The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1824-08-05
NE WPOKTs
THURSDAY, AgcUsr 5, 1924.
CRemarks continued from our last
To Me Freemen al Rhode Island.

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| sentative power and sacrificed 10 secure it.
So iearlu were they thst this unequal repre-.
sentalion, " ould DOT, ultimately be established
so anxious for u were they; that TO every plan
proposed, to improve The constitution this
standing formula OF objection was made or re.
pes,ed ;--"it viii not do, il will hazard The
constitution, the people viii no, ogiee to 1t,
The great objsc, (iha, ID tho tepresenlstion)
will be los, by H." To sscure this inequality
of represen'aiion, they were wiling TO let ey
cry hing be, as il heretofore had been, with
ou, making the least imP' oyemen, they snx
iously, and fef ,iDacioos y tesis,ed eveiy inno-
ya,ion, nece,sa 20 thlo mp overpen', least Il
should hszsId this darling object; and they
did prevs,i so far ,ha 10 reel Impr ovsmen
could be effected: some changes indeed were
made buI no Improvements. AS if the Con
ven,ion had met, mereIy o make tepresen,a
ton IN, quail and provide the means OF ksep
ing i, so and as # lie making an efficient and
free constitution, was consideration 0! ninor,
OF no compar awe Importance. ...>
Shall we have . judiciary so constituted,
that we may have all Our judiciary business
done IN much shorter time, than IL is st
present thar We may have II beier done
MY hsvs it done at less expense 10 The state
suot HVFC j! AVDS WIN eN pOilaub SAVING "
the state a saving Of three thousand dollars,
snnualIy al least Mot was said coas,i.
tuition ofs Judiciary that would effect his,
[ond il was not denied but that a judiciary
IN gh, be so constituted, a. 10 eject this +: in.
deed it was demonstsble and was demonstra-
ted the People never would sg'ee to. Such
q thing must noi be tiled, no' attempted, nor
proposed; it viii hasatd the constitution or
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cci was ios and sacrificed 10 this idol o! rs
presentation.
Shall we have the Legislature so ccns,itu
ted as TO guard The ci,,zen from oppression by
il and 10 place him snd his rights, in secu
'iiy unde, il SO as either to prevent ,he act
oil Incroschment, or 10 Tsuder il inc Heclual
.. might be done "a was p oposed to be done
q, bo---it was said, such coas'i,ution Of Inc
legislature will neve' do; the People never
vill consen; TO it We shall hazard the copsi
tution by l.: (msanIng he feprestntsuon.)
SO this objtc', 700 was ioa and ssCrii!ced, TO
he s,Ine dJI. unequal representation.
And 30 it was w!th eVe'y other impoitont
.onsuiu,ionaI provision every one wos sacrI.
e ed, to ,his'uurqusl representation Ibis ido
u their iniqdltou' Worship.
The of he good People oI ,he s,e,> g. age
wes thus sac if ed 70 this pursu.toi ocsi sdVsn-
Sge in the representation by pa1icu owns.
rha, good depended upon the goodnes @ &c
constitution its efficiency, and its freed ~, !;
It's competePcy, to act with ene'gy IN all gases
for tho good " he whole people and 1t.
tnco9pereury 20 act in epy, with oppression
as 10 pa'ticvIaS Individuals, o. bodies OF men
That unYer.al good however has been sacsi
feed, TO the merely local sdvantsge in The re.
preseB,sti0o OF some psf,icula, towns: Bu,
10 the loss 10 The whole, even hose towns orc
he looefs u; Tor pay what equivalent, is an
additional representative TO puy town, for the
Loss OF those advantages, which good coas,i.
tuition would have secured to IL Can this
| ,ep'cssn,ative shelter them, and THAR rights,
ss a good contribution would have done, from
all injustice, all oppression, all the asrleless
| evils oil unregula,ed power! The loss OF tha.
town, Is as every thing, her gain is as nothing
in tho comparison.
Many seem 10 be csp,iyated, By wha, may
be called, the p ofsss!ons of the constitution
il processes good political creed ant here.
fore they think i, good consultation as if
that creed made the constitution, So she Eo.
iy Alliance, professs, religion, Ior its actual.
,ng principle, The true christian religion bur
would you Judge of that league, b. that pro.
iession 1t is in TACT, whalever it may Pr ofess
to be,s conspiracy against 'h. liberties oil man
kind " ha, 10 TACT, eSinguished those liber.
ties throughout the coninen, OF Europe and
if i, does not p, oceed, 10 eXliogui.h hose lib.
cries throushou, the void, II is no, for the
wan, OF the viii, bit OF the power to 10 it.
The cons,i,ntion has asse mbled in q sort Of
code, mos, Of he gene al naztms Of civil end
political wisdom this j, oil very wei! F; bu,
pray whu, hos ell this TO 90 With the structure
Of that constitution The constitution will
wotk neither ,hc better, nor The worse on tha,
account, /, will and u must work according
TO It's own inhc'en, principles OF ope'a,ion.
To value The cons ution on this account,
would be like yaluins q clock on acccuut Of
It's motto. Would clock 60 any beuer, re.
gu'a,e its movements any be,ief, pe,f,rm its
Office any better, for the msx,ms Of moral
wisdom it might have inscribed on the dial
plate Al The proverbs OF Solomou, if in