Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-06-15

distiig liiShe0 khode IsIanu men, VINO
are no longer among US, should not be
permitted to escape from onr minds, with
mu admonislrog us of the high duties
which We owe 10 the Stale. Never, per-
haps, al any previous crisis IN her history
has Rhode Island more needed the ali
4 of wise and patriotic and intrepid coun-
sellnrs She is about to embark, under
new auspices, ~ n new career. See ,e
10 it, Legislators aud Men Of Rhode Is
land, that tins new career he contnrnccd
Alright, upon principles which Will stand
the test, long after you aud shall have
been gathered unto our fathers ! The
ANCHOR Of Rhode Island hath clung
through many storm (; her HOPE, Gun
taught To yield" has shed light upon
many disastrous hour. Surely, 1t can
never he that the future IL destined io
shame The past---,hat The balcyon day.
after the tempest are TO bring III aushI
bu, usi, and wise, and nagnannuous
counsels to be The Growing triumph, o.
our noble struggle in The cause OF ten
pefato and durable freedom
Men OF RnoDE IstAND--I should be
heedles, "i The sympaihles of the hour,
aud Oi the pleasant stir which anIuaies
The whole population now assembled Ia
this ancient town, dad J, III behalf OF all
ibe men, women and children OF Rhode
Island, neglect to thauk the trainers Of
the Constitution for preserving, essen
tally untouched, the venerable ordinance
and custom al our fathers relative to the
tine and place OF holding the General
Election. BY ibe old CHARTER was ii
established md ordained, that "yearly,
once M the year forever hereafter, name
ly, on every first "Wednesday IN the
month of May, General Assembly
should bo held at Newport, then aud
there to consult, advise, determine in and
about lh" affairs aud business OF Llc Gov
ernor and Company OF the Engllsh CoIo-
ny of Rhode Island aud Providence
Plantations" Year after year, has this
ancient custom and ordnance been OBJ
served by The good people OF Rhode Is
land. Year after year, have young and
o'J, men and women, booked forward
with pleasure To tins festival season, aS
an occasion for renewing most grateful
associations with the mighty and solemn
past; and likewise for inlusing an ele-
ment OF liesl, aud innocent Joy into the
cares and occupations Of Common ilc.
Year after year, bave mulliludes come
hlther, from island aud from main, to
Rhode Island General Election to be-
hold the emerald isle arrayed, at !his
seasop Of vernal lOvcl,ncss, 10 hrr mos,
beautiful gayrDems TO icpose AMID her
haunts OF gentle beauty, or to hush their
spirits into awe amid the subl,nmtles Of
her ocean scenes. Unaffected by rage
for capricious innov alton, and alive TO the
truth, that the moral power ol any gov
ernmcnt depends, essentially, upon those
Sc ailments Of reverence and affection
which are fastened IN the general heart,
the trainers Of our Constitution left the
provisions Of the Charter ~ lhIs matter,
essentially unchanged.
MEN OF RnoDE IsLANp- Much do we
all love this pleasant land where our ia
theirs sought and found "lreedom to wor-
ship God"--and where, through all the
stages OF her history, has been exhibited
the most perfect pattern OF IN uninixed
and orderly democracy, which the world
hath yet seen. How much more should
we love her, for the great trlbula'i"ns
through which she has, at last, reached
the vantage ground of peace and Liberty
and honor Not year since, and our
!nllc State was convulscd to its centre. -
How dark aud wild was the tumut OF
revolutionary passions How many
thoughtful spirits brooded III sadness over
the woes which threatened to fall upon
us la how many noble bosoms was
formed the stern resolve to MAINTAIN, at
whatever cosi Of treasure and OF blood
the supremacy ol the laws When, be-
! fore this uproar of all our social elements,
have amy portion OF our fellow citizens
! ter, the American Ambassador at Brazil, are
now among the lvIng upon eOrth. The dn.
ties Of tins station, he continued 10 discharge
with eminent ability for the term OF thirty
one successive years. From Oct 1916, to
May 1878, he presided over the deliberations
Of the House. At the August election III
| 1910, he declined "a reelection, and retired
from public HE. In accordance with pro
vision oI the royal Charter, so democratic as
to be without precedent, the election OF
Representatives To the General Assembly
was required 10 be made twice in every
year Thus was Mr.. Hazard subjected, III
! the course Of his life, 10 the ordeal oi sixty
two popular elections The confidence
which his townsmen early reposcd III him
was never withdrawn. Amld all the iluctua-
tons OF parry, he was re elected, generally
though not IN oil cases, without opposl,lOu
Rarely, IN New England, Is II the fortune u
public man to command, from the same
constituents. and under similar cIrcuuistan ances
confidence 50 long nnd 50 unlnterruptedly
continued. Mr.. Hazard felt himself at home
IN the General Assembly. There, and not ~
our courts or primary assemblies, dId he pu,
forth with the most effect The Uncommon
powers with which he was gifted. His tai
ents for debate would have won for hun ~
mean rank, even IN The highest dclbcraiNe
body IN our country. The tricks OF oratory-
the artificial embellishments of rhctOrlck--
he seem TO scorn--but. IT his aim were either
to support or to defeat "a measure, no man
was more skilful master of the language
| and uf the style Ot argument required for his