The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-12-10

-nbyersise af liv dearest rights and priv
legcs which csa.he clnimed bye free sa
y=-teige and independent people. we should
ny y tam. ac,luicscenre under them, de
clare to The world that we were ~ desii
tote 81 pure republican principles rs ioia
absence uf every virtue could make as.
l. Resoired, therefore That we will b,
lnvers lawful aud constitutional nrans II
our power, oppose IN gpod faith. the oper
atjun aud continuance Of tir, said iYranni
cal acts, aud al others af u like eliafacie
and tendency which Congress may pass.
>. Rosoircd, also, That aur Senate
Il ON this district, and our Representative
/ from this country in the Virginia Assembl,
+ be-, and they are hereby instructed, In us'
! their hest cliafis to provide by law, eyer,
constitutional mrans within their power
10 guard the good people of this Common
wealth against the rFlls Of the Tariff bib
and 10 adopt such measures as 10 then
shall secin best calculated 10 bring about q
speedy aud constitutional repeal of the SAID
obnoxious act.
3. Treasured, nlso, That Our brethren ol
the United States, and especially OF this
State, bc,.and they are hereby most ear
ncslly cn;reatcd To- co.oprralc with us IN
said offensive nei Of Congress.
T. Rcsofpcd, That each of our immediate
Representatives 10 The Virginia Assembly
be furnished with copy of The foregoing
preamble aud resolutions, and that one
other copy he cent To each of the Editors
Of the Richmond Enquirer aud Constitn
denal Wing, with request that they will
publish them.
SAMUEL CARTER, .Modrator
SAMUEL ALLEN, Clerk,
.".Ne"..
Contention or No Contention
The question whether or not wc shall
have a Convention to revise our State Con
stitniioo, which occupied 81 much Of the
public attention during the last summer,
has been ldtclly swallowed upinthr more
interesting one of bhO IS 10
oar nert Prcs,dcnt2 II is time, howe
Yer, since The people have no farther con
troll over the Grcision al the latter question,
that we rr.ert 10 Tn. former, aud endrayor
To procure AN alteration ia our system OF
state government, by which our physical
strength, II not increased, may be kept
from waning, and our moral energies he
drawn into full play. The people Of Anne
lin, whose proceedings are subjoined, have
taken time by the forclock, aud have in
s,ructed their reprcsenlatl,e IN the legis
laturc To oppose a Convention in any shape,
whether with limited or general powers.
The arguments they ddducc, are such us
have been often brought forward, aud IA
often shown To be unsound aud unsnbstar
tial. The old cry uf :" W of! Wulfo is
sounded in our ears but the deception
has hrcn so often pracliscd, and ex,mina
tom has 81 completely demonstrated the
absence If all cause for alarm, that the
ti,nid and the cunning sentincls who oppose
reform will shortly be silcuccd by the over
whrlming and irrepressiblc voice of the
democrGrV of the State. Their dislran-
chisrd l,luw citizens will not cgnsent much
lougcr 10 he lnrcd into inactivity, by the
semblance of equality, whirh exists not
even in The Imagination. Sooner than be
much longer "hewcrs of wood and draw
crs of water" ~ u priritcged class, they
Will cmigratc to other states, and coniIi.
butte by their talent, enterprise and indus
try To throw Virginia still f.Ithcr back, nj
ready exhibiting rapid and melancholy
We have not time To- day tn discuss this
subject, in cxtruso. We shall endcayor.
however, very soon, 10 show not only the
cxpcdlcncy aud ?roprleiy, but r',e absolute
necessity of some change. We viii III
present only premise that the warincst ad
vocates al our present system admit that
il is defective; bat still they are afraid to
trust the people With its re, isou the very
people whose rights and interests are 10 he
hcneficially or ininiotsly affected by il
What If the patriots of '7G had thus rca.
soncd? What It the signers of our Drca
rasion of independence had been referred
10 the dntiqaity' Of the pditrndi cavern
ment To- which they owed allegiance II
il had been said, il is trac we suffer most
sNeyous oppression, but to procure re-
formation we shall have To encountrr the
pcris of revolution, how tio the dangers
ut praceablc convention of our, citizens
sink to nothing IN the comparison : and
may after all change from bad 60 worsp-
from despatism Ia anarchy--thc result
would have beenslhat we should still have
been British coonists, and the force of the
notable argument founded on the antiquity
of the existing constitution, would have
been quadruplcd. But from the onward
path of right and duty, virginians are
neither to be driven or scduced. They
know their riShts--thcy have fought to
Obtain and 10 secure th-m--and they are
not now To hcdriraudcd out of them by :,
landed driSiocrdcB, nor deferred from con-
tending for Ih,eh by appeals 10 their fears
fears which are not felt Ivy those who en-
dcavor 10 create them, that they may III,
more readily carry their punt, and prolons
thr triumph of injustice.
The following are the proceedings of tn,
Amelia pcople:----
From the Richmond papers1
! AT 4 meeting ola number Of the Free
holders OF Amelia, at theCourthouse oC sal,
county, on Munday, the first day of No
vemher, 1924. in pursuance of pieyiou.
notice, for the purpose taking into con
sideraiion the suhjcetrof the proposed cal
of the Convcniioa, 10 alter the Constitu
ton OF thisstate Edmund Harrison ESQ
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