Litchfield enquirer., 1852-04-08
RHODE ISLAND.
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 sld sewu, ard then reader of your in
 sersei;ng pxrsr. Wishing to stir uJ
 your Miad Ly way of lememE Efahcs. ant
 to FsAie,. sl.a pleasant memories of. tho
 past. a1d~ese you from Rhode Island
 Tliscosy h,Gle State has, for various
 reasons. leeH ;Ae butt of jokes by friends
 and enemies. The grave and the gay, foi
 Ssars. suppose this arises from ils
 comparative imsigniEcance sla nembel
 of Ihe great centederasy: Now permit
 me to infe' m all persons disposed to make sport 0E Rhode Island on account of it., itleAoss. that 1t is no nAeeH or insigni
 cant State First. 1t lsas the longest and loudest name of any of the, thirty .onc States-which name is, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations" There k . peculiar charm about this name, IL is venslAbie with age, having been in, cOrporated into the charter given by King Charles II. ia the year lG63-- which charter was all the Constitution the Rhode Islanders had until sdnhe Oiglt years since.
 Little Rhody then, was chSistcnod by this great name long, long ago." and her legislature ard people love it yet, for in legislative acts it Is to day in gem eral use. There is something venerable not only in the name, but in the hallow> rd associations which cluster around k. It comes to us from the gray old past casting its solemn shade down from the segiOns of remote antiquity. Let then. ahe name live and teach youtl ful gene rations to love and honor their ancestry ito cherish the precious legacies uf the past bequea.hed to them by vcnerated pareutage. But Rhode Islands great. ness consists not in her name. No State is grander ia tbe machinery of her legs- la,ion It has 3l Senators and 72 Rep rssentativss. who compose its General Court" which holds three sessions an nuslly in as many different capitals. I would Ike to give you some specimens of the wisdom of this dlgnifed body-- but not to day. In. alluding to the greatness of this commonwealth. VIC may safely omit its legislation. and speak without irony of its manufacturing ,e- sources and wealth. No State in inc Union has go large a proportiouats amount of capital invested in mannfae> turing. l canno, give you he aggre- gate but this one fact will show thai it is immense. Leaving out the many large Geundries. furnaces and nhiAs. Id the ciIy of Providence, thei are along the yall:y of the Blackstone river afone. and with in twenty five miles of Is mouth. more ,han one hundred cotton .and: woclen mills. many of them on the burgess. ever saw. Sometimes one individual. .ha proprietor of several mills, will have q capital of 9lo0. 600 invested. '
 Of the various legends, and events of history, which uaks Rhode Island mem. Orable, ] will net nov speak in detail.
 The ald !" Mercury. \ weekly paper, h still pablahed insNewport. where it was commenced a1moss .oRe; hundred years ago. by a3brothsr of,ike famous Bsniamin FrankliH. haxe besn iri> ,sr:.ed % that t Y.shs gldsst pspar in tA. Union. x. ss - ,:A E ss {
 There is also an ancient structure in Newport having . very .saarvelsus and probably soAewAs fsbnlous hislotyg |. resembles ihc ruins of an old castle, aud. b knswh by the name of the {" stone mill. It is so ancient that the Indians haNssAo tradition of it's .o,igin.
 Mount Hope. in Bristol county, Is of wo,ld wide celebrity as the residence of King Philip the warrior of,he Narragan- sets. and tue .eIror otthe early New Fog AandeEs. y
 WOonsockes Hill, in the. town of Smith. Geld. is celebrated as having been the 4oms 0f 6erce lndiaB tribes. The village GG WO0nsocket is situated in the tow nc uf Cun.beriand and Smithfeid, on both sides Af the Blackstone River. The principal street of the. village crosses the B,chssons on noble stone bridge sUpportedby three arches. Just above this bridge is U beau, siful waterfall, Of such mhgnltute and TO. snance as to excite much inieres, in the lovers of nature. It is E.lied that these falls have gisen the beautiful name 10 the siIlago. In tho Indian tongue ,he word aieaas Thnnaer>misp 1.-Two ideas very nasurally associafed in the minds of the ~sii sonssOf the forest. Of the nRfpral scenery ,the bnsinsss, resources and wealth Sf ,his Interesting village. will Iapt now ,speak.
 Tn shs ssnsre of tho yilhke, fronmng Market Square stands tho Temperanc. Hotel, a large and comm odl ,nos four story building haying ample ascGmmotla,ions for travellers. The houte is kept by Mir Otis BaIIou. It has hsea .. stricil y t.,n psrance HofaD for seysa. years, svan. without the Maine Law The landlord. is. a. isrge> hearted. ge6sfods man and his good lady sxceis in every pxfienlar as the Matron efsuch aa establisi.ment--slways pleasant and attentive tn the wa2ts Of ths lravtler. Ths iable . up.aiod with gll tue snbs,an- eaais ana. many of the lnxuttsS of tlle. soa, con. Indeed, everyth,og within anj aropnd a,e house is bsaut.faIly arranged to ,nset She wanla and administer to the comfort ef the linvsliag public. During ,ha ra st winter it was my good fortaae to tArry i've eighis anu . a'day at ,l.is excellent house, AAd aelsiMIn af av0E In \ aAys ,,e nAval h. ..'