Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1847-05-04


justify it-Ipdeed we do no, see hov
such suppression, as 10 here charged,
could possibly sshe place in any delibers-
tive body governed by the ordinary rules
Of proceeding, All bills and other Pc
pers. wke'her Cor debate or reference,
have settled order of arrangement in
being called, from which il is impossible
for the Speaker to depart. If il be de-
sirable that any bill or vote be taken out
ofits order Of precedence and ACTED on
iastanter, any member may make a mo-
ton to that effect, whichthe House, If Il
see fit, can entertain. What then was
there to prevent any friend ofthe petition.
or either Of the members for Warren
from calling up the bill we have spoken
of. at any time they thought proper, sup
posing, for a moment, the Speaker to
have been base and unprincipled enough
to have attempted the course imputed TO
him? ........
Thirdly-"A remark said to have been
made by Mr.. Cranston, after. the vote
was taken by which the biAwas rejected.
might probably explain" says the editor
ofthe Star. "sSe why's and wherefores,"
"but zoe" adds the editor, shall mot dis
cuss the reasons" This is certainly suf.
fcientIy enigmatical, and when we read
it in the paper We despaired Of solving
its meaning by any known process Of
divination or reason. We have been for.
tunate enough, however. TO find key 10
the mystery in one or two statements
made to us by gentleman Of this place.
which he obtained few days since from
a leading citizen of Warren, when con-
versing on the events Of the election. Il
is said, that young man now and for
some years resident Of Warren, gave
currency to, he did not originate con.
temptible imputation on Mr.. c. viz. that
at the Franklin House, Immediately AFTER
the bill was rejected, he made low and
jeering remark, in derision of the people
Of Warren, which the author of the cal
umny professed to have himself heard
This malicious and false report was wide
y circulated, we are told, and believed
in that community, and is probably the
remark which produced the soreness Of
feeling to which the editor alludes. -
Whether it be this fabrication, or any
thing resembling it, which was put ints
circulation by the individual referred 10,
as having been uttered by Mr.. C. az any
time or place, in any ones hearing, we
are authorized by that gentleman to say
the whole tale is shameless invention,
and that the author Of il not only re-
ported what was false, but what he knew
to be false.
..,F. -. - ..G.u, GS
We have extended our remarks on this
subject further than we intended, or per.
haps than the injustice and worthlessness
Of such imputations will justify. But we
cannot conclude this notice without ex-
pressing our regret and surprise that the
members for Warren, who were presen,
in the Assembly during the pendency Of
the petition and bill. and must have been
familiar with the whole course ofproceed.
ing in relation to them, and who had
sanctioned to some extent at least Mr..
Cranston's nomination for the Eastern Dis
trict, never gave him the slightest intima.
ton Of the existence Of these rumors, OF
an opportunity to repel them. and thus
failed, we conceive, according to ourepoor
apprehension of right. in a manner that
we should not have expected from their
known probity, courtesy, and good feeling,
IN that great duty, equally obligatory on
the eminent and the humble, Of "doing
in all cases unto others as we would be
done BY"