Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-01-21

Vut merchants as wei as farmers, we
seize t'ie first opportunity to lay them be-
fore the reader:
Er,ruct ero tcstcr foa L1a,cs Maury. co.snl D, me
a. STATES ut Lirerpo,f, dstei Nor :. 1915.
III las: sunner has bee the coidesll ever have cx
.'eacei has been bic for grain and the
prices have bccn rising Tor time past At this place
wheat now sell. ior guinea ~ bush. OF 20 lbs equal to
Siv Winchester bush ofoolbs."
Ee:ract Ola letter from Thomas fpp,ttoa Coasrs Of
tin Z. w9iesaf Lcstsra. dated Scpt.e7, 1910.
rhe late S-d>on has be.u the most extraordinary ore
remembered BY The odes, and Observing farmer
there has no. been sx:e day in which raencits Their
ome,er has risen above IS deg-senerally it marked
from 05 to 10 deg: the us,li heat in snmner from rs
to SO deg or harvest of whra. has been mich below
uliidng tie adian has been blasted tia,
exceed ,enth part the usual crops oil abso
lately ability The greatest part Of grapes have
dropped from ;he vines and the remainder not ey-
eayct arriveia perfect maturity; wine will
be dear, md OF very Indifferent quality
- On subject so interesting as the
following Essay touches, we wish every
man In he heard, who is able TO excite or
enlighien The peop,e.-Thc following i
differ from several of the positions which,
it attempts to establish.-In our opinion.
the Constitution does require amendment.
and Convention ought TO meet-but a
Convention ought not to be called, as has
been lately proposed IN speech, which
points out, with great ability, several of
the defects of the existing Constitution
il ought not to be called by the I.egisIa-
tire, because, i'm these times, the Le1iSia-
ture have no authority to call Convent
on; and, besides, this mode of calling if.
may cause it to be done l.y minoritv Of
The peop!e-but it ought 10 be called i'm
the manner pointed out by the Report Of
the Select Committce-bv previous
refcrencc-to the People, themselves. If
a majority of them are in favor of a call of
the Convention, let tie wW of the majority
be o6eyed. Such seems to us to be the Law
and the Prophets!
TO TIIECITIZENS OF VIRGINIA.
am alarmed at the spirit of political limo
vation that pervades my country generally, aud
my own, my native" state, partcuarly II
springs from discomfort that childish Jiscon-
tent, which delights 10 change old things for
new--arising, not from the pressure OF evil
which alone should Justify u change of the i'o-
iItical institutions OF country, but because
some new projects have been started attract
i'm, not by their utility, but their noveltv-&
alluring us from real ard certain good. by The
glare with which fancy invests the projects OF
adventurous politicians.
Virgin ians II am al old man I am unwi ling
to see our Constitution that venerable edifce
of our liberties, whose walls have been cement
ed byyour fathers blood, torne down, that the
light cdi.lcc of modern projectors NAV he built
upon its ruins. 1 may have the prejudices
which are incident TO oldage: but If I am over
cautious, and hesitating, remember that it has
been taught me blythe lessons OF experience. Yes
Y s.,.l.
a rash hand, on constitution, under which my
! children have been reared, i'm the unfeveretI
| enjoyment of liberty, and under which my
head has grown grew.
Who were the founders of this Constitution ,
| They were the greatest sages that then existed,
and alas! where can their equals now be found
| Their capacious minds embraced all govern
nients; no spring or part of which, was left un-
| examined. The scattered eXcellencies of the
| whole, were collected and haTmoniousIy blend
| ed with those parts, which their own profound
] judgment supplied till our constitution was
! formed diffusing happiness and liberty around
| the anarchy of excessive liberty. 1t has nei-
Their been disorganized by the corrGptions of
protracted peace, nor tile destroying sword Of
| war.
| What then are the OWLS you complain of, u,l-
| der such Constitution
| One OF your complaints is, that the right of
suffrage is restricted too much. Remember
Virginians that Providence has assignedI!,nits
=,
| when pursued too far, degeneTates into an
| eVil:--Generosity glides into prodgality, coll-
| rage into rashness, and liberty Into anarchy
| Let us guard then, against running into an ex-
| IRENE in the extension of the right of suffrage
| Let those who are admitted to tine right have
republication. Let thenhave tile stu ong tie of
| interest to bind them to Our state. And what
is better adapted 10 this purpose than that pro.
| perty which is permanent! Man will ever
| continue to be attached to his igterest He
will follow it and defend it. Let the interes [
of the Constituent be liable TO danger from
mpolitic and oppressive laws, and lie will guard
against Them. Let his interest be welded to
the soil, and he gives us an evidence OF his at
tachmeat-t0 the state. and a security against
the abuse of power. But what hold have Won
on the unqualified rOteT! Is his interest twist
ed with the sell, that he would govern by his
laws
Has he any evidence to give YOU, that he will
not Cypress you by laws which from his stu
alton cannot reach him Has he any thing to
bind him here in the hour of his countrV's add
versity! WillhenO like the Otiin fly offwith
the first frost that nips her Prospective He
will because he will have no interest TO call
forth his vigilance against oppression from a.
broad orat home. Bnt max him interes ted i'm
the security of property as We'll ash his person,
and you Will have a double chain upon him
Ills prosperity will bcidentifed with the pros
perIty of the State and whist the pap of in
ierest is presented to his lips, he will cling to
the bosom of his country, with an embrace
more fervent, when danger gathers around
her.
My brethren ofthe West!-Whyis the voice
OF complaint heard amongst your mountains :
Has oppression scaled the bulwarks, which ma
tiue has thrown around your Oh no. Yours
a. inn al