Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-08-03
yoR THE ENouiRER.

| yin IdC CON w ENIION.
| TO ruk TREEuoLDERs IN VIRGINIA.
You had better look before you leap
Perhaps there may be snake lurking in the grass.
Io me u appears ,hsi you would, al any time, b.
acting very uiwsey agree To call conventions ioI
.ne p.spo.s Of STEERING Jour constitution; But to
couuenance the measure at this time would certain
" os AN aci OF the highest imprudence.
moments reflection, one would think, ought ia
DC sumcen, TO SATISFY any reasonable man tina, thi,
was 40 tine to be disturbing The tranquility Of socie-
and dis racing the minds Of xpeote with propo.
s'''ons Of this soss, whom Sst tho oil y
great csiss IN our affalrs.
The election Of President and Vice Presidenr, 10,
~ MI TINES matter Of very general interest aud
cern But IN this instance, when, from the number
oi the Opposing candidaes and the slrsie likely 10
for their sruggies for and the collisions OF
shes trends, the whole Union il in danger Of being
thIown into Ihs greatest comniotion, 1t IL certainly
calculated 10 awaken iins The deepest sol,c-
sode-In such case 70 il not the du'y Of all good
men aud true Patriots to enjeavour, by all means in
their power, to prSsarve the utmost harmony and
xcns
as TO the motives for calling Convention, il 10
m VAN 70 disguise the fact, that Whatever other rea-
sons may be assigned ny s advocates, the lead
ing osJsct Is, ~ extending the right Of suRrage, 10
wres' tho resns OF government ous Of your hands.
drift 2
You have no, experienced any serious evils from,
your present constitution You have lived ves hap
ply and contsntedy under IL for near half cenu,y
Il hss Stood your friend ia tines Of peace aud has
been Your shield IA times Of All your rights,
privileges asd properly hive been safe aud AZ well
secured unJaS u as you could we'll desire. And as
much 50 ~ you could possibly expect to DC ui-
der ANY other form Vt government Whatsoever. In
deed Il may be even safely Asserted that ynu have not
te't the least desire Tor change. Nsiiher has The
Legislature sign6.d 10 you that the wheels of 20.
vernwen stopped ,agd that they could no, 20 ON
until the machine was repaired, altered, or per.
haps Sung aside altogether aud one, out and
out. procured. BY whom Then is this change des,r-
cd Are they not The same ckss OF Pol,i,csI Re-
formers who, always pretending that they ate ahou, 10
make some great inpfov The science OF GO.
Sssf"meni, have already succeeded an stripping You
Of INST one right and then anoher, TINS is the Ia.
stake you have remaining? When tins Is gone here
viii he nothing lei, worth con endihg for
Alter having been successfully driven in from all
your out posIs the enemy laundering al YOUR
gates and summonng you TO surrender AT d,.crei,on
30 long, however, AS you snug behind v. n,
eHirenchnenis you are sale. But il you suffr,
yourselves 10 he seduced by ,neiT deceit p,oirs
and brilliant PROMISES and once ops,i yo, gaze,
and surrender your ci,sdel, the jig VIII be- all over
with yon l. will then be ia,e 20 rctreai. .'Then'
protrs SONS Will be denied aud their promises foseoax
ten. And you may then prepare your Ives aud vorf
wives, yuu sons aud your daughters, aud YOUR soas
sons and daughters TO be heweIs oil wood and draw.
ers of water ior them and their generslons forever
Call Convention aud extend the right ot ST. fl, a. -
and then shall You see The ominops fingers wnpe
upon the wall, the terrible denunr ia,on oil meme
meme, excl, upharsn. Then will these pae mr. chi
Ietormers show you that they will slip he reius q,
gDSefument gu, OF your hands with as much fac,,y
And adronness AS j"ggicr change his balls from
one cup another. ihen will tley uur birdie n.
