Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1851-02-06

not Snmurh Amcs consulted, 'he mem
her OF die ciiy dolegstion longest In
the Assembly, consistent friend
Mr. Whlprle from the beginning, and
man who, it is no disparagemcn, 10 9TH
ers TO say, has performed, during his
term of service, more labor Than any
other member Why was no, Mir. Hid
den the Speaker Of the House, consult
ed 7 Why not Byron Diman, or John
Brown Francis Fl? Are these men, and
! the men who have signed the card in
this days PAPER, lees Wings than the
fifteen whom the finger of scorn points
at rs the probable authors OF this die
grace upon the Wing par When it
was discovered that Gen James was q
! ~ hg. was il also discovered thnt these
men were not good enough Wings to
| he entrusted with the councils Of the
Wing PARTY Compare the men Sc
| lecled as the. instruments OF this tran-
slction with the men from whom it was
carefully kept secret, and say which
section would he most likely TO repre-
sent the Whig sentiment Of the Stnte,
and which is best entitled to speak for
the " hig party.
The excuse of Mr.. Holden is, that the
friends Of Mr. Simmons and of Mr.. Bos-
worth refused 10 be bound by the decis-
ion Of the caucus. This was irregular
and disorganizing. II has been done
repeatedly 1t was done when Govern
or Sprague was elected; il was done
when Gen. Greene was elected il 10
done AT this time in New York but it
is no, right. The precedcn, is bad
enc, and il should not be foIlowed..-.
There is no other way of sustaining a
party than by an adherancc 10 the NOM
nations.
MIR Holden, how ever, does not state
the entire facts with regard To the eau.
Gus. The whole number Of Whig votes
in the General Assembly is Ga. The
highest number Of votes given to Mr..
" nipple at the caucus TO which Mr..
Holden refers, MAS 20, being "A majority
OF 81, the number present, but not me-
jority of all the Whig votes This vote
was taken with the dis,nc, understand
i ig that il was not TO be binding us iu-
deed was the case with all the previous
bIllot.ngs At the October session Mr..
Whipple received, on one ballot, 30
votes, with the same previous under.
Standing.
Bu, compare this offence with that Of
the sixteen men who elected Gen. James,
and i, almost rises to virtue. Ons
was INSTRUMENTATION the other was
treason. One contemplated, at worst,
the c&ction ola Wing by the aid OF Lo-
coioco votes; the other pcrpe.rated tho
election Of Locoloco by Wing votes. -
Mr.. Holden says that the election Of
Gen. James was the only way OF pre-
venting the question from going over to
the next session. Suppose iha, result, a
very unfortunate one we admit, had
taken place. Could it have possibly
even,uated in anything more disastrous
Than the choice of the Democratic nomi.
nee ? Mr. lIolden's remedy is 10 com.
nit suicide TO save his life. We are
forbidden TO do evil that good may
come. But this is doing worse that bad
may not come.
If Gen. James is a Whig, let him
come out and say so, before the public
and under his own signature. /, is 10
Il thing TO be ashamed Of Ii is not Q
thing to be carried around street and
shown TO IL few people. II is a thing 10
be avowed and 10 be proud OF. If he 10
Wing We shall be happy to recognize
him rs such. and rs soon as we are sat-
isiicd o! the fact we shall be prompt to
declare it, lie is now in "A position in
which his political sentiments arc OF the
highest consequence to the whole peo.
pie OF the state. We respectfully invite
him to define lis position, and offer him
our columns for that purpose.--Psov.
Jour.