Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1842-05-26

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eminent, we deem it our duty to remind
you Of the fact that the existing Govern.
mcnt of Rhode Island is the Government
that adopted the Constitution Of the Unit.
ed States, became a member of this Con.
federacy, aud has ever since been repre-.
scented ia the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatives. II is at this moment the ex
isting Government OF Rhode Island, both
de facto and de jure, and is the only Gov.
eminent in that State entitled TO the pro.
lection Of the Constitution of the United
States.
FROM RHODE iSLAND-LATER.
The last mail brings no special intelligence from
Rhode Island Quiet and good order have baPpi-
ly resumed their performance. Nothing posliive
has usnsPired to The whereabouts OF tue fugi-
live DOrr.
The Providence Journal Of Friday, referring to
paragraph In The Express, the Suffrage organ, IN
which It stated that az "arm ice mac been a.
greed upon" lhus eu'pLatcally contacts The as
sertion
No sompronise vhatcuer pas made. No one
was authorized to make any compromised one
the part Of the government, bad the slightest
disposition TO compromise. Common humanity
DICTATED a desire 20 spare the ehusion Of blood !;
but the men who bad boldly naia,a aimed their pos-
ton amid all the threats and dangers Of insurfee.
tion. we're not the men 10 compromise in the very
hour OF complete The number Of insur-
gents had v indled down to about twenty five. and
their leader bad fed four field pieces loaded with
grape and canister, were aimed directly at them
aud eight hundred men hemmed them around on
oil sides. AT the signal Of "a musket-shof, these
four charges Of grape nnd four hundred balls would
have rained perfect hurricane Of iron upon them.
The ERE could not have been returned, for
msn could have stood a moment. IL was then that
some Of the leaders begged the Governor to with
draw The forces, with pledge distinct, unequivo
cal, and unconditional that the guns should be de-
livered in the afternoon. They said that their men
we're intoxicJted and desperate, and could be
controlled, but that after few hours ref cton
they would come to reason. The request was
complied with, from desire to avoid the shedding
Of blood, il not absolutely necessary to that full
vndication Of the law, which the government de-
terminus upon at first and from which nothing has
for a moment swerved them. After such generous
treatment, the Express insults the community and
villifes the government by the utterly false and in.
famous declaration that compromise had been
agreed upon"
We wishit therefore, distinctly understood, that
compromise, understanding for compto-
mise, or any thing Of the kind was made. At the
same time, we have no doub, that, now the great
this State will, almost as one man, GO for writ
ten constitution, extension Of suffrage and ar
equal zation of the representation Such constitu-
ton will not be, like Doris made by single man.
but the whole body of the people will have voice
10 the framing and adoption Eft. The time for
this has arrived, and 1t would have been already
consammated, had it not been for the course OF
those unpiincipled leaders who have just been re-
puliaied by the suffrage party nov that their
xick ,d aud roeioua d,,ainns nre fully pxnosaJ
The Providence Journal Of Saturday has the fol-
lowing ar icle
The TRIUMPH OF THE LAWS
The importance Of the triumph of law and order
over violence and treason, which has been achiev-
ed by the frnmess and prudence Of the govern
ment, aided by the manly support OF the CITIZENS,
cannot be over estimated. IL is triumph. not for
Rhode Island alone, but for the Union for the
cause of republican government; aud, unless we
are greatly mistaken, the State Of Rhode Island
has earned and will receive the gratitude of the
whole country. IL was achieved by our own citi
lens alone not a soldier of the General Govern-
ment ~ss here; and although the authorities had
full confidence that the General Government would
interpose, still II was not believed by the insur-
renu VINO were fully under the influence Of their
leaders II had therefore no moral effect upon
them. II must be confessed. also, that some of the
friends Of law began TO think that the nerposition
ol the penriai hONeInfueu allnOuSH IL WOuli De
sficisat when it came, would bs tale. The art-
Gle IN tie Madsonian, which we copied ia Wednes-
dty'. paper, strengthened this opinion; and every
one said on Tuesday, now must take care OF
ourselves" The insult which was uncomfortable,
L" the last drop that made the cup run Ger" was
the seizure of the Artilleey guns The Cadet Ar
uory, which adjoins that OF the Artillery, was filled
with men, enireating permission to defend the guns.
The commander of the company, who himself
shared the fall in the universal sentiment, had
tue greatest difficulty in restraining them. An ex-
press was sent to tie Governor for permission 10
attack the detachment employed in seizing the
guns; it came fifteen minutes too late, hut IN time
u prevent them FROM taking tho shot The order of
ia. Governor TO the chartered companies was is
sued after sunset of that day and by sunrise OF the
mex, it was answered ty eight hunited bayonets
The militia turned gu, noby; bssiness sus-
pended a. fast as the news arrived, and the whole
State aroused to arms with enthusiasm which
showed at once that The people were not only for
law and order, but were determined to maintain
both.
On the arrival OF the Newport Artillery at New
port. they were received BY $50 men under arms
and waiting orders The whole body Immediately
proceeded to one of the churches, where divine
vice was performed, and solemn thanksgiving offer
cd to that Almighty Power whose mercy had given
us victory without blood.
The Bristol aud Warren companies were also re-
ceived on their way by escorts of their fellow-cit
gems.