New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-05-21
RL,sc Island and the sympathiscrs.

on Slavery, see Las Page.
Rhode Island and the sympathisers
w have been urged by valued friend. 20 bear
down On the Ta-niaauy fomcn'crs q anarchy, scfi-
ton and civil war in Rhode Island, but We cannot
comply Richly a. the selfish dcnagogues, wAo
would have whorned happy people in FIRE asd
blood Cor their own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and Trohi
deserve the casti-ation to which they have -
broadly exposed Themselves, q have not the heart
20 administer !, in ihi, h-r Of their utter disgrar
and prostitution. Their own open shame and Di''
ter modification must be their seyere-t punish.
ment We leave them to their hnmi!aung but We
trust salu,ary reflections.
4, 10 the whole cloud Of awkward aud contra
dicio1y iabrications by which the inStigator' 81
Dorr to his reasonable course now attempt 10
IN bis utter DISCONTINUE and disgrace, there
certaaly can be no need oi farther exposure he
men vino read none other ihan the consplr'tor'
organs must yet that the route Is total ana
final; while those who have honest sources 81
information are well aware that Dorr commenced
an insurrecton and civil war By leadin. on h.
dehded followers To All attack on The State Arc
nal. fhlt ~ tNt'UDfG W tt'ihii- - 'h'''" "-''''
tina, citadel Of the regular Government; that, ow-
ing to the heavy fog or some other cause, his guns
flashed and would not 60 of; that ms paIilsans
refused to rush on 10 the assault, and finally SUNK
bac. to their quarters; and that, after night OF
slecpless alarm the next morning dawned upon
rnany hundreds Of citizen soldiers rallyng from al
parts Of the State in support OF the Government
4. fl...f,
TO the aid OF Dorr, and his chief counselOrs
had already become allenaed by his reckless, fla
gltious conduct and awake to the dire calamitie'
in which i, threatened 10 involve them. That
Dotr was now induced to flee the State that the
Members Of his pretended Government resigned
aud that Gov. King aud the regular Sheriff pro-
cecdcd to the house which had been his quarters
and searched i, thoroughly in order to arrest him.
is well known. That there any SURPRISE 81
trcschery, or agreement in this-that Gov kins
was frightcned and away, and all that, Is
humbug which deccves nobody. 1t was the other
Governor (l) that showed so much dexterty IN
the handling of his heels
The conduct of the friends Of Law and Ord'r
throughout this trying crisis appears to have been
most commentators. Is,f''io'il w.!
credit for leaving the forlorn remnant OF the DO"
army to recover from their in,oxcaiion, quietly
return the cannon they had taken to the place
whence they had lawcssly removed it, ood melt
into nothingness. To have attacked tins lttlc
band after the sedition had been utterly crushed
would have cvinccd not true courage, but a wanton
reclIlcs .ncss of needless bloodshcd.
The excavations so freely heaped upon Dorrs
defenceless head from all sides well direct
cd Dorr was but the dcludcd and maddcned in
strument of the desperate dcmagogues OF our
City--of Purdy, D'Ayczac, NandcrPoel, Slamm
Cambreleng and Company He fell into the hand
of these men on his return from Washington, and
by their batteries and wiles h, ruin was sealed
They wanted some overwhelming excitement, whicl
should wholly distract public attention from their
Aagran, and barciaced u.npaton Of the City Gov
eminent. and Dorr vain and unwary, became Their
victim. He came here intent on peaceful set
Element of the difficulty; they feted him, and glo-
ri6ed him, and stimulated him, and put sword
upon him, and inhamcd him TO madness. On them.
rather than him. should the weight of public indig
nation fall.
As to the story that DORIS overthrow and flight
was the result of compromise or agreement OF
any sort on the part of the Government, we pre-
sumo no one is so simple 10 be deludcd by 1t.
The time to talk of compromise was before the
attack on the Arsenal. After that no friend OF
Law could listen to compromise with the insur-
gents while they had arms in their hands. No
body has pretended to cNhbi, copy of such
compact for the simple reason tina, there was
none. Gov. King and the whole Law abiding |
People have at all times protested an entire viii
hngness to form and liberal Constitution, "a
they had already preferred one; but they never
would proier to armed Insurgents Il condi |
ticn of their returning TO duty. In this they did
right and their entire thus far is deserving
of the warmest approval.