Middleiown an Wpdnes-
day last, nominated STEPHEN b. BEERS, for
Governor Of that State. We make the fol-
lowing eloquent extracts from the address
adopted by the Convention
or The federal party it says:-
WITNESS their repeated assumption Of
new names, the last refuge Of baffled VIII
lainy. Witness the vague charges uf usur-
patton and corruption echUrd aud r--ech-
oed from onc ex'reme of the country ,o the
olhsr, against men whose only crime is an
uncomprornising fidelity to the constitution
aud the rights and interests of the people,
charges fabricated aud well. known tn lie
fabricated by men who scoff a, the idea Of
constitutional restraints, ard who have re-
ceivrd the wages Of corruption in open
market.
Witness during conspiracy, deliberately
planned and Systematically executed, to in
volve the mercantile and manufacturing in
tsrests of the country in embarrassment,
distress anil ruin, in order to charge the
Consequences upon the measures of dem
ocratic administration.
Witness the head Of that conspiracy,
welding according 30 the statements Of his
own Instruments, II capital of more than one
hundred millions, and thereby mauifes,ly
exercising little short Of a supreme control
over so much of the commerce Of The coun-
a.,
his determination To prolong lha, emharass.
ment and distress, (the work Of his own
hnnds) until lie can subdue the people to
his will, aud extort from them grant of
power that shall arm him with the whole
revenues Of the country.
at is asserted by the wings that the
late bursting "fihe bubble of speculation is
ciargeahIe, no, to those who blew the bub-
bile into a magnitude that no such bubble
ever reached before, hut to the measures of
the national administration, and therefore,
The wings, for their wonderful skill and nd
roitn-ss in bubble blowing have entitled
themselves to public coHidrncP.
This we believe TO be u fir aud nv no
means an rxiravaeant illustrations uf whig
claims, in regard 10 the reactions in trade,
which hnve been truly severe and distressing,
but which were the necessary aud unavoId-
able Consequences of an overaciinu, GER
tainly un-xnmpled in our country, and
probably wilI,uut parallel in Europe, rx-
rrp,ing the Mississippi scheme and The
South Sea stock speculations. Every one
must have Witnessed more or less of The
late exiravagnnce aud madness of .prculn-
lion which spread far and wide through our
country, " hen almost every thing that could
b. made the subject of bargain and sale was
drawn in IN swell the bubble. That 1t
must explode, aud that the explosion must
pr,muce M almos, entire prostrn'i"n at
credit, every man ~ his senses, knew full
well, aud that greai embarrassment ia busi-
ucs., aud consequently much distress aud
suffering must flow from il.
That the measures uf our general gov
rrument could not have had the slightest
Influence in creating or encouraging the
mania of speculaiinu, unless 10y producing
"a state uf general prosperity IN the country,
(prrlinps n necessary precursor at Tins dis
easel is perfectly well known to all men
pnssrssed of common sense aud intelligence
Of whatsoever polnical party. As well
nigh, it be charged upon the rivers that
flow down our vslIies, or the winds that
sweep over our mountains. To follow up
the rrfuiniion Of change so CLEARLY un-
founded, aud so obviously false and malic-
ious, would be an insult tn the understand
ings of those whom we address. Some
few crnzrd spectators mny have become
the willing duprs ofwhig clnmor, but these
are not to he found among the sober, hon
est, industrious, intelligent and thinking
mcn who compose the democracy Of Com
ueciicui. But let us for n moment look to
The conduc, of whig representatives IN Con-
rress in relation To- that distress, which
shigs so teeimgiy cfset to deplore. and sec
what encouragement we shall Ind 10 add
our quot, ,o the number OF wings nlresdy
there. While democratic executive
and democratic representatives proceeded
promptly and efTeciually to ndupi such
measures Of relief, rs were consistent with
their obligations to the constitution, what
did tie wings dn, bu, inierpnse every en-
bsrrassnent aud delay' And WIS, did
they rruposel Nothing. lf they dill uos
IKE Ntro sddls vhile poms vas hur'ing.