Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1851-03-13
The Youthful Ticket.

The Y outhfml Ticket.
We take the following article from
the Pos, ofycsierday, in which it is
credited 70 The Br' sklyn Daily Eagle
Notwithstanding the wonderful acqnain'
tance with Rhode Island men and
Rhode Island affairs which the Brook
lyn paper dscerns, we should no, have
transferred the article to our columns,
had we not found it in the Post, which
mlyat least be Supposed to be well IN
formed touching one of the candidates.
A more iudiclous selection OF pubic
officers than The party have now nomi-
naled. cou d not have been made. II IL
in Allen. the gentleman nominated ior
Go ycrIor, Il manufacturer and man
Of yea th, has been so long and iavora-
bly, Inown 10 the community that It Is
almost superlluous 10 speak OF him
HIS integrity OF character, liberaliy,
public spirit, and open handed charities,
have endearcd him in an especial man
ner to the middling and poorer classes
OF people, while his education, gentle,
manly department., and pure morni
character, exacts and receives the res
pect and confidence OF all classes. lie
IS the only one on the new ticket in the
MERRIAM Of life. The others are all
young men, the elies, Of whom. how
ever, Gov. Thurslon, candidate Tor
Congress for the Western District, is IA
nan OF un5lcmshcd character, OF mild
and aininblc temper, and sedaie man
ncrs. He is sal 10 be man of SOLID
and sterling qualities aud firm and
uncompromislng friend 10 the best in
tcrests Of his country. The other can
dIdatc for Congress is Welcome
Syics. Esq, Late Postmaster und,.
Mr.. ro.a'G administration. He is a
very promising and talented young
man, quick and discerning. eloquent in
speech, and ready in argument, lie is
altogether Il seli-maGe man, and We be-
lievr that scandal itself can attach no
dishonor to his name. While holding
the Office OF Postmaster in Providence,
it WAS universally admitted, by both u
ties, that the affairs Of that department,
In Rhode Island had never been 80 well
conducted. The candidate Tor Ator-
ney General, Walter 5 Burg,s, Esq,
late Distrir, Attorney for that State.
though y ung man, is another most
iudltious selection. Mr.. Burgess would
have been AN eligible candidate Tor
6 ng css-blt il would have ruined his
busl ,c.s rs a lawyer. and compelled
hun to renounce an extensive Practice.
We krow or 10 grounds upon which
MIR Burgess could be opposed, but Those
&c party. He is a nephew of the Hon.
Tristan Burgess, and talent seems al
most au heir-loom in that iimily. he
has always been opposed TO that gentle
man, however. IN politics, and il a man
who ventures to thn> for himself! or all
occasions. He is not related, as has
been reported, to the present Judge OF
Probate, aid his son the Mayor OF
Providence, who are OF an entirely dill
fc c-enistock, though bearing the same
name. On the whole, this is decidedly
the best selection tor offices OF homer
and trust we have ever known III Rhode
Island, of any name Nr party, ana we
wish it abundant success. Tha, unhap-
Nv State has hitherto been wretchedly
disgraced by the character and conduct
ol its public officers, and we hope to
I've 10 see IL redeemed.
We hope that none Of our readers who
propose 10 vote tor the Democratic
nomination will be driven away by the
extreme youth of the candidates. Young
Lawrence was born in the year $500,
and the juvenile candidate for General
Treasurer we presume will never see
fifty again. Young Asa graduated at
Brown University tpeniy- Sepen years ago,
and was 10 chicken then. We do not
know his precise age, but he is grand
father Our young friend Mr.. Burgess
is about forty five, and Mr.. Thursion
must he something over the adolc.eent
oge Of fuy.
The ''promsnr and talented young
man" who has consented TO the use oi
his name in the Eastern Congressional
District, reached the constitutional age
for President of the United States some
five or six years ago. and when he
read the glowing account OF his own
talents and qualifications so conspicu
ously displayed in his own columns, We
chiefly wonder that his claims Tor thar
station have been so long overlooked
lie is right, however. in attending 10
the affairs Of Rhode Island first, since
the State has been so prsichediy dis
gr tced by the character and c,..ou,
of ts public officers" The Accession
Of better and abler men must he a mat
ter oi deep concern to those remarkably
pure and able men who lead the Dorr-
lite party. Let our promising and tai
ented young" friend remember that the
seventeen millions Of eyes, that gaz.
ed upon him with such intensity ol in
terest ten years ago have grown to be
twenty-four millions now and that they
will look the more eagerly now that
they see, as they read the article which
We have copied, how he has grown in
grace as he has grown in years.
We are glad to learn that the rcspec-
ted head Of the ticket is only in the me-
ridian of life. He belongs to a family
remarkable for It's longevity, and We
sincerely hope that he may survive to
the patriarchal age which he must al