Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1844-09-27

~. We. 1 befate last we quoted an article.
ccpi. d into tho Dubuque Transcript, relative
10 III. imprisonment ii Gov. DOR. and IN onr
commons thereon. charged the wing party.
generally. with a lack Of sympathy with that
petseca,ed victim Of Alyeriae tyranny. no'
Jsob,iug ,ha: we should be charged with ca
Illuminating that party. But na--i"sirad o.
ofI@siag the slightest excuse for havssa give"
expression to such sentiments. the Transcript
and the Standard a, Iowa CRY. both come aud
boldly sanction the proceedings in his case.
aud approve the law under which he was SEN
fenced. The Transcript, after luotin. the
charge from, Us. proceeds TO say:
..On one p"in, in thu above We agree with
the Herald; and ,ha, too il the planest aud
hrcadrsi sense il which he can iakei'. The
Whigs haze no sympathy with Goo Dorr"-
How ga" they have :! ilis principles. $" tar
~ ht. was able to carry them out. struck At
the E.nada,"n Of all safety and sec"ri'y !" CIV
iIized socir'y.'
What are his principles as he e"deavofed
20 carry them ont! They were truly De"o'
cratic republican neutrality-suspicious. which
ar,uated our fnrefa,hers in their struggle for
liberty principle 'ha. all power Is iahe-
rent 10 the people. the whole people. aud
not in those only who were surrounded
with wealth. owning large estates. but those
no were even pen"yIess had just right to
BE- he ard in the choice Il those by whom their
laws were to be made and administered--'ha'
whenever laws became oppressive. des''"c-
tive Of The rights and privileges Of The people.
., is not oniy tn ir right. but their duty, 10 al.
trr or abolish them. adopting in their stead
such form Of government as may be- hes, cal.
cuIa,rd 10 promote the peace. happiness aud
prosperity of the country.
The Charter, under which The laws Of that
S,a'e are made and ex. cuted. declaring a ma
j"riy Of the people from participate" j" the
vtf,irs "f government. The re-ul, Of which was
the passage of laws unequal in their effect.
v"d oppressive upon the di-fra"chised p ,f'io"
of the people. For a long time they petition
I'd i.h as much humility as the breast Of mr"
born free would admit, tor such modification
Of the laws as would render their condition
more happy and prosperous. Their various
PETITIONS were no, only refused, b", were
treated with contempt. the Al.srines he".
unwilling to yield any Of the power wi:h
which they were vested by the charter.
Drspairins of even eventual success in in.
dnri"g the Aigrrines 10 CO, sent that they
nigh, participate in the affairs o! government.
they resolved TO make All fort for change cf
government. That tff"r was made with as
much the semblancp ot law and order as any
gov4rnmrn, ever WAS fnrn,rd. A constitution
was tram. j, suhni,.ed TO the people. and &C.
rep'ed by a large majority. Under its pfo.
| visions. rhos. w. Dorr was elected Governor.
| Tie Cons,im ion adopted, contained not pro.
vision that was not in strict conformity to the
constitution Of the United States, or material.
| " varied from the constitutions Of the several
States. Under the new cons,i,u,ihn. Mr.. ID
was chosen Governor, for the acceptance Of
wh;;..h rli,e, without the least resort to force
10 carry tho new government into execution.
he wus hunted down by AIgerine authority,
sur, nde,e.l, was tried by her courts. and u".
der the provisions nf her laws. sentenced to
Imprisonment, for life! More than one half
OF The people Of that State were as deeply EN-
gagged IL the commission Of the crime cI,arg-
ed (,reaso") as Gov. Dhrr. get he i i'"p'iso"-
I'd f,r life. because he possesses the iron heart
Of a patriot, and refuses TO take The oath Of al.
iryiancs to a government. which reason and
experience tell him is unworthy the supper.
Of a republican. while ,hose who were as quill
" If crime. liz crime il can be calpd.) chose
| to take the oath, and were released from i'm.
prison,nens.
II the people who supported Gov. Dorf in
his tft"''s to procure a change Of g"vrrnnen,
are suffered TO 60 a, liberty. My should Gov.
Dor be made the sole victim !-why all the
-e"ges"ce IT the Algsr"es against the whole
people wreaked upon kim!g
We know ,ha. the prosecutors "f Gov. D.
have ap"p"Iar hobby "po" which to preach
--,i,a, "f law and ORDER hr, ,her. is a prin.
cple, in the heart of man. beautifully exr,n.
plIli-d in his case. az landable as is their
devotion to law aud order, aud tina, is his IN.
a'trrahle delsrmina,irn never IT, yield To Tyr.
'anny. even though he suffer for i, to HE ex.
tent If Algerine revenge. We land the noble
Independence ii the savage. spri, which
renders him ;nrapabIe nf being the slave Of
power. however great j, may b.. while We
look upon the African as an inferior being, fit
only to d" a mass+r's Kidding. Who, then,
il ihsHe that will take no mid. In s.an. liz,