The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-04-25

SAFE. l utterly FePa5isie he ldrs, ID
terms - empha.is - raa employ. TIA
Hose laws are uai - be enioIced. o. qua
r4niiss complied uilh. because he Pre-
stem may br.iryelkai he right q suf'
frage. or any other great popular night. u
either 100 restricted or 100 broadly en-
largei. also. with equal Strength, r.
sisi lhe idea thar il falls within the ExerB.
tiEe competency 20 decide in eoEsroseE.
sizes. Of tie naiaFe of lhsl which existed
IN khode Island. On which side The ma
joriiy Of The people may be. or - 10 Ihe
extent Of The rights Of mere numerical
majority. For the Executive IN assume
such power wonld he 10 assume pow
erlcf The most dangerous character. Tn
der such assumptions The Slules Cf this
Union would have no serariiy for peace
or tranquility. but might be converted IN
10 he me G instruments Of Executive
viii. Aeluaied BY sr.ish purposes. lie
might berome the great agiiat0r. famenl-
ing assaults upon the Stale Constitutions,
and dselsring the maiofiiy Of to-day 10
be the minority Of lo-nouow. and the MI
nariiy, in lis turn. tie majority. before
whose dec,ers The established order Of
things in the State should DO subyeried
Revolution, civil eammntion. and blood
shed, would be the inevitable consequent
ees. The provision in The Constitution
in ended for the security Of the States
would thus be IuFnrd into The insiru-
meni Of their destruction. The Presi-
dent would becoEs, in fact, the great
conslitnlion-maker for States. and all
power would be vested in his hands.
When, therefore. the Governor Of
Rhode Island. by his ielIer Of the 9Th Of
April, 1912. made a requisilion npon the
Executive for aid 10 put down Ihe late
disturbances, had no hesitation in recoG.
nising the obligations of the Executive 10
furnish such aid, upon the occurrence Of
the contingency provided for by the ton
stiIuion and laws. My leiterof the lih
of April, in reply TO tie Governors letter
Of the sih, is herewith communicated; To-
gether with all the correspondence which
passed al a subsequent day. and The lei.
tiers and documents mentioned in the Sche-
dule hereun,o annexed. From the CORES
pondence between ,l,e execute, Of United
States and tina, of Rhode Island, IL will NOT
escape observation that while regard il
as my dniy TO announce the principles
by which ] should govern myself in the
contingency Of an armed iaterpositicn on
the part of this government being necessa-
ry to uphuld the rights of the Stale of
Rhode Island, and 10 preserve is dunes.
tic peace. yet tina, the strong hope would
he INDUCED and expressed that all the
difficulties would disappear befere en- en-
lightened policy Of cancellation and com
promise. In that spirit addressed 10
Governor King tlle letter Of the 9TH Of
May, 1872, marked private andcon6den-
iIai; and received his reply &c The l2ili Of
May Of the same year. The desire Of
the Executive was from the beginning to
bring the dispute TO a termination with
out the inlerposition OF The military pow
er of the United States; and il will couti-
nue. TO be subject Il selEccngra,nla,ion
that this leading objec of policy was Il.
nsliy accomplished. The Executive re-
sisted all entrea!ies, howeverurgeni, 10 de-
part from this line of coninci. Informs
tIoh from private sources had led me Ez-
ecutlVe TO conclude that little else was de-
signed by Mr.. Dorr and his atlherents
than mere menace. with view TO inlimi-
da!lon; nor was this opinion in any de-
gree shaken until the 22d OF June. 1912,
when il was strongly represented, frrm
reliable sources, as will be seen by reIe-
renee TO the documents herewith cum.
nunic ted, that PREF arations were making
By Mr.. Dorr. with large force in arms,
TO invade the State. which Gurce had been
recruited in the neigirbcring States, and
was slready preceded by the collection al
military stores in considerable qaan.i les
al one ur two p 'inls. This was a state
OF things TO which the Executive could
not be indifferent. Mr. Dor speedily az
terwards took up his headquarters a, Che
pachet, and assumed The command of
what was reported TO be large force,
drawn chiefly from voluntary enlis me,,ls
made in neighboring Sta,es. The Exc
caiiTe could with difficulty bring it>elr TO
realize the fact that the CT liens of other
States had forgotten their duny to them
selves and the Constitution of The United
States. and entered ihtn the highly repre-.
!lsnsl;le and iadeiensible course Of inter.
leiing so far in the concerns Of sister
State as 70 have entered into plans Of
invasion, conquest, aud revolution: bn,
the Executive felt IL TO be It's duty TO look
infinitely into the ma ter, and therefore
the Secretary of War was despatched 10
Rhode Island with instructions. a copy
Of which are herewith transmitted, and
was authorized. should reqnisition be
made spon The ExecUtivehy The Govern
ment Of Rhode leland, in pursuance OF
law, and the invaders should not abandon
their purpose, To call upon the Governors
Of Massachusetts, and Connecticu, for a
sufficient number Of militia at once
IN ,.rush the inpas and IN internose