your mouths aud mount on your bucks, aud Nh
whips their hands and spnrA ON their 4,
they lash anu spur aud drive SOU wiielhersoeyel ksy
please - - y
Have you forgo,tes how ihese Rovernuen,
improvements mer came, some years ago, with their
far words and fine speeches, and .persuatet you
that was Tor want OF more capital that Won syete an
much ia debt and could not sell your peud,,ce Tha,
Il yon would .I establish banks, money wonld become
emit hat VOIy 4
ior every thing you could make That yourp, oper,
would rise in value! That you. would QUICKLY lie en-
sbled to pa, of your debts AVID that then you would
all he as happy the days were ijne WeIl. yon
yielded TO their wishes; You eslsbsi,ed banks AM,
what Is the resnlt Your good I'D ro3d .nJ .Iy.,
money has almost entirely yapsled iron, c;rcul.,;on
and sonag ou. rag. o. paper ere st! in the place Of
money, you are taxed al the Of seven per cent
or more, syeaf, IN the form 0f Interest on Io...
iou' property 70 Of no moro value now than formeriv
You can scarcely get any thing Tor the produce ~
your iabour. And you actually more IN deIs no,v
than you were belOrc.
Have you soon forgoiieen how this s,o,s c,,.. II
foi',lcans came: 2, another time, aud coaxed you
INTO al Internal tWprosenient system, which w,s IN
do great ihnss Tor You, and how by this r,eaus bev
got possession 81 your roads and your riye,. snS
now you cant take your ii,le crops 10 market nor
eve" carry your wives anh children to visit their re-
aiions without payIng them tax for the ur;v,ls.e
90 the form Ut a tell Have you 30 SOON io,go,sn
TOP, how they prevailed upon you, at another ,sms ~
establish Literary fnHd, ~ they called IL, WHICH
10 educate NIL the poor children, gratis and ,hs
we were TO have our Washingtons and JsfTe,snn.
our Judges and Generals from The ooorho,,.s 49,,
how hy ih" conirsance, they robbed your II, ..su,v
o. u, ni,"aras OF million Of dollars and imposed an
additional tax upon the people Of g1OO GOO ye.r
And, last though not least how they then Jrew vo,
into the James River Canal scheme wl,,ct, "a c.l
ls,ed 10 destroy so much 6ne ver-Go,ton, and TO IN
vo'vc me state W deot Of such magnitude tia, the
mere payment OF the interest wi N. III, -. VI
cradle grievance ri
And now, iorsooii', these patent right r.former.
and government Improvement meu are come a~a;n
Of your good old gold aud silver money rhh o'..
Treasury, seized upon your roads s6d rivers. hsIed
you with taxes, involved tie state in debt a., !. s
cradle snaua, and u'org.g.d you all OPP, persons 40.
properly 40 security and by making irrr;i,Ie nm,
cries about lsbeSiy and equality his and
duties and obligations, and the Lord knows VIA, a,
besides, want TO cajole, coax aud brow-bea, v ;,,,
the scheme OF calling Convention TO alter The Cnn
stituion and extend the right Of suffrage liza, ths,
may obtain, by that means, better oo,,o ,,,,,;,a
/ wrestling the reins oil government out of vour ri.
Aud by 'nvaiidatng your freehold titles ami ,v.,'r
tde"'ng you with taxes ultimately succeed in ous,n
tyou from The possession Of your lands And j., nL
ing all kiuds Of properly, real and person,J .i;
to the operation of their scbemes VI pecs.,,oo ,n,
private sggrandIzemeDt. CIV"
Among tho many reasons assigned for calling
Convention, u 10 urged upon that the o,,e, 81.
Of the Union have had Cow eniious and i. 49,,
aud such alterations IN their Cor s,nu,,nns a.,
that, therefore, we ougsi 10 do SO ,oo-I.,ts IN,
Chdren OF issae, 10 Tue wilderness who, fnd,.g tina
the nations around them we're worsbpurys or Ill
! would have old Aaron 10 set 10 work and -.
goldep-csl' Tor them 10 worship that they mai, n,
like the % her nations. "s"' "
Have you ever ,aken time to reflect upoo VIVA
should one be called One would ex,sn., "'pvseo
OF Suffrage. Aaother would establish fe,,.s, ~
on the bass oil numbers aud although orr 49,.
n'"y I'VE ooogy ~" usoy 'sxed, yet not one 10 b