The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-08-28
POLITICAL.
Gov. DOrr--EIis ACKNOWLEDGEMENT the
effect his imprisonment will have on
the Suffrage Party in Rhode Island.
From the Democratic ReUier.

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From the Democratic Repiep.
sFor MIR. Dorr we have no coincidence 10 Offer
On the contrary we envy him his glorious cell.
We envy him the honor of being the object of
those indignant feelings which are rising up to
him and for him from the great heart ofthe Amer
lean people. We envy him not the d'stant tri-
umph of his return to freedom and worhily com
pensating proofs of the sympathy and applause Of
his countrymen Weno not expect him to re-
main true and firm to his position This we full
we'll know to be needless. We know that Dorr
is made of that material that he would rather die
there thousand deaths, whether ofquick torture
or of slow decay, than yield hairs bredth. We
only know him to be of good cheer--to retain
that high serenity andmanly cheerfuness ofheari
of which, both in his private letters and in his
public demonstrations, we have seen the mosi
touching evidences. His enemes--our enemies
the enemies of their country, and OF the mem
ory of their country's greatest and best-wlll ere
long be compelled to yield before the moral dig
nifty Of such noble endurance. They are sri-
wing only to humiliate him--lo eXtorl from The
unnerved WEAKNESS of close, long captivity, that
submission, without which all the practical fruits
Of the victory they owe to the military force OF
the Federal Union will lose their sweetest savor.
But they cannot long maintain contest which
in this country must be so unequal. Daily will
the gathering lhunders of the public indignation
swell louder and louder from all quarters of The
Union, and universal cry f''shamep will force
them to abandon the dastardy baseness 'ofa ven
geance purely personal and malignant in proper
ton to its concous wrongfulness. 1t will rally IL
gain the broken and disorganized array Of the old
Suffrage party in Rhode Island; and as turning
point ofpary division, the question Of the liberia
ton Of the Prisoner will require but brief peri
cd of agitation to revolutionize again the paites
of the State"
The more we reflect upon the position of Gov
Dorr, the more we become satisfied that The peo-
pie of Rhode Island, and the people of the Union
will dojustice to the man, and justice to the holy
cause that led to his incarceration. We look upon
Gov. Dorr as we look upon Washington and JEFF
ferson; born to accomplish some great end, de-
signed by Providence to be instrumental in esab-
fishing some great and fundamental principle, ne
cessary for the welfare and happiness Of the hu-
man race.
A great principle is involved in this Rhode
Island controversey-t is no less than that Of
the right Of the people to alter or abolish the fun
damental law ofa state; whether the Legislature
the servants Of the people, or the people them
S elves are supreme. 1t is divine maxim, that
"the Serpant is not greater than his master" II
the Legislature is independent of the people--;i
the creator must be controlled by the creature
then Republican Governments are at an end
We know of no principle more dangerous TO
liberty, than that which places the legislative
power of a state above the people. To the peo-
pie of Rhode Island the patriot directs his hopes
The people of the Union demand the Liberation
of Dorr--they demand that the sacred principles
of the American Independence shall not be tram
pied upon by few men, in sister State.--Plc-
bcian