The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1840-06-24

i polite al seets that have ever been arrayed a.
gaiust the ssersd union Of the States. which
The Father Of his Couuiry, in his last address TO
his children, thus sslsmnly comneDds 10 their
care:
"It is The says) OF infinite moment that you
shsud properly estimate the immense value OF
your ratisaal union to your collective and in
dividual happiasss; that you should cherish q
cordial, hsbitual, and immoveable attachment
TO il, accusto,ning yourselves to think aud speak
Of it as the palladium Of your political safety
and prosperity; watching for its prsssrvatios
with jealous anxiety; discountsnaeiDg whatever
may suggest suspicion that il car in any event
be abandoned; aod indignantly frevDing upon
any attsmr, to aliensts asy portion Of our country
from the rest, Or 10 enfseble the saered ties
which now link together the various parts"
Such are the parting wsrds Of the great and
good Washington! The Federal Wings pre-
tend TO cherish his principles. and to be gov
srned by his admonitiens and example. Yet
they have. ut this very time, made common
cause with the Abolitioaists-s political sect,
whose oh jects and measures have direct ten
deney to dissolve the Union which he 30 earn
esy and patheiicslly reeomsnds; whose organs
have denounced the written compact en- which
il rests as containing principle at war with the
rights Of man and the laws Of God; who have
openly delsred that they prefer smshci patton
without union; to union without emancipation
who have by ealumy aud misrs presentation son
trbuted 10 render one portion Of our fellow-cit-
izens odious to the other; to foster sectional
interests. and excite sectional feelings; TO
change brotherly love into bitter tipithy and
who, if we may credit the declarations which
some Of them have made, would willingly see
the political fabric uprooted from its deepest
IL
measures could be bsilt upon its ruins,
The social duties, the rights Of property. the
charities of life the domestic relations. are all
disturbed by the conduct Of this misguided sect.
aud If it were possible that their influence eould
so far prevail. as to produce an interference on
the part of the National Legislature, with the
institutions Of individual States these great in-
terests would become sacrifice to wild. Wis
ienary, and impractiesbls, If not a desisnin.
scheme of pretended philanthropy. In tho
Of this scheme. portions Of our fell
low. citizens have been denounced as robbers
and man-stealers foreign emisaries have been
encouraged 10 travel through the country, ut |
tering aud disseminating airoeous misrePressn-
taiions and imnammatory hnrrangues, calculated
to excite survile insurrecton, and intestine war
and money has been solicited and procured Of
ethusiasts IN other countries. and expended
dissnion throu Q hout the land. Those who see
these results, and persist in thu measures which
have produced them. will not be deferred BY
the sketch We have drawn; but il there be A.
mong them Others whose attention has been
turned away by exaggerated and exciting repre-
senta,ons, from the great principles Of forbesr-
ance, concession, and compromise, upon which
The Union was founded, and by the sacred pro
servation of which alone it can be upheld, we
appeal TO all such TO say whsther a connection
v hich mpsaches their judgment, their pa,rio
SIN, their Justice, and their devotion to our Re
publican institutions, shoud not be rsnouncsd
II once and forever.
The limits Of an address will not permit us TO
extend our remarks. though the field is brond,
md the harvest could not fail to be rich. We
must, therefore, leave the decision Of the great
ssuss we have raised 10 the sovereign people of
,ur loved country, and TO the Intelligence, hon
esty and patriotism Of our fellow citizens; not
under the belief that we have sufficiently dis
cussed those issues, bat in tho hope thatwe have
said enough to awaken their attention TO them.
Our principles and objects have been avowed.
The purity Nud freedom Of the elected fran
chise; the exemption Of our country from dan
serous foreign influence, and the preservation
Of our Union against the unconstitutional and
fanatical spirit Of Aboltionism are the great
points in the pending contest, aud we proclaim
ihom to cur counirymen as matters OF vital in
Ierest 10 our free institutions. The candidate
We present as the exponent Of our prime pies,
has been tried. His views upon all these ques-
ions are destinctly known, aud have been Sc
erely tested. As to him, THEREFORE. the people
nav act with confidence spd certainty.
Not so with our busy and confident oppo-
rents. and their candidate, When assembled
s wa are in National Convention, d" their poll
y" dictated that they should make to the eoun-
~ no declaration Of principles and since that
ime an Executive COMMITTEES has taken pos
essiop Of their candidate. not to declare his
,riaeiples and opinions 10 the country, but TO
proclaim to 4 nation Of frsemen that thesc prIn-
.iples aud opinions shall not be declared, " for
he public eye" until after the election.
Freemen Of the United States, choose be-
ween these parties and these candidates;
The decision is yours, and the stake is yours
Con6ding in the Intelligence and republican
spirit Of our countrymen, we do not doubt OF
success in the important contest which Is now
pending. The people achieved revolution in
1900. which transferred us from ender the iron
rod of federal rule, aud we cannot question that
IN 1910. they will maintain, successfully, the
same high position, with the same great priu
ripes. In the close Of the present memorable
campaign. which has been opened on the one
side by costly and stately pagesnas, addressed
merely to the senses, i, win he found that the
democratic pnrty. sustained by truth and by
reason, will have continued its march by unin-
Ierrup,ed niunphs.
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