Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1851-11-20

|. ieislse here than in many States, which
profess 10 have entirely aholis he d il but
. we are not willing that the State should
rest under the stlgmG which the Lient.
Governor has cast uIon it, in lis vo-
luminous report ana we think il an cx-
ceedlngly ungentrous act III one hold
Ing his hlgh position, 10 search through
the records Of every Jail IN the State, 10
tInd TIE materials as a rcl ort. w!ich
holds Rhode Island up TO the undescrv-
cd sc0rn o! the VIII L. ounirv. Any one
not acquainted with the subject, would
i,itr !run, ais report, that the laws oi
Rhode l-.aui we're more sever. against
( The creditor fian t.iosc o! the States
around IA. The report il intended 10
have hat effect ANA thai il does have
sach effect is shown by the newspapers
IN other States. Take the following Tor
example, taken from the New York At
las:
THE HONORABLE WILLIAM BEACH
LAwRfNcE, At p esent now OF Rhode Is
land, and Of which Stale he Is Lieu!en-
ant Governor. is actively engaged m re-
forming the laws of that litilc republic.
lie has assailed several Of the barbar-
lsms that were bcquealhed to tho Rhode
Islanders, by that prince Of higpts and
king OF dcmagogues, Roger Williams,
ana VIII, We hope, now conver! Rhode
Island irio IL civilized State.
Petp.e have been, and now frequent.
Y ire iul lrisoncd for sums Of fifty cents,
and held month after mont IN bondage.
for, ty Il 'cise and phji0nthropic law Of
Rhode Island nt;, The debtor Las "tak-
Ia Il =. a.
sworn tllnt ic Is uot worth Il tarlhing,
the creditor Is allowed TO hold him in du
ress as long ns ne plcases, by paying
one dollar week ior his board The
law III effect, sells tnc debtor 10 the cred
ltor, for the round sum Of iilty-two dol
lars The year,
Rhode Island is abCu, two hundred
and l.ty years behind lie age. Sic re-
quir.s thorough reformation and we
hope that Lieutenant Governor Law
rtnce, and The very able parry with
which he acts, will redeem her from
Egyptian darkness.
Lieutenant Governo. Lawrence has
ren"ered himself very popular IN Rhode
leland. The light which he has shed
on tie beuigiIleI minds Of the dcs
cehdauts ANA hoodwinked disciples OF
Roger W I.iiams entities hltn 10 the res.
+ CT and gratitude the whole civilized
world. Il Nc Senator John ii. Clarke
should decline serving another term in
the senate of the United States for
Rhode Island, we suppose MIR. Law
renee will he his successor; or, II ha
should decline, the Senatorial mantle
NAV IDll on Ey ,nv.ru,r hnrr ~
We take the foregoing article from
the Providence Jourual. Any ore who
will take the trouble To wade through
tie Rel ort Of Gov. Lawrence on abol
ishing imprisonment for Debt, will AT
once perceive the gross injustice which
he has done the STATE, aud !he G,Jr po-
siion IN Which he has placed her clliz.
ems. This, however, is no more than
nigh, reasonably have been expected
Gov. Lawrence is moi Rhode Island
man, neither has he any Rhode Island
feeling; he came here for the purpose OF
gratifying, iflossIhle, his POLITICAL aslir-
ations. and easing lhal ambition for pre-
fcrmcn, " hich Tor 80 long time made
him restless in New York. II Gov.
Lawrence was so wanting IN modesty as
u take an office III Rhode Island, when
lrousands wer, ard still are convinced
that le had not acquired Il residence
hcrc,-hc should have remained Il quiet
observer of passing events during his
year in Office, and learned something III
regard 10 the nature Of Rhode Island
doctrines and the character of Rhode
Island men.
Tie idea which is expressed in the ah-
owe article from The New York Atlas,
that Gov. Lawrence has come into The
darkened precincts Of Rhode Island for
the purpose OF shedding hight on the be-
uightcd minds Of the descendants and
hoodwinked disciples Of Roger Will
Jams, = Is truly laugEabIe; and our rea-
dcrs will only smile the more when We
tell them that the Atlas is edited by, and
tina. the foregoing article is from the
pen of, noted political clown who blus-
tered in this STATE" some twenty years
agO,-one S, S. eoulhwurth, alias john
Smith, Jr., of Arkansas" &c. &c. THIS
is the man wlc so agan'ly eulogi-
scs Gov. Lawrence, and who believes
that th,, Iatt,r like 81 pauI of old has
come into ibis heather land to convert
the natives from he iGoIatry OF their
fathers. According TO the New York
Atlas. the Ninetecurh century will be
able o boast OF lis Saint Lawrence.
Tac assertion by the A las that Gov.
Lawrence is very popular in RLoic Is
land, Is mol true, us every man in this
State is perfectly aware. tie is not Top
ular with his own party, from the tact
that he is an Arstucrat by nature, and
also that he il not Il Rhode l. and man.
and many Of those among the lucolo-
COS, Ito the u,alur born" 90 not rcli h
the idea uilGavlng slruncer come in
and grasp the Ioayes aud fishes. They
will not allow him 10 have any other or
higher honors. because, if there should
be- any for distribution they have nun
cry applicants enough al home without
bcsiowing their nourishmenI upon the
Iun,-uishIutr oi New York Had Gov