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THURSDAY, AUG. IL, l842.
SUSPENSION OF MARTIAL Law.

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Proclamation from his Excellency, Gov.
KING, will make known the highly graf
flying information, that Martial Law
has been suspended until the first day of
September next, :'for the purpose OF
enabling the people TO proceed, without
restI aint, in discharge of the important
civil duties soon to come before them, "
in the choice Of their delegates to the
Convention to form State Constitution.
Whether it will then be thought advisa-
bic or expedicnt to continue it, will Of
course depend upon the manifestations
exhibited either for or against the pres
ervaton of claw and order" after the
Delegates are appointed. We conf
denlly hope that nothing further will
transprc to render it necessary to re-
establish Martial Law for any length f
time after the st proximo, though we
cannot discover what serious objection
any well-disposed individual can urge
against its continuance, as long as it al
iccts none other than the lawless and
disordcrly portion Of the community.
ExECUrIvE DEPARTMENT.,
Providence, .9ngust 8, 1912.
The Commander n Chief congratulales
The citizens of the State upon the fortunate
termination Of the late dangerous crisis. lie
returns to them his sincere thanks for The
prompt and noble manner in which they
assembled in arms tD defend the laws and
government of the State. To their gallant
conduct IN the field, they owe the safety oc
their institutions, aud the preservation of the
State from disgrace. Their numbers and
their zeal at once looked down all hostile
opposition to the laws, and frustrated the
wicked and unjust attempt, heretofore un-
known among our North American Repub-
lies, to subvcrt the government Of free .
State by awlcss force.
The Commanding General has already en-
pressed his thanks to the troops, aud his ap.
probation of their conduct in the field The
COmmunder-in-Chief can only add his own
grateful acknowledgement of their services
lie regrets, as Chief Magistrate of this State,
hat crisis should ever have arisen in the
execution of the laws, when the whole mli. Il
ary force Of the State was required to main
ain their supremacy, and that men should Il
ave been found so far wanting in the re.
nlsl ties of good citizenship, as to take up
rms to destroy the government which had
Protected them IN life, liberty aud property.
let, he cannot but express to his fellow ciii.
ems, hs qualification AT the result. They
ave nobly sustained The reputation lon.
incc earned by their fathers. The safety OF
he lives Of their families, their protection
rom outrage and the security of the property
4 individuals and of the State, is but Dor
ION OF the result of their appearance in arms
We have achieved signal victory for the
ause OF law, which must be felt in every one
I our sister republics. They have met this
risls as becomes the men Of Rhode Island i;
obly sustaining the cause of well ellrcgulated
l'Il liberty, as they ever have sustained thai
moral and religious freedom.
For the purpose of enabling The people to |
rocecd. without restraint, in discharge Of the /
hporlant civil duties soon TO come before
lem, martial law will be suspended. No
rests have lately been made under il, and
persons are now detained by its authority
y the accompanying proclamation, therefore I
Is suspended until the lst day of September /
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The Commander. Chicfcongratulates his :,
Iiow-clizcns upon the restoration of peace.
hscqucnt npon their recent decisive action.
'r It's permanence, they must continue toll
ISL IN great measure, TO their military
cDgth, as the re5ellious of our own Stn,e
d the dIscontented among our neichbors Il
10 nave once assembled in arms, seem no, \
'rcly to have abandoned their at,emp,s =,
a'nst our laws. The military will, there. a,
e, hold themselves in readiness to obov fl
'mPly, such orders as may from time TO y,
nc be given through the proper officers al
maintaining perfect organization. the a,
'urrence Of the scenes which we have late. / ii ii
passed through, will be prevented, and the W
inge OF government contemplated by the ",
OF The General Assembly, calling con. III
nilon TO frame constitution, be effected al
lccab'y and in due order OF law. ~,
SAMUEL WARD KING. ~
Governor and Commander.n-CbieC ~
THOMAS a. JrNcEEs. Private Secretary. WI
BY Ills EXCELLENCY III
SAMUEL WARD KING. Ja