Literary Cadet And Rhode Island Statesman

We beg leave to assure our friend, Major Noah, the benevolent Jew, Judge of Israel, and principal critic, at all the New-York Theatres, that we copy the annexed article, simply for the purpose of proving to him that he is sometimes ill-advised, relative to the political affairs of Rhode Island.

"It was openly declared by Mr. Cranston, at the Rhode-Island Convention, that he would vote for a Tory if he was the friend of Mr. Adams. Shall we, with such declarations staring us in the face, shut the door upon old republicans who flock to our standard, in these times of political danger? Certainly not. The Adams men have called to their aid every prominent man who was against the country during the late war."

Having copied the Mayor's remarks, it becomes us to say in turn, that the gentleman of whom he speaks, Mr. Cranston, is an old, consistent, and loyal, esteemed democrat, of the old school, and that he never uttered the language ascribed to him. But Mr. Cranston did say in effect, that he cared not whether, a candidate for public office, was a democrat or a federalist, since old party distinctions had been lost, if the candidate was a friend to the administration. By this remark, Mr. Cranston, meant to say, that the old party landmarks had been lost; that the only distinction known in this State, among politicians, was that between the friends of the administration and its opposers; and that acting upon the Jeffersonian principle, he cared not who the man was, who was a candidate for office, so long as he was one of his party a friend to the administration.