Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-04-13

honor from their countIymen from Name !"
Missouri. They have not only fought ihelr
own battle and beaten the foe Ia the dust, bu'
they have fought for ihei: whole county
They have done battle tor a high principle.
and they have conqucred-tliey have settled
a problem in free government They nave
proved TO the world that our glorious system
possesses inherent strength enough 10 pro-
tect itself Our soldiers aud our sailors nave
proved their ability 10 protect us from ex'er'
nal enemies on the land aud on IN" ocean -
The Rhode Islanders have now shown our
power of projecting us from ours'fres-iangn'
rebellion how vain II is ,oralse Ms black S'nhd'
nrd against the faithful freemen, and how
impatient Is his frlon weapon agn'nsf the n"f-
vnus arm of his yeoman conn'tyman. Ih'
true mnn has met the false tibet" aud there
the lsii, lies
A more rlorious victory has not occur
rcd in the country. JAMES FfNsER, the
.aw and order" candidate, ~ elected ny
majority of seventeen hundred and forty sev-
en-. over Carpenter, the representative of
rebellion aud exponent OF DhrrisiD. hnd TINS
in hule State that gives bnt 10000 votes
u nrnp0yiiOn that would give a majority of
more thnn iorly-6ve thousand in an election
IN the State Of New York. The Rhode is
land party has at the same time elected forty
nine ont Of sixry.eieh representatives, aud
twenty -four ont ofihrty. one senators.
IN u word, the victory is most thorough,
md overwhelming ihrougho and the pros
iraion oi Tom Dorrism is as complete ~ III"
friends "t correct principle aud good govern
ment could possibly desire. Most warmly
and most heartily do wa congratulate our
IN al, H., L. Of
regulated liberty throughout the Unlled
States.
From the New York Tribune.
S;gnol Triumph Of Ln,c and Order IN
Rhode Isinnd Rarely il ever has i, bcen our
good fortune 10 chronicle Political Triumph
so benrfcrnt and Curious as iln, achieved
by The supporter, al Law and Order and the
peaceful, legal extension of The Right oi SUI
hage, an "Wednesday "f this week. The IS
sue made up Tor then, by thcT opponents was
one Of appalling magnitude. INVOLVING no less
than iisc very existence Of regular, law-abi-
ding Government. lfihe doctrine conlcndrd
for by The Dorrl,es. that pnr,y dissatisfied
with exis,,n. Political Institutions may. with
out shadow or prctcncc Of legal nnlnr'iy.
call State Convention to ovcrturn the exis
slead--appoint day of Election, aud Off
GERS Ia hold u prescribe the qualifications
of Voters. and decide on the vuiidny Of re-
reiurns-all extra legal aud utterly er pnris
by snch means over,urning the sub-l-ing
form of Govrrnmen nj and establishing one at
ter their own lcaIts-if this l. to cons,lIui" n
legal, peaceful aud binding change at Gov
rrnmeni. then We d" no, hesitate 10 say that
ia, Lao S,,s. ia ,,rtnnllv u,..r-
cd TO the restless, the turbulent. the pr"flIeatc.
the schpming aud the strong; conflicting
Constitutions md Governments must soon h.
as plentiful with us ns ~ South America. and
respectively supported by The same means
and in the outraged names of Democracy
and the People. we shall soon have a state
Of things answering tn Tint Of the French
Reign of Terror, when few thousands OF
rcmorselcss demagogu"s- themselves a pitt
able and terror stricken ns their victims-
held the nccks Of Thirty M,lI"ns of brav"
but uncombined and unnerved People under
the GuilIolinr, md slaughtered thousands
of ;he brnvesi fairrs,, hest. in the prosiitu-
ted nance of Liberty. Justice, nnd Republic
From the imminent peril of such horrors the
victory "fihe advocates Of I.aw nnd Order in
Rhode Island has delivered ia, and we sr-
slre tina, they viii receive n generous need
Of gratitude nj the hands Of The considcrate
and law.respecting Millions OF American
Freemen.
The ront Of Dnrrism il every way ne over
whelming ms could he wished. Gov. Frnner
and the whole Law and Order Sluic Ticker
ARE elected by 100 to 1900 majority IN II
poll Of some 1900 voirs-far The largest
vote ever cns, in The State surprising thar
pretended to have been cast for the Dnrr
Constitution. On, Of Providence county moi
u D"rr Member Of The Legislature, so far ms
heard has been elected. and there rrmsin bu,
one or two unhenrd from. The Law and Or
der majority in the House is two to one, mud
in The senate over three To one,
There are other gratifying circumstances
connected with this result which deserve to
he noted In the first place. the Law md
Order Msinrliy comes from the Agricultural
part nf The S,atc--wlcre the Suffrage is now
almost universal while the Manufacturing
towns North Providence. Smi,hhrd. Cum
b-rland. &c.. have nearIy all given overwhcl-
ming Dorr majoiiies. io spite of The ruthless
"Proscrip,ion" which the master mnnnfnciur.
rrs are charged with. We learn that in some
Towns the Manufacturers had appealed to
their Dorriic workmrn To vote against a re-
vival m ,he anarchy and lunul,. which had
parallzed the Industry aud wnhorcd the Re
sources Of the Sinic last year. and some of
them promised 10 do so, but walked straight
mp 10 The Polls and voted the Dorf ticket -
We are slad Of II.
From the Boston Atlas,
The Rhode Isiand Election. This highly
imnuriant cecl'on has ink.n plarc-and II
has rcsniled fnvornbly To the cause of corec,
principles md constitutional liberty. The
election took place on "Wednesday las,.-Thr
friends and supporters at Law and Order
have n0bly tru,nphcd. They deserve the
h CHEST commenda'Ions from all good men
the country. The advocates Of
riot and rebellion the dlstutoers of The pub
nc pcnc"-thc promoters oi lawlcssness aud
revolution have been signally, aud we trust
irrc,ricvnbly. defeated.
The Rhode Island question had assumed
n character which placed il in q position OF
far higher importance than n mere political
contest. II was not question OF men. |, |
was not question Of mere party names. ],
involved the whol" ground o!ihn support or
tho firm foundations Of civil sociciy--ihc
If