Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-02-08
IL TINES NEWPORT R. L. THURSDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY s9

60 in the same position as our horsc-ihiei
i With rcsncct to the geiil man from proyi
! dencc, Mr. }owenl he Sc ms to consider
:, himself the State have hear this before.
I But | do no, so consider him.
II Mr.. b. sa d that he S oul as so'n think ci
asking the Bishop in this city to swear 'ht he
was Mahomedan, as to requ's ST Mr.. Dorr
t. tlkc the oath that he " as wrong, when he
: lid no, believe that he wassr.
\ hdjouruo.
\ AFTERNOON
lIousE-An. act in amendment of an act
regulating the assessing and collecting of ta,.-
cs House concur in amendments of the Sem
ate.
I. Petition o. school District No l5 Of Sriu-
ate. Received aud refcrre to committee on
Education.
H An act for the removal of certain legal and
political disabilities, was taken up.
Mr. Boswor,l sad that he did not see that
public interest demanded the pass ge. of this
bill 1t seems that it is not asked for, for any
in iydua benefit lie should not vote for any
thing, unless it involved some public right, or
some individual benefit. He did not thir
that this bill came within either of these prin-
ciplcs. lie cons dcre this a measure unask
/, and he did not think it cons stent or proper
fjr The State to confer unnsked privileges upon
/ the highest of its offenders. lie was not will
| ling that the MN who had committed the
been committed from its earliest history,
should be elevated above the petty offenders
of its laws. Besides this looked too much like
elcvat ng vice above yirtue,-too much like
making the State the culprt. lie did not
think the whole matter of the DOrr rebe lion
/ would be thought of after il had ceased to be
usel for party purposes. lndeei he was even
WI ling to stake his military reputation upon
the assertion that it would not fill large space
in the military annals of the country. 1t was
not even respectable rebellion, j, was not
even dignfcd mob upon a large scale, for
they run away before we had time 10 read the
riot act; we always require every other cliss of
criminals 10 come here and ask for their privl-
eyes. The gentleman from Cumberland took
| offence at the word hoIse.ih ef. lie says that
compared Mr. Dorr TO a horse-thef | did
not so understand it. said that we should
not pass such an act for horse-,hief. ] real
" did not compare him TO a horse-,hief, indeed
i will pledge my word to tic G nteman that
! DO not think Mr. Dorr would steal horse.
If Mr.. Dorr had come here and put himself in
pos ton similar to that which all persons had
10 do who asked for the clemency of this
House, he would vote for his rcsioratlon.-
But he thought it dcmeaning TO the liouse for
us to go to him, and bcsccch Of him to accept
of our pfollcred mercy. In reply to the gen.
tcman from North Providence, he said that at
the time of the passage of the bill restoring
Mr.. Dorr, he voted against laying the bill on
the table, AMI if that was the only Inconsistent
cy the ge ,leman could find in his conduct, he
was Welcome to it. |, was true, he said, that
a, that time that we had better pass both acts
at once, the acts of restoration and liberation,
! if we were TO lberate Dorr, but he was not in
favor ofhiS liberation.
L Mr.. Shel on said ha, he never knew man
who took 9th rs in, but what h. was called
smart man. lie alluded to some of the events
Of 1912 to Mr.. DORIS promised assistance
from Slam Bang & Co. lie said that he liv
ed near thn scenes of some Of the Dorr ey-
ploits in this city. lie saw some Of the men
who participated in them. But he saw none
Of the present members of the house there, not
one OF them. lie saw, though, some Of their
dupcs there. There was Dr. Allea, who sits
over yonder, who had his room near me,
with his bowl of water. bandages, &c. All I,
sir, science lost great deal because it was no,
encouraged.
\ Mr. Davis replied o the remarks Of the gen
tIeman from Warren. lie thought it should
be Teco lected that when Mr.. Dorr was de-
} nouncel, large portion Of the people Of this
J State were denounced with him. Mr.. ID.
spoke in strong TENS against the language
which had been used by members, against MIR
Dorr, and sail that it was b ngsgate and
nothing else. Men came here 10 lepres en
grocery store clques, and they did represent
them and brough, with them here their gro
ccrey store slang. Mr.. Dav,s said that it wa;
, wei known that his party asked for the pas
sage oil this bill, and the gentleman from War
ren knew that they asked for it.
Mr.. Bosworth said that notwithstanding
: what the gentleman had said, neither no no
his party did not come here and ask for thi!
> m asure on the score of mercy, but on tn,
r score Of Justice. If, said Mr. Is. we pass thi
5 bill on such demand, we shall disgrace tn,
State, falsify its records, and proclain that w
t ourselves are traitors. He would cheerful,
:, vote for such a measure if asked for in tn,
: proper spirit AMI manner ; but he never woul'
4 vote for it when demanded as an act OF Justice
. In his opinion Rhode Island would cternall,
: J;.ox,co bora lf clio ,vould ho unwor,by N