The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-07-04


f.nil'ar wIlh every body. Thsrs The
Wig nenbep sho preserved lhensei.ss
% Washington. 70 lske her seats. bore
wItA thsn me hishesl eredenlisls. undsrihs
grrsiseslof their state. dsmansuspng their
night 10 occupy thsm. They bad been
rseSlsfly detl.r.d and returned elteisd
members cid llause n Il. ps~senIssises.
~ the regulsrsBlhofiEiss. and seroscinf %
the isw az Ils slate Of Neu Jersey.
AZ essbly 20 the uniform Bsage. ~hieh
had prevailed in that House IRON The CON.
mencemehi Of the gnse.nmeRi. and ar
ccrd'ng loths ussgs = h,eh prevails in eve
~ represrhiause body, lhry had IighI
20 depand u be admired 10 their seats.
and 10 hold and oeeury them. until any
Objections which might exit sea'n.t ihem
should be suhssquenlly Investigated. In
The rass of The Iour siaiss already nolic-
ed. Il Vas ippnrian, 10 The Interests Of the
dominant parry. IN order 10 ssell their
majafiiy, that the members returned
should be allowed % t,ke their seats. al
though eleeIsd contrary 70 law. In he
New Jersey case. II vas imroftan, 70 The
daminsnt party 10 enable II 10 retain its
majority 10 exclude the Wing members.
sllhough returned according 10 Law. The
decision IN bnih cases vas aiap'ed 20 The
erigeney ni parry intsresf, m uiier con-
tempt, both Of constitution and lag; and IL
70 worthy OF observation thsi, in the drei-
zion against the Wing members Of New
Jersy. members. who boast Of being en-
phatcslly the patrons and defenders Of
state rights, soneured in TRAPPING Bn-
der loot The laws and au,horIiies Of iha.
state.
Ia connection with the subject on which
an nov addressing you, he manner oil
admission of Michigan into the Union -
worthy II notice. According ta,he usage
which had uniformly prevailed. prinr 10
The Submission cf The slstes OF M chigan
and Arkansas, presious act Of Congress
Vas passed, au'horzing the sense Of the
people Of the enitny to be taken. in rom
yeniion, and regulating the election Of
members 10 that body, limiting Their
choice TO citizens Of The United states re
siding in the territory. Michigan. with.
on, the sanction Of a previous act Of Con.
ersss. undertook, upon her sole authori.
~. 20 form . CONSTITUTION, and demanded
admission ipio the Union. In appointing
members 10 that convention, a great nun
her Of aliens. 40 veil as crizens Of ,hs
United States, we're allowed In vote
against the esrnesiremons,ranc Of many
resident citizens. Under these circum
stances. she applied TO Congress to be sd'
mitied into the Union. No one question.
ed or doubted tina, she was entitled 10 be
received. whenever she presented herself,
regularly and according law. But it was
objected against her sdnissron, that she
had assumed to act sesinst all usage. with,
out the su,hority Of Congress, and thai
contrary to the Constitution and laws OF
the United States, she had permitted aliens
TO partake Of the elertve franchise. The
danger was pointed ou,, oil allowing aliens
unn aturaiized. and without renouncing
their allegiance to foreign sovereigns and
poientstes. to share in that great and in-
estmable privilege. But all objections
were unavsilinp; the dominant party un-
der the hope Of Strengthening their inte-
rests. ia spite Of all Wregulsr',y. and in
conIravention Of law, admitted Michigan
as a state, into the Union.
In intimate conn clon with this ca sc
the subject Of Dorrism may be noticed.
Rhode Island had an existing government
Of long duration, under which her popu-
la'i"n had lived happily aud prospero"sIy.
|, had carried her tr,umphanly through
the war of the revolution, and borne her
into The Union, as one Of the or'gnsl thur.
teen independent sovereign states. Un-
der TIE operation Of 1t. the people al no
stae in The Union. in proportion t, her
population. had displayed mole valor.
patriotism and enterprise. Dorr did not
Ind his ambiinns aspirations sufficiently
grsiifed under this venerable gosernme mt,
and he undertook 10 subvert it. Asserting
tie principle that every people have a
right to alter. modify and change their
government whenever they think proper
IAN sbstrac, principle which. with eau
thus limitations, may be tue--wi,hou.
consulting The established government. and
the public su,hori,ies. he undertook TO
bea,up for recruits, TO hold irregular cleo.
tons. at which persons qualified and I'M
qualified, d. al and living, were pretended
to have voted, and thus securing a he,ero-
geneous majority. he proceeded TO form
new CONSTITUTION and to SET up new
government. In the mean time. The legi.
innate and regular government proceeded
in operation and prepared to sustain itself
and put down ,hs IN sur,ec,ionary proceed
ing. Dorr few to arms aud collected
military force. % irregular and hetero>
eeneous as his civil majority had been.
But on the first approach Of military f"rce.
on the part Of the legitimate and regular
government, Dorr took 10 his heels and
ignom,niousIy fed. leaving bis molly con-
iederstes tn fare as they might. Now.
fellow cnizens, ~ha, has been the conduct