The Northern star, and constitutionalist. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1834-1837, 1835-03-21
YHE coMsTITUTIoMALIsT

gacity is SO often man Tested PRo Bono PunL1-
CO. that 1t may be very proper, perhaps, to style
'hem alter the Dutches fashion" THEIR MOST
HIGH MIeHTINEss." by way of gratitude for
services performed for the special benefit of their
brethren, the non-freeholders, who have been ta-
zen under their immediate guardianship. That
these people are peculiarly entitled to this appd.
tion, there can bero possb reason to doubt :;
Tor who but the Mosr HIGH AND MIGnrY in
the Pen'i'ude of their own strength, (speaking af-
ter the manner Of men) would undertake to set a.
SIDE the LEeAL CLAIM which every citizen of
this vast Republic received from ALMIGHTY
PowER, and which is further guaranteed by the
Constitution the United States of America, the
highest authority on Earth.
| The Declaration Of Independence in Congress,
July 4, 1916, shews the enlarged views which the
wise men ofthat age had Of the RiGHrs Of man,
as derived from the great Creator, and also shews
determination to sacrifice every selfish con.dera-
ton in the conflict then raging. in this country, for
the purpose Of securing for themselves and for ALL
posTsRITY the enjoyment Of those RIGHrs, in
Heafensio which they mutually pledged their
on 10 maintain, against the usui pa;ons Of Ty-
raneal Government, that denied to, and withheld
from, the people of tho Colonies. any RIGHTS
and PRIvILEGEs but such us emunated fom the
Mother Country, under the sanction Of the 'king's
most Excellent Majesty"
The great CONTEXT the war ofindcpendence, ter
minated in the acknowledgment, by mother Brit
on that the PRINCIPLES contended for by the
Colonists were just and legal Fut what have the
people of Rhode Island gained by all the waste of
BLOOD and THEAsURE expended to bring about
this RESULT Why nothing surely, for our Rights
and Privileges are now determined by the most
omnPotent majesty assumed hy the General AS
senbly The sacred leaven oflhe king's grea, toe
still rankles within the political dough. mere
change Of names does but little toward healing old
sores-it may serve 70 blind the eyes Of the peo-
pie for season. but they cannet rcdlain forever in
the dark; ere long heir claim will lie assert, in
louder voice than has yet been hoard. | sez-
ed my pen on this occasion for the purpose Of shew
ing the absurdty Of the claim SGT up by Il cluss of
citizens possessed Of particular descl iplion Of
property, to the exclusive iuImuni!ies ard p,vi-
leges vested in the Government cf this S,ae ny
virtue Of Which extraordinary claim ever since the
war ofindependence, which shoua have placed u
on the original footing cf EcUAL,rY rs FREE-
MEN in common, they have retained possess
: ion fthe Government, and xercised over all who
came within their reach an uneon promising spmt
Of tyranny. the usual fruit of UsURPArIoN. =
large and very respectable portion of our Citizens
including those whocome to reside among us from
other States more Republican in their institutions,
are thus deprived of their PoLITIcAL RIGHTS,
by u sef-created ARIsTocRAcY-Sioch
in the great LAND RANK, us il has been signiti-
canlly termed by tho kno,oing once.
Their claim 10 supreme power is equally pre-
posterous with that put forth by the Tyrants Of
olden time, US mentioned below and tho Rhode
Island exclusives seem TO De ac,uatedb by a similar
spirit 10 many important particulars.
Perhaps the wise-Gcres may derive some nd
vantage in reading the following account Of the
management Of their ancestors, in n case that hap
pened someje, years since. With the hope that
ii may benefit them us an authority | cheerfully
submi, the case. FRANKLIN.
"FEUDAL CLAIMS.
The following is a specimen Of as
curious claim as has been set up since
the DAYS Of Eolus, Of doubtful fame. II
has the advantage of beng faithful rec
ord from the annals Of history. In the
end Of the fourteenth century, the cele-
brated, but long since destroy ed. monus-
terry of Augustipians, at WInshieur, in
the province Of Overyssel, were dcsirous
Of erecting windmill mot far from Zwolle;
but eighboring lord was oesirous to
prevent them, by declaring that the ,pind
in that district belonged to him. The
Monks, unwilling to give up the point,
had recourse to the bishop of Utrecht,
under whose jurisdiction the province had
continued since the tenth century. The
bishop, highly incensed against tho pre-
tender, who wished to usurp his authori-
ty, affirmed that the wind Of the uhole pro-
rince belonged to him, and gave the prov
ince express permission to erect a wind
mill wherever they thought proper"
Melancholy Suicide-Mr. Stephen
Sherman of Pittstown, got up from his
breakfast table, on Monday morning Goth
ult. went into another room, took up
razor and cut his own throat, in such a
manner that he died in few moments. -
We learn that he had been occasionally
deranged fos some time.
tMr. Sherman, we believe, formerly resided 10
swunzcy, Mass.
We learn from Boston. that the Coun-
Gil have confirmed the nomination oi