Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1842-07-09

( cusslop and deliberate consIders tion. and after
the apse of years from the period ii was first
proposed. Ii Is the duiv OF all 10 submit 10 the
law regularly passed. They may attempt to GET
them repealed, they have a right TO test their
iidIty, before the Judiciary, but whilst the la
remain in force unrepealed, and without anv de
cIston against their cons titutiona validity; sub
mission TO them not merely a constitutional
and legal bui moral duty. Ia this case, It Is True,
that those who refuse to abide by them. only blre
their own noses. But Is the principle If the
refusal 10 which call your attention. If nj.
norIty may refuse compliance " Ith one law, what
is prevent nnorties from dtsrc riding all Ia
Is thus any thing but a modification of n1iti.a-
rion? What right have the servants of the peo-
pie Che Legislative bodes) TO withhold from their
masters, their assigned quotas OF grea; public
fund?
0 The last, though no, least instance Of the
manifestation Of splri Of dIsorganlzatlon which
shall notice, Is the receut consuston IN Rhode
Island. That lItIie bat gallant and patriotic
State aad a Charter derive cd from a British King,
IN operation between che and two hundred Years.
There had been ergraited upon II laws and Isl
ges. from time to tune, and al:oge her PractI-
cal Constitution sprung up. which carried the
State as Que Of the glorious thirteen, through the
Revolution aud brought her safely INTO the Union.
Under it. her Greens and Perrys and other dts
tinruished men were born and rose to erntnence
The Legislature had called Convention to rem.
edv whatever defects i, had and to adapt 10 the
progressive Improvements ot the age. La that
work OF reform the DOrr party might have coop
Grated but, not choosing to cooperate, and in
wanton defiance of all established au hofitv they
undertook subsequently, 10 call another Conven.
ton. The result two Constitutions, not
sentlally differing the principal point of CON
( troversy, the right of suffrage.
, Upon submitting the People thai which was
formed by The regular Convention, small ma 5r-
,ty voted against it, produced by union IN cast
, ing votes, between the Dorr party and some OF
tho fripu ,E he oil h, ed
to any change. The other Constitution being
also submitted to the People, an apparent ma j,r-
voted for u, made up of every description OF
votes, legal and illegal, by proxy and otherwise,
+. taken The most irregular and unauthorized
4
The D1rr party proceeded to pu. their Consti-
taton in operation, by elec;ing hun the Cover
nor OF the State, members 10 the mock LegsIa~
b ture, ard other officers. Bu. they did not stop
here; they proceeded 10 collect, to drill, and to
marshal a military force, aud pointed their cannon
. agans, the Arsenal Of the State.
The President was called upon to nterpose he
: power OF the Union to preserve the peace of the
y State. in conformity with an express provision oil
!, the Federal Constitution. And | have much
. pleasure IN expressing my opinion that he faith
!. fully performed his duty, tn responding to tina
d call, II gave me pain to be Obliged to animal
Q vert on other parts of his conduct.
o The leading presses Of the Democratic party
| a, Wa shingto Albany, New York and Richmond
and elsewhere, came out support OF the Ddfi
i party encouraging them in their work OF Retel'
e to Crisis, and the Two parties wefo prepaln
:, Tor a Civil War, and every hour i, expected
!, to Gaze out grea, Tammany meeting was heIt
r. ia the City of New York. headed by the Leading
IS men of the party, the Cambrelngs, the Wander
pools, the Aliens, Nc, with perfect knowledge
= that the military power Of tho Union was to Ia
q ealployc IT necessary to suppress The insnrrec
d ton, and notwithstanding. they passed resolu
h tons tending to awe The President, and TO coun
!, tenance and cheer the Treason.
: Fortunately numbers Of the D)rr party aban
e doned their Chlef, he fled and Rhode Island, un
o. aided by actual force Of the Federal author'
n ity, proved herself able 30 maintain law, orde
y and government within their borders.
f, 10 not attribute TO my fellow citizens here as
sembied, from whom | differ in opinion, any dls
Al position to counenance the revolutionary procee
r. dlngs IN Rhode Island. do not believe that they
, approve IT, ! do not believe that their party
D generally could approve II, nor some of the othe
examples Of spirit OF dIs0rganfzaiIon which
g have enumerated but the misfortune il. in time
h. of high party excitement, that the leaders com
IN nit themselves, and finally commit the body o
their party. who perceive that unless they stant
"a by and sustain their lenders. division AMI per
~ haps destruction of the party woGid be the con
sequence. OF all the sptings Of human action
re party ties, perhaps the most powerful. Inter
" est has been supposed to be more so: but parry
o. ties mos, Influential, unless they are regard
l. ded as mobilization OF ifnagn interest IN
D. der their sway, we have seen not only 1ndIvIdu
O. MS bu, whole communities abandon their lons
o. cherished interests and principles and turn founC
Or and oppose them with violence.
10 Did not the Rebellion IN Rhode Island fad 70
m its support precedent established by the ma or
al ty IN Congress. IN the irregular admission g
. Territories, as States, into the Union, to which
= have heretofore alluded? Is there not reason Il
j, fear that the example which Congress had Prev
ID ousy presented encouraged the Rhode Island re
IL beilIon!
TO |, has been attempted 10 defend that Rebellion
" upon the doctrines OF the American Declaration
n of Independence, but countenance 10 IL can b.
70. lairlv derived rom them mat bectaraioh as
a.. serts, II IS true, That whenever bo'efhiheH
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