Rhode-Island constitutionalist. [volume] (Providence [R.I.]) 1834-1834, 1834-04-07
IcoSrISuEp FROM FOURTH pAcr1

,Le Iarm,ng Interest, Ru Observation-Disclosures ,he i,s, es
tman il, which we I,od ,his ,n,sycst t., 49,. shonId
saw or beey. t,ot an the in,.IIiy.nr. Lonsst, md
pariosm in the sate resides will them, il loo much
Tor their modesy 10 ask or for our sense OF isee 10
cuncede.
we sec then, that n landed ratification operaes al
the presept day very difI.e,iIy ,,nu vh,, :, di an
early times. ifone Of .hos. ancestors who voted for
"Den,ocracy," in I647 could speak 10 us from the
tombs wcuid ne counsei us M r,., nd Ihn 80 nd
chance tbe name-nr IN coryect Thai I..,slntinn 10
which il has h.roms J.nS l,,,cr; w c.n h ", 2 ~
loss for an answer 10 this question
we look nj The Charter and he early laws ro,tin
to Freemen, we shall see sill more clearly how oppos
ed the present law s 10 the true Intention of our pred
cessors The Charter vests The electin of frea,en in
tue Gene raj Assembly aud ribes no oualiGcnlion
The Company being a land Company with powers of
poyernnent .ed and having in view n, i,nny,ys
and settle their territory as fast s po.sble il wnuld
ba va bsen natural for them udenen,rntIv f The ,.a
son thai Landed nynnerIv v,s ih,. ,i,nos, ~ ani,
properv 10 pre fer such members ns would take nm H.
terest in tbs cuvaiion of the soil The Con,n,nv was
.moowered by the Charter 10 transpor 10 The Colony
for is pl,ntaton and defence sneh persons as mioit
he willing to accompany them; and the emicrants be-
came farmers as a matter of course ,rb. Assemble
,herefoxe in fayoraby repnrdinc the ngricultural M
trTcst evidently had no political design and prsctic
I'D no ,ss, ,,c,inn In th. ssnse A., ,,,,i.n :. aJi t
site ia one n, The nresent time Thn ,so,si,s S n
,nis.;on ,y,s noi made ,oii,ic,l ins,,,am, I'm & au
n0er There is reason 10 believe that thev iaop 81
more 10 the dtness of The nerson fo,
th,n 10 his pronertv I'm land thouyI almost svarv d.
cent persn in those times was Iand owner of ca,rs.
rhers vere MS M, frsenoam S, ,h.; ~ ..s
must have bern small To show The sense of ,hs %
.Iaure on the subject Of aun6caons AVE- AK vonr oi
,.n,on 20 .nna ac,ha;r A., tA'"'' we eas~ youi ut
rhe Art or Mach ief1 A dsc,or.d a. T,., ~, .
sons whatsoever thai are nbabitan,s within ,hi ,
,nv and ,dmi,,.J r,so,,sn or, n. san,a nah, III IL - -
I,y i;hsr. ~, GOT. c ,n ,.,; ~ r 81 .,' ~, anu may
,.r nriha ca,nv ,, w ' :" 'AP''''ea w TUG ohar-
:, - 81 % anao,:J q. ,r,, ~ ,,... ., 4. ,., .
,ba ni,s, oc n,, ~ 81, ~ n, ,h =. ., 49, "a ,, 49," W W
,his t,Innv hn, H.. ,h,, ~, T.ah,ds ,ni y vi v,
rasn,on ~ m. sama ., ~ " '' '"e'o'"' anu
In The same ya,r 4, ,v,s f,,,her do.,,a 4. ,rh, all
.nan nrof,ssin :, rhr;s,iani,y a,,J ar .n, .,'. @ ~
and pf civii .onvsrsa,in' vic a.t ,f, I a., a IS
had.,, ~ a.. LII, ;s'.n,a nm "'.
,mJsman,s In ~ ,,;. 1:I' @ ns" ~, v, u.n0ao"' ',
.yc.n,edS sh.I he ,, ;,,aJ ,.s s.a'n >, , ~ i
,sd ~ chooss oe;csrs and IN ha Iin,, % -, ts ~ P
No es,,,a Of mn Lind H. ron,;,.J H., " - M, C., ..,
and none nf onv Gxad v,I,e h, ,ha i.s,' "' h % | = 60
man /, nrohoiIl ,arisd ha,h % 49, Ii i W n "" ,i,v
with Oh. pi,i ys,,ai,J T 49, " n'". a'u gua''ty, s ~?
nnniican,,I char,e,ar ond dnoy. y W.. 1y r. ~ ,, Y, a
a., nntice the dis,nc,iom n,aJa L,',. H. ~ " ,, p a,
ihose who miaht he aac,ad dsnn,i ~, , Gna, Az
semlv THE eiectn,s wsre nv hs rrson,nn @ "admi,,nI
M first v,bout nnv sncci6ed ou,iiGcatinn "nJ nsy,
unon baving 6. sstafss The n,tiss nms,
hnve estates /, JoaJ he f,erhoide,s J ,.s,nsn
The Aet of I6c5 con,inues ,he nm naii6ra,;n ~ con,
peient estates - ,vihan, d.6n;naf ,hnr "pa ~ "
old record ~ "
T IT, na lace 4, - ,, ,,..,. , ,
shall have 9. r o"wer .ran,s ,o mi, 9.a "o on
nersons inbabitants oc thar r.sne,;,e ,,vns fea
nftheir in,vm. as si,aii hs hv ,,a", ,si,IaJ jj~' ~
,hereofn - II was made The dntv 'r tI ,o,vn cert c
nil the towns once n vear IN spnd lie, ny ,II a cr.
'"s WY w 'he seH-