The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1833-06-01
ywARREA, RI. sATURDAH JUNE i. 1888

honorable nppcllation Of 'Ereemcn,' feel
that the sword OF tyianny hangs over
their beads. The least misfortune in
their families, and their houses or lots, or
BOTH must 90 to. pay the DOCTORS bill; and
the only hepubscan Stale in the Union,'
as ihis State has recenIly been called, has
decreed that Il is not sufficient that man
shou4d be afflicted Wi sickness AID death
in bis family; not enough to have his land
taAeas from under his iect, and his house
from over his head; but he must also lose
his h6erfy at the same time, tor he is no
loh6gt 4 freenan. What freeman, under
thip siew oi the'case, viii refuse to AID us
in the attainment oi equal and unalienabie
rights, .lor himself and' chiid,en! In
kh0de lsIand man, to be free, must pur-
chase It wnh a price, as the Chief Cap
/. tain did. who was about 10 scourge Paul?
But ia MaSsachusetis they are all Pauis,
ior they are all born free. In Rhode ISL
4 lepdy u man ~ unfortunate in his busi-
ness, the only way to secure his house
aud lot, is 10 90 to Jail, or shut himself Up
lin his house aud make prison of that;
ltben he is fireman. by the statute law
otths State. Although he may owe ten
times the value of his freehold, he may GO,
on te~n-neeting day, and vote, free irosa
arrest and then retire to his prison again,
and there remain, freeman of the only
Republican State IN The Wortd.'
bouie other curious people will ask,
'what business have those who are free
men, by statute law, to NEEDLE with the
business ot non-ireehoiders" We an
swer that question, in true yankee style,
by asking another:-' What business had
the inhaDHanls OF Salem to interest them
selves about the murder of MIR. White!
Nobody had hurt them But we answer
this question directly, Ivy saying, that the
I34-dollars-law is disgrace to the State.
1t makes eight thoussnd OF her citizens,
'freemen, aud twelve Tho usand, slaves; aid
evrn iithe. twelve thousand were satisfied
tobe slaves, it is bad policy in the Gov
eminent 10 make them SO. Are any per-
sons in this meeting, fathers! ii 50, you
niust know how easy it to make "a lool
! and u dolt OF a son, by not suffering him to
speak his own sentiments Oh any occasion.
ByLcoutinutpg to impress on his mind
that he knows noqhing, and can do moth
ing your own words will prove true. Ills
much better to have two rogues in fam
sy, thon ono fool; for rogues, like young
horses, can be broken dorn to the proper
stabdars; but tho man who could work a
fool up to the true standard, must be as
ingenious as the person who said OF his
coat, itit was too short he could splice it,
but it it was too long he conld not tell
what he should do with it.
We therefore warn tire General As
sembly, who are the repuled fathers and
guardians OF the State, not to continue to
break down the spirits Of its citizens; for
the time mayyet come, as in '76, that the
State will expect every man to do his
'dutv;' and this cannot be justly expected,
unless the State does its duty towards ev-
cry citizen alike.
We have said this State has been re-
Gently called the only Republican State
\ in the Union. THIS wonderful discovery
was disclosed, We understand, during the
last session Of the General Assembly, at
Newport, by the most distinguished menu
Der from this city.* How miserable all
the other States in the Union must be!
Ii reminds US of an old woman in North
Carolina, who sat knitting by the light of
pitch pine knot, and when asked by
man from New England why she used
such lights, instead OF lamps or candles,
the good dame very compassionately ask
ed il we had no ight-wood piteh-knois' in
New Englandl being answered in the
oha II or n Aaurt xx,lnx
miserable place New England must
be!!p
There are some political old women in
(our State, whose views extend as far as
did those Of this simple dame of North
Carolina; and they fearfully suppose, or
rather say they do, that The eorld's last
hope tor republican government hangs os
ne Rhode Island mode of Suffrage And
yet such men claim to be talented, learn
ed, mn. A Massachusetts, man lately
said in this city, tha, they were entirely
satisfied with their mode Of suffrage; and
that his fellow citizens considered the
government of Rhode Island a limited
monarchy. Whatever the noble tioOded
Representatives from Providence may
think of monarchy, we know some OF the
artist ocrats of this State who have said =
The government OF England is the best
government in the worldp and when ask
ed il they would not except the American
Government, they have said, eve make
no excep,ions!P
I At the last session of the General As
sembly, u Memorial was presented, sign
ed by nearly two hundred citizens OF War
ren. praying for an extension OF suffrage.
] The presentation of this Memorial Is
mentioned in the papers, nnd the fact that
the Assembly refused TO have Il read, un-
der pretence that ii was too late IN the