Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1852-10-28

supremacy. W hat was lhe hhII'luhe
position oi Newport before the kryoln'
lion. and what il low Is; that khode
Island by voting in every contested rlec-
tion. save Two. Tor Federal ana hlg
Presidents, and by her representation IN
two houses of Congress. had kept her
self as much out of the Union, as while
she remained nonIinally, Tor nearly TWO
wears IA foreign State. That her wing
friends. though every other original
State had been represented IN the Cab
met had never given her head oil de-
pariment or scarcely any other import
an. Office. lie showed how to that
cause and TO the want Of proper persons
TO bring our claims to the attention oil
the general government, Narrnganse'i
Bny had never been selected Tor naval
depot, though universally conceded 10
be the most suitable in the Union; but
he yentured TO predict that now that
Pierce was clearly 10 be President, II
we arrayed ourselves in our natural po-
sition. our claims would be properly re-
garded. while the deep rooted, aversion
OF Scott to Newport, and his Virginia
predictions for Norfolk, would have
rendered any thing for our benefit, from
him, impossible.
The above is from synopsis OF The
remarks made by William Beach Law
renee, at the locoloco meeting at Belle
vue Hall, Oh Thursday evening, as pub
lished in the Providence Post; the artI-
Gle was undoubtedly written by Lieut..
Gov. Lawrence. We ask our readers TO
peruse i with especial care, as II is wor-
thy OF the consideration OF every true
Rhode Island man. The idea conveyed
is this, that the political management in
this State has been so miserable, ever
since the adoption cf the Federal Con-
s,tution, that Rhode island has been
m re cypher in the estimation OF the
Governaent, and that in the formation
of the different Cabinets, and the dis
,rlbution Of Foreign Missions and other
important Offices, she has been entirely
overlooked
Now let us look at the facts and see
how true these rem; rhs are, and how
well Lieut.. Gov. Lawrence understands
the history OF Rhode Island. We live
in a very small State, and /, is quite
we'll known that in the distribution oi
valuable and Important offices, consider
alton is always had TO the extent OF the
rol,ical influence Of State. Now
what has Rhode Island Ead2 Mr..
Wheaton represented The nation Tor
many years Il, Prussia; Mr.. iinssel
was "A Eoreign Minister and was one oi
The Commissioners at GAent Tor the ne
gotallon of that important Treaty Mr..
Hunter represented us ut Braz f; Mr.
Greene at Rome Mr.. Blown nj Rome;
Mr.. Schroeder at Sweden; Mr.. Snow
was Commercial Ag"nt al Canton,
very important office at that time; Mr..
Diman at Vera Cruz; Mr. Fletcher nj
ST. Thomas Mr.. Lirned at one OF the
ports of South America Mr.. Bartlett
the Mexican Boundary Commissioner
and other Rhode Islanders, whose
names do not occur TO us at th.s moment,
who have filled high and responsible
Offices in the gift o: the Administration
We had almost forgotten the dstin-
guished gentleman from Ochre Point,
who we believe was once an Auache
a, the Court of ST. James; and he IN
formed the world in speech last WIN
ter .har during his residence in Londor,
he "knew the distinguished philnsopher
and iurist Jeremy Bentham." SO h re
is another laurel on Rhode Island's
brow! 1t seems TO US that this is about
Rhode Islands share OF these public
honUrs.
Now why is all this twat'le made by
Lieut.. Gov. Lawrence, especially when
there is no foundation for his grunib-
ling2 And why does he take the mat
ter so much at heart. Tor he has hardly
been in the State long enough 10 know
who was our first Governor. Why we
will tell our. readers the true cause
This gentleman isa v""y ambitious as
rirani for political honors, and having
failed in this respect in New York, ne
came here with the hope Of rising into
importance. His object was to make
himself conspicuous in our State affairs,
and should Franklin Pierce be elected,
of ich, by the way. there is not the
slightest probability, he will be an ap-
plicant for Foreign Mission. This Is
the true secret OF all the clustering OF
Lieut.. Gov. Lawrence in this State
Allowing, Tor the sake of the argument,
at there will be a locoioco administra-
ton, his ardent hopes and his wild dreams
will never be realized, Tor just as certain
as he aspires to any such high office as
we have named, the leading members
Of his party in this State will put qui-
etus upon him. Our old and esteemed
friend Gen. Carpenter would say, "St.
Lawrence thus far shalt thou go, but
no farther" Gov. Allen, although he
cannot exercise the veto power IN his Of
fetal capacity, would use it in most
emphatic and successful manner, in this
business, AMI he would say, il there is
no ole 10 represent the country abroad
but William Beach Lawrence, II will be
much better that we should not be rep
resented. But if all the party, or even
every voter OF both parties IN Rhode L.
land should join IN a reques, Tor such