Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-05-12
Diminished ffofs e'92 s64s lie lsade vors t,,.
LIS voluntary martyrdom
RHODE ISLAND

~ ''' ""' threatening aay 10 Come in h..
tile co'fisior '''-
On the 81 inst the Sfra5c Legislature. a, tho 70.
fseiatives elected IN opposition 10 the regular y,yc
men, are denomirated) convened at Pru,id, nee a.,
Was Organized b. the election af the usual officers Win
ont disturbance. And in the afiern,on. 'rbon,.. ~
Dor, who claim. 70 he 6.or1aor ty The vocs =, y.
same party, was lnauIuratcd in solemn form anil
4 long Address, in which he endeayorcd to yp,Ii.
praprleiy of this revolutionary movement
The first act Of the Suffrage Lcsist,, 70 was N w.,
4 law passed al the last session Of the regular ,a,.
lure Aud this was followed mp BY directions tl 81,
if of Providence 10 have the court house -tef, a.
reception neAt Gay. They Also voted that liz, n
should issue Proclamation frthwi,h, rslIrc :, ~
good citizens TO support his authority: aud aloprJ
s1lui'n requiring ttir GJycrn,r notify the e.,i}.
and Congress, and the q ycrners OF the o,l.r s,,,
OF the organization Of the new government
The procession which escorted the u,nr,ny t.,,,o..
To the spot selected fr his Inauguration Was ayu, rr-n
d. whom 600 were srine.,
A committee of the Suffrage Parv il is sail. w,:..,
on Gov. King and proposed thai committee, Of conf.
ence should be appointed ly the tro Legislature, II
gree upon compromise. Gov. King laconically re.,
that he had no power to act in the matter
On the ilh inst. The legal icgsl,,ure convened =,
Newpor',-to which place the records of til. Gown,
mcnt had been removed. a Of rr,caq,ion f,
Providence and X. X. Randolph wcs elected Srl..
81 the House. Al,el the organization Was t4ptl,,d
resolution MAS ad' Pied, unanimously tic s. rot, and
by vote ot % 10 & III the House. making r,,,,;.,;
upon tie PRESIDE ier LIS nteritIencci, Pr rl.,.,;
md ctho~isc il neccfsoy.
1t is stated, Ill the y. !. ESprtss that Mr. D..
doph. the Speaker of the l,lscei is,,A,ll, ,,....,
through that cy On tie ;lh. IN las WY TO Wasl,o
ton.
lie Troy W Gg dHn not gre ycr, anal1c cl,r,.
ter to Sir. ihonas W. Borf Ii, usurinp G,y,u.,
whom 1t calls tile arch-d,nuo Cre # RHODE Island -
II appears that he La lcen 'nIudiot,G' /, L;s ,u,
father, under the following circumstances: Tie eide,
Dorr. who is Il wealthy and respectable gentleman ~.
ding III Providence. r. marked hM v.tbs a,to /, r..
sen that 'nl,>s he t,s!s,d iron Lis ett,ulgs Il,
throw the gos,rrna Mt Of TIE STATE ,l,y rieln Ia
brought in cull s;on with Zach oth,r ~ 81 sou,
the old gentleman. sall Of course rargr myself upoo
The side Of the laws aud anonp the friends # c,a
aud good government. In case ns,rt 10 ANS Shall
bccone necessary, 10 preserve the pace ard dignity If
the State from violation, You and NAY b, aray,d
eansi each otirr in hostile attitude. " AIN thai,
rcp,d his s'n, Il should no, hesitate to march Owe,
your dead body, III could carry my pont in no other
way Ills father property ordered han 10 quit his pro,
sence. and hrcytr; and his example has been followed
by The other tnbers Of his family
we tear Mr.. iyer's ne're is no, equal to the crisis
ieaf So because although by orders from The WIZ
Department. Two companies Of artillery were lacl, hur
RED from Old Point Confrt to Rhode Island. Nv tho
usual and expensive land route. Hing for greater
expedition In the Ica cars, mansy fr tie purpose If
being prepared ii ntcfssaryto sustain he legal govern
men OF that State IN the excrcsa OF lis ,.,l tuacns
his organ. the .hadauinn, is now making 4 lame and
inpoent 'f,rt 10 slu,w ilat this tAira.rtinar, nn,.
nen had no reference Il, the slate of thing. existing in
Rhode Island, but ordinary event that would
nave TAX, place Lad 10 revolutionary SYMPTOMS ,xs
I'D there lfthislc true. i, will least BE- O. ncr,lly
conceded, that the coincidence, though accidental WAS
somewhat remarkable! Whenb-fre was heard VI tina,
troops, j MOI IN Great ln1y, wtrc rushed IF in tho
nal' cars. at heavy expense, when the sa w.s open
In tiom. at scarcely aycos? And We can cnuccjy, If
no reason r such extraordinary cNrcditi,n r.ces il ras
10 reach Hhedc !>l;,d Y tie I'd ot Nav. WIEN tie
nsurping Government had announce it's int, ntiop 10
ronneEc" iis ciii al existence hy tie suonrs, of
lis ,lccr.! We do blame lie rr,sl, II, for sending
troops To Rhode Island On the cmlraly j, VAS in our
pnln, his duly Ia do But We refer to the t,osrn,s
with which his mouth piece dsclam, Hat his ,,,,,..r.
in dong SO, "aSiole prepared to putdown The m,, w.
and to sustain tho properly authorities in "rd,
toSlio" the ground upon which We osc the opinion that
he IS not the nsan The times He may Gid, smoothly
en-, gh upon tc b SIN 81 sunnar SEQ. when tie eIc
n'niS afe all al ro>i; lui he not firm enough 10 hold
lho helm ben the are lasl,d into fury /, lie
si,rm IF human lassicls.
Acsnc,reiy hero, not only tn, lrents of peace
bn' As The oFels oil Il, publican goycrnmcnt TOW threat,
fncd t" se Tonghl into GScr.d ~ the Violence Of tho
Hhodc Island "lte"mels.' tiat this controversy may
be adjusted without; resort 10 arms Thor, is no lstI
icaon tor such an salr In tbs country, where tie
p'"pic haze 1t IN their power by appeal to the ballot
box to Tcress all grievances real or Imaginary, under
which they MAJ ab5r-it not Immediately. At lest
within reasonable prr.od. We 10 not dbt. so far IS
the argHaents cJn1roeI, that that rton q, the people
ct RHODE Island. who re cndcaurlna to hIrrri.e ,htr
torn OF government. have ,irht on titir SIDE Tho
olalto H16cr which Tic State has been uov, rncd from
ITS INST settlement unl noA is un1tesiunlaby loo
lociahc aud exclusive in its Provisions and is
c6fdance with the spirit Of the age or adapted thu
habits and opinions of Republican people. Blu, even
The advocates ola right * just cause 1y in it, defence
adopt course Of ortion which viii throw ihel in tho
wrong. and arn The current Of public sympathy and feel
ng against them.
We, in Virginia. have more immediate interest in
THIS question Than at first sight may be Supposed