Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-08-18

Repoiution in Rtode Isiand.-A revolution is going on in our mldst about which the newspapers of the country generally almost, if not altogether silent The State of Rhode Island, It is generally known, has been governed since the Revolution, before it, bya Royal Charter, granted, five remember rightly, by that rlgh royal libertine Charles the Second and the anomaly has been suffered to exist for more than sixty years, member of republican confedera- cy, destitute of republican constitution and fo- hrds of the people being denied the right of suffrage "Freeholders" only, in the English acceptation ol the term, could vote al electl0ns all others even though the of the revolutionary sres or revou- tionary heroes themselves and are vet deprived of the birthrght of every American. In other States of the Union, even the foreigner who has complied I with the terms of naturalization laws, acquires not only the right of suffrage, but the right to hold any office m the gift of the people, which they may see fit to bestow on him, what are prohibited by the constitutions yetin Rhode Island the of soil, the children and the fathers of the State are deprived by British charter of the right to choose their rulers, held in state of political slavery and degradation, utterly war with the first | principles of the glorious Declaration of Indepen. dence and with provision ofthe national constitution which guarantees republican form of government to every State in the Union. And this siauery exists in the very bosom of New Engand-that self-same l New England, whose itinerant philanthropy would "compass sea and land'' to effect the manumsson o black slave, while it has voice to raise in be- half of the whife in it's own territory and who consist of about two thirds of the population of so- vereign state.-But the disranchsed portion of the people are now engaged in the patriotic business ol reclaming rights, and ofresumng them if denied They forming 'suirage associations" throughout the state, and lecturers abroad addressing the people in relation to the question at issue They l have spirited paper "The New Age," which adyo- their cause, records their doing and crcuates | their sentiments, principles and views; and even portion of the "reemen'' lending their aid They hold that the Declaration of Independence and the successful issue of the Revolution restored to the whole people of the then colony, all their natural and civil lrighs, withheld from them by the King of Eng land that their present system form of government has since existed only by their "suerance' having never received ther assent, and that they have now the full and perfect right to in convention and form for the government of the State written con stitution. To this end convention of Delegates is | to be held in October, when a constitution will be submitted for adoption. The State Committee in their address to their ''fellow citizens say in be- half of the majority:
 "Gire us our righfs, or ,uiH take them. We ask for nothing that is not clearly right, and are de- ermined to submit to nothing manifestly wrong as the corrupt and ant-repubcan system of government which has long subssted in Rhode Island by the | forbearance of the people.
 ''Bear in mind, that there is no constitutional mode of amending our government, except by the | people at large, in whom, the to the or rl1Rtanu, tue power feSldeS, and remains unimpaired by any lapse of time, or toera- ton of past abuses.
 
 ''Summon your friends and neigIbors to the work and rely upon 1t that constitution framed by such convention, and signed by majority of the people will be promptly acquesced in by the minority-wi be vigorously sustained, and will become without de- lay, the undispued, paramount law of our State.''
 The right spirit is up in Rhode Island, and we wish it success. We hope the press and it's supporters, everywhere wll aid the people of that State with it's advocacy, its sympathy and it's encouragement. We | aided Greece, and Poland, and South America a. gainst their oppressors, by the gift of substance and our sympathy! Our people rushed into Texas and Canada to sustain the of liberty, and they are now assisting Ireland with sympathy and funds in her struggle for .srepeaI' shaA then be silent and unaidng, while our own disranchsed brethren, here in midst, struggling to free themselves from the degrading slavery imposed by British King, and elevate themselves to the rank offreemen, having their birhright secured to them by written republican constitutonl We trust the press gene rally will shake off lethargy, and "come to the rescue. ."-Baltlmore Sun.