The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1840-08-26

Take in connection with this fact, The other
facts, that many wings have grosa lukswarn,
and withheld the supplies which were formerly
poured out with so lavish hand: that oihers,
straig ighiened in their circumstances, have not
the means if they had the disposition, TO sub
nit 10 the customary tax, and that the incomes
OF all are cunailed by prevailing commercial
embanassmenis, and the evidence amounts 10
presumption of the strongest character that
they have sought, elsewhere than among Them
selves, for The materials with which they carry
on Inc wnr.
But The proof is not merely OF The presump-
i've or InferentlaI kind. There is more positive
and direct testimony, showing that the capital
ISIS Of Great Britain are busy ia the matter, and
think lew sacrifices TOO great 10 Dust the parry
10 power, IN order TO put 10 It's place men that
could be more easily bent 10 their purposes
Letters have been received IN Ibis country, IN
which II 10 stated thai design OF this sort is
made no secret among the English bankers and
merchauts Who imagine they are to be greatly
henefued by change of our federal admins.
trati0n. They are holders to a large amount
Of tie stocks of the United States, those stocks,
through improyideuce aud folly have deprecia-
,ed on their hands, they are ANXIOUS 10 secure
the guarantee OF a more responsible power, they
would have The General Government assume
The debts contracted by the states in moment
Of phrensy, they perceive 10 Harrison and his
friends plant tools Ia accomplish their wishes,
and therefore argue rightly, that a contribution
Of half a million Of dollars, or ihereabont, would
be profitable Outlay if it should procure the
result NJ which they aim. Further than this,
they have no soliciude a. 10 the event. They
have u" sympathy with our Institutions, and the
triumph OF one party or the other Is mpOrtant
only 50 far as 1t adds 10 or dimiuises their pc
cuDlary prosperity.
/ II Is with regret we are compelled 10 this
conclusion, because we regard il as a gross in
suit TO the people Of this country; because it
holds them up in the light of a creduous and
purchaseable rabble because it degrsdes their
characters, and embtters and envenoms their
controversies. We could wish that American
citizens, would fight their own battles, for their
own ends, and independently Of every corrnpt
foreign alliance. We could wish, that arrange
ing themselves around the principles TO which
they might respectively adhere, they would CON
duct their contests with the moderation aud
trnth becoming an exalted warfare. 1t would
elevate the views Of parties, purify their springs
OF action, and draw more distinctly the lines OF
demarcaiOn. Political disputes are now, for
the most part, petty, mercenary and debased.
On one side, there is party that has carried
It's proflgacy TO so high pitch, that an avowed
abandonment of principle is its tower OF strength
IL has left its opponents little to do but to COM
bat its falsehoods, and battle its vulgar machn
atons. Momentous and great questions, oil
which there are many to be brought before the
people, are sunk in the desperate scramble oi
the wings for the emoluments aud advantages
of office, while, the democratic party, instead OF
carrying ont lis reforms, is obliged to waste its
energies in stemmlng the torreDt Of corruption
with which il is assaiied