Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-08-22
HERALD OF THE TINES.

themselves, men of all ages and all condi-
Iiions & actual to take the field as soldiers ~
defence og ti,& &ConstltutloD and Government
of their choice. And so threatening and for
midabls were his preparations, that the
Governmeat cfthe United States felt bound
! H to put itself iATeadiness, by military meas.
nres. in execution Of The duty enjoined by
the Constitution, to protecrtbe State against
dome s,ic violence Fortunately. the affair
hardly came 10 an issue of blood. The in
surgent military force melted away whenev-
; Her it was approached by the armed bands oI
the legi,imate government Dorr himself
H fed and the<ebelion was ended. II should
be stated. to the credit Of the parties con-
cerned, that ffe,n the period when Dorr at.
tempted 10 proceed to actual war, nearly oil
; the civil officers Of his pretended Govern
meni, promptly and Indignantly resigned
their places, and brought themselves once
more into the ranks of good and loyal ciii-
zcns. Thus example Of submission to the
proper authontles was followed also by large
numbers of the adherenls of his party.
To compleh this brief relation OF the az
fairs of Rhode Island, it is necessary that
i should add, that the Constitution, which was
frnmed aud proposed by the legal convention
of the State il February, 1912, having failed
TO receive th3sancion of a majority of those
who voted upbn II, another convention was
called by law. to sit in September, 1912,
The Constitution prepared by this body was
submitted 10 the people in November, and
adopted by a large vote. The election un-
der il took place IN the Spring. and the new
Government was installed and pn into opera
tion, with the scquescence Of all parties.
| The suffrage party took an active and s'renu-
Gus part in the elections. and though de.
feaied M party, yet they so far succeeded
as Ia elect a respectable minority Of mem
bers To the legislature. The new constnu
lion. by it's liberal and just provisions on the
subject Of suffrage. and the equalization Of
the representation from the towns, took away
all chance Tor any farther display OF Jacobin.
ism on those grounds. and things seemed a,
last 10 have settled down permanently into q
quiet and orderly train.
H And now, fellow citizens, after the relation
h which have given You, you will hardly be
I prepared TO believe, If you did not chance to
| observe the fact at the time (which really at.
ltracted very little public atlenilon) that the
Dorres OF Rhode Island. as late as Febrna.
ry last, had the temeriy to bring their re-
beion to the notice of the House Of Repre-
sentatives at Washington in a formal Me-
morial. This memorial bore moral perjury
on the face Of it. 1t was signed by twenty
SIX persons. who styled themselves "Demo-
cratic members of the General Assembly Of
The State Of Rhode Island and Providence
| Plantations" every one of whom had swore
10 support the Constitution of the State rs
adopted in November, Iai2; and yet it de-
manded, amongst other things, That Congress
sh ntd inierpose, w,h the military poorer of he
country. IN fapor Of The revolutionary Consti-
tuition and Gorernmfn which had been sci up
IN Rhode Island in le4l-2! Rut strange as
1t was that such memorial should have
been offered, yet, stranger still 1t was ea.
gerly received in the House by the unite
voice of The prevailing party there, was or.
dered 'u be printed and honored with refer
ence to a select committee, That commit-
tee. Mt subsequent day, was specially cloth,
ed with power TO send for persons and pa
pers and finally, after weeks of labor and
deliberaion, near the last hours Of the Ses
sion, The majyi,y presented an elaborate nnC
voluminous report, which the House re
ceived, snL lALected to he printed.
\ Strangest Of all to tell that Report, in il.
reasoning, and in a series of resolutions with
which it concludes, actually adopts aud aiirms
the Constitution ofihe revolutionary Assembly
set up under il in May, iei2, and all the acts
and proceedings Of that Government, as the
lrGe, legal aud legitimate Constitution, govern
! mcEi, acts, and proceedings of the Stale ol
/ Rhode Island. 1t adopts and afirms every
| Thing done and attempted by Dorr and his men,
civil war and all 1t chlls the very blood q,
ones heart to contemplate this frightful exhi.
biiion of political ma'igniy and degradation
| in The very Capitol Of The Republic country
| still so young, aud yet debased The Com
| stituton Of Dorr; the Government of Dorr
the insurrcciion and civil war of Dorr; Of Dorr
! the infatuated, obstinate and relentless Dema-
!, gogue, RrbeI ard Traitor, who, for no just
cause AT all, sought to embroil a peaceful, con.
/ tented and happy community in The dcadly y
! striiUs Of civil combat, and make his own ma.
! tive city, and the very hearth stones of the
home aud neighborhnod of his infancy, red
\ red with the blood OF friends aud brolhers-thi.
man and madnaa, and this madman's acts aud
| nperations-all are adopted, affirmed and ap
| plauded in n formal aud official State paper
Iemaualng from Select Committee of the
House Of Representatives in the Natona
Capitol
II Fellow Citizens Of the City and County q
| Albany | address myself to you, to whom
have right 10 speak, appeal to such of you
/ as call yourselves Democrats--and ask YOU,
/ fit be not time 10 pause. | ask you If the
single matter which ! have now brought Il
! your attention, does not afford too pregnant
/ proof that there is something dangerous TO law
! ard order, and Ia true constitutional freedom
| prevailing at bo'tom in the policy and practices
4 of the modern Democratic party. do not ac
! cuse all who bear The name of Democrat viii
/ chrrshing IN themselves or others the temper
aud disposition which this unhnllowcd pro-
lceeding would seem To indicate. know there
are many among them who are strongly con.
\ soryaiiye and sound in principle aud feeling -
j Bat am afiaid these have liitlo power io lead
and control the forces with which they act -
/ am afraid the effective power will be found
II ~ il too often has been Of late, in other bands
4 who, like Dorr, will use il unscrnpulously, and
/ lkr the select committee to whom | have re.
! icrred, will be ready to commit their party to
4 whatever measures ofdistrac,ion ar desirnciou
they may see fl 10 adopt propose. Are you
willing to b. Of the nAmbcr of those " ho sci
| down constitutions, laws, and gogcfnments a.
nothing, aud make your political gods of those
! nicn who are boldest in trampiing them undoi
il fol' Several of the leading newspapers o
| vour party are now full IN the advocacy Of the
II Dofr rebrlion. The Globe at Washington i.
one. tell you, my friends, there is nothing
even plausible in the arguments by which thi.
/, absurd insurrection ~ nticmptcd to be justified
IL and no man of character has attempted cnn
II attempt, to sustain himself upon them, withou
n sinking into loathiag aud contempt, beneath
/ the lnted weight and pressure IAN honest
and Enlightened public sentiment Your CRATE
/ ful fellow citizen aud friend,
II ID D. BARSARD.
II Albany, July 26, 1874.
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