Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-07-18

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loot The laws and authorities of tina, State
In connection with The subjcc, on which
am now addressing you, the manner of ad
mission Of Michigan into the Union is wor.
my OF notice According 10 the usage
which had uniformly prevailed, prior
10 ths admission of the States of Mich
lgan and Arkanas, previous act Of
Congress was passed, authorizing the
sense OF the people OF the territory. to
DC taken in convention, and regulating
the election Of members TO that body. limit
ing Their choice 10 citizens Of the United
States residing in the territory. Michigan
without, sanction of a previous act of Con
gross, undertook, upon her sole authority
TO form constitution, and demanded admis
sion into the Union. In appointing mem
bers to that convention great number o
aliens, as well as the citizens of the United
States, were allowed to vote against tn,
earnest circumstances of many resident cit
lzens. Under these circumstances she an
piled 10 Congress TO be adn,tad into III,
Union No one questioned or doubted
that she was entitled to be received, whine.
ever she presented herself regularly ant
according 10 law. But it was objected a.
gainst her admission, that she had rs
sumed to act against all usage, without
the authority Of Congress, and that contrary
TO the constitution and laws of the United
States she had permitted aliens to par,ake Of
the elective franchise The danger was
pointed out OF allowing aliens unnatural.
lied, and without renouncing their allegi
ance TO foreign sovereighs and potentates, ia
share in that great and incstmabe privil
eye But all objections were unavaiing
the dominant party under the hope oil
strengthing their interests, in spite of all r
regularity, and in contraveniion of law, ad
mitted Michigan as State, into The Union
In intimate connection with this case the
subject of Dorrism may be noticed. Rhode
Island had an existing Government of long
DURATION under which her people lived hap.
PLY and prosperously. II had carried her
triumphantly through the war of the revo.
luton, and borne her into the Union, as one
of the original thirteen independent sove.
reign States Under the operation of 1t,
the people of no State in the Union, in pro.
portion to her population, had displayed
more vaor patriotism and enterprise
Dorr did not find his ambitious aspirations
sufficiently gra,ifed under this venenerable
government, and he undertook to subvert it.
Asserting the principle that every people
have right to alter, modify and change
their government whenever they think
proper-nn abstract principle which. with
cautions limitations. may be true---withoul
consulting the established government and
the public authorities, he undertook to beat
up for recruits. to hold irregular elections
at which persons qualified and unqualified
dead and living, were pretended TO have vot
ed, end thus securing heterogeneous ma.
jority, he proceeded 10 form new consts,u
ton and set up new governmnt. In the
mean time the legitimate and regular gov
eminent proceeded in operation and prepar
ed to sustain tselfan put down the insu
rectlonary proceeding Dorr flew to arm:
and collected a military force, as irregular
and heterogeneous as his civil majority had
been. But on the first approach ofmiltary
force on the part of the legitimate and reg
ular government, Dorr took TO his heels anc
ANONYMOUSLY fed, leaving his motley con
federaes 10 fare as they might Now fel
low citizens what has been the conduct Of
the two parties in respect to this instruction
which, at one time seemed 10 be so threat
ening2 The wings, every where, believe
to man, have disapproved and condemned
the movement Of Dorr.
1t has been far otherwise with our oppo
nen,s. Without meaning to assert that The
whole Of them countenonced and supported
Dorr, every body knows that all the sym
pathy aud encouragement which he has re-
ceived, has been among them. And they
have introduced the subject into the present
House of Representatives. We shall SEE
what they vii do with it. You can readi
" comprehend and feel what would be the
effect and consequences of Dorrism here q
the South if Dorrism were predominant -
ANY unprinciplcd adventurer would have
have nothing TO do but to collect arounC
him mosaic ma ority, black and white
aliens and citizens, young and old, male anC
female, oyeriurn existing goyernn ents anC
set mp new ones at bis pleasure or caprice
What earthly security for life, liberty o.
property would remain, if proceeding 81
fraught with confusion, disorder and insub
ordination, were tolerated and sanctioned
Then there is Repudatlon-that darl
and foul spot upon the American name anc
characler-how came it there2 The staii
has been put there by the Democratic ma
ioritv of the Legislature of Mississippi
Under special pleas, and colorado pretexts
which any private man of horror and prob
,v would scorn TO employ, they have refuse'
to pay the debts Of that Statc--debls con
tracted by the receipt Of an equivalent ex
pended within the State The wings @
that State who are The principal Tax pay
ing portion of the population, with remark
able unanmity, are iulavor ofpreserving tn
honor and good faith, by Reimbursement
oflhe debt but the Democratic majorit,