Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-05-14

but ho.-Sc AIDED Wilkes, hut it was reproba,ea BIZ
Junius in the following language" As to cutting
away the rotten boroushs, am as much offended
as any man, Mt seeing so many of them under the
direct influence of the crown. at the disposal of
private persons, yet own have both doubts and
apprehcnsions, in regard "a. the remedy you pro-
pose." Further on, he says, "Ia the first place,
question the power dc of the legislature to dis
franchise number of boroushs upon the general
ground of Improving the Constellation" "Therc
Cannot be a doctrine more fatal to the liberty and
property we are contcniins FOR, than that which
cotiounds the idea of Supreme and arbitrary le-
gisiature." :" Now sir. should be glad to know,
by what kind of reasoning it can b. proved, that
there is power vested in the representative to de-
siroy his i,nmediite constituent: a courter know
will be ready enough to maintain the Affirmative
Again: :. If the majority disfranchise ten bo-
rougis, why not twenty! Why not the whole king
do.u. Why should they not make their own seats
in Parliament for life? When all your instruments
oi ainPutation are Prepared when the unhappy
patient lies bound at yoar feet without the possible
lty of resistance, by what infalli5e rule will you
direct the operation Whoa you propose to cut "a
way the rotten parts, you tell what parts are
pose, and equally unanswerable. 1t is certainly
most strange and Understandable thing, that the
stretch of power, which Junius thought arbitrary
90 be exercised by the Parliament Of England
which he acknowledges, and which Blackstone,
Coke. and De Lolmc all concur in asserting be
supreme, that the identical same "anpufation,"
should be gravcly proposed to the Legislature of
Virginia, sitting not from prescription, but under
written Constitution, not pretending to be supreme,
put strictly intcor another power, s. that by the
very orthodox aud enlightened John Randolph Of
Roanoke. II the exclamation not in Latin,
and thicadbare be,des,we should exclairn, o Tenn
pora, o Mures In the spirit of Junius. ask Mr..
Randolph whence he derived this opinion of the
powers of the Legislature When the instruments
of amputation prepared, and the counties of
Virginia lie bound at his feet, where Will he begin,
and where terminate the operation? On the East
the West side of tn, Blue Ridge? VIII he
subject his Charlotte to this humiliating opera
tion, or does her size, her wealth and population
protect her? We hope the people of Charles City
will bear this proposition in mind, and remember
raat the advice to unite countess comes not from
the friends, but the opponents of Convention
When statesmen of Mr., Randolph's celebrity and
Influence, propose measures, which even in Enslrnd
wer, rejected as too hgh-handcd and arbitrary, it
is time il they draw their opinion of the right en-
force them from the Constitution 10 icw model tina,
In.rumcnt. If they advance them as speculative
aoctSines, expressly prohibited by the Constitu-
tinn still it is tine for the people, by and more
distinct modification Of power, Ia restrain their Re-
representatives. from attempting such usurpations. or
even 70 speculate the possibility Of their having
the power 10 effect 1a,in
We are Informed by the last Intelligence, of the
following pa.tic ulars, which we have room to in
sert at length.
The CLAIM Of Beaumarchais, which has so fire.
qianty been before Congress- and often rejected,
has again met that fate. 1t was cn Tuesday, on
,nosiou Of Mr.. Randolph, lad on the table.
The Editors Of the lntegencer inform us, that
Mi. Crawford has addressed to the Committee app
pointed 10 act on Edwardss Memorial, letter vim
ticatins himself against the charges in that Memo
rial. The Editors hare not read II, lttey say) but
pronounce it, notwithstanding a conclusive reply.
On Tuesday, the Senate acted again on the Ia
riff. Most of the amendments of the committee of
the whole, approved, but nothing decisive,
done. Tbo Illinois Senator is not expected during
this session.
The late Treaty between the United States and
Great B,i,ain for the suppression of the Slave
Trade, is before the SenateIts object Isl author
ize the naval commanders Of either nation. seize
ships engaged in this commerce, Bearing the Eng
lish or Amerinan flag, and deliver them the tri-
bunals Of The captured party, for adjudication.
TIC P,.esiGent--Gea. Jackson S. vur. Lo.orie
"The cat is out of the bag" head, tail and all
We lay before readers, the letters, not of Gem
Jackson only, Ir. Monroe in I31 but Mr.. Mon
roe's him. Their length, and our anxiety to give
them immediate publicity, have prevented US even
from psru,as them fully, before they were put into