New-York daily tribune., 1843-11-22
Notes on Rhode Island.

/ The Law and Order party has some ,'oo 70
,. .00O majority, and will vote in almost solld CO.
! lumn for the night ticket. part OF 1t has al
ways been of the party called uehocFauc' aiio
voted for Van Buren in 80 and ~ but VIII DC
very clear of voting now for the author OF sym
,,..I,;,;,,o letter to Dorr Clambake, which was
| des;gned and used to encourage the insurgents
Hon. e. r. Potter one Of the Congressman elect,
has always been of the Democratic party until
il was broken up by DorrisIn F: heis now for Clay,
There are few of this class who have kindly
feeling for Mr.. Calhoun, and would like to sec
him President; but they Will not hazard the sue
cess Of Dorrism or its candidate by side move
ment. 1t matters little practically, however,
since there is clear Wing majority Of the entire
People
Rhode Island is now enjoying substantial
prosperity Her lnnumerabIe manufactures are
steadily, actively at work, and find market for
their products at living prices after years Of de-
preston and disaster. The products Of her soil
find ready and ample market at fair prices, con-
side1ing the value OF money. Her soil is generally
rugged and sterile, especially In the Northern part
where stones Of all sizes half cover and almost
compose the soil. Her people, however, contrve
to extract it from quite good subsistence as Is
secured from more fertile and pliable but less
heathful regions, and there ls less discomfort and
desire for change here than IN many sections OF
the West
The Dorr troubles of last year still exert most
unwholesome influence. They have created
decp and bitter feeling on both sides; for 1t can
not be expected that those who, few months
since, slept expecting to be assalled at midnight
with the weapons of carnage, and perhaps to be
awakened by the blaze of their burning dwellings,
will look with much complacency on those they
dreaded as the probable assalants. Such chasms
as were made by the desperate attempt Of Dorr
and his coniederates are closed with difficulty,
and not without the aid Of Time. One of the
worst effects Of this insane attempt to subvert
Constitution by mass meetings and overthrow
Government by physical force is found in the
disposition it naturally engenders in the minds OF
large portion Of the community to regard with
jealousy and coldness any idea which looks to the
elevation of the depressed and the melioration of
the condition of the unfortunate. This too, must
be overcome by Time, and Peace and the general
influences Of Philanthropy and Faith.
One Reform ought to be agitatcd now, and cf
fected as soon as possble--that is the regulation
and limitation of the hours of Labor in Factories
Twelve or thirteen hours a day are now exact.
ed, as the mill-owner may think best. Now
there ought to be regular number of hours TO
constitute days work, understood and known
of all men and we think eleven hours faithful
work enough, however light the duty twelve
certainly is. We have not heard that the labor
ers complain of the present arrangement, nor is
that material. Every human being, and cspe.
cially every young person, should have opportu-
nity for moral and intellectual culture-should
have time every day for something beside work
ing, eating, and sleeping We are aware that at
Lowell numbers have attended evening school al.
ter working l21 hours per day, but still this is
more than can well be borne, especially by young
persons. The great obstacle to the Reform de.
sired is the difficulty Of obtaining concerted ac
ton One must drive his mill excessive hours
because others pill do so, and can thus undersell
him if he works less. But a general arrangement
to work but twelve hours, (f eleven is thought
too few would be readily acceded to. What VIC
primarily urge is the necessity of some uniform
rule on the subject, to be amended as expedencc
shall dictate.
We see that some noise is made out Of the
State about the arrest Of Dorr by the Government
OF Rhode Island. But with what reason Either
Dorr ought to be tried for grave offences by the
Government or he be trying it, evidently. Either
his battle array in Providence and at Chepachet
was reasonable and murderous or that opposed to
him was. Victory declared for his opponents
without struggle, and he fed. So long as he |
chose to keep out Of the State he was safe from
molcstatlon. But at length, we'll knowing what
are the laws and the duty Of those whe admins
ter them, ne returns to the State, expecting and
desiring to be arrested. To have omitted it would
have been an act of ineffable contempt on the
part OF the Government, more notifying and be-
l,tteing than the Severest punishment. He is
now in comfortable quarters in the prison, and
living quite at his ease preparatory to his trial in
April AS this is his last chance to be lonized
it will doubtless be well husbanded, and his SYM
pathizers will make the most out of this wicked
development Of Algerine' cruety.-We heard
that the Boston meeting Of sylnpathizers was
summoned by call concocted before Dorr had
set foot in Rhode Island
1propos-A friend informed us that the Prison
and Jail in Providence are in filthy and uncom-
Portable condition. Whose duty is 1t to see them
reformed
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