The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1834-05-03

qasHtkalsd. ths& uSsvsnsA yhiks awfany fsvs-
luionsry in iss character
Neatly" enquiries he. g could man then
(mssning in the youthful days ef,hs Charter LAS
easily acquire Is. dollars. a. The usual wages of5o
esnn per day, as he now can at one dollar Gfiyi"
There is I" drawing question: for you Consiiiu-
tionalists g Answer it in shs atiirnative. and !
acknowledge my error" But more bye and bye
on tho mathematics Of " virginus." I must now
sitsndto the flowers Of his rhetoric He acknowI-
edges that in days Of yore cur interests were al-
most wholly farming interests, and consequently
farmers " for the most part occupied the benches
Of our council rooms. '.of course the Charter was
just the thing for them ;' but US other interests
grew among US, 50 o.her interests wero represent
ed" l deny this last assertion. and fearless of
successful contradiction, maintain that the same in
terssss, and The interests only, are as cxclu-
siyely represented now. as one hundred ears ogo
Land made tho legislator iien--.he judge then
and the article is made the test o his quaIif-
cation now. Tell as much as yoa may about' sa
bic eniblems oflaw intel mixed ith course home
spun," us constituting the existing Assembly, aud
what does the nonsense all amoun. to ! Sand nix
ed with gravel, to be sure. Then, after mixing a
. proporlionate variety" Of lawyers with the
/" homespun," he proves most incontestibly, that
although non-freehoiders seem, in theory, to pay
their proportion Of taxes to government 81 in ihs
shape Of dutiss,' practically, :, there is no such
thing THAT the duiiss deg psy spskas .rslvesiQs
Of price from 80 to 500 per cent. This i ces-
tainly something, and IL true. should satisfy the
non-ireeholder that his is truly an enviabls con-
diiion, rather than one Of complaint. Eut must
confess my mathematics are unable TO comprehsnd
all this or understand how 100 can be reduced 400
less than nothing; there uust be something in the
" shape Of bounty, undersiood--perhaps an al
lusion is intended to the contingent fund-at any
rate, an explanation would be calculated to allay
this Constitutional excitement, and bring all things
just ~ "Virginius" wants thsn,--to the good old
times of'' bomespnn,' wishout the " sable" law
mixture, in proporionate variety
Not content to stop here, US modest man would
do, W Il am tired ofwhole hogsing his antique
name) makes another disclosure as wonderful ~
the 500 per cent discount that our local silua-
ton, our peculiar interests, Sc require imperative
ly, that epr laws should be diferent from those Of
the sister States Hence he pleads for cropping
and branding as healthy features in the criminal
code and differing fromany thing to be found in
the sister States Primogenlure has its value,
,,,h .i,.I c,r tl,o s,ax a.
ing on the score Of personal merit cap, with pro-
priety, be- aIiegea in iis favor and he is
great sticL.er for homespun' judges oil in rota-
ton; lest, by beips first qualified for the Office and
then permanently invested they should forget the
vital principles Of democracy and not suffer their
decisions to be made under popular influence.
All this is so very sagacious and s,atesman-like
that regret to find " drawing his luminous
remarks to close; by refusing to dive farther in
10 the profound and elaborate mysteries of those
generous committee men, However, he will no,
promise 70 remain silent forever by which il in
fcrable thai mory wisdom il being concocted in the
unlimited cells Of his understanding, all which will
come before grateful public in due time. Don't
keep folks waiting W
] should scarcely have noticed W. in this brief
way bu, for the hope that enquirers aNer some
thing to laugh at. might be Induced to read the o.
risinal u. length and Judge for themselves. The
'Woonsocke. Patriot Of April 49,, 1884, should
be preserved as containing matters Of history sni.
lar in value TO Jackson's protest. There it ma
be seen how the dreadful Cons,itutionasts are at
tempting to get all the power away from the farm
ers and instead of keeping it themselves, give it to
Hazards vagabonds Also how wholesome the
then how anxious w. is, maugre oil these es-
ccllencies, to see q Constitution Perhaps he
means the Constitution. Readers can Judge and
perhapsthe billethead is in his eye creating ankle
ty-'no knowing. Then it can be seen by this
immortal document how many times the Charter
has been adopted by Rhode Islanders ;about three
times, believe " says. What a fuss has been
made Of it, first and last Next the price Of labor
in Charles tine is recorded, and the durability Of
the charter attested The benches of the council
chamber and their homespun' fixtures, contrasted
with the sable embems' ofaw. Reduction il
lustrated by showing the peculiar privileges Of non-
reehoders-how they gain dollars every time
one is seemingly expended.-The knaves, they
will be rich enough shortly at this rate, to purchase
all the land-then master W who will be the
fresmen ~ VETO.
ELECTION.-The General Assembly Of this
State will convene at Newport, On Wednesday
next for the purpose Of organizing the State Gov