Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1851-04-03

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wickian sense, of course-the nomina-
ton for Lieutenant Governor, on ac-
count OF the objections - very ungener-
Gus and very unsound he regards them
-whi.h have been brought against his
citizenship The con mitiee, in the
same ickwickian sense, decline to ac-
cept the Offer Of Mr.. Lawrence to retire
from the ticket, regarding the fact OF
his having sworn to his residence in
New York as mere business transnc-
ton, not in any degree affec ing his
citizenship in Rhode Island MIR. Law
renceIdec ares in his letter. that one Of his
main objects iand one. of the main objects
OF the party with which he is associat-
ed is "the removal Of all unnecessary
restrictions ION the elective franchise"
II il be true, ia has been stated. that
the canvassers Of Newport will place
upon the voting liz, a man who, on ;he
llth day of July, 1850, made oath that
lie resided at 49S b Roadway, New
York. we think that thes, restrictions
are in far way to be removed without
any new assistance from New York.
In support OF this statement, in adj
vance. of what the canvassers will do.
Mr.. Lawrence publishes note from
Clark Burdick, the Presidrn, Of the
Board He says that 30 far as he is
concerned, the production of the bond
and oath OF Mr.. Lawrence would have
no uniavorable effect. We presume
not f; Mr. Burdck belongs TO Mr. Law
rence's party,-to that party which op-
cnly proclaimed that ",dihs are mere
frm,' But we do not believe that MIR.
Burdlck has any right to speak for the
board. and We do not believe that with
the law before them, they will place
any mans name OIL the list against his
| own so,emn oath. We Cannot conceive
oi Il palmer case.
Mr. Lawrence says that the law Of
| New York does not require that the
surety upon an administrator bond
shall he IA resident Of the State. Very
well but what has this 10 do with the
recorded fact that Mr.. Lawrence made
oath TO such residence. He shows that
he was not Obliged to take the oath,
bat he leaves untouched the fact that he
! did take 1t. Is an oath to he explained
auay by the circ' instance that the man
who ,o,k it was not r. qaired TO do so
/ by ,uw ? Is an uaIh To be explained
away by saying that it was "an ordinary
Il business act Z"
Mr.. Lawrence compares his case with
that of citizen, who had lately return
II ed from Canton, where he had been for
several wears, aud whose name was
4 placed on the voting list. The cases
are es enlial!y different. In tia, quoted, +,
! the man WAS "A citizen before hc wlnt
to Canton. BY 30 Il ing, he did not for
jeit his citizenship, bu If he had not
been Il ritiztn when he LIFT for Cantor,
he certainly could not have dcquired
citizenship by living there.
| We have not time, AT present to 20
fully into the communication OF Mr.
| Lawrence, which Is in some respects a
very singular one. and which can hard
ly escape some severity of comment
We will not, however. take leave OF il
for to-day, without expressing our sur
prise at the personal accusation agtins
the editor OF this paper Ot wanton ano
m ,licious ,iac,." OR libel consist,
simply and wholly in placing before The
public statement 10 which Mr. Law
renee has made oath, and in deducinl
the obvious inference therelrom that hs
could not be citizen of Rhode Island
We have been careful in all our re-
mar -. to make them as little offensive
to hlm as we could. i'll Justice TO tina
plan statement oil the case, which wa
due to our readers and o the Whil
party. We have always spoken will
respect oi MIR. Lawrence, and hav,
made no assault upon his motives %
4 UPON his honor. The basis of all on
statement. has been his own oath. W,
Confess our surprise. that Mr.. Lawrence
has IN I tins t rhrarance in 70 dltlrren
spirtr. We cdu oIly account ior 1t. on
the supposllon, that mortified hy th'
f,se poslion IN which he has PLACED
himself, lac has been betrayed INTO ex
pr,ssi us winch ha will regret. Fo
tiat position we certainly are not res
ponsible. Ii vas not at our instance
that he made oath to his residence II
New York, on the .th of july, 1t wa,
not at nur instance that he Subsequent
ly att 'npted To prove that on that day
he was a citizen of Newport For ih'
Inconsistency involved ia all thl~, W
certainly are not resposiblc.
We stated in the beginning Of thi
canvass, our own desire that IT nigh
be conducted without pers Inaities, an,
in confrnity wi u THE desire we hav,
exercise tow ,rds the extraordinary 20
silion of Mr.. Lawrence \ fofhcararc,
which he would not have iouni ln Oh,
" n.p., ,u, NJ hundrsd and ~ which h