Show DORRS DORRIS REBELLION stirring times tini of 1812 1842 in rhode island recalled Ke by a death henry C dorr darr died at no west went fourteenth street where he h bad lived for twenty seven years lie ho was born in providence at R 1 I on december r 2 30 0 1820 and was educated ILL at brown university ver sity ilis hla father was sullivan do dorr and he wan waa at A younger brother of 0 thomas wilson dorr darr who was known as tho the cause of 0 dorrs rebellion mr dorr darr wan waa the last figure to link with wilh the present generation an episode in politics of half it a century ago age thomas wilson dorr darr hla his older brother studied law in new york under chancellor kent end and ilder after having beene admitted to lo the bar ban returned to hla his native town to practice lit in 1833 he was elected to the assembly of the state as a federalist but four years laur late r when ho he became a democrat he retired from that body in I 1 1336 he was then bl 31 thomas dorr darr introduced and carried through thu the assembly a bill which alch curtailed greatly the tha powers iowen of 0 t alic 1 ic state slate banks then the government ia of f 11 chodo hode island vaa based on a charter nelch had boen been granted by Charles ir if in 1663 only about one third of tile the citizens in the state could vote as aa according to the old charter charier the limited to persons pos possession 13 find and to their eldest sons oni one of this thlu waa mas that hat representation in the legislature was most unfairly d als I 1 9 I 1 ono instance 0 of that was bain f found J in the cost of 0 newport ew port and provida Provi providence dm eo newport with inhar hants hm d fx membern niem bera white while proal denam alth ith fIo ople but lepa leio wealth had only four representatives 1 mr lr dorr darr had struggled in the assem bl uly y t lo 10 a secure it a more liberal constitution but the failure of lila his efforts was waa 0 hewn by the tact fact that tie he succeeded in getting tor for hl his i project only seven out I 1 of 0 seventy voleti lie ile made on an appen I 1 after this to the people an ami aft after c r borne me popular agitation ti a 1 I euf of frage party was formed which was Po powerful kerful enough to coll call on july clr 6 i 1811 1911 tor for a constitutional convention the tha contention did meet on october ath lit in that year yc ar and a constitution was pr pre pared and submitted to tile the people ot of the state in the following tollow lne december it was aid that votes were cast and that this number road mado up the majority ot of the adult voters in the iho state anti anil the tha new constitution had beena adopted by a majority of the legal vote voters th that it 1 la oft of those h 09 0 who under the oll c charter rt r were e re en entitled la 11 ed to the suf ruf fraga faaee e meanwhile if a I 1 the he legislature 0 tile state stale had met awl aad called allied a C constitutional dan convention and the delft gates who were elected prepared another now constitution which wa F flub mittel to the people in march 1811 2841 and rejected in april ui an election was waa held under the suffrage or new constitution and sir mr dorr as an a s its ila originator was elected governor A legislature mado made 11 up 11 enit entirely re ity or of the he sympathizer with h his a C constitution on was wa elected samuel W king was chosen choden governor in an election hu held under the old charter ot of in may both governments organized lia la newport apor an and abw it wn seen been that an aji appeal I 1 to ral anno M a inevitable evitable king was as governor by the national government and he declared martial law anil and asked for or cud aid f from r tho e national u rinde go government var ime ent an attempt ina t w was T made by y armed r ests to seize the arsenal in providence and this was prevented only by th ap I 1 of gov ilni and thi it wit wg after this demonstration that 2 mr 11 D dorra adherents persuaded him I 1 to KO L to hington to end endeavor eavor to ret got the support or of the federal authorities for his side bide when he returned return fd his tol to lowers lowera assured ai him that they were ready to light for their rights and at ten nilles miles from Provi providence clence a demonstration was waa held in his honor lit in june WS 1 but as aa only ot of hla his nd adherents I 1 were pre nent aa against of 0 the other bicle dorr darr order ordered d hat his P men ae 11 to dlo perse and order was re C d otter after a few days of rioting tha th end of k what hat has haa been called dorrs rebellion was waa already near for or tho the legislature called a convention which after sev erial nd months month fl deliberation drew up tile the p nt state slate constitution when ehn waa ze put before the people they aa adopted 0 pled I 1 it almost unanimously there wa nothing now for dorr darr tn in do but escape from lite hie state as an speedily as aa he might lie led fled to connecticut and from that state slate into new hampshire but a price aprice of S 1010 1000 had acen put OIL on ills his head by the state batata authorities find and on an soon as he ha returned to lo rhode milind mr dorr darr wan arrested lie he wag waa tried for high treason and on june 2 23 25 1844 he was waa condemned condemn fd to imprisonment for or life after thice years he was rel released cued under a general a net I 1 and el in IBSH I 1 stored six red t to his hl its political I 1 right N M all I 1 in I 1 11 J en un t 0 years af |