Excerpt from Facts Involved in the Rhode Island Controversy: With Some Views Upon the Rights of Both Parties That of the former was submitted to the people before the latter body had finished its labors; and the strong support afforded, if not clear adoption of that Constitution, induced the Charter Convention to extend the right of suffrage nearly as claimed, still leaving the representation unequal. Their Constitution was rejected by a decided popular vote, and that of the Suffrage Convention was declared by its framers and adherents to have been adopted by a majority of the people, and to be the law ofthe State; and under it a new government was formed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.