Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-10-17

I remained concealed aud uuknowu to an,
! bat the Inuintcs Of The house ~ which h,
/ resided Ii was then .hat ] was agarr
I bcsoochcd, through letters and ncascn
gers sent hy these same fellows, 10 leave
my work aud come down in the hid ul u
cause which they alleged 40 CGr bul
myself cOllG possibly rcsuscI'ate. With
such assurances ui the Importance ol my
services, did abandon my cGpluymcl ~
aud reiaIn TO this city For some time
all communications With Goyefntf Dprr
had To be made l..rough Iayseli, nj. orc
or two others, who wero the only pgI sous
Ilc considered worthy Of his confidence
Amer a while II was deemed eSpcdiCnt
10 change his location, and brought him
10 more public aud central place. Here
he was more generally visited; but none
of the promised aid was iprlhComag --
Many an hour wa sat together conmcnt-
my upon the heartIess, penurious, and
pcrHd!ous conduct 0i those who, after
promising 20 much, now deserted and
shunncd hun as though he were iabor,ng
under sono malignant aud infectious dis
order.
1t is with pain that touch upon this
subject, for | can never look back upon
that period without signing at the tate
OF an honest and good man, and curslng
from the very depths of my soul the ho,-I
low.hearied, ney-worshipping, scurvy
hypocrlles by whom he was deIuded aud
betrayed. would here correct an crro-
neous impression which has been very
generally circulated and believed in re-
lation TO the part which acted IN the
Rhode Island difficulties. The Wing
press invariably, when referring 10 the
matter, talk us though was hired and
paid for my services; some OF them, IN.
deed, have SAID SO directly.
This ! have never taken the pains 40
contradict, as every person who knows
me, either personally or by reputation,
knows lha, such IA charge Is in direct
contradiction TO every act Of my !lie.
Those who make the assertion are aware
of It's laIsiiy, and d. il flrpolil;cal cGcc..
Neither would now condescend 10
notice 1t were | not writing upon the,
subject. The truth, however, which no
man living will dare question, is, .ha, so
lar from ever receiving cent in pay
mcnt, ! gave out OF the hard-earned pro-
cecds Of my labor, independent ol what
spent, more money 10 the cause and TO
those who were engaged in it than all
tho brawIing humbugs who figured in the
Park meeting
went 10 Rhode Island twice, and re-
manned on Acotc iii! more than ten
hours after Gov. Dorr reached Connrcl.
cut, and until every man who was on It
had left. ! shall not II, present comment
upon tho scenes at Chcpachet, the man
Dcr III which poor Dorr was induced to
become an actor III iuem, nor upon the
miserable wretches who deceived him
| may, however, at some future day.
My only object in writing this article
IS TO caution tho public against being I'M
posed on by number Of fellows who
arc soliciting subscriptions TO "aid III the
liberation of Dorr." DO they propose to
rehcarse their old farce over again 7.
With what propcristy can any man dare
attempt TO make political capital out of a
cause, IN defence Oi which he would not
spend n shilling, stir step, OF spcrIlcc
a single hour IN the day of need A
people who claim TO have cast over thir-
teen thousand votes fOi IL constitutions, nDt
two hundred aud fifty of whom came To
Chcpachot even under under the prcieucc
of fighting for it, ought 10 bo heartily
ashamed Of complaining about consc-
qucnccs which resulted solely from tier
inogIIgenCe and daslardly cowardlcc.
Gov. Dprr loathcs and cNccratrs, IN
his honest heart, the miserable devils who
deceived him, both in Rhode Island and
IN this city, far more than he does the
packed Jury who convicted hlin, OF the
Judge who sentenced him, and he has 50
Expressed himself 20 me,
When ordered parmenlcr, who was.
recently spoujlng here at IA publlc meet
ing, to shoulder "A muskct and go up on.
Acoto Hill, he excused himself for II mo-
ment, and instead Of returning, he ran
away t0 Providence, where he gave.
himself up, aud tuned las Is generally.
IbcIIcvcd) iniormcr il hear much
more of this bumbugging, ! will wrItc
the whole history of tho affair, from be-.
: inning To end, and am ihc only mm
who is acquainted with the facts N the
Caso.
eSIS .s..,-szr.