Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1842-09-15

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ton, would become usurpdfion, and he
would be required TO disregard and scout
its acquisitions as mere waste paper.
Take another case The blacks Of
South Carolina are slaves, though they
may constitute a majority Of the whole
population. We believe that slavery is
II curse, and that j. would be better for
all classes il they were fee. But what
then -? Can their own act legally, peace
fully, consiiiu,ionaly free them? Here
is the pinch of the question: what
is abstract right, according To Governor
Hubbard's way of thinking, but what
il constitutional law. AT this moment
Gov. Hubbard will readily give up Il
member of this majority Of the People OF
South Carolina on the rrquisition Of The
Government Of the minority, though
charged only with no other crime than
the least Of Gov. DORIS iransgressions
to wit, running away. Well: but
suppose this slave minority should frame
"A constitution and adopt it, aboIishing
slavery aud making all men equal before
the law. equal participants in the Right
of Suffrage. This would be all right
and just, says Gov. Hubbard's argument
Agreed, say we most heartily. But
mouId IL change The constitution Of the
STATE ? Would the presen, minority
(whne) Government be thereby subver-
ied--iis farther action revolvcd usurpa-
,ion-.iis judiciary reduced to ciphers ?
/ These questions we cannot answer IN the
affirmative, as Gov. Hubbard virtually
does. We believe the Government now
existing in South Carolina will continue
to be the Government, however Gov. ii.
or we may like its principles, until
changed by those in whom il vests politl-
cal power, or subverled by Revolution
Either OF these modes we recognize and
assert. II the white male citizens shall,
through their Legislature or a legally
called Convention, abolish slavery, will
be ,he end Of it. IL the slaves them
selves throw il off by force, and by force
maintain their freedom, that is the end
Of it. But to say, as Gov. Hubbard
does, that their simple expression OF hos
iiliy would abolish il, Is to render all
Constitutions, all Governments, a mere
breath of wind to be changed from hour
to hour at the merest caprice OF a physl-
cal majority. Ii cannot be that such
doctrines will be deliberately sanctioned
by the rellecting American People. II
they are, the days Of South american
liberty are rapidly approaching.
The slang about king Charles's
Charter" and the like, is einineniIy wor-
thy of The school in which II originates
aud the demagogue who resorts TO II.
No man who did not feel the weakness
OF his cause and the sophsry Of his rca-
sonng, could ever have descended to
use it. The original charter which pro-
tectcd the liberties and rights of Rhode
Island undoubtedly was signed by King
Charles, but what OF 1t ? Does the pres
ent Government profess 10 derive any
authority from him =? Does it rest on
any other foundation than the will of the
People Of Rhode Island itself? Has
it not been greatly altered by the legal
action OF iha, People ? Most certainly
" as the existing Right OF suffrage es-
iabIshed or defined by that charter !?
Never And even now we see the lc-
gal Government admitting all citizens ol
The United States who have resided
there three years, to the Right OF Sul-
Irasc, and calling new convention to
Iorm Constitution, after one which
abolished the property qualification had
been rejected by the votes Olihoso whom
il made voters. And yet this base
dcmsgogne has the meanness to talk OF
King Charics's Charter !" Does he
not richly merit the scorn Of all honora.
bile men Ii takes just such an urislo.
or at turned Jacobn as this bitter Fed
cralst of former days, who was almost
the only advocate of the Hartford Con.
ven'ion in New Hampshire, when her
Federal Legislature unanimously voted
lo have nothing to do with it-whom we
knew in 1919 as almost the last advo.
cate of n law-establ,shed Rclig ion in the
leg islature of that Siaie--iO descend at
last To such knaveries as this.
We see that Rhode Island is destined
to be the focus Of demasogulsm and
mischief for long time TO come. The |
People of that State would easily set
tie all their ditiercnces-thcy would
have settled them long snce-but for
the intermeddling Of designing anarch-
lists from abroad. The Suffrage party |
long since declared themselves satisfied l
with the concession of Free COnsiiiu.
ton by the Landholders, and anxious
Tor the restoration Of peace and harmony.
But the Cambrclengs and Vanderpoels,
The Marcus Nlorons, and ilubbards,
tbs Ely Moores aud Mike Washes of
other States interfere and prevent it.
Their voice is raised their Vaccinations
are applied, To incIie to anarchy, vio-
Icnce and blood -shcd--to arson, plllagc
and devastation. They say to the II.
Island Sufragers, 'Don't take fee
Constitution conceded by those who
nave been the legal voters Of the State,
Dut insist upon DORIS and no olher--in IN
'lsl upon the overthrow oi The constituted \
and the installation OF Dorr
md the Foundry Legislature, or moth.
ug.' The dnect tendency OF this course
: To civil war and murder aud il the
'csult shall be commensurate W iih the
means employed to produce IL, these men
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