Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-01-22
RHODE ISLAND.
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X. l., January ;, I-i2.
nr Eli,or-Wi,I;n the past y ar Il Revolution has
been commenced and fniSaed III TINS State worthy Of
an American people You are aware that this State
n yer had n Consuto,i--that the Charter granted by
Charles H.! 10 Roge. Williams Il ais. IS still alive, al.
though in very crippled and defornied shape, 50 Tar as
lis practical operation concerned lhis charter
v.ry similar 10 an &C, of Incorporation Of landed
Comnanr. ard rlYcs the incorporates the power
of .aGMu,iag tIcc II the Company arhca Mfg please.
This mower IL vested in the different towns ~,
The General Assembly, (whlch one Of Is members
once sad was ..Omaipotc"i, has seen IT .. diirfr
,,uc; 10 prescribe lie conditions Oh T.ica CITIZEN
may be mad. free, never, however, losing sight o
the Landed qualification aud pfn"geni,nfc The value
Of the required real estate ms been changed several
tunes; hut ior about century i has stood a, ; 10
The result Of th.s il, that the STATE IS governed ny
about one third Of lis czrns; and The appof,'onmeh'
Of representatives unequal that one Ninth % le
citizens of The State govern AL the rest
Bu, this state Of things could not long be endured
Petitions for the red;ess OF this grievance were repeat
edly lad before tie Grnera Assembly, and were as
often Land under the table, sometimes without reading
Bu, H., crisis approached when iofLeafance vas ~
loGse. virtue. The movement was CONNIE iced ae'"
year since by few en;rrpEiSln, Independent spirits,
and rapid exceeded tie expectations ~ ~
most sauEune friends Alter several flfddss anu mas
conventions, and numerous meetings, Convention 81
Delega,es was called frame ami .4y b-nre IN" poo.
pie for tie: adop on, Constitution. ms has been
done aai the Constitution has Jtcn 1aordby ~ o'f!-
whclmng maturity, including IN The number MAJORITY
OF the Freemen, las they caled present voters
Tie Constitution sAillar 10 that 81 Name ~ -
neneral PROVISIONS with the addition o! some ca.ial e
stfctions, winch oriytaat-For instance the le-
pslainre cannot contract debt against lie State Of
more than $4,000 without vote Of the people
Tile ncw Government uuie. the Constitution Wi
90 into operation III May next, and then the present
British Government must de Tor want 81 breath.
THIS revolution has been accomplished IN oPPosic;:
to- aad independents l the existing government It's
cmphaiicllly the work OF heP1opie They rose N taef
| mirLt and said AVE- VIII ~ iRfI,' And they haze
triumphed. The Peop,S Constitution will be proclaim
As the slnTcme ilw II the State, on Thursday I''th
inst at ~ o'clock NJ and then you may imagine that
YOU h,a, the report Of cannon and the shouts OF thou
sands OF American Fccmen, who have been freed from
bondage. Yours truly, !.
coSGgEsS-PREsENT CONDITION OF THE WINGS.
In the course Of the debate on the Treasury Note
Bali on the 10Th INST Mr.. Cooper Of Penns, yania,
an ultra Wing proper, and the distinguished Mr. har-
shall Of Kentucky opposed the measure, ana III opPas
.nr Il, threw ont certain curious Developments feia
live 10 the past contnc, and the present CONDITION o.
the great drunct Wing Party
FIRST Mr. Cooper. THIS gentleman said, "He vas
asonished when he the Wing Party, with which
Ii. had been in the habit Of acting abandon the princ
plies for which they had 50 long and so s.rehuously con-
tended and lend their support 10 system they had so
vehemently denounced impolitlc and iraught with
all mischief, &c &c.
|, must certainly be admitted, tina. this sudden and
prodigous Embarrassment Of The Wings, considered
uer Sc was enough astonlsh MIR. Cooper any one
else But them after all the long catalogue 0! contra
dc,ions Inconsistencies and tergversaons, that have
marked the OF his party, II IS little extraordi
nary that Mr.. Cooper should have been astonshed .,
this instance For our part, when We reco!!ect The
means b. which ar. Cooper and his friends brought
themselves into power We are astonshed at nothing
tina, they have done since
Mr. Cooper on the occasion alluded 10, said Of the
conduct o. the Wings supporting the Treasury Note
BILL that ''he not only surprised but conounded at
the spectacle.
Now for Mr. Marshall This gentleman likewise OPP
posed the bill, and the Of his remarks, sad
-"But they told there was necessity for tins
emission OF Treasury notes. Mr. NJ had denied It IN
Committee and he denied 1t here. Ii The money must
be had ne preferred loan. He abhored the whole
Treasury note system; not on constitutional grounds,
for he had examined the constitutional question; bot
he abhorred it every account, on national grounds
and also, lie would frankly avow IT. on party grounds
How did we stand, The Bank bill had been vetoed;
The Bankrup, law was gone he supposed the Disrlhu
ton law in little better conltion the loan had fail
ed and nos they to be thrown on the Treasury
Note system Heaven and earth What had become
OF the FRAT that 10 result from the Extra Session,
"a Ianri rouIa portion Of the House
Tins IS almost bad The condition OF the British
at Yorktown, October 18th, l1-l-when (Alarshall |
says s.fhe situation oil Lord CORVALLIS was becoming
desperate: his works sinking IN every quarter,
under the fire of the hesegers the batteries already
playing on Ain inG nearly suHS,
the second parallel was about to open, which must N
few hours render the town unenab!e
Mr. Marshall IS man of talents and Of candor.-
HIS account Of the Wing party is but sorry The Bank
Bill vetoed the bankrupt Law as good as gone, the
Distribution Law in about the same fix, the Loan a
failure, and the Wings thrown back the Treasury
Note System. Well might the eloquent member from
Kentucky cxcaim-"What had become Of the fruit
winch Is is 10 result from The Extra Session "
The f.ut of that Ill.oneneG session. We fear, will
turn gu, to resemble the apples that said grow
Inc borders of the Dead Seattle outside fair TO look
upon ard full Of golden promise, bn Within only the
ashes and dust Of bitterness and disappointment
Petersburg Statesman.
FROM EUEopE-SlX DAYS LATER.
NV Iors, January 1.-THE ship Mediator, from
London, arrived last night bringing papers 10 Dec
10Th We are not a, all indebted 10 the Captain for u
paper or papers, though he tried 10 do kindness.