Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1842-07-20

King, of this State, 10 give up the 1rai-
tor Dorr, in manner rather too good to
he lost, and we therefore give his con.
\ GLIDING remarks in full, that our readers
may Judge u! the estimation in which
| Gov. T.. is held in his own State, for his
piulul course in this Rebellion matter.
[From the Norwich Courier, Jnly lst.
GOV. CLEVELAND AND TIE RHODE
ISLAND REBELLION
We closed what We hud to say yester-
day Of Gov. Cleveland and his course in
relation 10 the infamous traitor Dor,
with an intimation of our purpose to re-
new the subject in ,o-day's paper. We
do moi know that any thing farther needs
tn be SAID by way di showing how llmsy,
how pitiful, how false, were the osiensiLk
grounds on which compliance with Gov.
Kings requstion for Dnrr was refused.
H No man possessing the least particle
of common sense, can so impose upon his
own understanding as to credit for "A sin
gle moment the idea that Governor
1 Cleveland refused To Weld To the requisi
ton because he did nat kaow Hai DoIp
lcos IN COnneciicu-io if that had been
The real ground Of the refusal, il would
and il should have been an equally good
reason for refusing compliance wi,hiIov.
Kings reQuisilion for the man CARTER,
and such other individuals "a were includ-
ed in the last reGulsltion. ifighorance as
to whether Dorr were in the State or not !,
bad constituted a valid objection 10 com
plying with Gov. Kings demand then, IL
constituted an equally valid objection 10.
his complying with n similar demand no'r
\ for this ignorance existed in the latter
case Just as truly as il did in the former
Away then, with the piilul subterlugc
What, then, the question recurs, were
the real, hHe reasons which governed
Gov. Cleveland in this matter We're,
they those which were put forth by the
ilartfor Times in advance ofthe demand
made by Gov. King upon Gov. C!eve.
land; put forth with such confident, ,"by
authority" air and tone, as 10 leave no
room to doubt that they ,rere by aulhori-
! ty ? Were they reasons hich had their
origin and their support in honest doubts
as to whether SAMUEL WARD KING cGs
The righDH, constitutional C0rernor Of
Rhode isiand If he was not, then,
clearly enough, Gov. Cleveland was
right in refusing compliance with his re-
QUESTION - since il was the ioquiriiIon OF
usmper. But if Samuel " ard King
was usurper then is he not a usurper
\ l.
day last, when he made the requisiliou
upon Gov. Cleveland for Garter and 9th
ers, and at the very time when Gov.
Cleveland, with such alacrity, complied
with the reqnision +? How happens it, ,
4 then, that our upright and conscientious
Chief Mag islrae refuses 10 obey the te-
/ QUESTION of a usurper to-day, on the
ground that he is a usurper, and yet com
plies with il tomorrow Has any new
L light been shed upon the question as to
who j. the constitutional Executive of
Rhode Island Has an appeal been
made to the Supreme Court Of the u. 5.
or to any other legal tribunal fr the
purpose Of settling il ? Has any thing
any uhere, occurred to strip the question
Of the doubts and difficulties which en-
barrassed it six weeks ago Oh, no
nothing Of this. Gov. King still wieIds
| the Executive authority over Rhode Is.
! land, and The arch-traior DOrr is now,
as he was then, a skulkng fugitive from
Justice. But now no longer is he upheld
and encouraged by the sympathy and
support Of any honest man. The tide
which, for time, set SO strongly in his
| favor, from certain quarters, as TO render
| it doubtful whether it might no; "beart
him on TO fortune" has at length turned,
! and now it threatens TO sweep not only
him away, but all those who were leae-
ued with him, and abet,ed and cbeered
| him on in his atrocious course.
II So long as it was doubtful whether
order and law were destined To triumph
\ over faction and misiule, inSulrection,
and murder--so long as there was a.
probability that the democrGcysmght yet
rally in their strength for the support OF
|. Dorr and his cause - so long as base trea.
son and treachery were busy, by night
and by day, snppng and mining for the
overthrow OF the constitutional govern
ment of n sister Staie-so long as an
asy lum and refuge were needed by The
master spirits in this enterprise, To en-
able them to mature their plans, aud
ensure, as far as possible, their ultimate
succcss-so long Gov. Cleveland was
troubled with perplexing doubts whether
Samuel Ward King was the Governor
Of Rhode Island. No sooner, however,
do iidings Of the utter and hopeless de-
feat of Dorr aud his army of loaiers and
pickpockets, swindlers aud vagabonds OF
every description, gathered together from
every den OF Infamv and crime, reach
him in his retreat at IIampton-no soon
er does he begin TO hear the pIpngs ol
that rising storm Of Indignation which bis
own apprehensivc mind tells him but too
clearly is destined to beat upon him with
overwhelming violence, than all his
doubts and difficulties vanish in mo-
ment. The next requision from Gov.
King he finds no difficulty in comply ing
with. The messengers who bear it are
treated with all imaginable courtesy aud
respect ooh yes, gentlemen--c certain
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