Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1852-04-29


be rigdly discharged, regardless of all
personal considerations. So strong are
we in this faith, that il our own brother,
five had one, was opposed to us in rol-
ilics, we should oppose hlm as desper.
ateIy as we should any other man.
In the course OF the campaign, last
year, those extraordinary developments
were made, through an ins,rumenlalily,
whereby il appeared that Lieut.. Gov.
Lawrence had sworn, in July 1850, that
he was resident OF New York and in
March following he swore, before the
Boa rd Of Canvassers, IN this town. that
he had resided here for more than q
/ year previous TO the last named date
The case was an extraordinary one /;
! but ii was one which Lieut.. Gov. Law
renee and not ourselves had created. -
! il was matter OF record, and we COM
men,ed upon his singular position, in
such manner as our duty Dictated
From that tin c up to January last, we
were oil speaking terms with Lieut..
Gov. Lawrence, and he occasionally viz
tied our office; we always received him
| kindly aud treated him with respect and
consideration. In passing Oh the streets
the interchanges OF civilitics beiwcel u,
were always Of the same nature. At
his levee at Ochre Point, last May, when
he was inaugurated, we paid our res
| poets TO him AT his residence, agrccahly
to an invitation which we received from
hlm personally.
AT the January session Of the Cen
eraI Assembly, he made an uncallcd-Ior
and ungrnIemanly attack, in the most
Insulting terms, upon near relative of
the editor OF this parer, and his subse-
qucnt unjust conduct toward that gen.
tsman is well known to thetpublic of !;
course, we resented that insult, in feel.
! ing and in our personal treatment 10
Lieut.. Gov. Lawrence, and have not
since recognised hlm when meeting
We have not permitted his conduct, in
this respect, however, to influence Us in
the management Of our columns; we
have simply discharged our duty TO The
Wing party, regardless Of personal con-
slGeratlons.
Aud now a few words in regard to
Lieut.. Gov. Lawrence's career in Rhode
Island.
Had he resided in this State a sun-
cient length Of lime. not only to have ac-
quired an indisputable legal residence
but to have become familiar with our
institutions, and the character and wants
OF our pcoI Leland also to have become
entirely Identified with the interests OF
the State, e,-under these circumstances,
had he been candidate for office, he
would have been opi osed simply as 9th
er locoioco candidates are. But when
he was candidate for Office before hc
had gained - legal residence, in the
minds OF all men who were not moved
by improper influences and considera-
tions, there was natural feeling Of OF
position to han, even among many Of
his own party that party was in a
hopeless minority at the time he was
nominated, aud they were wiling to run
him, for the sake Of his money. To tie
aS,onishmcnt Of every one, the Iocoiocos
succeeded, -aud from that time TO the
present the conduct OF Lieut.. Gov
Lawrence has been dogmatc, dictato-
rial, and overbtarirg ia the extreme
he has conducted as if he alone knew
how to manage our affairs. and as if he
was actually regulating IA benightcd set
of human beings. Such conduct was
very offensive and disgusting not only
to the " hlgs. but to the more sensible
portion Of his own party He was 100
ambitious. TOO anxious for rapid promo
ton other words he could not bide
his time. The result is that his own
impruden conduct. his own gldring
want OF judgment aud modcsty have
materially aided in killing him political.
ly. Many OF the prominent men OF his
own party secretly opposed him, IN the
late election, and did all in their power
to defeat him the object has been ac-
cnmpIishcd, aud many OF his own party,
particularly The l,ad,rs, are as much
rcjolced at the result as the Wings are.
His career and his fate should be n
warning 10 other aspiring politicians,
and they should learn by his experience
that wealth and great energy cannot nj
rimateIy triumph over trutE, justice aud
modesty. Lieut.. Gov. Lawrence is po-
lllcally dead, and his own party, even
if they were so disposed dare not jcop-
ard their existence by burning their fin
gcrs with him again. The locUiocos are
chdeavorlng TO make II appear that his
opposition To the Maine Law defeated
him this is not tie case, Tor he is not
more strongly opposed to that law than
Gov. Alien. We have correctly stated
the true causes of his defeat .- and we
utter solemn truth when we assert
that no man in Rhode Island rcioces
more, in sly manner, over the defeat
OF Lawrence, than his excellency, Phil
ip Allen