Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-03-21

iUf Wfh'hi'th ~ JbU
n Y. MAs"S, of VTgnin, IA Secretary at th'
Navy. Robert Rani"ni was rejected by III,
H Senate M C"llretor "f III. Port of Boston.
II ID the llausr, niirr the consideration o
some other business, cane
y The RH"Dg ISLAND MEMORIAL. The
nnrning honr in the House was occupied
by Mr. Caleb Is, Smith, "f Indiann, o'
the Rhode Island question, ~ reply e
h'- colleague, Mr. Kennedy, aud Mr.
ltn'hhnn, al New Nmk
Il MIR. >. SAID he did not subscribe {,
III" d"'rna, Vor Dei. ror popaii Ht
dad n"i h"ld that 'he people r"uld de- ~,
wrong. They often did wrong, under
n's"ppr"hrn-i"n r",hnps, and suffered
bv II. IN m'narchicnl r"unl,i's, the
''"I,in" was the Kmg can d" u" wrong
hni We dad not b"h"v" H. An m"nwr,r
liahl' ." II" wrong. and every ,nd,vidua
did wrong, aud III" people w"'r an NJ
I ni"gtali"n oi indi,duplI ] his dort,in.
i"d Ia wild and !nu less anaieh,, md il,r
dr-'iuri,nn al all law and =. si,aini The
| o"u'lrman ir"n New Emk (Nr. Rmh-
hun had said that the D"r,,t"- wr,.
I"nh rs"rcisIn. the ,iabt which the G,d
"i nature CAV" them. Mr. S asked
what those rights were aud wh,ihrr
ihrn c>riri-r was c"isi-i'ni With i"gu-
lar, established a"v'rnu" m II ','N
u,au ~ the r' nuiInii, could rN,irisr tn"
Ir,ah which The G'd "i Nature CAV" hun
how could government be- r,iablr-h.d !;
Does The Gnd ni Nature give ~ ,nnl",,,
h" r'n IN 1" govern ih" ,ninmh, C-,.
'a'nh u"i Where, then, does u m,aln,i-
" get the riahi 4" govern ~ all
Il lie said that government was "sinb-
IIshrd hy the people, the whole c"n,nu
uiv who entered ini" ~ compact wth
each other I" i"rm u p"v-,u,mrm OF n
pniil"nla' hnnd, and wh"u the, formed u
republican government, an" al the ,iin-
l,ii"9- aud irrus al II whs that u ,nnIurii,
should cavern, nnd n uaS ~ tins manner
that HE mal"hy al ih" people Ia Sn"h u
government obtained their ,in hi I" make
laws for the whole. We had h,n,d
much .bnui natural rights :" 80 did The
p""p!r al C'nn'r dur,na ,hr F,rnrh rev
.'nrinn. R"brapi,rrr, aud Daul"p, and
Naia,. aud other .Jarnb,n irndr,S prrnrh
"d The sa'ue dnriiin" Ia The masses al
PariS, who, While prncinIming their
'nn'urnl rights" d"lnaed ihr c,iy and
nmgd"m IN blood. aud tore down aud
hring "h" stood ~ Their way ,nnul Franc"
"ng = lad I" take refuge from this hl".d,
drspnii~m ui the multitude under the iron
rul" "l IL Nilnn, Chlrlinn.
IL had been aS-riIrd that n majority oi'
tn" pr"pI" had 'ghi, a' any I'u", aud
~ nny manner ihry mis hi think p,";".r,
:" ov-rinrn Then a"v"in'rui aud rSiab-
18th another, "r n"nr al all, ! supp"--.
u they can do ihi>, why should 2.ogr,.
,hicai hurs rnnifol ihr.p Why should
pr"rie within certain pteSc,lbrd b"un.
dnrlrs dn ,his /? Why should not u ,,"r-
'inn "r AL "i the people at New amp
shire net With those al Rh ,dr Island -
u they could IT" tins. why shnll moi the
people "i the Dtsl,iri ni CnInu,hla meet
and say, we do n"i like I" he govern, d
by Cong rrss, we "rjaIn aud rsiablisl, n
9ov"inn'n al oui own and We WI! eX-
IrIud" Congress from our trrrnofy -
his d"ririne h" though s"i- hat AKIN
I" that OF the Nl"rn,ons or l.nter-Dn
Sainls they met aud rrSolv-d that the
earth belonged 1" The sal IT'S thai they
n"r" the SAINTS, and ih"r"iurr the -a,ih
belonged I" them. They were acting
up"n what they assumed To he naInral
rights, nr The rahi ln that winch "ihr
Gnd al nature" gave them.
Mr., >. pnld hts Respects Ia Mr.. Burke,
al -, "A
natural rights" al these twrn,, -.ix
priliionrrs "r Grmmiaii-is uuj,r h-
special krrPn!, and was =" d,,irnn' l.
-rcu," Tor ihrn ~ govern neat al The
puipS' demnrrhcv IL was cou,rndrh 10,
III" party IL whmh Mr.. Is. hrl"n.rd, that
New IIinp-hmn was rmp,ariraliy a.
democratic State, aud had been 80 lor
ir"e "ui at 'mnh. Now what were tn"
''uaiurll ighI>' cnucrt"d tn the people |
~ ihn, State /, WHAT was drnnr,.r,
,h"r" MIR =. rr,d lr"m the Cnn-i,im
lion "f New llaup-hi,r, sh"wing that
pr"p"iv Ia Ill" amount 81 llUO vas
necessary To quality Il man /" h- Rep |
'"-"n'ni'v" III III" State L"g'-Inin",
eC25O IL h" ~ STAT" Srn,l"r, aud sf5J0
Il, hr G",r,n"r 81 The State That l., \
those woiih ihr>" s"vrrnl I'll ~ at nnnr, Il
had u "uniural -. lat" 4" be- ,l.r,rd l..
those "iIi '"s hni ih"s" not I.n>-cS>cd 81
lhrm, had ~" such "naiural -. hi." lu
other words. the iirh ~ that Sat. had
'nalural rights" hui ia. pn,,r had noh
THIS "uSlau.hi upon Mr. Burke nnJ
New IIanrShiie drinnrhc,, prndurrd II
quite n Srn-hiiou ~ The I.u-r, nud
made The L"r"S hang ihru heads NJ. II
Is rose Ia rNrlain ms - about ihr *. II
tent "i his ability nj speaking. lie >a,d
b" bad always been nppn-rd T., ih,-"
rrin"iplrs ~ ihrir Cun-'nuiinn 4 I
laugh, aud crus of ""h ! inlrrd " III
NIr ). r"piIrd that th" drm ,cracU nilI
New Hampshire had had pos, s>n,, -
h" Stat" q"ne i"ng enough H. ha,rai
"r"d these provisions al the Constitution.
4 the, had chosen To dn So, ~ suffered
hem I" rrna,u, and The gentleman must
D" Judged hy me r"mpan, hr Kept.
Mr. >. snid he would ~. shnw wh al
hr ",'nl"n was "f great favnlur ui the H
plrtv man whose opInh,,i- II
constituted thr doctrines oi Ih.. drinurrac, II.
u ih" pirsrni day - one they u,nild all
H. now lpdu. ~ auihorlty l., uIluI,d