Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-03-14
For the Herald of the Times.
The Rhode Island Question.

n"nnc"d a. tissue Of dalschoot and misr"pm.
-"n'n'i"n hut 80 r. qncmly have We seen
hr proof. wher6 these sam" fnlschood. have
heen again and again repeated ai home, tha,
III seems quite unnecessary now. for perhaps
he hundrcd,h time. IN mcci lhrm. 1, j.
true. the people Of lhis State are perfectly
'cqnan'ed with nll The facts, and cannot b"
'nliehienc3,to any considerable rxtcni.by nny
hing which can now be- offered but, when
aid and hsrkncyed ISLANDERS, long since rc-
'n'ed. marked and nailed, are again cut
rom the counter, put into The crnriblr, and
pnlmrd npon the world for true coin. the
only method oe preventing their circulation
md projecting the unsuspirions, il by keep
ing The proof of their wnr,hlcssnrss con.
4'"n'ly upon their track. however far from
home They mHy h" scn'. Truth and Justice,
alike "nlnin upon ns io spread Tho nrtido,r
quite az extensively as The posnn shall bc
scattered, and this should he the gtea, ohiec,
If the whole Rhode Island Law and Order
press n, tho prcsenr time.
II Is mt tru", ns is asserted bv those Nc
moriali-ts,'hat any portion tho people orthis
State nre now. or ever have boep. oppressed !;
nor is il 'ruo. that "in Dpcsmhr ls4I largs
mcoriiy of The n'i"N male inhabitants Of he
State Of Rhode Isiand griNG CITizENs OF
THE USITrD STATES" adopted The so-rnlled
"Ppopl"'s Constitution = nor ia i, iruc, TINT
The v"tcs given in for that Constitution tpsre
s'gn'd by the rot'rs, a, those Mcmoriali.'s
hive so seriously and shamel"ssly assorted
On tho contrary, il is well known. that out
of the 1900 or 1900 who voted for the Peo.
ple's Constitution in December, 1871. twhcn
The farce waa permitted to be carried on in
his town. in April following, (whcn The mosi
strenuous exertons were made to shnw their
full strength not four hundred could b.
found to respond nor. has there ever been
time since. when any Thing like even THAT
small number could ngain be- poled. Do
honest Democrats in distant parts Of the
country enquire, what became of the Other
800 or 90C voters? The answer il rcndy.
and the proof ia substan,ia,e the answer. in
all rs par'a. ia not only NJ hand. bm r,aM for
hc Hon. Ar. Burke and his COMMITTEE. 'rh.n
erfr they shoH call far it. Thi. is The answer !:
n large number Of these "Ciilzens of .Rho6"
Island mud Of the United States" who voted
for III" Peoples Constitution nj Newport, in
Dcrcmhcr. 1S4l. psrs iaieiy from Ireiand. amt
tmpioysd by The U"it,d Mgics 10 pork on Mr
for'yoaiions in hi, Hrbor Another con.
'ihrrab'" number were Soi,ii.r- ~ he s.rrics
ci he United Suites. who had bu, irst arrived
h"r". Another considerable portion were
Soiiors md Fishermen who were waited npon
by 'He committee" ~ soon "a they reached
their nnchorag",& carried IN some near grng
.hnp, where iEcy received their Rum. and inI
xchnnge left 'hrir votes, "duly signed. "
Others were minors. some of whom were
'uder 20 years of agc. OILERS were the in
n'ies "f onr "oor N"9,. and o,bors werr
Conricts. suffering The impu-onmcnt due to-
lreir offences. Some Of these "opprSseaI
CHiz,ns' roied Hrice. and SOME TnRicf
others were then catching mtn'ss in he Pa
cifc Ocsan - Scaling IN Patagonia; and "ha'
O.. siil more strange, SON" of ,hem had been
DEAD AND BURIED MONTH. AND YEARS By
FORE. Is II strange, that when n proper
check was put IN tho way of frauds like
h"sc, that -om" eIgl, hundred or more wa>
not tn be found i? Let the lion. Mr. Burke
answer this question. II 'he same dIscouu,
- made for the frauds in The other towns. in |
stead Of having twenty thousand or upwards
~ i, claim"d, ihry had only about eight thou
sand, and this number Is very near he fac,
TOR many of their own men voted with them
~ April, who would no, vote for their Con-
-iltullnn in December. | know il has been
rgucd with no small degree Of plau-lbIiy,
,ha, inasmuch ns they defeated the C"nsiltn
Ilon recommended ty the legal Convention,
hey must have had majority for their own
II is d,nitd that Hey dM hGdi H. Let it BE- \
rpcollrcird, TINT The majority against that
constitution was only about GOO, requiring
nny about 300 to reverse their votes Ia
adopt l,--a rcry small number If Hs old 5000
Fresmcn, ,cho these worthy .NcmoriaiiSis tell
us had so long defeated MT piShes. l. L.
perhaps safe 10 e.tlmn'c, Tint about one
thousand Of the old Frrrmen, were opposed
tn any change, aud consequently voted
against all constitutions up To that time. J.
Il fair TO claim these for lhr Dorrltes, when IN
fact they were more opposed to his consilrr-
rlon ihnn the other? II this supposltlnn l. 4
correct, then the Inference is conclusive. TINT
these worthy and "oppr"ss'd' citizens OF
Rhode Island. aud of the United States .
nersr hdd a mcjoriy ia this State.
Having briefly offered such proof as must
.n,lsfy every unprcjndIced mind that these
"Democraic members of the Rhode Island
Irgisla,ure," have undertaken by falschood
4 misrepresentation 20 deceive the Hon. Mr. |
Burke, and The House Of Representatives, !,
may not be improper to enquire, what would
bc the consequences which might BE- expcc-
cd in case the prayer "f this petition vi
,,,,Is I,,y,ny ,Ic p,,otInnt t, "a k,l