Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1853-03-31
oS-We ask the sincere Temperance

men, or rdtner, nose WHO hTe IehIy
and honestly the friends of the Maine
Law, and who are Wings, what good
they expect TO derive irom The nomina-
ton of their Assembly ticket? We
appeal to them as Wings, in good faith,
and because we have The best interests
of the Whlg party at heart, and do not
desire TO see it distracted by factors
and ieuds which designing men are en-
deavoring to create. If the concoctors
OF this trap we're really homes, in their
devotion TO the Temperance cause, and
there was the slightest justifiable ground
for this movement, they would not have
nominated Wings only on their ticket,
but would have division so as to
secure tile Maine Law men scbo,h par
ties. Ii is a well known fac, that very
large proportion of the Sons Of Tenn
perance in this town are Democrats
and yet we find one of them, a radical
Democrat nominating Wings Oh this
Maine Law ticket. Y He desires to dis
tract the Whig party, and he supposes
that this may do 1t.
AS we said yesterday, the secret
originato.s and movers Of thIa project
are disahecied Wings, or men who
have allied themselves with tie party,
sometimes voti z and sometimes not
and they have embarked in this matter
from sinister motives, and with the
hope of gratifying their own selfish and
malicious desires.
We have before said that no possible
earthly good can accrue 10 the TEN
perance cause by this operation. The
Law is in lorce, and the people are 10
vote imne 1ately on the question ol lis
repeal and if the law Is sustained,
there is an end Of the matter, and no
further Legislation will be required or
had. Can any sincere Temperance
man-can any ardent friend Of the Law
desire anything more than this ? Ger
,ainly not.
We suppose that many honest, unsus-
pecting rienGs OF the Law will be de-
cieved by The designing men who are
at the head Of this affair." and that they
viii be innocently dragged into par
,icipation in the business, unless their
reason can be convinced that they have
nothing to gain for the Temperance
cause, but every y,hing 10 lose us far rs
the interest of the Wing party is con-
ccrned.
We appeal TO all Temperance men
who are Wings, in the spirit OF modera-
ton and Kindness. as they regard The
welfare of the party, 10 pause aud cx-
anime this matter deliberately and
horoughly, in all Its varied aspects and
to investigate the cause and effect, ard
then answer it they are willing 10 be
participants in a movement which is de-
signed to distract the Whig pnIty, and
even injure the Temperance cause,
All third parties are formed for the
purpose Of gaining political power
man must be particularly fas,idlous in
his nature if he cannot stand on the
platform of one OF the two great par
tes,-and all men who slide off, and
form third party, do it for their own
personal aggrandizement, upd with the
hope OF giving Them political power
They sometimes continue their organi
zation until they are numerous enough
to be Of some importance, and then
they sell themselves 10 one ol the two
great parties.
All who are interested in the welfare
Of Newport should beware of this fac
ton; it you aid to nurse it into eAls-
tence, it will prove viper which will
ultimately sting you 10 the hearts deep
est vitality, although you may not be
aware OF it until you ascertain TO your
sorrow that there ia no antidote for the
poison which you voluntarily reciev-
ed.
We have nothing to say against the
gentlemen who have been put in nomi'
nation they are all worthy and highly
respectable men, and compent to dis
charge the duties Of the Offices iol
which they are candidates. They have
always been regarded as good Wings,
and we are therefore doubly sorry that
they have, we think unconsciously, lent
themselves and their names for pur-
pose which is designed TO inJure the
Whig party, and ultimately to damage
the cause Of Temperance. They are
undoubtedly honest but misguided in
the matter by n set oI wire'pulers who
know not the meaning OF the words hon
es,y and sincerity as lar as their polt-
cal dealings are concerned. The motto
OF this clique is and always has been,
We uiH rule or zee wiH destroy. Shall
they be successful z Let the true Wings
of Newport answer at the ballot box
A death from ch hloroIorm is chroniclcd
in Paris, the victim being young man,
who had IL administered to him Tor the
purpose of hav ny tumor taken out Of
his cheek. The first dose produscd no
effect, but from the second the patient
never awoke. lie was supposed TO