Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1842-01-27

height, to the level of an audacious
printer.
But after all, "truth is truth, to the
end Of reckoning" and will forever
stand out
"-- precious and divine,
Too rich pearl for carnal Spine."
This honorable gentleman has labored
hard to make it appear, that We" Me
printer"-had wiliully, and with malice
in our gizzard, stated what we knew to
be untrue concerning him-and then
goes on to give his reasons for our sup
posed aHaek upon him, imputing TO us
moiires, deeper, even, than the most
noted veteran in politics could have CON
ceived Of But in the midst Of all his
gasconadc of pure intentions, and sub
tcriuge to screen his iniamy, he falls
immcasurably short of shaking off the
odium we have fastened upon him. 1t
will be recollected by all who have read
our articles respecting the honorable
Mr.. Pearce's obtaining the votes Of the
eomricis in our Jail for the Suffrage Con-
stitution, that we charged him with PRO-
CURING them mereiy.-We did not as
sert that he put them in the ballot box,
that any one else put them in the bal
lot box, x,-or that they were put in at
all, or received-though we ght have
said, that VIC had good reasons for be-
lieying they were both offered and re-
ceived, but that the more judicious Of
the party, who were not used to such
dirty work, objected to their reception,
and they were finally rejected and cast
out Our object, however differently it
may be construed and magnified by the
honorable Mr.. p. or any Of the Suffrage
party, was simply to expose the re-
course to such measures on their part,
as was deemed to be- unfair, unjust, dis
creditable and subversivc of all good
government, in order to accomplish the
political ends they had in view-As the
conductor of Il public press, We felt it in
the way Of our duty to do this-we did
it with no bitter feelings towards their
cause with no design to prejudice
the mind Of any individual against i,
neither, as is asserted by the hon.
orable gentleman, "ior the special benc-
fit Of learned professors, and indcpend-
cnt Judges, much engaged Of late il
reading homilies and writing sermons
for the religious instruction, and politi.
cal information of the farmers of ouI
State" 1t was tho opinion Of every
one who understood at the time The .jac
Of Mr.. P's procuring said votes, that
they were all procured to be made uDe
Of at the ballot box-and though he says
in one part Of his letter, that not one oi
them was put in, he afterwards admits
that one John b. Clarke, who was con.
yctod Of shamclully maltreating his
wife, and is well known to be too crazy
and disorderly to 60 at large } did vote
aud that his vote was received, ant
counted in favor of the Peoples Con
s,itu,ion. IF they were not all re-
ccived, the inference of every person
here, is, that il was LJcauso we sound
cd the alarm little too soon.-Wher
the facts are closely looked into, IL vii
be seen that in this, and this only, (thc
statement that he, Mr.. p. procured th,
votes as before mentioned, consists th'
crying sin against us. This is th,
charge he 60 frequently refers to, am
which he says he ever denied, here AM
elsewhere, but which in his cpistlc, un
fortunately he admits to be true, viz
that hc did obtain the proxy votes of al
the conycts in our Jail, over whom h
had any influence, for the Suffrage Con
s,tution, as We have stated
The reasons he has given for thu
procuring or obtaining said votes ar
too falIacious TO require even passin
notice, when taken in conncxion wit
the palpable discrepancies that arc {
be seen throughout his pililul colnmun