The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1833-06-01
CIRCULAR TO PRoPRrEroRs OF NEWSPAPER
M IN RHODE-IsLAND

of the Massachusetts mode OF Suffrage
held oil the Town House in this town,
May 10, . resolution passed requesting
the proprietcfs Of newspapers in this state
to publish the Report and Correspond
enoe contained in the annexed pamphlet.
Ifit is not convenient to publish the Re-
port, please to publish the Correspond
ence. Copies Of these documents would
have been furnished the different estab-
lishments throughout the state immediate
ly after tire meeting, but as the labor Of
making them would begreat, and as we
understood printers would prefer to copy
from print, we have deferred making this
request TIL we could accompany it with u
printed copy Of MIR. Luther's pamphlet
which we would thank you to accept and
publish from it, as above requested, as
soon a. convenient.
Very respectfully,
SETH LUTHER, Cheirmah.
WILLIAM J. TILLIN0HAsr, Scc'ry.
Providence, May 22, 1888.
AT an adjourned meeting ofthe citizens of
Rhode Island, favorable to the adoption
oil the Massachusetts mode OF suffrage,
holden at the old town House in the Gity
oil truvidence May 10, 1893, the Com-
mittee, appointed ut the primary meeting
holden April 10, made the following
REPOkT.
: Your Committee were instructed to cor
respond with our friends in different parts
of the. State, for the purpose OF fixing a
time & place, Tor holding . State Convsn n
ton ON this subject ; but as we think the
public mud has not yet been sufficiently
awakened 10 call Convention, we have
suffered that par, oil our duty to sleep for
the present, till some preliminary steps,
which we have in vieT, shall be taken.
Your committee were also instructed,
to request copy OF Mr.. Luther's Ad-
dress on Free suffrage. lhat part Of
our duty we have performed. A sub
scriptlon has been opened by MIR. Luther
a. our request ,and one thousand copies OF
Ithe Address are now in the Press and will
pe ready TOR delivery in the course oi the
following week. In the opinion OF the
Committee, every friend OF our cause
ought to buy one, or more copies for his
own perusal, or distribution among his
|neighbors. This address will be delivered
at our request at Warren on Tuesday
next.
Your Committee after theit appoint
ment, were told by those interested In
preventing the adoption OF the Massachu-
sells mode OF suffrage ''that t would rum
the State, and that The best part OF the citi-
zens oi Massachusetts,, regret the extern
sion OF Suffrage in that State, aud would
willingly adopt the Hhode Island plan,
were It practicable to do So" believing
TINS to be slander on the citizens OF both
States, we addressed letter to the Hon.
trancls Bayiiss, Of Taunton, to ascertain
from high authority, the truth'or iaishood
vi these as sertlons.
lhs correspondence is now submitted,
to be read to the meeting, and we trust
thut the letter OF Mr.. Bayiies will be re-
ccived by you with the same heartfelt
gratitude, aud proud satisfaction, which Is
experienced by your Commlttee.-Our'
was inexpressiDle, and we chaliange you
to express all ours, however unbounded
may be your applause.
One reason, among others, why we Sc
lected MIR. Baylies from among the dlstin-
guished men of Massachusetts to answer
our inquiries was, the heroic and perfect
ly dislnterested part he took IN our behalf,
when the question was before Congress
whether the little, but patriotic State ol
Rhode Island, should be deprived OF one
half OF her representation ia Congress. -
IL was then that Mr.. Bay ylies shove HIM
sell, "a friend in need, ,and a friend indeed.
lie then said, 'it such gross injustice
should be infil,.ed on Rhode Island, she
would be found leaning on her anchor, and
trusting in her Cod" II was generally
understood at that time, aud we believe
ever since, that Rhode Island owed to The
chivalry aud eloquence of FraucIs Bay
hes, oi Elassac husetts, more than to any
otner cause, the preservation OF one halt oI
her representation IN Congress.
Shallth the cllIzens oi this state ever for.
yet such ir,endi We are sure you will
answer, no. 10 him therefore dIi youI
Committee apply, to put down the SIAN
ders winch the cnemles oi Free Suffrage
hcaped on Massachusetts and Khode-lsi-
ano, by falsely asserting "thut Mussachu.
sells suffrage would lu,n l,hodo lsund
aud that the best part vi the citizens ol
MASSACHUSETTS, would be glad TO adopt the
one hundred aud lhIr,y-iour dollar ~ stem
n they could do 50! II may be proper to
remal4k. that although the twelve thousand
dlsiranchised cnlz,ns OF Rhode lslanc
were not ut the time mentioned, neither
are ihey now represented IN Congress, yc