Republican Herald

Sir—As you have been so accommodating as to print my first chapter, I make bold to send you another, which I divide into ten verses for convenience sake.

1. I forgot in Chap.I. to make my apology for sending an anti-masonic piece to a Jackson editor—it was this. I have been a subscriber to your paper many years, and seen many pieces I did not like myself, and thought it no more than fair that you should publish a piece for me now and then although it should not exactly suit yourself. Another reason is that the Herald happens to be taken in my immediate neighborhood more than any other paper, and when my piece came out last Saturday I had the same chance to know what people thought of me, as the man had who reported his own death and then went about incog. to see what folks said of him.

2. You will recollect, the whole burden of my 1st chapter was that the general understanding when the Perpetuation Act passed was that it was to be a Government pro tem. Mr. Potter. who claims, as he says, the "patent right" of that act, solemnly assures the people that he understood it so, and further declares that if he had dreamed of its being carried to the extent the Arnold party have carried it, and still wish to carry it, that he never would have had anything to do with it. It is very evident, that party understood it so up to June session of the Assembly, both from their solemn promises to act accordingly, and from their practice at May session; for at that session not a lisp was heard about choosing officers for a year, and thus all seemed satisfied with continuing them along from session to session.

3. But there are a certain privileged order of men who have quibbled and nibbled a good deal at my piece, but, as I think, without making much impression on it. One of them said, "I don't see what business this Anti has to find fault at the choice of Sheriff in June when one of his own party was put in Sheriff of Newport county." Another of these charitable brethren said, "I know what the Antics and Jackson men are at—they want to get in Elisha Potter Senator to Congress." Now if these literary gentlemen had spent as much time in reading "Dr. Watts on Sound and False Logic" as they did in learning that "Hiram Abiff" means "Hiram the Widow's Son," and that "Ma-ha-bone" means "Marrow in the bone," when all the learned men in the U. S. declare there are no such words in any language on earth—then I think they would have reasoned more conclusively. In answer to the first objection—I suppose the masons would have been very glad if the Anti in Newport County had declined the office that they might have put in one more masonic Sheriff in his place. To the second objection I would say that all I contend for is to let the people have a voice in the choice of U. S. Senator, and whether they choose Hazard, Pearce, Arnold, Potter, Burges, or Robbins, it is their business, and nobody has a right to say "why do ye so?"

4. Never in my life shall I forget the sound common sense and cutting sarcasm of Mr. D. Wolf when he asked the Arnold party in the House, "Who are you afraid to trust till January session the people? your own masters? those who put you here and made you what you are?" Yes. (he continued,) 'tis the people, your own masters you are afraid to trust—Oh no.—it won't do to trust them to have any voice in the choice of Senator—we are their proper guardians and we are afraid to trust them to elect a new Governor and Senate for fear they won't choose the right men. As much (said he) as Gen. Jackson has been charged with being an arbitrary man, I defy you to show any act of his so arbitrary as this!

5. The Providence Journal says, Church Gray, Esq., a staunch National Republican, is elected Representative in Seekonk." That means that he is a masonic National Republican. There never was a party who hugged anything so close to them as they do masonry. Henry Clay, the most active and ardent mason in the U. S. the Sheriff of our County, and Church Gray are staunch National Republicans. Joseph L. Tillinghast, James T. Simmons and Benjamin Hazard, being strong Jack masons, are also staunch National Republicans. The latter, by the by, is sometimes a little crank, notwithstanding the efforts of the masons to hold him up.

6. The strangest thing, in my mind, is, that the Jackson party in this State will consent any longer to carry even the light end of Freemasonry. "Only let them drop it, and Clayism, Masonry and Perpetuationism will all go down with a crash before another May day.

7. I see by the Journal, their party are about adopting a new name since the late Waterloo defeat, viz. Constitutionalists. They have called themselves Federals, Claymen, National Republicans, and been beat under all these names, and now they are Constitutionalists. But it won't do, they will get found out as the old negro found out the horse that a Jockey sold his master as a young one, after trimming and painting him. After the paint had worn off, the old negro came running to his master one day, saying,"Massa, 'tis de same old horse you sell dat Jockey last winter."

8. This same party I have been speaking of, used to call your paper "the lying Herald." But some of them have got so confoundedly bit by trusting to the statements of the Providence Journal concerning the Presidential Election that they now in their anguish call it "the lying Journal," and some of them actually threaten to prosecute the proprietor for the amount of bets they have lost by trusting to that paper for the truth. On the contrary, those of your subscribers who have won by trusting to your paper, have less cause than ever to call it "the lying Herald."

9. I see by the Journal, Wm. A. Howard and John Hart, of Providence, are on the "Committee of vigilance" of that party for the next election. This is truly a judicious appointment, for this is the same Howard who furnished a swift horse, and this is the same Hart who was the swift runner who went to Foster on April town-meeting day, and told them that at one o'clock Arnold was 700 a-head in Providence, when the fact was that Arnold was not more than 200 a-head. Let the yeomanry of Foster and all the other towns beware on Wednesday next how they believe this "Committee of vigilance."

10. I have seen a gentleman of undoubted veracity, who has come through the whole length of Connecticut since the election, and he says, the Clay electors owe their election to the anti-masons, who went over to them by thousands for fear of the election of the Jackson electors, from whom they had nothing to hope. The Clay party in Connecticut now laugh at these Anties for their pains. I say, for one, let the Whigmen in Rhode Island stand firm as their party did in New Jersey, and Claymen here will not laugh at them after the election.