The Northern star, and constitutionalist. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1834-1837, 1835-02-28
,rHK CONS TITUTIoMALIsT
Mr.. Editor,

The following extract will shew tina the pol
ished ArHENIANs did not require their citizens
TO become possessed Of SAND AND GRAVEL be-
eore they could bo admitted as voters. Their y
deas Of" EovALIrY" in Political priviless are
entitled to quite as much respect as are those Of
tbs gentleman from Newport and some other
LORDS Of the SOIL in tho State Of Rhode island'
&c. The continual raniing about introducing
ragamuffn voters and overturning our whole Po-
li,ical fabric, is a mere humbug-more calculated
to frighten '' old women and children OF larger
growth y" than to have effect upon men OF sense.
And i, is really astonishing that peopls SO ell
lghtened and 90 fond Of Boosting OF their ireed OF"
in civil und religious concernmen's, shoa'a
continue in the face and eyes Of oil reason 10 deny
unto large class Of FELLow-cIrlzEss' 'ho'o
RrGHrs which the GREAr Con OF HEAvSN
has endowed them with, in common with oihef
citizens of the glorious rsPaIlie Of America.
| ANrlQUARY.
"At Athens, tho whole power aud management
of affairs were placed in the people. 1t was ue''
preros alive to receive appeals from the courts o
Justice, to abrogate and enact laws, TO make. whs
alterations in tho state they judged convenient III
short, all matters, public or private. foreign or DO
rnestc. civil, military, or religious, were deternin
ed bv them. Whenever there was occasion te
deliberate. the people assembled curly In The aor'
ming, sometimes in .thsaforu or public place
,ometime. in place called Pny1, but most ire
ouently in the theatre Of Baechus a lew day'
before each assembly there was Placart liked OF
the statues Of some illustrous men erected in The
e,v. 70 give notice Of the subject to be debated
Az thew refused adntance into the assembly st
all persons who hud not attained Inc necessary
age. so they obliged all others to attend i"'
a,;archs stretched out cord dyed with scarlet
and by it pushed the people toward the place o
u.etng. Such as received the stain were hned
the more diligent had small pscuniary reward
These Lexiarcks were the kee pers Of the register
i, which were enrolled the names of such CHI
( zens as had right Of voting And oil had TN
rich, who we're Of age, and not excluded by
nersona, fault Undutifal children, towards, bru
| tai debauchees, prodigals, dsbton TO the puoic
, were all excluded"
DR. CHANNING.-From a sermon de-
: liyered at Boston two or three weeks since
By Rev. DR.. Claiming, on the subject
Var, we make tho following short ex
tract
"To secure compensation for the past
4 is very seldom sufficient object for war
Q The true end is, security for the FUTURE
/ An injury inflicted by one nation on an
: other may manifest u lawless, hostile
: spirit from which, if unresisted, futur
: and increasing outrages are to be feared
a which would embolden other coinmun'
y ties in wrongdoing, and against wh'c
|. neither property, nor life, nor l'bert
would be- secure. To protect stat
J. from this spirit Of violence and ur
a principled aggression, is the duty Of ru
! ers, aud protection may be found only
war. Here is the legitimate occasIo
:. and the true end Of an appeal to arms
J. Lei me ask you to apply this rule OF VIII
,fl dom to the bearing OF which will DO eas
iy seen. Suppose then an injury to hav
lbeen inflicted on us by foreign nation
ouarter Of a century ago. Suppose It
&c have been inflicted by n governmen
% which has fallen through its lawlessnes
:, and which can never be irestorej. Sur
VI pose this injury to have been fol'owe
during this long period, by not OF
hostile act, and not one sign OF
hostile spirit. Suppose d'spos'',,,
n to repair to be expressed ny u
&c head Of the new government ol the ''l