Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-02-08

those troublesome times. 1t would be bciic
! policy N his opinion in every point OF view IL
pass the act. 1t would quiet the feeling now
existing in this State and existing among ;
very large class of its people. In party poin
Of view, it was in his opinion wise and po
/ attachment between his followers aud him
and forever destroy what little remained Of hi
political Significance. Mr.. A. alluded to th'
pardon extended to those engaged in ,h'
Whlskey rebellion, and also to the course o
the British Government in relation to the late
Irish rebellion, and proceeded at length to il
lustrate the views he took upon this question
He thought that the peace and quiet OF ih'
State demanded action on this subject, ant
that prudence and wisdom sanctioned il, al,
the best interests Of the State would be sub
served by the passage of the act.
Mr.. Bowen said that on every occasion thu
gentleman from North Providence had on hi:
lips that high sounding word, Justice. Nov
there may be such thing as justice on more
than one side of the question.
/ The gentleman fom Prov dcnce says tina
the peace and quiet OF the people Of this State
demand instant action on this subject. Where
is the evidence of it Is there any petition OIL
application for such measure from either city
or country, lie had seen none; he had
heard of none. Perhaps his colleague had
been more fortunate in his associations. lie
knew Of his peculiar situation, and he would
heap no censure upon him.
Blu, there are other things TO be thought Of
! As he had said this morning, there are still
suits pending in the courts against our cit
zcns brought by this very man, and one man
within this House was still under bonds fol
! $40, 900 in one Of these suits. When i
should be made known to him that public sen
timent in this State demands the passage o.
such an act as this, he shoul vote for IT.
\ Mr. Barber said he had no feeling in com
mon with Mr.. Dorr or his adherenls, bu
should be governed in giving his vote in favor
! Of the bill, by considerations Of what he
! thought was for the best interest of the people
/ of the State, and would produce the most quie
! and happiness. lie thought that the same
reason that we found few years ago for lib
Grafton, would hold good now for his restora
| ton. In his view it would have b cL better
not only to have liberated, but to have restor
cd him TO all his privileges at that time
i There was our mistake, and he thought we
/ had better pass the bill now and have done
with it, anil thereby save expense. He did
not believe the State would dcmcac itself ir
| pursuing this course at this time, especially
| after the decision Of the Supreme Court was
/ in It's favor II he was in the Democratic
| party, he w uld like to have the bill rejected
| by the House so as to give the subject impOr
taLcc out of it but if we pass this bill the
! whole matter will become very harmless anc
| impoten, for evil.
| Mr.. Cranston said that he thought it very
L likely that the vote he was about to give
would no, satisfy his constituents, but he hat
always found that ~heu he could not satisfy
them as TO the expcdicncy of the vote giver
/ by him, they would be satisfied il they though
he did what he be icved to be right. He hac
been represented rs having eulogized Mr.
| Dor, in the few remarks which he submitted
/ in the morning. What he said was, that he
had kncw Mr.. Dorr for a long time, an he
| knew him to have been Il man of character, OF
education, Of standn, and intelligence, ant
therefore, so in proportion to his possession o
/ these qualities, did he deserve the severe
| punishment. That in view of his education
intelligence and standing in this community
and in view Of his action in 1872 he should
have been kept in punishment until the diff
calties growing out Of his acts were sur
mounted lie did not con, ,idcr this very mucl
\ of an eu!ogy, and he did no, think Mr.. Dor
| would so consider it., had he heard him. Mr.
G.. referred to the division of opinion in lsi5
among men who had acted together before ol
all subjects. AT that time, when Dorr SIN ha,
been defeated and was utterly powerless,
was very well known that men holding impor
tan, positions, politically and otherwise, band
ed together for the purpose ostensby of hav
ing Dorr released from prison Seeing, as W
have seen, such men seize hold of such mat
ter and make war upon their iolmer poitica
= friends and agitate the State, as they then d
) agitate it, for mere political purposes he con
fcssed he felt and still did feel dcsirous of see
ing this subject forever removed from the pc
ltical arena Mr.. c. replied to Mr. Bos
worth's remarks at some length. That gen
tleman had admitted now and on a forme
5 discussion OF this subject, that the whole Dor
. affair was a contemplate matter, and he wa
$ perfectly willing to vote for this bill if Dor
asked for it. AS to himself. he did not car
q whether he asked for il or not The honor G
y the State could in no way be injuriously al
e fected by the passage of this bill. Mr.. c
4 said he could not believe that The people @
this State had any very deep interest in thi
, matter as a subject Of legislation.
I'll The question being on the final passage Q