Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1839-08-15

in nothing under Heaven but heart
burnings and i'll will, precisely as he
had predicted.
If were Il candidate before the peo-
pie, would want no stronger argument
in my favor, than to be placed in the
exalted position in which he stands, in
relation to this whole matter"
Il If the Congressional Election which
is to take place on the 9th instant,
were not of more Than ordinary impor-
lance, we should not deem it necessary
to appeal to the lrecmcp, and to call
upon them to put forth every honorable
effort, in order to carry in the Wing
candidates by the large and command
ing majority, it is well known the Wings
possess in Rhode Island. The fact that
the Wings have such majority, added
to the consideration, that our political
opponents were unable to bring into
the field their strongest men, has, we
fear, lead many Of our friends to feel
that less excrtion is required Of them
now, than what they have been accus-
toned heretofore to make OH similar
occasions. But it should be borne in
mind that the enemy is, or at least has
been, every where throughout the
country, most strongly entrenchcd -
That they have, by violence, possessed
themselves Of the whole public trea-
sure, and have been, for ten years past,
corrupting the people with that trea-
sure, thus wickcdly obtained THAT
they have an innumerable host of Office
holders, whose first and chief duty il
made, and by them considered to con-
siat in sustaining the administration in
all IT'S measures, whether rigl or wrong.
The administration too, are perfectly
sensible that the people, long since,
began to perceive, because they be-
gan to feel most sensibly, that the whole
course and tendency of Jackson and
Van Buren's measures has been to
PROSTATE the industry and enterprise
OF the people, weaken and destroy
their attachment and reverence for tho
Constitution, and all its high require
mcnts, especially those which that con-
sl'tutlon imposes upon all who are en-
trusted with the various responsibilities
OF administering and sustaining its null
tliarlous functions. The administration
and their adhcrents have been admon-
lshcd in the result of recent elections
IN every State in the Union, that tho
people have been reused from their
dcath-llkc silence and inaction-that
they have resolved to rid the country
OF those men who have abused the hich
trusts which had been imprudcntIy
thrown into their hands. The adminis-
tration and their supporters, perceive,
IN the distance, the threatened doom
that awaits them, and have, therefore.
resolved to make, in the pending cleo
tIons, the final death struggle. The
election in this State, for members of
the Goth Congress, is nearly the last
which is to be held, and is considered
by both parties, to be of as much inn
portance as any that has already been
held in any, even the largest State in
the Union. No doubt is entertained
about our having majority of men,
bers in the next Congrcss-but il is of
equal, and may be Of infinitely more
Importance, that we should have in that
Congress ma jority of the States. If
the people should fail to elect a Prcsi-
dent, it will then become the constitu-
tlonal duty of the House Of Representa-
tivcs, to choose man to fill that hich
and responsible of.cc. In that event.
each State has but single votc-Rhodc
Island, then, will Of course possess a
power precisely equal to the largest
state in the Union. Now suppose, what
VIC hold to be almost impossible to oc-
cur, that owing to the negligence of a
single Wing freeman, the Tory candi-
dates, in this State, should be elected;
and that the election of President should
devolvc upon the House of Rcprcscn-
Van Burcn, or Amos Ken
dali. or (vhot wouIJ bo s,;Ij ,, :c