Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1853-10-06
NERiLD OF THE TlMES
bBLtsHsD EVERY THURSDAY MoRpiNe,Ar
No l44 Thames Street.
CRANST0N & NORMAN.
TERMS.-S2 in advance, OF S2,25
at the end Of the year.

George II. Calvert. Esq, NJ their can
diddte ior Ma, or, nj the ensuing eiec.
tion. Mr.. Calvert ia a gentleman Of
wealth. inteiligcn and learning he is
a Democrat IN politics. the most ul
ira school, ieariuIly progressive and
unyieldln9 in HE professions to radical
D. mocracy but AT heart and in he
social relations Of life, he is eminently
and 10 the last degree, an aristocra'.-
He lives quite exclusively within him
self close student, he devotes himself
almost entirely to reading and TO
thought he knows not The people, and
the great mass OF the people do not
know him. He is native of Maryland,
but has resided temporarily here Tor The
last ten years or 50. spending consider
able OF The tiihe in Europe. .anG especial
iy in Germany,-and he has marked
admiration for the mys!cisns OF tha,
mysterious land.
We are free TO acknowledge the
worth and accomplishments oil Mr.
Calvert. and we DO ii with gr.at pleas.
ure,-but We at the same time say that
he has not The requisites 10 make good
aud efficient Mayo. lie ls not a New
port man, ahd he knows nothing Of the
wants Of the p' OF lie of this city; leading
a. comparatively isolated life, AS stu
dent, and having no sympathy with the
people, no knowledge OF their character,
especially the masses, we say lha. he
could not possibly give satisfaction to
,ho'peorle, il elected
We have previous y said that If the
people proper Of Newport. the actual
bona-fde residents OF The place were
not cautious in their management. il
would not he many years before the
power and control Of our municipal reg
ulation- would tie entirely wresied irom
the hands ol Newport peoi Ie, aud our
desnnirs would be guided and con,roil-
ed ty those who lake up kind Of tenn
porary residence here. This no1ina.
ton i. hut the inliia ory step in this mat
ter; now we a.k the people ol Newport
and especially the tax payers, il they
are prepared humbly and quietly 10
yield up TO strangers the MAJ a2em nj
and control OF their affairs We think
not. We are quite confident that there
is enough OF the good old Newport
pride and feeling LETT TO induce the vo-
tcrs 10 arouse now while they can, and
keep the control OF affairs in their own
hands and among their own men.
DO the people Of Newport suppose
thai il MIR. Calvert was Mayor they
could approach him and see HIM, at
all tunes as they ought certainly not.
They would be compelled TO wal, Tor
convenient hours, after fashionable mat
ters had b, en attended 10 and disposed
Of, 80 far as he mingles in the world
II we understand correctly the charar-
ter OF The people oil ~ wport, they wan,
a man for May or, who is thoroughly
Newport maIl-a man Of the people, who
is one OF them in tact and in feeling, who
il iully acquainted with the wants Of his
constituents aud whose sympa,hies are
wholly with the people ; and, above all
things, they do not want a man who,
theoretically, is All advocate OF any OF
the wild dogmas OF German Socialism
and Fourisrlsm. Can any hard working,
laborlng Democrat oi Newport vote Tor
Mr.. Calv rt We should think not,
for there is n very msterial difference
between ,heoreucal and practical De-
mocracy,- and Mr.. Calvert in hIs lile
and character particularly illustrates
the iorincr.