Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1842-04-28

ssO"t Ahpoitdut CONSTITUTIONAL ana leg;
functions. by careful consideration of Ii
above recited acts Of Congress, your Excel
lency will not fail to sec thatno power is ves
ed IN the Executive of the United States to an
ucipate insurrechonary movements against tn
Government OF Rhode Island, SOFAS to sanction
the inlerpositlon of the military authority, bu
that there must be an actual Instruction man
ifested by iawless asserblages of the peopl,
or otherwisc, 10 whom proclamation may bt
addressed, and who may be required to betak,
themselves 10 their respective abodes.-I have
however, to assure your EXcellency that should
Inc lime arrive, and my ierveht prayer is thai
1t may never come, when an Instruction shall
exist against the Government of Rhode Island,
and requisltlon shall be made upon the Ex-
ecu'lve ct the United States to furnish that pro-
lection which is guaranteed to each State bv
the constitution and laws, shall not be found
TO shrink from tho performance of dutv.
which, while it would be the mos. painful. is
at the same time the most imperative.
Ilave also to say that i'm such contingen.
cy, the Executive could not look into real or
supposed defects of the existing government.
III order TO ascertain whether some other plan
oil government proposed for adoption was bet
Ter suited to the wants and more i'm accordance
Witli The wishes oil any portion of her citizens.
10 throw the Executive power of this govern
'hent INTO any such controversy, would be to
make me President the armed arbitrator he
tween the people of the different States and
me constituted authorities, and might lead TO
an usurpcd power, dangerous alike to the STA
oiiity OF the Slate Governments and the liner
lies o! the people--lt will be my duty, on the
contrary, to respect the reQuisitions of that
Government which has been recognized as the
existing Government of the State through all
time past, until shall be advised, in regular
manner, that 1t has been altered and abolished
and others substituted in its place, by legal
and peaceablc proceedings, adopted and pur-
sued by the au,horitiesand people of the State.
Nor can readily bring myself to believe that
any such contingency will arise, as shall rem
der the interference of this Government at all
necessary.
The. people of The State of Rhode Isla nd
nave been too long distinguished for their love
oil order and OF regular government, to rush in
10 revolution iii order to obtain redress of |
grievances, real or supposed, which govern
ment, under which their fathers lived in peace. |
would not in due season redress. No portion
OF her people will be willing to drench her
lar lields with the blood of their own bre,h-
rem, III order TO obtain a redress of grievances
which their constituted authorities cannot. for
any length of time, resist, if properly appeal
Gu TO by the popular voice. None of them
VIII De wiling 10 set an example, in the boz !
som OF this Union, of such frightGul disorder, |
ger to life, liberty and property. and likely TO
bring dIscredit on the character of popular gov
My reliance on the virtue, intelli- |
gence and patriotism of her citizens, is great
and abiding and | will not doubt but that a |
spirit OF cancellation will prevail over rash
counsels, that all actual grievances will be !
redressed by the existing Govern
meni, and that another bright example will be !
added to the many already prevailing among
Inc North American Republics, of change
revolution, and redress of grievances
force or violence.
tender to your Excellency assurances of !
my high respect aud consideration
JOHN TYLER.
WASHINGTON, April i, 1912