Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1839-04-11
THE COMING CONTEST.

Ifthe Wings of this State need any
thing more than their own glorious cause
and the memory of past success TO in
spre them with energy and deter,nna-
,ion for the coming contest, it is abund-
antly furnished by the example of our
sister State, Connecticut. She has
come out Of the contest covered with
glory she has done honor to herself
and honor to New England she has
more than equalled the best hopes Of
her best friends, and she now calls up
on Rhode Island to do her duty. Shall
the call be made in vain Shall the
State of Rhode Island desert her prIn-
ciplcs, prove recreant to her trust, now
that her country is calling upon her to
aid in the united effort to throw off the
bondage of executive corruption and
executive usurpation which have so long
covered the land
Will the Wings Of Rhode Island
vainly and foolishly divide upon any
local and temporary questions now,
when there is so much need Of union
and harmony at this critical time,
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and their rulers is almost decided ;
when few more elections will settle
the question whether the persons ap-
pointed to administer the government
are our servants or our masters will
the Wings Of this State so far leopard.
the general good as to throw their weight
into the scale Of executive usurpation !!
Forbid it patriotism forbid it truth /;
forbid il justicc. The people of this
State were never called upon to cxcr-
else the right Of suffrage at a more i'm
portant period. So long as conceal
mcnt could be effected, so long as du-
plicity and falsehood could deceive the
people and keep from them the true
state Of the public affairs, the Office
holders party made somo pretensions
to patriotiss. But that time has pas
sed the corruptions have bccome so
enormous, the deialcatioAs 80 frcqSent
and for such large amounts, the dishon-
esty of so many exposed, that longer
concealmcnt is impracticable, and the
administration now stands upon its true
foundation, the patronage Of The Erecu-
IRE and The treasury Of he government.
Against this the people arc contending,
bravely, fcarlcssly, and so far success
fully ; but the victory is not yet won,
and if the lines waver, if the people
hesitate one moment or allow moment s
breathing space to their ever vigilant
enemies, they may lose the whole ad-
vantage Of the long struggle through
which they have SO far triumphantly
passed. An important post is now as
signed to the Wings of this State, a
post which is attacked with the whole
force of the, enemy, and which must be
defended with vigilance and with bra
very. We cali upon every Wing to
do his duty we conjare him as he re-
CARDS the honor of his State, as he re-
vercnces the Constitution, we coniu urc
him in the name of his country to come
forward and lend his assistance to the
good work. Above all, we conjuro him
to give no aid to the enemy, either by
open detection or by that Indifference
and lukcwarmncss which is little better.
We beg of all who have been sccus-
toned to act with the people, against
the Office holders, to pause aud reflect
before they allow themselves, under
the influence Of any question of tempo
rary excitement, to leopard the supre-
macy of the Wings in Rhode Island
We call for union, for harmony, for
mutual concessions, and when We have
fairly and finally beaten down the enc
my, we shall have ample time to settle
all our differences and make up our
family quarrcls.- = Pror. jour.