Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-01-05
ni.Al Tie request Of lhe Providence

/ Esq. the Maine Law candi'ihte for
General Tieasurrr in Mondays parcr'
We thought that we did him great lus-
4 ticc, at nny rate, u was our intention
40 10 DO but II seems that he WAS uoi
v exac'ly satisfied ana we fnd that GER
T tain HidficiOuS men about town were AL
SO dissatisfied. Thus we are placed in
an unfortunate prcdicament; friend
l Mumiord thinks that we did not do him
! Justice and other gentlemen think that
we did him too much Justice, and gave
!, him credit for more than he deserved.
!, Now Mr.. Mumlord aud ourselves are
I friends, and we are determined tha! tins
/ pleasant relati n shall continue 10 eX-
isl il is true that he is little disturb
ed Just new, but we intend TO soothe han.
and keep ou relations all straight As
we stated in our last article, Mr.. Mum
|. 1 rd 10 particularly desirous TO be a
martyr, for he loves 10 read the lives of
Stephen and all the great martyrs
whose sufierings, prosecutions and he
rosm are so graphically described in
| The sacred volune but we do not in
tend TO let Mr.. MumiorJ become mar
! tyr, for two reasons, in the first place,
we do not think that there is any oc-
casion Tor it, because ii is cvid,n, that
ne has not been called TO make any such
holy and glorious sacrifice and, in the
next place, he and Stephen are very
different men, and i, is assuming IT.
tie TOD much Tor any man, in these dc
generate days, TO attempt 20 place him
self on level with such men az the
martyrs o! those early days.
Mr. Mumiord's document is rather
funny one he says that few days
ago he passed az a "soil-brained fana-
tic; we think that this is decided
mistake, and plainly shows that MIR
Mumiord does not know what the gen.
eraliiy OF public opinion in this commu.
nifty is in regard to HIM. We never
heard him called fool, but we have
heard some unchartable and prelude.
ed men call hun by that other name
which generally stands in juxlaposillon
with lh, appellant on-fool I; but we al
ways denied the justice Of this charge,
and invariably conleDdeL that our friend
Mnmiord was an honest, sincere, but
misguided and lanalicaI man ms regards
the Fugitive Slave Law and tho Maine
Law. He says that we came down up;
on him "with the ieroeity ot a tiger" as
soon as he was nominated now, how
cruel this remark Is on the par. Of friend
MumforJ Did he ever encounter an
enraged tiger. and does hc know what
is ierlocl'y is ! We certainly dealt
gently and lovingly with hlm. He
says that the morning after his ncmina
iIon, we groancd out aud bly, "Good
Lord, deliver us. and tHat we loaDd no II
leIp from that source. This Is rather
premature conclusion on Tie part OF
Jur friend. Ii is true, that we made II
hat remark, and we desired to be spar \
ed from having him elected, and we yet
nave the most implicit confidence that
our supplication will be granted. lie
states that he has an account to settle H
with the Wing party, and therefore IN
tends TO remain In it; we are very glad
to hear this, for 1t gives evidence vf re.
turning reason let our friend present
his account, and it will unq uest lonatJy II
be promptly adjusted, although there
will be large balalice against him.
still, the party will undoubtedly be
mcrcilul, and forgive his indie ltment.-
He is very much mistaken in supposng
that we desire TO drive him out OF the !
party ; far from tive want TO keep |
him in the party, and to eradicate all |
the strange and erratic isms out Of his
head, and to make him the good Whig |
that he used TO be,--and we shall ac.
compIish this objec, yet, because he
says that lie feels the weight OF his OBJ
legation 10 his friends, and hopes the
Lord will make them an hundred times
more than what they arc. Here, Ger.
tainly, are evidences Of gratitude,
which is a favorable symptom Of peni-
tence.
Mr.. Mumford states that he never
voted any other than the Wing or Law
and Order tickets for President, Repre-
sentative to Congress, or State officers
we have never questioned this but we
say tha; Mr.. Mumioid openly asserted,
nearly three years ago, that he would
not vote Tor Webster, Clay or Fillmore;
we say that he bolted from the regular
Wing nomination for members Of the
Assembly, last Spring, and run on a
third ticket himself, thus protracting the
contest through five days we say that
he boiled from the regular Wing nomi-
nation for Mayor last summe r, and con-
tinued voting for third candidate, un-
I'll, through the extraordinary and ille-
gal proceedings OF the Board o Alder
men, Democrat was declared elected.
II such conduct indicates the consis,en-
cyola true and undertaking Wing,
Al - Al.