Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1843-02-24
RHODE ISLAND AND GOV. PAINE.

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FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY "a, 1884,,
RHODE ISLAND AND GOV. PAINE.
Our contemporaries of tho Patriot and
Spirit of the Age are making themselves We
ry unhappy because the members of tho
Rhode Island Legislature and the citizens Of
Providence have thought proper TO tender to
Governor Paine the civilily Of public din
ner and other marks of official and personal
respect II shocks the sensitive nerves of
these amiablc gentleman that the People of
a ncighboring State should exhibit such une-
quivocal marks of appreciation of the official
acts of the Governor of Vermont. They
are, therefore, splitting out their venom upon
Governor p. with characteristic bitterness
and maligniiy. In the excess OF their indig-
nation and wrath, they are cndcavoring 10
make it appear that he took ground in his
last message against extending the right Of
suffrage and equalizing the popular rcprcsen-
'a'on of Rhode Island. Now we defy the
whole fraternity Of Locofocoism to poin, 10
single paragraph in his message that will
sustain this preposlerons assumption. We
challenge the entire party to specify a solita-
ry sentence which goes to defend or Justify
the restrictions upon the right of suffrage or
the inequalities ofrcpresen,a,ion that existed
under the charter Government. They can
not do it. The ground Governor Paine
took was that the evils complained of should
have been remcdied in a peaceful, legal, and
constitutional manner-tilat there was no &C.
casion for u resort to the sword, or bloody
revolution. This was Tie doctrine of tho
message And the renegade Dorr has him
self acknowledged since he absconded from
Rhode Island, that majority cfthe rEopLs
Of that State were opposed to his revolution.
AIRY movements. On this subject we copy
the following very jus. remarks from the last
Waterman:
In seeking o,tensbly for the adoption of a cons,i.
tuition, and an extention Of the right Of suffrage
(things which were right in themselves. and no man
is ready to adm, this than " Pane)-a por.
ton Of the people OF Rhode Island chose TO adopt
means repugnant TO every principle Of law and ORDER
and which threatened ultimately 10 end in all the
horrors ofcvil war The people of Rhode L'andE
has admitted refused countenance these revolution.
airy movements; and so Overwhelmingly strong was
the power OF the government, sustained BY
i the people, that Dorr fled from the state and is 10
u this time in the cond ION Of an outlaw. He is
not the candidate ofhls own party Tor Governor
ut the coming election. After the people OF Rhode Is
land had thus declslvely given their verdc. the chief
o magistrates Of New Hanashre and onnecticu, saw
fit To endorse the doctrines Of the Dorr party. and
recognize Dorr himself rs the righiful Governor Of
people who ha practically anshel him! Their
doctrine was and is that governments may be chang.
ed by the pcope-or rather by any party claiming to
be The people, without regard 10 existing cnnsuiu-
tons or laws and he changed nv force Is this good
doctrine for Vermont? Have the weak acquired no
rights, by the constitutional compact mo WIN they
have entered Ms f'- ies,aur0 NE si1l.r towns
II surrender tneir right oi !elrcSen'7.uf o. any me
l. when ie ntlordy ~ I've p"Funt vote snail drnsnd
1t? Ar. n tscv WI no. consent 20 '"s Surrender,
uaul it is required b, Al au.r m.n' oi the cons,.Iu.
Is ton legally nadr-may they b. ghtrv forced to do
= IT, ut the point of the havnnet? Or take stronger
!, case: sup lose th, in 1910, st,te convention had
which every man was strip ed of the right nj suffrage
4 unless he was Wing and this had been adopted BY
, me, overwhelming vote which the Wigs gave TO
ton, backed by Is 900 majority in the populsr
vote he binding upon our locofoco friends md would
n us enforcement upon them, by the sword be right
the majority then there security er the stabii-
~ OF any constitution however good il may be- II
was this novel, revolutionary, bloody doctrine which
c Gov. Fame condemned and in doing it he ms faith
% full 10 Ver'n -f'hful 10 the cause of Liberty OF
!, Law, of Order and of Peace where For this.
" he has received the respect of Rhode Islanders and
l. doubt not that for this he will be respected nv
l. every nelicenf patriotic man in his state We
It that the ocof,co presses hold hun up and
the Wing party with him, most pcrrin,cionsy al
hostile TO an exfenon Of the right Of suffrage. Thu,
!" is utterly unwarraned by the fnr's in the He
i has taken no such ground hns the Wing party
IL In Rhode Island itself, the friends Of law and order
n have extended the right Of suffrage; they haseisgoH,
= and peacefully adopted constitution quite as gooc
. on the whole and in points better than that pro
&c posed by The Dorr faction.
Will the Loco Focos of this State contro.
in vert one Of the above positions 7 Will the
e. Tories Of Vermont sanction the radical, ag.
grarian, revolutionary movements Of Dor,
Sc and the band of conspiraors who were lcag
he ucd with him in his unholy crusade agains
h. tho Government Of his native State VIII
the peace loving, law-abiding citizens of New
England sustain the monstrous doctrine
a. which the PEOPLE OF RHODE ISLAND Iav
Oh disavowcd7 Will they uphold the renegad
n. whom oven the LOCO FOCOS OF
m. RHODE ISLAND have rrpudiated3" ~
ay lfso, let them walk up to the rack like men
~. aud not attempt to get up false issue.
NV CTSomc Of our Wing contemporaries,
zee say nothing of the Loco Focos, are rather sc
ed .-. $780,. L-.ll..-