From the Boston alias.


PROVIDENCE, April 5,h, ls45.
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lion. L. u. I. CLMER, .NG" Jersey.


Drar Sir have Just received your speech on
the Rhode Island QUESTION, frankrd by yourse self. a
partial report of which | read, some time since,
with grea; pleasure. On perusing it again. an
happy to say that daily respond TO your doc.
trnes. As early as January, iS4l, put forth
similar views in our LrgisIature; | saw, then
that change IN our suffrage and representation
vas inevitable. The one was ultra conservative,
and the other "ro,en. borough" in its worst form.
The town Of jamestown, for instance, with 500
Inhabitants. had rs many represenatvesas as Smith.
field with 10000; Portsmouth with 100 as many
as this city with $4,000. Public attention having
never been powerfully concentrated upon these
inequalities, our Charter had worked well enough
up to the above period.


But when the people commenced forming suf.
frnge assnciltions, and prtltion'ng the Assembly,
it appeared to the time had arrived for opeu,np
the franchise and equaIzing tho repres"n,ntion.-
Had remedial measures been promptly adopted by
the government. the late disturbances in ibis State
would not. in my Judgment, have occurred. The
past, however, canno. BE- hell ped; and as much MS
regretted that the wishes Of the people were no,
met at once, did no, think the evils sought to be
remedIed we're sufficiently grievous to justify re.
sort TO revolutionary conluct. therefore oppns.
ed all the proceeding from first to last connected
with The Peoples Constitution" In short, |
II rded in forming the law and order party; and
bore arms, with others, in defence of the Charter
Government.


The People. ns You IRE aware. since that time,
viz: in lS43, formally ndopted the constitution un
der which the eosernmcn; Of the State is now or.
gnnizod. In the meanwhile. Mr.. Dorr has bcen
tried, convicted, and imprisoned His present
unhappy situation is consta nj source of discom.
ot and trouble in the State and out of the S,n,e.
Neither bis party, nor the law and order party,
.nn disband. while he remains in prison.