Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-10-24

Ii hardly probable that there VIII be
much business transacted, at the coming
session, except the election Of Sena-
tor to serve in Congress for six years
from the fourth of March, 1851, when
the term for which Gen. Greene was
elected will expire. The election OF
u. s. Senator is nj all times highly i'm
portant and never more SO than now
This fact must be apparent to every ole
who keeps an eye upon the movements
of the politicians abroad in the country,
or even upon those within the bor-
dcrs of our own State. Whenever
any people shall voluntarily or negli-
gently surrender the management OF
their public affairs to professional polite
ians, that people, at once and by that
act, become guilty of grave offence
against civil liberty and the purity of
sslf,government. But it is not our pur-
pose, at present, to write an extended
article Oh the subject, although we are
not quite sure that it is not our duty TO
go more fully into the matter than we
at present feel inclined to.
We have heard, very recently, that
there is scheme in operation to post
pone the election of Senator to the jan
uary session, and then further TO post
pone it to the May session. We are
hardly prepared to credit any such ru-
NOR, inasmuch, among other reasons,
as we have not seen any intimation OF,
or alueion to, anything Of the kind, in
the Wing papers, and especially the
Providence Journal. Still, it may all be
so and as no harm can result to any
one from our thus calling the attention
of the Wing party to the matter, we do
so the more readily.
Can any Wing member of the Gene
raj Assembly be in favor of putting the
election of Senator over to the January
session, and from that to the May ses-
sion Why should it be postponed !
Who are they that are trying to accom-
plish this scheme What can the ?eo-
pie and especially the true men Of the
Whig party gain by such a maneuvre! !
Nothing, nothing in the world, except
additional elements with which mischiev-
Gus men, united secretly and openly with
the avowed opponents of the Wing par
ty may the more successfully increase
the difficulties which selfish and unsound
men will always create in every party
to which they attach themselves.
Let us see how the Wing party stand
in the Legislature. When the two
branches join in Grand Committee, the
whole number of votes is l0l, so in
the House. 81 in the Senate and the
Lieutenant Governor. Fifty-one votes
are required to elect the Senator. The
Wings have not only iifty-one but si.riy-
sersn men representing. in the Senate
and in the House, Wing towns and
those towns elected these men as Wings
and they have been received as Wings,
---they claim to be Wings. and therefore,
they are Wings. Where, then, we re-
peat is the diff ulty of clecting Wing
Senator, at once, and according to the
old and established mode ? Is
there any difficulty in finding n sound.
honest and competent Wing who will
consent to take upon himself the high |
and honorable trnst? Surely not. Let
the Wing members of the General ASS 4
emily, then, follow the old and long.ap
proved conr C. meet together in Cau- (
Gus for free, full and manly consultation,
with the single object in view of promo
ting the best interest of the people at
large. If there should, unfortunately, |
happen to be quite number of candi-
dates, canvass the qualifications of all of
them, honestly, openly and fairly; take I
into view every consideration which I
properly and fairly belongs TO the matter, /
agree upon the most suitable man, and
then carry out that agreement by elect
ing him in Grand Committee. Is there
any difficulty in all this =? Docs the best
interest of the Wing party require that
any other course should be pursued |
Can any other course be pursued with
out endangering the safety, and tar
nishing the honor of that party? We
think not. No true Wing will counsel
or countenance any other course. We
would caution our Wing friends through
out the State, to be careful that they do
not omit TO look TO this matter in season. |
and see that everything shall be done in
accordance with Wing principles, Wing
usages, and according to law and or
der. We are in favor of law and order
principles, and, Of course, of law and or
der men, and ofno other principles or
men. There is safety in law and order,
but great danger without them.
Is there no useful lesson TO be learned, n
by the Wings of Rhode Island, from
the recent movements of reckless politi-
clans in New York and Massac husetts 2 Il