Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-12-18

quote high and revered authority fror, ,ta
eo'es ON virginia, written by Mr. JefFa, .,,,, A..
me years 1871 and l7es. srhose who Iahor ~
.he earth are the chosen people Of God If aya.
ae nau chosen people, whose breasts he
aJ "due MS peculiar deposit for substantia
a"u senuhe virtue. Ii is the focus in which
ne Keeps alive that sacred fire which Ctr.
wise might escape from the face of the s..,,,
corruption Of morals i,t the mass Of cuIt;.c
,crs Is Phenomenoa Of tchich no age nor mn.
noh ms FURNISHED an example. Ii is tbs
marx set on those, who not looking am m
HeaveD, 10 MeT ora soil and iuo1str,r Nc
does The hnsbaDdman, for their subs;s,snca
depenu for il ON the casualties and canr;c,
OIL enston egs. Dependence brgets subssry;.
enee ana venaliiy, sufoeates the germ M
virtue, ana prepares fttools for the designs
" amo't'on. rms, the natural progress and
) consequences ofsthe arts has sometime. 90
haps been retarded BY accidental c;r,rr,
stances but generally speaking. the prono..
uon which the aggregate OF the o.her class..
oi ciuZens bears IN any state TO that of ~.
h"spandmen, IS the proportion of ito nnso,,.J
10 IT'S healthy parts, and is a good eno',mt,
barometer whereby 10 measure itx deoraso s
corruptiop,' &c W
Ailer such an authority as this, where shall,
',aa ~, ~. most saiety m the depository Of
lo"e' WIN such an authority as this, weye
"f'S'' ~ NuetntT we txil
ing To De governed by minority comnosa,,
of the owners and cultivators of the nsr,h
VI majority composed of merchants. mani
'"e'ureis' shop Keepers, traders, bankers. scri.
veners, pedlars bankrupts and Others No,
interested IN the soil, what would he o,,r
ueeision l mean the decision of all nrud.r,
ana 40! Just men of all descriptions in socie,y'
we should certainly prefer to trust the car.
y, ne general interest Of the nation, 10 the
men most exempt from corruption. whatever
mSu' BE their condition in life and these
men, from the high authority onn,sd se e
most llkesy TO be found amongst the csIt;y.-
lois Oh The earth, or the "chosen neonla of
u3o, II lie ever had chosen people,
c'ose ms number with a few mora 70
id'Ns' we nave seen that in the DAYS of our
ancestors, freehold was acauireabl. mo, sIv
oy seating and planting the land. In onr
nmes, we see that Fifty or an hundred dollars
!"hich laboring industrious man can acn,,r.
=" W. que yesi WIZ now purchase a freehold. -
WY 'hen call Convention to form newcon.
si'ta'ion on this new theory We have know,
that gold watch of the value of ono bnnJ,.,
uoiiaFs, passed from hand To hand. rave ,b.
riSh' Oh suffrage TO several hundreds of moor
snorant Though perhaps) very honest sailors
"hch turned lie scale Of an important el.r
'on' IL is also well known that free p,rroes
onsome occasions have settled the fate of in.
leresi'ns elections. How should we like snch
proceedings in Virginia? Why pu, .muci,
u. 10. hazard, merely lie give vote, TO a rerson
VINO can get tins freehold for fifty dollars p.
A new constitution on this theory. wonid co,-
pei us TO revise all our laws. We should have
!" publish new Rev. Codrs, and the General
assembly, instead of sitting three or four
months. would probably ait ak months
mere IS something awfuly port entous in
'his spirit ot change and innovation.
The manufacturing or tariff party. b,rs
gained in the federal government, an asceo.
uancy over the agricultural interest. The
STOCK -J"bbine interests in both governments,
nave attained menacing attitude-otber
subordinate interests, nnconnected with sgri.> 4
.u''u'r, HOOK up TO Their superior kindred spi-
r's. Owners and cultivators of The soiI. m,ha
chosen people of God' may become the
"hewers OF wood and drawers of water, far
Tue other Interests of society.
PLANTER.