Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-03-30

nominated Wing ucke: the name OF
Samuel b. Vernon, ol Nswport, the
Wing nominee for General Treasurer
ana substituting Tor that Office the Maine
Law Candidate, BENJAMIN Mumford,
Of Newport. The editor OF the Phenix
very kindly nlludes 20 Mr.. Vernon as
"a gentleman o, unbcmishcd charac-
ter,' towards whom he has no feelings
ol hostility. lie comedies also the sig
ni6cant fact OF Mr.. V. being q Tempe
rance man in principle and practce.-
! What, then, is lhc reason alleged by the
CONFUSION o. that journal for his extra
ordinary course in allixng his editorial
vc,o 10 The act OF the Wing Convention
to which Mr.. Vern,n owes his nomi-
nation ; Why, iossooth, that he, Mr..
Bailey, believes lha, Mr.. Vernon is not
Maine Law man, and that the neiari-
ons traffic in Liquors can never be
stopped in any other way thln by the
rigid enforcement Of that act, respecting
lhe ex .e liency and consitulionaity Of
which there are differences o opinion,
even among the bes, friends of one of
/ the most noble causes. The good sense
and sagicny o! Mr.. Bailey have donb-
less suggested to hin,,that it would not
he Mr.. Vernon's duty, were he 10 be
ee ted General Treasurer, to see to
! The execution of his law, h,s peculiar
province being the guardianship OF the
Treasury. n idlth!ul account Of his pro-
ccedings being given, scmi-annu lily TO
the Legislature according TO law. The
editor .hen proceeds TO say that he has
reason To know TINT Christopher Ron
inscn, the Wing nominee for Attorney
General, will execute, as Il prosecuting
officer, the Maine I. W and every
other law on the Statute Book. -
While he does not add that he
believes Christopher Robinson TO be
Maine Law man; bot, he icarlessly pro-
claims that the other gentlemen on the
Wing Ticket are it's true votaries anC
champions. and exuts in the prospect
oi The elevation TO Office OF all, except.
ing the gentleman whom he has chosen
% reputlate and prescribe. We are
happy to agree and 10 think with. the
PheDix that there 10 no doubt but that
oh # ho 4
Attorney General, will do his duty ably
aud learlessly under all circumstances.
But, is II pretended, 70, an instant, ,ha,
Mr.. Robinson s more trend to the
Maine Law than The regular VIII. nom
in-e for General Treasurer ! We ask
again. most einphalically, is it pretend.
ed lha. Mr.. v, If elected, would have
any thing 10 do more than private
citizen, with the prosecuting under
that or any other law Of the common
wealth The reply is certainly most
obvious. Why, then, has the editor OF
the Bristol Phenix thought proper to
repudii,e and prescribe M. Vernon 7
Why has he singled him out a. an OBJ
noxious person and unworthy to be
placed upon the Ticket formed by the
Wing Convention 7 There is no one
IN his native State who would be more
averse than Mr.. " to any measures Of
violence against The most obnox-
lous law on the Statute Book. He
would, es in duty bound, humbly bow
to ,he.sovereign will whence it cmanated
calmly and hopefully awaiting tn deci-
sion Of the proper tribunal, whose So
Tenn duty it would be to pronounce Oh
It's proprieiy and ronstltutonaIi'y.-
Never would Mr.. V. justify Tor no-
ment any resistance on the part Of its
opponents, in anticipation Of such deci-
sion, however GENEROUSLY the Law might
bear Oh the sufferers.
A TRUE WHIG.