The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-04-16
A CONVENTION.

ne people are brEinilnB IN MINK serl
on-ly Oh lhia subject & lhr result Of th.n
Reflections Is pe,rei,iI,ir IN tn. sinult n.ous
movements made IN several parts offhe state
o. favor a revision "fthr constitution. In
deed, We can scarcely perceive n single
Pood Argument which cal he adduced A.
g,insi the measure. It's opponents rely
chleh, upon one which derives al its force
irom false mutton of reverence for the
handlcrait of our forcfalhcrs. They con.
frnd that We have gone on smoothls enough
vider oor present syslen-aud they are
unwilling 10 run .Iae risk of getting rid Of
Ills which They EttA, In fly IN others that
they know NIL of The strongest aud in
deed only plausible reason which We have
heard urged against the propfriy of hold.
Ing conyenilup, and that, too, by gen
ten,an who aeknon hedges The advantage
winch might arise from II, m one or Two
Important particulars, Is, that il will render
Us loo familiar With IA INSTRUMENT which
sluuld be viewed nilh awe aud reverence
a al thai, after lime, II would be- revised
aud amended With as little ceremony rs
we now enact OF repeal astaiute Law, 10
sht the " him ar caprice of the day. But,
" hlle We should drpreeate such an fleet
hs much a. any person, aud while we ad
amt the force Of the consideration, " hen
suddenly prosecuted 10 us, We must confess
Al wc entertain no such dread. Acknow
idsed IS the Constitution of Virginia nov
=, 10 be almost prrfe,t--and even those
ho are t'nldiy AFRAID To risk the hazard
oi amendment, cohcurrng IN "pini"n with
Their aht"rsalIrs Thai II contains some lra.
tur,s n,r = he eXptInCpd or alter
sI fEta e tfaulf 4 h.,
q .I.,l 49,. NJ i, vii hencefnrih he locked
l. III VII nie reased re-, .reucr, rs c fabric
OF gigantic minds. erected Ia times nf tr0u.
-, and polished when the tranquility OF
iracr enabled them To perceive the errors
Consequent upon the circumstances by
inch dizzy wess .ig4s.mdea when ts,, ihft
win I, eas,..as' '.s.---v-, ,~,..
The arguments heretofore addressed To
tie peopl. in behalf of a Convention, have
be n altogether abstract. They have not
t,1,chcd upon the crying e.lls which have
rtudtred this measure nec' ssary. They
h4se unt show how some III these great
| aitical maxins upon which II prolesscs
{. =. based are coniruSerted IN its opera
and how hca,Il, a presses upon a
ssl ui TIE people nls' have certainly
Song clafms, II not upon the justice
q, the stale, nj least upon lis gratitude. -
We confess our inability 10 dc Justice 10
TIE subject hm, feeling its importance,
;,ai speing Il listlessnrss aud apathy on the
,rt of those whosc energetic co.operailon
- had every reason Ia hope for and cx-
let, We can no longer preserve our 81
] nee.
THE nnst cIl-ctual way 10 impress upon
tac minds of the peopit, the Importance ol
.,y mrasnre, is Ia illustrate its probable
elecIs aud we have been surprised thai
is course has not been pursued IN TIN,
Cast more particularly as they are sus
ceptibic af easy demonstrations II Is pnl
81 the essential principles of COR cunstltu
ti,n, that population, representation ant
fINA-ios shoaid be- as nearly equalized ~
Possible. But how stands the fact ! Ari
not the pc ole shamefnIy mtsrepresrnIcd
uDder The present system : Have not some
counties weight /" which they are moi
entited uo any ptinciplr Of right ar justice
And are uat Others deprived Of that nnu
rncr - ~ bicli they are entitled Lei facts
sneak. Fur the sake al illustration, ",
will Instance the population of some of ON
larger and some al our smaller counties
.ad II Will be- at once seen how unequal Is
ti4.. operation of the represent tive system
-aud il is of thoi system which we boasl
moro than any other.
The following tables show the populato,
If each county, aud the tdAcs paid by eacl