The Northern star, and constitutionalist. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1834-1837, 1834-09-13

whatever, and they have the boldness Il
call upon this General Assembly to sane.
ton this groundess and preposterous as
sumption, and to hold out to the people
that they are really without any written
constitution. This to be sure would be
a great point gained for them. Their
next step is plainly indicated I; they have
not left US in the dark about it. They
have advertised themselves as political
party, have given themselves party
name, and have sent forth their first prox
for Governor and Senators. / have seen
one Of the letters written by very young
man and q member of their free suffrage
committee of nominations, 10 a respecla-
BILE farmer, old enough to be his father,
and who has been Judge in our Court,
inviting him to accept Of their nomination
to the place of Senator but upon consid-
Grafton that if chosen, he was to support
their free suffrage doctrines and projects.
And this course they pursue, not in any
expectation that the legitimate freemen
will give any countenance to their proxies;
but in the hope that as make-weight par
ty, they may make themselves Of impor-
tance TO one party or the other; they
profess not to care which and thus further
their views or, that, in the end, they
shall be able, by their continued efforts,
to produce mischief and confusion, and
to effect failure in the election Of Gov
ernor and Senate by the freemen. That,
they think, will be great day for them
Then according to their doctrine, the peo-
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having already laid it down, as they are
now here laboring to lay it down that
the people are also without any written
constitution nothing will remain but a
state Of chaos and confusion taking ad-
vantage of which, these universal suffrage
men are to step forward and take the
management, of affairs into their own
hands. They are then to make a con-
slitution for the State, to suit themselves,
and to call upon the population > not
the legitimate freemen of the State-the
freemen are to be set at defiance but
upon the distracted multitude the phys
ical force, as they call it TO adopt the
constitution thus made. What is this
but plotting and contriving to introduce
disorder and confusion !; to subvcr the
existing government and revolLtionize
the State. l advance nothing but what
is proved by their own proceedings.
Let them do one overt act and they will
find that there are la vs. that will reach
them. Here is something more Of these
doings. AT meeting held on Friday
evening, Cd of May, in Providence, Tho
MAS w. DoRR, Chairman, long string
of resolutions was passed some Of them
highly inflamatory. The concluding part
of the 18th resolution was in these words,
viz. "That the time has come for the ex-
ercise by the people, in their original
sovereign capacity not the qualified
freemen, but all persons of every descrip-
ton, qualified or unqualified all such
as these universal suffrage men choose
to call The people, The sovereign people Of
their right to form constitutional right
,vhich no acquiescence IN The present order
of things has impaired or can impair when
they shall see fit to exercise It," The
plain meaning of this is that The time has
come for them to revolutioniZe the State,
and the established order OF things That
is the existing government in the hands
of the qualified freemcn is not to stand in
their way. Again, at their meeting on
the 10Th of March, it was RESOLVED
that This convention adjourn 10 meet at .Ne'c-
mort on the Wednesday nert after The rising
of the General Assembly al the nert ses-
sion.n SC. And at their meeting in Prov
idence, June 18th, 'It was resolved that
a committee of five be appointed to draft
such articles as they may deem lndispen.
sable for Constitution for this State, and
submit them TO the constitutional conven-
|,ion at their next regular meeting" Gan
any man mistake the design OF all thls!-
They 90 through the ceremony OF send
ing their memo ial here and call upon
the General Assembly to provide for call
inc convention and making =" wr,tter
!, lconstitution" by the votes Of freeholders
! and non freeholders; qualified or un-
qualified fit or unfit, safe or unsaiet
clean or unclean. And knowing very
well beforehand that the General Assem-
Ibly would have neither the power nor
/ will thus in effect TO disiranchise their
own constituents, the freemen Of the State
lthcy prepared themselves to go on with
, 1.-The business without it, and in defiance
resolved that Immediately after the rising
) of the General Assembly, their Const'fu-
: tionai Convention as they call it, should
! take its place, and meet in Newport,
: when and where, their Committee OF con
stitution makers should bring out the
) written constitution made by them for the
State, to be acted upon by that Conren
lion.
II, Mr. Speaker, this bill pass, con
: vcntion will be called TO make oil the al
,era,ions in the charter that may be ne
. cessary. And would ask the gentle
man from Bristol, fit would not be beite'
10 have such amendments adopted rathe'
than to enable political disorganise,s Il
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