The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1824-10-07
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FOR THK II REPuBLicAn

census established by tho Cong, ess of tho
! Uniie5 Stsles--9ccoi ding TO which, an sppor.
tionmen' Of DsIrgae' may take place. l,,s
readily 10 be pc ceiyed, his thee, y. however
| plausible a, & 81 view, 10 only spccious and
| deceptive WIN IL operate at ell times, and
| in eve'y part # tho Sta'e, precisely in tho
same msnner For insIsnce here arc per-
haps, in tho town OF Newport, st The u, esene
moment, about seven Thousand inhsbsnt,,-
This, egreesble 10 the bill introduced, (ss &c.
por'sd,) under the patronage Of M Potter,
would entiile aN TO elect four Representa-
lives, And YET, il is possible, no more thar,
one twelfth, or si.,eeDlh Of her population,
are, u the new order OF politics goes Into sf.
fect qualified freemeu. The rest consist Of
women, infants. end pc sons who have "no
real Estate, within the State, of the value oe
lSt dollats--or which shall ren, for seven
dollars, per snnum--beiDg an Estate In leo
simple, lee tail, which qualities no o,he, per-
son, or at less, an Es,a,e for the person. own
HE say, No. Simons, IL my ve,ywell
be The case now, and yoi the mex yea, or
sooner, (such is the iluctustion Of human af.
fsis,) an entire d,ifs renee shsil be witnessed.
Newport then, may conlsin the sane, q much
greeter, or smaller numbr, Of inhabitan, o,
but instead OF The proportion Of qualified vo.
'ers just mentioned, may doubIy, or uebiy
inc'eosc, or lessen its lrcemen Let il DO
understood, make the stalemen, for tho
mere purpose Of hypothesis. So he census
oi Tho town OF p, evidence may smount to
'wclve thousand inhabitants, and the number
oi effective voters II contains, be no gren,er
than what Newport possesses, which has lit
Ito moro then one hslt The popu alton. Tho
reverse TOO, may happen, and is (modes,ly TO
speSk) iull as likely TO occur. I me an Sut
to show The iDequslIly Of the role, which ~
sltogethc' es imperfect, when tho sgg egsto
smoun, OF property in each town be duly es-
nmstsd.o Fo' cer,alnIy, b does NOT pecessa-
ri'y follow, because ono town comprises iwco
the number OF inhobitan,s, ot, (Which Is not
the same 'hng,) ,wice the number OF quail.
he'd voters, 1t has twice the quantity OF inches
that any othcr town has A lar coocius ON
thsreiofe arises, ,ha, neither the freemen, nor
p5opet,y,,sre Isp,esented, no. q ratio CON-
Tor though they ste ,ar-~Nsi2 so express 10
senled, yet as body, they are ideap5oro or
vo,iOg, even in Their own behalf j Is soid
IN bs O poor rule which is 10, reciprocal.
MUST il not be o bad ruie indeed, that gives
the people deIega'es, without giving tho
whole people, U would c3eept hose who 40
legally incspacia ed . pove' OF choosing
them II the esen'etIoD Is Tor the brne-
fl Of all included in the census, why are hey
| no, all (he head, OF fsmilIss) voters! If
,hose only, who are qualified ieeme0, aud
have property vote, why IN Gods name, Is 1t
| declared to be on &C, OF the whole population
Is not this meonneso, OF hypoc,isy 10 the ,x-
treme Is not this an nnde,handed suempt
to cheat the citizens Of Rhode Island, ou, Of
their genuine rights When did Tho greater
portion surrender up their rights to The less ?
| o. il they did il for the mselycs, could they
do il 70, their posicri,y The thing is ob,u'd.
For ough, know, |, may chance the Rrprc-
sentative who gets 10 by small, svefy small
msio,ty Of The vote, OF the FeemeD, ic
without sn2 Hybernicism,) chosen contrary
TO, nay, diametricslly opposite to the wishes
of the major pat Of the people, or IN o'hcr
words, oi the white inbabitsns, tba, ore not
legally dsfrsnchised. So il seems, tho an.
cient vencrsble barrier is to be removed, per-
hap. forever substitute worso lsndns' Y
in us place as policy Of a certain kind
Is not wanting in this instrumeni, Oor those
frequently have cunning, who arc des,i'u'o
true visd M tho rule, whatever we may al
low IL 10 be, IS rellnquishsd In iavor OF ih'
smaller town,bips. Eyery lii,le village in th'
State, claiming tha, denominatop, IS en'lils'
10 TWO Repce,snta,iyes--sbou one hall OF ,h'
compliment which Newport Is TO iu'nish
Thus, viii our southern section oi Rhode
Island, bo sold ~ a disingenuous compfomi''
geuefsny with me lessor commun',o'. Ih'
j, The giuering bali, under which 'he deadly
: ! he f.,al hook lies copeesled. Fellow ciu
. s.ns do no, suffer il. The ashes ct dc
: parted local f,cuon' arc suIl VAN on wbie'
YOU tread. ID, no, rekindle a hime, war
,,ng viol,n, combustion between 'iyai inter
e,,s, ths, msy consume yourselves. Gan
all pau, of your SAFE, Their ju" prc'en'i'n
d --,hs, oil may be conten'sd Do not seek
d cEa, the northern scale, that the soulhe'
> one msy b, depressed. lie, on equal bal'ne
y convince every man OF sound 'eason, TN
d equity {, ersbli'hsd. Mr.. Simon', has
=. bu, few word. further 10 say. l leave
- sbler pens tho discussion OF the subject.