Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1840-03-12

in nis power 10 reIute the Ialsahoods, by
printed evidence when he proceeded to read
from the book tho precise statements he was
accused Of having verbally made in South
Kingstown. Mr.. Rantoul did not however
inform us by what rule of law or common
sense, this went to disprove the truth of the
assertions made BY the people of South.
kingstown. From the whole tenor of Mr.
Rantoul's remarks in regard to his lecture in
South-Kingstown, we should Judge his mis-
sion to that town, ss we'll as to this, to have
been 4 failure. For his comfort, we can
however assure Mr.. Rantoul, that he is not
the first noisy itinerant who has been to Mar
ragansett to gather WOOL and come back
shorn. And we might also further inform
Mr.. Rsntoul, that although the common sense
people of that country may not understand
the latin for cx, they perfectly comprehend
the derivation and meaning of Rant to be
from the Dutch Ranien. to raue in violent
and high sounding language, and also that
they have mot been brought up in the woods
to be scared by an ow"-(derved from the
Saxon uie)a bird, says Pope, (which flies
about in the night and catches mice"
Nh. Rantoul also informed us that when
Marshal Davoust plundered the Sub. Treas.
ury Bank at Hamburg, he found some of the
identical kegs Of specie that had been placed
there about lis years before, and that they
were identified by being little burned in a
hre that was known to have occurred at that
early period. Mr.. Rantoul did not il-
form us that the Hamburg currency received
in payment Of government dues, was always
at two or three por cent premium.-.Neiiher
did he say whether he meant that such would
be the effect Of a Sub Treasury in this coun.
try-nor did he say whether its drafts would
be at sufficient premium to let the specie
remain in its vaults, as at Hamburg, until
pIundercd by some successful General. He
did, however, mention the Bank of Amster.
dam as being similar to that of Hamburg
but he did not carry the parallel SO far as to
inform us that 1t had also been robbed Of its
specie by it's OWN OFFICERS, which was
not detected until many years after Neither
did he say whether he thought the same thing
would be likely to occur with regard to our
Sub Treasury-though we have the best rea
son to suppose that such would inevitably be
the result.
Mr.. Rantoul also informed us that King
William created the Bank of England for the
purpose Of raising money to carry OF an un-
popular war, in opposition to the wishes OF
his subjects-and wont on to show that il had
n contrary effect from what the King ex.
pcc,ed, and that by its paper issues, SO far
from adding to the Klngly prcrogativc, it ef.
fectualIy prevented his coercng his subjects
and they compelled him to make peace
This was great point of Mr.. RaHtoul's-and
when he dwet upon the evils Of the paper
banking system, as displayed in its very com
msnesmen, by diminishing the POWER OF
the GOVERNMENT, and adding to the
LIBERTY of the PEOPLE, great applause
was excited by some loco boys and foreigners
who we're standing in a dark corner Of the
room. This encouraged Mr.. .Rantoul to
dioeN on the subject, and the beneficial ef.
fscts of Sub Treasury system, that would
effectually prevent the peoples controlling
their own government-whe lie was enthu.
siastically encored-whereupon gentleman
present-very civilly requested Mr.. Rantoul
to state which institutions he thought bes,
for a Republic, those which would enable the
people to compel a King to make peace, or
those which would enable KINo to compel
his people to continue a war they were not
in favor Of? Mr.. Rantoul lodged the question
about four times, but was finally driven to
admit, that it was best the people should have
the power. Tho loco boys who had pre-.
viously made most of the noise, not being
probably instructed what to do in such an
emergency, remained quiet, while the Sub.
Treasury men looked doubtful at Mr.. Rant
oul, and some of them were observed to
shuffio their feet, but whether in token oI
applause, or from nervous excitement, We
know not.
Mr.. Rantoul next triumphantly succeeded
in Identifying the principles of the Wing
party OF England with those Of the Wing
party Of the United States. This was the
grand climax of his argument, and was OF
course succeeded by roar Of applause from
the dark corner, and another shufiling Of the
feet from the older Sub Treasury men, but
whether as before from nervous exci,abiIity
or from an involuntary movement to applaud
wo cannot say. But Mr.. Rantoul did moi
distinctly inform us, though more than once
requested so to do, which Of the two grea,
political parties in Esgland (,he Wing or the
Tories) was identified with the liberty ant
well being Of the great mnss Of the people
or which was in favor Of q concc ntration o
the wealth Of the nation into the hands Of the
few, and the increase of the prerogs,ive ant
power Of the King.
For the las, half hour Of Mr.. Rantoul's dis