Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-05-11

From Rhode lsiand.-No,hins imp
taut lroun This State. The following !
Ter roulaius all the news, The Char
Generil Assembly hlye- snne. home wi
out doing any hing. This session
Of three DAYS duration:-HeraM.
PRovIDEScE, April %, 1912.
Jumss Gordon Btnntii, Esq.
Dear Sir:-The General Assembly have
gone after session Of three days. being
called by proclamation from The Governor.
and after every body has been kept for three
days inquirins what they were 10 do. they
have, in the language oI Capt. Tylcr's let
ter 10 the Governor, "henkcn themselves
10 their several places ofabode, aud more
valiant Inon or wise Legislators nc'cr lived
since The Tide of time began.
First: they had the Governors r;cs-
su:r read TO them, wherein il WIS sci forth
that ,hos" irailornus suffrage mcn pers:s-
ted in carrying their pretended consiilu.
ton into effect, notwithstanding he had
sent them Captain 1'vcr's letter and Ihrca-
leucd them with the Aiscrine law. More
over the traitors aforesaid were nightly
tlrlIln. aud organising themselves in mili.
iary discipline. aud many u! The military
companies were IN their interest. THEN
men in oihcrS,ales were sympa,hising with
sad traitors, and it was said assistance was
10 be rendered them from abrond. Ali0-
neIher The Governor made out very had
case for King Charlrs's Charter.
One of the charter members brought in
proposition 20 call Il convention ln frame
u new constitution by way Of compromise,
allowing all wh" pay taxes on Sl5Otn volc
Tor delegates. but that was voted down Is
to l2-so they won, yield an inch. Tic
Consri,ulionali.Is are goins ahead like
steamboats,. The riot acl has been amen
dcd 50 as 10 require men TO dispcrse with
out one hour 10 think about il as formerly,
and The Mayor is authorised to employ
armed police III squads Of fiiiy men hu, in
spite oi all this never saw 4 more fully
irnpadeu, set ol fellows than the COnSiiu-
tiunalists. Governor Dnrr is firm as the
eternal hills, aud the whole are pluck to
the huck-boue. Many formerly opposed
TO The suffrage men say now tie Assembly
have refused to call convention, they go
for The Peoples Constitution.
There will probably he more men under
arms IN Rhode Island on Tuesday than
was ever seen here since the revolution.
hut no one will he hurt. The ConsriIu.
lionuists won't begin. and the Charter men
dare 10, begin. If any body gels on the
track when the bell rings he may ge,
kuocked down. but there is little dauger Of
that.
Then came Tie resolutions of The Assem-
bly, lirat acre TO cut up the Constitutions
lists like paxhan guns loaded with Ien-
penny nails. But alack just as they were
abou, 10 authorize the Governor to raise
standing army, consisting oras many men
as he chose, TO he paid as much as he chose,
aud TO be employed how he chose, one Of
ne members read the Constitution of the
9Ssilef States, prohibiting The States from
u ing standing armies in time of
fyeaee. The army had to be given up
Gs,g isaF 81 yier.
Fs1nlIy. tho sr:nbly vored 10 author-
;se tic GDgeFiiOT a pplpy a private Sc
ere ars, ise lools atlt ISL blssod aud lhunder)
itl;d also Ina. BE might gnlse measures to
remove or project thc ssslc BTaPerty-
task etlt ior the prcperis slie stale--
keep tiist free shalds salcs and SIC flih ssilt
Iuesis; ii IS said Tie tyGiEt HOUSE 8
sento 10 New York per sailfoad assSs