Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1852-03-25

right spirit prevails among the Wings
si this county they urc fully sensible
ofthe importance of the election, and
they have commenced working with
commendable energy and perseverance.
II the same good feeling continues, and
the same determination is manifested,
until after the elec,ion,--and we have
every reason 10 believe that such will
be the case,--Newport County will give
one Of her old-fashionedIrousing major-
ties in favor Of the Wing candidates, on
tho 7th oi April. There are twenty
members Of the Assembly from this
County, which 10 just one-fii,h OF that
body las, year there were only three
lecoiocos in the number, and it will not
be increased this year. If the other
Counties will only do one half az well
a. this county, we shall have n good
wholesome working majority in the As
sembIy.
The result OF this election will not
simply decide who shall fill the Offices
Of honor and profit during the year
but graver questions are at issue. more
important matters are involved, the de-
cisi0n OF which will vitality affect the
Institutions and the people or this State,
!or long years 10 come. During the
last year, the locofocos have moved, Ms
far rs they dared, in revolu,ionising our
political institutions, - institutions which
were ma,urely established by the best
and xblest men Of the State, after the
rebellion Of 1912 had been subdued.-
The locofocos also showed what they
would have done, had they possessed
the power. William Beach Lawrence
introducsda u feature in the new Elec.
ton Law, giving men the liberty to 60
10 the polls, on the day Of election, and
vote by simply swearing that they had
a righ, TO vote,-this shows what he
would have done, if he could it was 4
bold and fatal blow at the Constitution
and an annihilation Of all The guards and
barriers which the assembled wisdom
of the, State had Il rown around the
hullot box, for the purpose Of preserving
the purity Of elections. Lawrence is
striving for poltica. preferment he has
no deep-rooled and prevailing Rhode
Island feelings in his hcart,-hc will re
sort to any ultra means for the purpose
Of beneft,ing himself and securing Lis
own advancement. Will the honest
men OF Rhode Island vote for such a
man, in preference to Samuel G.. Ar
mold, who is descended from an old and
long-tried Rhode Island family fami-
ly which has always been identified
with Rhode Island history and Rhode
Island institutions, and all that would
redo~n to the honor, and glory and
welfare Of Rhode island
This 10 no triiling matter. II the 10
cofocos can carry the State this year,
md secure majority in both branches
the Assembly, they will then attack
- Constitution, and :hcy " i'll incorpo.
rate features into il which will demoIish
the last remnants Of Rhode Islandisn,
and 81 invest il with the spirit Of all that
10 monstrous, horrible and dangerous IN
New York loCoiocoism, that the people
Of this Stale will hereafter mourn per-
petuallyi the power will be wres,ed
from the hapds of Rhode Island men,
and the controlling influence, in all our
affairs, will be placed at the disposal OF
those men who will seek temporary
refuge in this State, for the purpose Of
ascending the ladder OF political fame.
We appeal to those Wings who are
opposed 10 the Maine Law, TO be cau-
,ious how they hastily determine to vote
fer Lawrence because he opposed that
law. An experiment Of this kind will
be hazardous in the cxtreme,-co conf
dence thus reposcd will ultimate most
disastrously in other and greater ques-
items Of State and general character.
Vote Tor Samuel G. Arnold; he is a
Rhode Island man-commi'ted no fac
tions-pledged TO no cliques or sectional
interests; Tree and un,rammelled, he
will discharge the duties Of his Office in
a bold and honorable manner, so as not
TO infringe the rights Of any, and, at the
came time, so az TO guarantee to all the
rights and immunities which the laws
oi the land bestow upon them.
" We notice n paragraph going the
rounds OF the papers, stating that Con-
gress 10 about to appropriate 100000
10 DR.. Morton, Of Boston, for his die
eovsry Of Chloroform. We hardly bs-
lisve that the wise men" Of the nation
wi. DO so foolish hing, or make so
wicked an expenditure. Chloroform has
killed about as many as II has ever bene.
cited. this act passes, re shall ex-
psct 10 SEE an appropriation made, very
soon, n some Connecticut inpeddlef,
Tor his seienoc displayed in discovering
. sovereign remedy for corns