The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-06-13
TEEE VIRGTFgTAN.
LYNCuBuRG, JUNE IS. i8a5
CONVENTION

~ Il n''lll1 ut ile cttlE us III IFfth
h,ug trtcudly 10 = CONTENTION. hrld II thn
Franklin Hotel, an Saturday evening, the
llih Junr. l8e9, DC june Sana-
d"rS was GATED IL the char nnl Mi. Ii.
chard Pollard wa, appointed Secretary.
The following preamble aud resolutions
were submitted, and unanimously agreed
tu
Whereas ia times pa,t, II has heen the
practice of trermru, when they have felt
Themselves agst,pvrd, To appeal ta the con-
stitutluGal power 10 obtain Il redress If
those grievances and whereas a large
portion, ifnut a majority, al tie prople If
this commonwealth have manifested their
dissatisfaction with the existing state Of
things, and have hesonght their lrgisia.
ture to embudy the public sentiment on
the occasion, with a full determination 10
abide peacpahly by tile result at the can
vas, aud whereas that legislature, IN de
lance uFthr FIRST principles Of Republican
Ism, aud in utter disregard of Their duty,
dld refuse to listen Ia the petitions Of u
i1igc and respectable body of the people
WerCiort bcsoictd, That II brhoscs the
people of this commonwealth, In take the
matter into their own hands, and 10 adopt
such measures as II regard for their mont
soIco'n rights imperlou,iy dictate.
Kesolcd, That NJ j Richard Pollard,
David K Edley aud Sanl. Scheduled he
appointed Delegates IN the Convention 10
bp held in Staumton on The 25lll day Of Ju-
~ next, to meet the deputies Of other
counties who have been n may heappoln
ted 10 attend that meeting, IL assist in lis
deliberations: aud tlat theA be respectfully
requested, on hehalfo Of the friends u Con.
@vcntlon IA Lynchbur6, 10 attend al that
place.
Rrsoh ed, That Mi Riehard Pollard,
David X. Edlcy, Saml. Sehooi6tld, Rich
ard u. ToItr, John Hancock and james
Saunders be- a Corresponding Committee,
for the town of Ly nchbnrg, whose duty II
shall be to advance the object Of tAl, NEE
tag by every lawful means.
Resolved, That these proceedings lie
published ia the Nirgioian and Herald Of
this place, add tlat the Editors o~t=papers
throuShoutthe State be requested 10 lePtlb-
fish them.
JAMES SAUNDERS, Chr.
lR1CUp. Pollard, Srcry.
a. The blanks the in above resolutions
were flied by nomination after the REESE.
%lutions had been agreed 10.
~"sees"-
COW. PORT Elt5 NlNDltAllON.
We regret tlat We have not room for the
insertion Of Com, Portcr's vindication, more
especially AS it appears that the Court Martial
refused to hear, il not that, at least the doeu.
mcnts upon which it is mainly predicated-.
The Commodore takes three grounds OF JUST.
hcation
lst. The laws Of nations.
%. Precedent and
Sd His Instructions.
!. NatiOHol Latr.-Com p. quotes pattal
who says, " every associate Of my enemy is
indeed himself my enemy il matters little
whether any one makes war on me directly
and in his own name, or under The auspices
Of another; whatever rights war gives me
against my principal enemy, the like il gives
M against his associates" After mrtbcrqno.
tations from the same a%atl.or, OF Like impirt,
ne goes on to prove Tint faxardo was n com
mon rendezvous of the pirale4-tllat they
were sheltered in that port from capture when
they were closely pursued and, when they
were not, that they made IT a market for the
disposal Of Of their cumberland thni, as the
as..,
" u" -. .....9 a.s
l''l'' y ,"r' VI, -, Gu, 49,
stead o. haFing a right to demand redress
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-. ~ro.rih,,;or for h.c failure tn roe, ont from
Lor nrovincos his sconrge If tbs human ,,rs
cam p contends that he had n rjphi. and
would have been nerfectlv iustiiable. Ia haze
burnt the to,yn and punished the inhabitants .
hu that he coo,ented himself viii, e~xacfinp